International Competitions

Competition section accepts short films of all genres (fiction, animation, documentary, experimental, video art, S3D, etc.) that are not longer than 30 minutes and not older than 2 years. 2ANNAS considers short films as an independent genre which reveals the newest trends.

International Competition Program: short films from across the world.


International Competition #1

Thursday, October 24, KSuns, 18:00 - 20:00

Grandma’s Dilemma, Daniel Seidenerer, documentary, 2013, Germany, 4 min

Grandma‘s dilemma: A short experimental documentary about dignified aging, failed attempts at reconciliation, loneliness and a very shy cat who desperately needs neighborly help.

Echo, Lewis Arnold, fiction, 2013, United Kingdom, 18 min

Echo follows the 17-year-old Caroline as she receives a phone call delivering the tragic news that her dad has been involved in a motorbike accident. Her unexpected reaction reveals there is more to this call than it appears at the first glance.

Like Rats Leaving a Sinking Ship, Vika Kirchenbauer, experimental, 2012, Germany, 25 min

Partly based on the author’s psychiatric assessments diagnosing her with Gender Identity Disorder, Like Rats Leaving a Sinking Ship is an intimate piece that combines personal subjectivity with the clinical objectivity of medical reports, challenging the basic notions of these categories. As evocative images inconspicuously blend with found family footage, a multilayered reality emerges in which the distinction between what is true or false becomes unimportant and obsolete.

On holiday on a campsite by the seaside, Rémi, 10, is fascinated by Stéphane, 35, the father of one of his playmates. This is a new, confusing feeling for him. Nobody knows what he is going through – especially not the handsome Stéphane.

You Built Me a Labyrinth / Labyrintti, Lauri-Matti Parppei, fiction, 2013, Finland, 18 min

Just when everything was going right, she gets a love letter from the past.

Noelia, Mari Alche, fiction, 2012, Argentina, 15 min

It’s summer. Noelia lives in a big city that seems to have stopped. She is alone and she has spare time. She goes through the city with her little camera trying to infiltrate in different places and pretending to have family ties with several women.