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Upcoming Edition: 13 – 22 March 2026 Utrecht, Amsterdam, and Online.

Open Competition 2

65 min.

Our highly skilled jury will cast their discerning eyes on the films in our four Open Competitions programs and after careful consideration and discussions they will pick a winning film.


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TV Dinner

Director: 
Simon Tofield
 / 
United Kingdom, 2008
3 min.

A hungry cat resorts to increasingly desperate measures to gain its owners attention. 

Inukshuk

Director: 
Camillelvis Thery
 / 
France, 2008
9 min.

On the last polar day, up on the howling ice, a little Inuk man and a mischievous bear see their white world metamorphosed into a huge whale ocean of darkness. 

Backwards

Director: 
Aaron Hughes
 / 
United States, 2009
5 min.

A love story so backwards, it has to be told in reverse.

Solitude

Director: 
Mehrdad Sheikhan
 / 
Iran, 2008
9 min.

A stone colossus has lived a lonely life on his barren planet for  thousands of years. Worn out by  his solitude, he decides to change his fate.

Tiny Legs of Fire

Director: 
Doug Bayne
 / 
Australia, 2008
2 min.

A bunch of short bits Doug did while he should have been working.

Garbage Angels

Director: 
Pierre M. Trudeau
 / 
Canada, 2008
6 min.

Odd life forms tell their tale of our society where everything seems to be disposable. This is a world where the ugly becomes beautiful.

Student Film

Variety

Director: 
Roelof van den Bergh
 / 
The Netherlands, 2009
5 min.

In a hectic circus performance a young juggler tries to keep his Chinese Plates and the people on them spinning. But there are too much plates... 

A Film About Poo

Director: 
Anne Wilkins 
Emily Howells
 / 
United Kingdom, 2009
2 min.

This is a film about poo, about things you should and shouldn't do.

Happy hour

Director: 
Maxime Paccalet
 / 
France, 2009
6 min.

Yannick is waiting in a cafe. He's just been stood up badly. As he stands up to leave, a beautiful young woman comes in and sits down at the nearby table. Instantly in love, Yannick imagines a thousand ways to get in touch with her, and puts his plans into practice.

Natural Selection - The Rise of the Proletariat

Director: 
Michael Mallis
 / 
United States, 2008
7 min.

Charles Darwin the giant discovers evolution through a eugenic killing spree of so-called inferior races and the proletariat, while the white bourgeoise evolve into crab like people.

Santa: The Fascist Years

Director: 
Bill Plympton
 / 
United States, 2008
3 min.

We all think of Santa as ‘Jolly ole St.Nick’. But who knew that he has a dark hidden past that’s very un-jolly? This short film uncovers and explores Santa’s flirtation with politics and greed. 

Judas & Jesus

Director: 
Olaf Encke 
Claudia Romero
 / 
Germany, 2009
15 min.

For the first time after 2000 years, we can enjoy the story of Judas and Jesus from the point of view of Judas!