Open Competition 2

65 minutes
Open Competition 2

The best animated short films from around the world, hand-picked by KLIK!

This program screened as part of KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival 2008

Showing in this program

2 Metros

2 Metros

  • Javier Mrad / Javier Salazar / Eduardo Maraggi
  • Argentina, 2007
  • 6 min.
John and Karen

John and Karen

  • Matthew Walker
  • United Kingdom, 2007
  • 3 min.

John the polar bear apologises to Karen the Penguin after an argument and then have some tea and a biscuit.

KJFG No. 5

KJFG No. 5

  • Alexei Alexeev
  • Hungary, 2007

"Three ""professional"" musicians, the Bear, the Rabbit and the Wolf are practicing their art in the forest, when suddenly the hunter turns up..."

Looking Thru the Bsides

Looking Thru the Bsides

  • Golden Lucky
  • United States, 2007

Where can you find a place to skate where you might find a butt-chinned painter, skating underwear and bacon to grind on? Welcome to the B-sides. And meet Ollie, a skateboarder looking for a new place to skate without the interference of skateboard eating

My Grandmother Beijing

My Grandmother Beijing

  • Mats Grorud
  • Norway, 2008
  • 9 min.

The modernisation of Beijing told through the eyes of a young boy, playing with his old wrinkly grandmother.

My Little Sister

My Little Sister

  • Udo Prinsen / Nathan Filer
  • The Netherlands, 2008
  • 3 min.

Een jongen schrijft een gedicht over de voor- en nadelen van een nieuw zusje.

Skhizein

Skhizein

  • Jérémy Clapin
  • France, 2008
  • 13 min.

Having been struck by a 150-ton meteorite, Henry has to adapt to living precisely ninety-one centimeters from himself.

Spiss

Spiss

  • Jozsef Sandor
  • Hungary, 2007
  • 3 min.

This is a videoclip for an artist named Spiss. The video is about the rapper himself dressed as a rabbit and being chased by a bear that symbolises the police.By this hunt, the two characters show the ...(?) topic of American hip-hop.

The Aroma of Tea

The Aroma of Tea

  • Michael Dudok de Wit
  • The Netherlands, 2006
  • 3 min.

The Aroma of Tea follows a small shape which travels purposefully and rhythmically through landscapes and which at the end merges into a large white sphere. Both the graphic brushstroke style and the music, with its almost haunting rhythm, are strikingly

The Heart of Amos Klein

The Heart of Amos Klein

  • Uri Kranot / Michelle Kranot
  • Israel / The Netherlands / France, 2008
  • 14 min.

During a heart transplant operation, as he struggles between life and death: Amos Klein returns to significant landmarks over the course of his life. These correspond with key moments in Israeli history. His journey is a reflection on moral corruption, mi

TV Man

TV Man

  • Martine Rademakers
  • The Netherlands, 2005
  • 2 min.