Competition European Student Film 1

New developments and fresh ideas often spring from the minds of students, which makes this competition an adventurous programme section. The European student film competition prided itself in no fewer than 366 entries, 53 of which were selected.

A Plastic Life

Suyin Tjon A Hie
The Netherlands, 2011
4 min.

The plastic bags we use depict images of what we buy, what we do and where we have been. They accompany us throughout all of our lives and survive long after we have
gone. 'A plastic life' is a stopmotion which tells the story of a human life through the images on plastic bags. A continuous
sequence of hundreds of plastic shopping-bags convey a typical life progression, from birth, puberty, marriage and
death.
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A Portée de Main

Franz Kirchner
France, 2010
3 min.

An average Joe, wedded to his work, walks trough a door…
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Amy

Karlijn Scholten
The Netherlands, 2010
4 min.

Amy is afraid of the wolf living in her house, but then she decides to take matters into her own hands.

British Roulette

Rosanne Janssens
Belgium, 2011
5 min.

Three old ladies are playing a strange version of the British Roulette.
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Conte de Faits

Jumi Yoon
France, 2011
3 min.

Korea, 1960. A five year old girl living in a brothel imagines a different day-to-day existence.
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Demon Kills

Ying Ping Mak
United Kingdom, 2011
4 min.

A boy confesses why he has committed suicide at his school. Troubled by hallucination of demons around him, he decides to stand up to the demons and exposes them, which eventually leads to his mental breakdown.
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Henrick

Yoonah Nam
United Kingdom, 2011
4 min.

Henrick has worn the same kind of shoes since he was 7 years old - white ordinary sneakers. When Henrick wore his 157th white sneaker marked number 157, the observer (a narrator) decides to steal Henrick’s sneakers.
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Murky Papers

Heta Jokinen
Finland, 2011
8 min.

Everybody needs a hiding place but it can only last a while.

Right in the Middle

Cécile Brun
Switzerland, 2011
5 min.

A hike up the mountain into unforeseen depths.

Safe (A Tale About Hope)

Ginevra Boni
United Kingdom, 2011
5 min.

Two children are alone, trapped in a burning house.
The town is spoiled and cracked.
A bird flies down to the city looking for someone that could save them but humans have forgotten how to listen.

Now it's only the bird that by himself needs to find a way to rescue the children and bring them Safe.

It's a tale about hope and magic.
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The Designer

Tessa Moult-Milewska
Poland, 2011
13 min.

The Designer is a lonely outsider devoted to his work constructing twin copies of his clients. He manages to lose his thoughts during his work, until one day there's no more people to help, and the laboratory seems somehow cold and empty. To cheat this solitude he designs a creature of his own image and resemblance, but what if it appears to be better than him?

tWINs

Peter Budinsky
Slovakia, 2011
5 min.

The story is about Siamese twins who fight each other inside but also outside the boxing ring. Because of their disability, they have to share their professional and private lives, but each one sees things from a different perspective. Twins is an animated film about brotherly love and its limits.