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).
The story of Bradley Manning, not as a Wikileaks ‘hacktivist’, but as a young American soldier simultaneously going through a crisis-of-conscious and a crisis-of-identity.
Animated in a rotoscoped pixel-art style and using dialogue from Bradley’s online conversations, the film explores issues of personal and political secrets, digital identity and alienation.
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The Ordinary tragedy of a romantic encounter, sung by Benjamin Biolay and Jeanne Cherhal.
During the period of Culture Revolution in 1960s and 1970s in China, a disable old man wanted to use his handicraft, a snuff bottle with inside painting, for the exchange of “Grain Coupon” from a soldier. The soldier promised to give more coupons if the old man can forge a precious stamp. The old man had to do it, however, he failed and fell out with the soldier. At the end, the old man got grain in another way.
March 11, 2011, the scary TSUNAMI struck Japan. The fear of TSUNAMI did'nt only attack an area along the shore. The fear appeared in videos and spread all over Japan, and the world. Into the pleasant and peaceful television image, TSUNAMI appeared suddenly. And it fulfilled our heart by fear in an instant. The fear corroded easy days. This is the trial which was going to reappear compactly simply and was going to record the image at that day.
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March 11, 2011, the scary TSUNAMI struck Japan. The fear of TSUNAMI did'nt only attack an area along the shore. The fear appeared in videos and spread all over Japan, and the world. Into the pleasant and peaceful television image, TSUNAMI appeared suddenly. And it fulfilled our heart by fear in an instant. The fear corroded easy days. This is the trial which was going to reappear compactly simply and was going to record the image at that day.
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It’s a strange day. An unidentified person lives in alien environment which is full of surreal politics and ideological colors. Everything looks fantastic, but it projects profound reality. We are human living in the particular corner on the earth, it may be real. All the time, space, crows and cats, classrooms and flaming clouds……the authority portrait and the hospital torture, absurd story can be found in every dark corner of the world. We exist in such controlling rules. How to find ourselves? Does time allow us to see our own behavior clearly in this historical process?
‘Good, Beauty and Truth’ is a story about modern world where interest in good, beauty and truth is loses with cheap sensation, drama of explosions, shooting and other ’more interesting’ things. It’s a story of a man who carries an idealized vision of the world, standing for his ideals and trying to transfer it to others. A Good Man suffers defeat in his naïve fight for good. However, in the end, the a glimmer of hope arise…
Daycare can be a harsh and confusing world where caring is shown in unexpected ways.
A mother helps her son realise his dream. He draws a card for a girl from school. Delicate pencil drawings with a little colour.
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