International Competition

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 #4

Friday, October 25, KSuns, 18:00 - 19:30

The Day Has Conquered the Night / Le jour a vaincu la nuit, Jean-Gabriel Periot, documentary, 2013, France, 28 min

Eight portraits, eight dreams, eight escapes.

Transhumance, Marjorie Caup, animation, 2012, France, 4 min

During the transhumance, a herd of donkeys, led by a dog, goes on a different kind of a journey.

Sisters, Lea Vidakovic, experimental / animation, 2012, Belgium, 8 min

When one of them is missing, the sisters face the feeling of loss and emptiness.

Secret Signals, Arents Rogier, experimental, 2012, Netherlands, 4 min

The short movie is made for a plant study at the University of Amsterdam, where the plant defense mechanisms are being researched. The movie shows one of their findings: a plant’s defense against a plague of mites. By giving off odors to hungry predators, the plant tries to free itself from the invasive mites. This story is told with the help of a pen plotter which takes you on a journey into the world of plants and insects through illustration and text drawn on a paper roll that functions as the movies ‘film’. Due to the use of a pen plotter, digital illustrations attain an analogue feeling.

Oh Willy..., Emma De Swaef / Marc Roels, animation, 2012, Belgium, 17 min

Forced to return to his naturist roots, Willy bungles his way into the wild...

Edith’s Dinner / Ediths Essen, Hans Willy, experimental / fiction, 2012, Germany, 18 min

Edith and Peter live in the countryside. Over the weekend, Peters’ nephew Johannes comes over for an unexpected visit. Edith’s younger sister Lisa is also staying in the house. Both men, the uncle and the nephew, soon start to idolize young Lisa and end up in an unuttered rivalry. Edith keeps the façade of a caring housewife, while silently suspecting the upcoming disaster.

Implausible Things #1, Rita Macedo, experimental, 2012, Germany, 12 min

The conception we have of ourselves and the world - and that of our relation to the world - appears, admittedly or not, to obey the stipulation that everything must have a cause or a reason to be as it is and not otherwise. What if we reverse this perspective on things and admit an illogical and irrational principle instead? A principle based on the absence of reason, through which nothing would be impossible, not even the unthinkable. Hyperchaos as the primary absolute. Implausible things #1 is the first part of the series that seeks to reflect upon human existence, the absurd, randomness and pure contingency.