The best short animation works from the Baltic and Nordic countries for your enjoyment. The programme presents carefully selected films from Denmark, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania, competing for the Best Animated Short Film Award, which will be presented by an international jury.
49 3852023 / Poland / 8 min. 0 sec.
War is not only about big battles, but also about the small, everyday clashes between millions of people affected by war.Grandmother Zosia has experienced it first hand. From an extraordinary perspective, with humour, she talks about the hardships of war and the reality of the concentration camp during her teenage years. The film focuses on this extraordinary and unique character, Grandma Zosia.Director. 44 sec.The 1980s.A motel is demolished. A secret club of robot friends meets regularly here: to fulfil their dream of being different than they are. They are united by their desire to become animals. This night is a farewell party with one of them. Directed by Jan BitzerWritten by Jan BitzerProduced by Christian "Chan" Zehetmeier, Ilija Brunck, Jan Bitzer, Jona BrunckProduction company. 3 secA woman fleeing an abusive relationship stumbles upon a hen doing the same. Although they are different species and separated by a fence, they understand each other because of a common symptom of pain: sore skin. While the woman soothes herself by smoking a cigarette, the two hens devise a plan: to set the world on fire so that it is like their burning skin. The fire may be only imaginary, but it relieves pain or gives catharsis: Anna BennerScreenplay by: Anna BennerProducer: Anna BennerFlower Show2024 / Finland / 8 min. 31 sec.For generations, women have been cultivated like flowers. We need more fertile seasons to graft new ways into the system.Director. 48 sec. Cows love grass. Felix Ferdinand LippDirector: Felix Ferdinand LippScreenwriter: Felix Ferdinand LippProducer: Felix Ferdinand Lipp The Night Photograph Revisited2023 / Estonia / 12 min. 55 sec.Peter's first summer in the countryside! Everything is going well until the grandfather of the deceased housekeeper tries to eat Peter.Directed by Mikk MägiWritten by Mikk MägiProduced by Kristel Tõldsepp Produced by A Filmc EstoniaA Portrait of a Circle2023 / Poland / 5 min. 46 sec.Picturesque horse silhouettes, dancing movements, head shape, stallion fight. The director creates his own animation and presents horses drawn by Leonardo da Vinci, Pablo Picasso, Saul Steinberg and other artists, as well as mythological figures such as the centaur and pegasus. It also shows how horses were painted by Japanese, Chinese and Palaeolithic artists.Directed by Witold GierszWritten by Witold GierszProduced by Piotr Furmankiewicz, Mateusz MichalakProduced by FUMI StudioSpring2023 / Denmark / 12 min. 28 secA woman in a farmhouse tries to attract the spirit of the house, the mischievous Nisis, by offering him food. Spring is about to start, but the chill of winter is still in the air. At night, when ghosts wander around the house, Nisi comes into the woman's dream. As day dawns, the dream dissipates, but something has changed: spring has arrived.Directed by Pernille KjaerWritten by Pernille KjaerProduced by: Martina ScarpelliProducer: Martina Scarpelli Studio