Night Cinema
The night time is the right time for all those mad ideas and feelings to crawl forth which have a difficult time finding a place in the light of the day. Bottles of champagne, birthday parties, cactuses and breakups are reshaped into stories that will entertain you just as much as they will disturb you. Later on, you wake up and remember them as dreams.
Director: Shaun ClarkYear: 2020Length: 4:30Country: United Kingdom
When sleeping dogs awaken rationality quickly disappears.
Director: Irina RubinaYear: 2020Length: 1:09Country: GermanyProduction company: iraru.films
A little something for worried souls.
Director: Minori MatsuokaYear: 2021Length: 7:15Country: Japan
Yui has become estranged from her boyfriend, who doesn't even wish her a happy birthday. Her friend Aya introduces a fortune teller said to be the real deal. What does destiny hold...
Director: Bianca CaderasYear: 2020Length: 7:11Country: GermanyProduction company: Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg
Whether in bars, at house parties, or romantic dinners, the people in Jeroboam are raising their champagne-filled glasses. H...
Director: Yiran WangYear: 2021Length: 1:30Country: United StatesProduction company: California Institute of the Arts
A boy from Fukushima sent a letter to express his love of his home.
Director: Sebastian DoringerYear: 2020Length: 6:12Country: Austria
Several patients are waiting in a doctor’s office to hear test results regarding their remaining lifetimes. In most cases, the allotted time is not as long as they had hoped f...
Director: Sarina NiheiYear: 2021Length: 3:53Country: United StatesProduction company: Mexican Summer
A girl wanders around the mystical world with strange creatures.
Director: Elisa Morais, María ÁlvarezYear: 2019Length: 14:33Country: United KingdomProduction company: Sois de Traca
This time the dream was about to make sense…A reluctant hedgehog in a quest to solve an impossible puzzle.
Director: Julian GalleseYear: 2020Length: 7:30Country: United Kingdom, Costa RicaProduction company: Royal College of Art
A highly anticipated birthday is the talk of the town.
Director: Jared D. WeissYear: 2020Length: 3:42Country: United States
Three housemates recount an unspeakable event that took place in their home.
Director: Hadas AlmagorYear: 2019Length: 4:43Country: IsraelProduction company: Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
A Journey of a mushroom, in a world where humans are plants, trying to restore the sexual sparkle to her intimacy while her cactus...
Free Line
To celebrate the 30-th anniversary of Estonia regaining its independence, we present a selection of animated films that deal, each in it’s own way, with the topic of freedom.
Director: Martinus KlemetYear: 2021Length: 6:45Country: EstoniaProduction company: Animartinus OÜ
Face Recognition failure - Deadbeat Igor-503 evades the cop's detectors during a night of wild drinking.
Director: Shoko HaraYear: 2020Length: 14:55Country: GermanyProduction company: Studio Seufz
Three women share glimpses of their affection, attraction and relationship with Richard Ramirez: A serial killer and rapist they contacted after his...
Director: Coke RiobóoYear: 2020Length: 13:00Country: Spain
In a post-apocalyptic Spain, different tribes survive, struggling to gain control of the only livelihood that exists, a very low quality red wine.
Director: Sasha SvirskyYear: 2020Length: 6:33Country: Russia
Good and evil, utopia and dystopia, narrative, and post narrative collide in a mortal battle to entertain the audience.
Director: Emily WormsYear: 2020Length: 4:36Country: BelgiumProduction company: Atelier de Production de La Cambre ASBL
Two friends talk about their relationships.Polyamory and politics, they only let their love decide.
Director: Nikita MeshcheryakovYear: 2021Length: 3:06Country: Russia
One day a family member discovers that someone else is living in their house.
Director: Urtina HoxhaYear: 2020Length: 4:21Country: KosovoProduction company: CHWB KOSOVO
The animation Those Who Drown Cling to Foam shows that war can be a solitary experience. Amidst bomb strikes, a woman has her daily battles for food and...
Director: Marharita TsikhanovichYear: 2021Length: 2:47Country: Belarus
Animation is dedicated to the repressions in Belarus which started in the summer of 2020 and continue to this day. The dictatorial regime has forgotten about such important...
Director: Pooja PottenkulamYear: 2019Length: 9:10Country: United Kingdom, India
John likes routine, so when he comes back home one day to find his wife gone, he is very worried. He pretends that she still lives with him and over a few months,...
Kids Programme
Mom, you might think you already know much about the world we live in. You might believe you know how fairy tales end, dad. Well, brace yourselves parents! This fresh collection of five animated shorts might surprise you. This screening will leave you with lots of giggles and questions that you’ll get to share with your children.
Director: Maryna KarpavaYear: 2019Length: 5:20Country: BelarusProduction company: Soyuzmultfilm Film Studio
A funny "overrupt" on the motives of the famous tale by the Brothers Grimm "The Wolf And Seven Goats".
Director: Basil VogtYear: 2019Length: 8:42Country: SwitzerlandProduction company: Virage Film
We all have two sides. But if even the tiniest scare splits someone into a timid skin on the one hand and an overconfident skeleton on the other, that...
Director: Marcel BarelliYear: 2021Length: 5:00Country: SwitzerlandProduction company: Monsieur
In nature, a couple is a male and a female. Well, not always! A couple is also a female and a female. Or a male and a male. You may not know it, but...
Director: Martin SmatanaYear: 2019Length: 13:10Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, PolandProduction company: BFILM, FAMU, CeTa
The Kite deals with the issue of death, but it does so in a simple metaphorical and symbolic way on the relationship...
Director: Maria SavelevaYear: 2020Length: 5:31Country: EstoniaProduction company: Estonian Academy of Arts
It’s more than just feathers or a number of fingers…Mr. Notakiwi wants to join the community. Is society ready to accept the other and...
People∙Habitat
People coping in their natural habitat, striking observations and reflections from all corners of the world. Each artist tells a very own story, be it narrative or non-narrative. Key elements are powerful craftsmanship in combination with a clear vision and distinct pleasure in exploring boundaries.
Curated by Gerben Schermer
Pierre Hébert, René Lussier “Tu Ressembles à Moi” CAN 2014
Dennis Tupicoff “Chainsaw” AUS 2007
Fukumi Nakazawa “Deforming After Transforming” EST/JPN 2021
Chen Shaoxiong “Ink City” CHN 2005
Zhang Xiaotao “The Adventure of Liangliang” CHN 2016
Steven Subotnick “Two” USA 2011
Lei Lei, Thomas Sauvin “Recycled” CHN 2012
Naomi van Niekerk “My Mamma Is Bossies” ZAF 2017
O!PLA Focus on Poland
THE BEST OF O!PLA’21 – FOCUS ON POLAND is a unique program presenting the winners of the 9th O!PLA Animation Festival (2021). As always the only Jury at O!PLA was the audience. THE BEST OF O!PLA’21 is an amazing mix of techniques, styles, and emotions showing what in modern Polish animation (O!PLA means „Oh! Polish Animation”, but also: “Oh! People Love Animation”) is the best. Starting off 2013 O!PLA consequently grows in strength, but one thing remains the same – independence and passion, which standing behind the O!PLA.
Kamil Wójcik “Psotnik In The Glass Trap” 2020
Zuzanna Rogala (Harat) “Skull” 2020 Academy Of Fine Arts In Gdańsk
Amelia Baj “Buddies” 2020
Kasia Zimnoch, Paweł Kleszczewski “Story About Why Devil Limps” 2020
Szymon Ruczyński “Reason” 2020 Film School In Lodz
Agata Szwarc “Pathological Seamstress – Bad Day” 2020 Artistic University In Poznan
Kamil Wójcik “Delinsky’s Madness” 2020
Ewa Maria Wolska “My Dear Quarantine” 2020
Katarzyna Orłowska “Blue Monday” 2020 Artistic University In Poznan
Martyna Koleniec “Hidden – Hidden Beams” 2020
Robert Kuźniewski “Subway” 2020 Artistic University In Poznan
Nawojka Wierzbowska “The Wicked Never Rests” 2020 Natalia Krawczuk
Dominika Wilkosz “The Elephant” 2019 Pedagogical University In Krakow
Artur Hanaj “Three Jumps To Happiness” 2020 Film School In Lodz
Filip Szuksztul “Green Tree” 2020
