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.

Angry Dogs

Angry Dogs

Director: Shaun Clark
Year: 2020
Length: 4:30
Country: United Kingdom
Black Snot & Golden Squares

Black Snot & Golden Squares

Director: Irina Rubina
Year: 2020
Length: 1:09
Country: Germany
Production company: iraru.films
Destiny

Destiny

Director: Minori Matsuoka
Year: 2021
Length: 7:15
Country: Japan
Jeroboam

Jeroboam

Director: Bianca Caderas
Year: 2020
Length: 7:11
Country: Germany
Production company: Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg
Letter from Fukushima

Letter from Fukushima

Director: Yiran Wang
Year: 2021
Length: 1:30
Country: United States
Production company: California Institute of the Arts
One Left

One Left

Director: Sebastian Doringer
Year: 2020
Length: 6:12
Country: Austria
Photay - Villain

Photay - Villain

Director: Sarina Nihei
Year: 2021
Length: 3:53
Country: United States
Production company: Mexican Summer
Spines

Spines

Director: Elisa Morais, María Álvarez
Year: 2019
Length: 14:33
Country: United Kingdom
Production company: Sois de Traca
Thank You

Thank You

Director: Julian Gallese
Year: 2020
Length: 7:30
Country: United Kingdom, Costa Rica
Production company: Royal College of Art
The Beakmann Incident

The Beakmann Incident

Director: Jared D. Weiss
Year: 2020
Length: 3:42
Country: United States
Twigs

Twigs

Director: Hadas Almagor
Year: 2019
Length: 4:43
Country: Israel
Production company: Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design

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.

Face Recognition

Face Recognition

Director: Martinus Klemet
Year: 2021
Length: 6:45
Country: Estonia
Production company: Animartinus OÜ
Just a Guy

Just a Guy

Director: Shoko Hara
Year: 2020
Length: 14:55
Country: Germany
Production company: Studio Seufz
Mad in Xpain

Mad in Xpain

Director: Coke Riobóo
Year: 2020
Length: 13:00
Country: Spain
My Galactic Twin Galaction

My Galactic Twin Galaction

Director: Sasha Svirsky
Year: 2020
Length: 6:33
Country: Russia
Polyamory

Polyamory

Director: Emily Worms
Year: 2020
Length: 4:36
Country: Belgium
Production company: Atelier de Production de La Cambre ASBL
Slonenie

Slonenie

Director: Nikita Meshcheryakov
Year: 2021
Length: 3:06
Country: Russia
Those Who Drown Cling to Foam

Those Who Drown Cling to Foam

Director: Urtina Hoxha
Year: 2020
Length: 4:21
Country: Kosovo
Production company: CHWB KOSOVO
Tomorrow

Tomorrow

Director: Marharita Tsikhanovich
Year: 2021
Length: 2:47
Country: Belarus
What Will You Do Now, John?

What Will You Do Now, John?

Director: Pooja Pottenkulam
Year: 2019
Length: 9:10
Country: United Kingdom, India

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.

7 Kids

7 Kids

Director: Maryna Karpava
Year: 2019
Length: 5:20
Country: Belarus
Production company: Soyuzmultfilm Film Studio
Duodrom

Duodrom

Director: Basil Vogt
Year: 2019
Length: 8:42
Country: Switzerland
Production company: Virage Film
In Nature

In Nature

Director: Marcel Barelli
Year: 2021
Length: 5:00
Country: Switzerland
Production company: Monsieur
The Kite

The Kite

Director: Martin Smatana
Year: 2019
Length: 13:10
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland
Production company: BFILM, FAMU, CeTa
You Are Not a Kiwi

You Are Not a Kiwi

Director: Maria Saveleva
Year: 2020
Length: 5:31
Country: Estonia
Production company: Estonian Academy of Arts

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