Young Directors Competition 3
01 3 geNARRATIONS



Director(s)

Paulina ZIÓLKOWSKA
Film info
Year of production: 2021
Country of production: Poland
Length: 08' 30''
Synopsis
3 generations, 3 narrations, 3 different points of view. A dance of generations.
02 Another One for Daddy



Director(s)

Eszter KAJLIK
Film info
Year of production: 2021
Country of production: Hungary
Length: 02' 32''
Synopsis
A short film about the “husband stitch”, a little known misogynistic practice performed after childbirth and how it affects the life of those who are involved.
03 Poum Poum!



Director(s)

Damien TRAN
Film info
Year of production: 2020
Country of production: France
Length: 05' 30''
Synopsis
Poum Poum! is a musical animated film which celebrates the simple and childish joy of hitting drums, scribbling on paper using marker pens, splashing paint or making cracked cymbals screech.
04 Password to the *****



Director(s)

Adél SZEGEDI
Film info
Year of production: 2021
Country of production: Hungary
Length: 01' 49''
Watch the trailerSynopsis
The poem winds between childhood memories, diary notes, and their adult interpretation, reflecting the issues raised by the search for our most inner, instinctive nature and our place in the universe.
05 Cost of Curiosity



Director(s)

Rachel FITZGERALD
Film info
Year of production: 2021
Country of production: Ireland
Length: 02' 14''
Watch the trailerSynopsis
Helpless insects fall victim to a child in persuit of answers.
06 Cherry Bone



Director(s)

Evgenia GOSTRER
Film info
Year of production: 2021
Country of production: Germany
Length: 17' 35''
Synopsis
Cherry Bone is a documentary animation and tells the story of a Russian-jewish family that immigrates to Germany in the mid-90s. The director of the film starts a conversation with her parents who made the move in their forties and recalls her own version of the past events.
07 Farewell



Director(s)

Zsófia SZÉNÁSY
Film info
Year of production: 2022
Country of production: Hungary
Length: 02' 21''
Synopsis
Experimental animation exploring the feelings around a lost connection. Just like magic tricks and illusions, some things cannot be comprehended in a logical way. Sometimes we are mere spectators enchanted by the unfolding events.
08 Red Shoes



Director(s)

Anna PADEROVÁ
Film info
Year of production: 2021
Country of production: Czech Republic
Length: 13' 46''
Synopsis
The village dance has begun, the skirts are spinning and feet are stamping to the rhythm of the dance. But Róza hasn’t been invited to dance. All of a sudden an unknown stranger gives her a pair of red shoes. Róza starts to dance, wildly and with great passion.
09 Drunk



Director(s)

Nikita MESHCHERYAKOV
Film info
Year of production: 2022
Country of production: Russia
Length: 03' 46''
Synopsis
Confessions of a person suffering from alcoholism. Based on works made by Paul Klee.
10 Cufufu



Director(s)

Bruno QUAST
Film info
Year of production: 2021
Country of production: Estonia
Length: 06' 28''
Watch the trailerSynopsis
Bernie Krause's niche theory is that an animal's voice evolved in a way to occupy its own little, unique acoustic slot within a whole soundscape, to be distinguishable in the mess. A fisher wonders what sounds fit best in niches created by surrounding sounds.
11 Above the clouds



Director(s)

Vivien HÁRSHEGYI
Film info
Year of production: 2022
Country of production: Hungary
Length: 13' 33''
Synopsis
The main character starts to feel deeper emotions for a guy, but she is afraid of falling in love again because of her past with her first love. So she runs off, rushing memories take her to an imaginary journey and forcing her to untangle her confused mind and heart.