Jury Presentation

The jury members of the competitions present their work. Films of renowned filmmakers and work by visual artists that are working in the world of animation. The mix of everything from personal films to a commercial shows the diversity of the jury and of animation as a medium. For films by the jury members Haiyang Wang (China) and Kei Oyama (Japan) please refer to the Winners programmes. As winners of the Dioraphte Grand Prix HAFF for shorts 2010 they were given carte blanche to put together their own programme. Gregory Barsamian (USA) will give a lecture on Friday as part of the Daily Master programme. And there is an exhibition of artwork of Igor Kovalyov in Louis Hartlooper Complex.

Brain Watch

Sjeng Schupp / Michiel van Dijk
The Netherlands, 2009
6 min.

Journey through the human brain, in an endless zoom through the person in question’s realm of thought, the final destiny being the dark caverns of the mind.

Broes

Sjeng Schupp / Michiel van Dijk
The Netherlands, 2009
5 min.

Ode to the 1970s B-film, with a dash of semi-philosophy topped off by a scuffle ballet. All shot in semi-widescreen.

Doggy Style

Sjeng Schupp / Michiel van Dijk
The Netherlands, 2008
2 min.

It's the circle of liiiiiife. But of a dog's life.

Hen His Wife

Igor Kovalyov
Russia, 1989
14 min.

A man finds out that his wife is a chicken.

Home Sweet Home

Emma de Swaef / Joe Vanhoutteghem
Belgium, 2011

Succesvol reclamefilmpje voor suikerklontjes met in de hoofdrol een mannetje van suikerklontjes.

Kapsalon

Sjeng Schupp / Michiel van Dijk
The Netherlands, 2009
2 min.

Absurdist film about a bald man who uses various hairdos to boost his personality.

Lounge

Sjeng Schupp
The Netherlands, 2008
4 min.

A mind-bending laid-back trip in full colour.

Milch

Igor Kovalyov
United States, 2005
15 min.

Pas de Duck

Sjeng Schupp / Michiel van Dijk
The Netherlands, 2009
3 min.

A cheeky duck wants to prove he is the best dancer. His obtrusive behaviour costs him dearly, but in the end the odd duck out has the final say, after all.

Soft Plants

Emma de Swaef
Belgium, 2008
10 min.

Now Belgian director and stop-motion artist Emma De Swaef forms a duo with Marc James Roels. Their film This Magnificent Cake! received international acclaim. Already in her graduation short Soft Plants, De Swaef experimented with felt puppets, telling the story of office worker Willy whose mind wanders between dangerous flowers and an imaginary friendship for a soft sheep.