A ‘festival within a festival’. Three diverse back-to-back programmes looking at the next generation of indie animators from a variety of angles. Here’s the second of the three programmes, showing the best international student films drawn from more than 60 different schools in 25 countries.
This programme takes place at The Horse Hospital Your ticket also gives you entry to Best of the Next: Programme 1 – Tokyo University of the Arts & Best of the Next: Programme 3
‘Fly Mill’ (Anu-Laura Tuttelberg, 2012)
Producer: Estonian Academy Of Arts
Man’s disregard for the balance of nature can relegate him to the bottom of the food chain.
Estonia, 7’20
‘Flamingo Pride’ (Tomer Eshed, 2011)
Producer: HFF “Konrad Wolf”
Pride and prejudice down on the rainbow bird ponds.
Germany, 6’02
‘The Case’ (Martin Zivocky, 2011)
Producer: Tomas Bata University, FMK
A rainy, hard-boiled night on the gritty streets depicted in the softest velvet tones.
Czech Republic, 4’46
‘Bottle’ (Kirsten Lepore, 2011)
Producer: California Institute of the Arts
The power to connect knows no boundaries and can’t be stopped by Mother Nature’s power of erosion.
USA, 5’25
‘House Wanders, Bird Water Full’ (Veronika Samartseva, 2012)
Producer: HFF “Konrad Wolf”
A tender and sensitive portrait of self-discovery.
Germany, 8’55
‘Life and Stuff’ (Kumar Satkunarasa, 2011
Producer: Bournemouth University, NCCA
A kaleidoscopic, whistle-stop tour through one man’s life in four and a half minutes.
UK, 4’30
‘Egaro’ (Bruno Salamone, 2011)
Producer: Supinfocom
Apparently meek and mild by day, the vibe turns grotesque when his conversion to the ‘masked one’ takes place.
France, 6’09
‘Little Monkey’ (Delphine Dussoubs, 2011)
Producer: Ecole des Métiers du Cinéma d’Animation
A young monkey, initiated by his master, has to pass his transition to adulthood.
France, 3’30
‘Peacemaker Mac – The Island Of Dispute’ (Yotam Cohen, 2011)
Producer: Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
A damned classy, old-time-style cartoon channelling Kricfalusi and Mesmer in roughly equal proportions.
Israel, 4’39
‘The Box / Die Kiste’ (Kyra Buschor, 2011
Producer: Filmakademie Baaden-Wurttemberg
A tale of the reptilian mystic. Three frogs must decide whether to open the box that sits before them.
Germany, 4’50
‘Stay Home’ (Caleb Wood, 2011)
Producer: Rhode Island School of Design
A worm, a bird, a cat, a dog – a pecking order.
USA, 5’37
‘Ishihara’ (Yoav Brill, 2011)
Producer: Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
A poignant tale of colour blindness using Ishihara colour test patterns.
Israel, 5’45
’38-39 Degrees’ (Kangmin Kim, 2011)
Producer: CalArts
A man enters an old bathhouse where he relives a memory of his father, and their past relationship ignites.
USA/South Korea, 7’43
‘Omerta’ (Nicolas Loudot, Fabrice Fiteni, Arnaud Janvier & Gaspard Roche, 2011)
Producer: Supinfocom
A dapper, gangster frog tries his luck at locking horns with mafia rhinos – it was only ever going to turn out one way.
6’14, France
‘I’m Fine Thanks’ (Eamonn O’Neill, 2011)
Producer: Royal College of Art, London
A candy-coloured psychotic meditation on urban survival.
UK, 4’30
