Competition Shorts 2

70 minutes
Competition Shorts 2

The two categories of the international competition for shorts are narrative and non-narrative. From over 800 entries, 49 productions were selected (33 narrative and 16 non-narrative).

This program screened as part of HAFF 2012

Showing in this program

A Morning Stroll

A Morning Stroll

  • Grant Orchard
  • United Kingdom, 2011
  • 6 min.

When a New Yorker walks past a chicken on his morning stroll, we’re left to wonder which one is the real city slicker.

And And

And And

  • Mirai Mizue
  • Japan, 2011
  • 6 min.
Coffee

Coffee

  • Sjaak Rood
  • The Netherlands, 2012
  • 5 min.

A man wants a cup of coffee. The waiter, behaving very strange, doesn't seem to get it for him. The man tries to find out what's going on and can barely avoid a total breakdown. Will he ever get home again?

Dreams

Dreams

  • Keiichi Tanaami
  • Japan, 2011
  • 6 min.
Flea & Fly

Flea & Fly

  • Fernando Miller
  • Brazil, 2011
  • 8 min.

Kids.
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Happy Camper: Born with a Bothered Mind

Happy Camper: Born with a Bothered Mind

  • Job / Joris & Marieke
  • The Netherlands, 2011
  • 3 min.

Manfreds holiday leads to a series of awkward camping moments, but that doesn’t spoil the fun, because Manfred is a Happy Camper.
This is a music video for “Born with a Bothered Mind” by Happy Camper.

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Hellville

Hellville

  • Vincent Patar
  • France, 2011
  • 3 min.

Hellville seems to have found its bizarre balance through a traffic system exclusively made of pedal vehicles...Until the day the roaring engine of a motorbike resonates through it streets.
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Minus

Minus

  • Stan & Vince
  • France, 2011
  • 5 min.

At the other edge of the universe, in a forest of giant trees, one piece of fruit falls to the ground: it half-opens one eye, then the other ... a creature is born! The story of a species begins! But hasn’t it been written already?
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Nullarbor

Nullarbor

  • Alister Lockhart / Patrick Sarell
  • Australia, 2011
  • 10 min.
One Moment Please…

One Moment Please…

  • Maarten Koopman
  • The Netherlands, 2011
  • 5 min.

A man calls a company to cancel his contract. While waiting, he starts to doodle. These drawings show how he becomes more and more impatient, while hearing the message "All operators are busy, one moment please...."over and over again.

Tanika

Tanika

  • Sheldon Lieberman / Igor Coric
  • Australia / Serbia, 2010
  • 3 min.

Spike, through a finger puppet named Tanika, tells his father a scary story. This short animated film follows a young child and his father exploring the imagination of youth.
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The Mechanism of Spring

The Mechanism of Spring

  • Atsushi Wada
  • Japan, 2010
  • 4 min.

Bird in the Peninsula director Atsushi Wada is one of Japan's most unique figures in contemporary animation. His work is comparable to bizarre doodles infused with fascinating sounds and a minimalist narrative. In The Mechanism of Spring he captures the delight of young children and animals that comes with the arrival of Spring.