Competition Shorts 6

75 minutes
Competition Shorts 6

A royal collection of 53 films from all parts of the world and a great range of narrative and as much as 20 non-narrative films.

This program screened as part of HAFF 2017

Showing in this program

Black Box

Black Box

  • Isabel Herguera / Izibeñe Oñederra
  • Spain / Italy / India, 2016
  • 6 min.

A moving truck is heading towards the Igueldo Lighthouse, where a woman lives with a dark-coloured dog. 

Erasure

Erasure

  • Birgitta Hosea
  • United Kingdom, 2017
  • 3 min.

Homage to the labour of domestic work performed by many generations of women, yet invisible and forgotten.

Extrapolate

Extrapolate

  • Johan Rijpma
  • The Netherlands / Japan, 2016
  • 2 min.

In this hand-drawn animation a line is being extrapolated through a grid. When the line exceeds the boundaries of the grid, the process spreads to and reflects on its surroundings. Beyond each boundary the extrapolation of movement is causing deformation in a systematic but speculative way. Hypnotizing throughout. 

Life Cycles

Life Cycles

  • Ross Hogg
  • United Kingdom, 2016
  • 4 min.

An observational exploration of routine, monotony, attention and distraction.


Using a rule-based, rhythmical structure, the film elevates the mundane, personal and relatable aspects of life whilst offsetting them with more serious, global issues which continually seep into our lives, becoming commonplace.
Will we continue to let events pass us by uncontested, or will we decide to break the cycle?

Miller Fisher

Miller Fisher

  • Faiyaz Jafri
  • Hong Kong, 2016
  • 9 min.

Miller Fisher amalgamates the distorted visual, physical and existential experience of an autoimmune disorder by the same name, with the aesthetics and vernacular of the animated GIF.

The Missing Words

The Missing Words

  • Mateusz Sadowski
  • Poland, 2016
  • 4 min.

We lack appropriate words for the problems of civilization in the modern world.


The Sparrow’s Flight

The Sparrow’s Flight

  • Tom Schroeder
  • United States, 2016
  • 14 min.

A last collaboration with my dead friend Dave Herr.

The Wild Boar

The Wild Boar

  • Bella Szederkényi
  • Germany / France / Hungary, 2016
  • 13 min.

A homeless orphan, an animalistic little kid escapes the big city into the darkness of the woods. It is there that the kid meets a creature mightier than ever imagined.

Waiting for the New Year

Waiting for the New Year

  • Vladimir Leschiov
  • Latvia, 2016
  • 8 min.

A lonely woman writes a letter to an unknown person on the first day of the New Year.

Wall Dust

Wall Dust

  • Haiyang Wang
  • China, 2016
  • 7 min.

Revolving mechanism, with no beginning or outcome. An obsession-like force pushes the plot along.