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Selected from 60 graduate showreels, this is a look at the best student work from all around the world – the first step on the animation ladder for these talented filmmakers, and the first time their wild and wonderful imaginations have been unleashed. Stop-motion, drawn animation, collage, cut-out, CGI, clay, ink and almost every other technique these animators can dream up are all on display here. 28 wondrous films in 2 screenings from the future stars of our animation universe.
This is the first of two student programmes, Best of the Next 2 screens afterwards at 9pm
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Dude – Konstantin Rosshoff, Tokay Yotimo & Marco Jörger, Switzerland
A wild stop motion trip. Two dudes are lost in the woods. One searches for a way out in vain, the other enjoys the fresh air whilst slowly losing his mind.
2021 5’15
School: Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Aeons Ark – Sophie Maria Vickers, UK
A futuristic flood epic which depicts the destruction of a future world by a momentous flood.
2022 6’30
School: Royal College of Art
Small Hours – Marta Sniezek & Christian Spurling, Ireland
Two people’s trains of thought transition from one memory to another. As we dive deeper into the memories we transcend into the character’s subconscious and lose track of reality.
2022 4’55
School: Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
Goodbye Jerome! – Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet & Chloé Farr, France
Having just arrived in paradise, Jerome sets out to find his wife Maryline. During his search, he sinks into a surreal and colourful world in which no one seems to be able to help him.
2021 7’40
School: Gobelins – L’École de l’Image
Winter Wind – Jeremy Andriambolisoa, Théo Duhautois, Quentin Wittevrongel, Alicia Massez, William Ghyselen & Thomas Dell’Isola, France
Caught up in a violent snowstorm, the rabbits seek refuge in their king’s Castle.
2021 4’25
School: Pôle 3D
Gruf and Me – Dovi Keich, Israel
When Gruf, a graffiti character, falls in love with the street artist who created him, he tries to find her in the shabby streets of Tel Aviv but discovers that inter-dimensional love is not easy.
2021 7’45
School: The Steve Tisch School of Film & TV Tel Aviv University
Birdsong – Michelle Cheng, USA
A field biologist reminisces about his encounter with a bird species on the brink of extinction.
2022 3’00
School: California Institute of the Arts
Grandpa – Valentine Rolland, Théo Bongiovanni, Hugo Martins, Sophie Ouvrad, Thomas Piot & Nell Molinier, France
The dive in a little girl’s farewell to her grandfather through an adventure in her memories of a fishing trip.
2022 3’00
School: California Institute of the Arts
Matapacos – Karla Riebartsch & Lion Durst, Germany
A famous Chilean “Riot Dog” gets to know María, a young protester. Together they are at the front of big protests. But one day they both go a step too far.
2022 6’55
School: Filmakademie Baaden Wurtemberg
Patient’s Mind – Zhiheng Wang, China
A patient goes to the doctor for surgery, but soon, his inner self and superego clash over the future of sickness, merging identities with the performing surgeon.
2022 6’05
School: China Academy of Art
Publo – Jacob Rowlands, UK
A short film about loneliness. Publo hides a deep secret in his little home, and must learn to face the music once it is discovered.
2022 4’40
School: Staffordshire University
Pipes – Jessica Meier, Kilian Feusi & Sujanth Ravichandran, Switzerland
Bob the plumber is hired to fix a broken pipe and lands to his surprise in a gay fetish club.
2022 4’00
Wet – Marianne Bergeonneau, Lauriane Montpert, Mélina Mandon, Cloé Peyrebrune & Elvira Taussac, France
A lady’s vaporous dream in a land of soft and peachy flesh where her affection for her masseur transpires.
2021 6’00
School: École des Nouvelles Images
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Event supported by Film Hub London, managed by Film London. Proud to be a partner of the BFI Film Audience Network, funded by the National Lottery.
