70 minutesProficient and committed juries will watch the contenders in all competitions and grant the coveted awards after careful consideration. Films by the jury members bear witness to the diversity of the juries and the animation medium.
Jury members are Jérémy Clapin, Nobuaki Doi, Jan Pieter Ekker, Floris Kaayk, Chao Wu, Henning Wagenbreth, Hisko Hulsing, Erdal Inci, Lei Lei, Tamaki Okamoto, Wallie Pollé, Ton Wolswijk.
This program screened as part of HAFF 2014
Showing in this program
Big Hands Oh Big Hands, Let It Be Bigger and Bigger
This story takes place in a city, in which all of the citizens have very big hands. One child, however, is special. He has tiny hands, and his head full of peculiar thoughts. The boy constantly talks to people about these thoughts, but they dislike his long-windedness and eventually ignore him. He is very lonely. The only he does is talking to the walls.(The film is project of “Think+ 2012, Shanghai”)
Chasing
This is a story about chasing and losing. The film is composed of the seemingly irrelevant roles: The curious children who keeping marching and searching, the crows who see through everything, the toys revolving by themselves, the animals wandering here and there, the shadow which is weak at night but strong in daytime, the idiot determined to build his own pleasure ground, the quiet bushes and the inviting city, and the wall you can clime over but never turn back…… They likely exist for the same game, but on their own tracks. Destiny brings them together accidentally.
Junkyard
A man is being robbed and stabbed by a junkie. In that final second before he dies, a youth friendship flashes before his eyes.
My…My…
One day. I found me naked. Where is my clothes?
Palmipedarium
Simon knows ducks quite well. They make noise, fly, swim, some even roll. Sometimes, it's a bit confusing and Simon gets lost.
Recycled
The following images were sourced over the years from a recycling zone in the outskirts of Beijing. We scanned more than half a million 35mm color film negatives. Those negatives build up a portrait of the capital city and the life of her inhabitants over the last thirty years. Here, we selected 3000 photos to create the animation you are about to see.
This is Love
One day. I found me naked. Where is my clothes?