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The Elephant in Competition III


STEPS

Tochka (Tochka)
Japan, 2010, HD, 2'



Slabs in the formation of steps slide out of the walls in a checkerboard room.
A conflict between a young man who tries to fit the situation and the stickman who ridicules him.


Soitto-oppilas / Learning to Play

JP Saari (Turku Arts Academy)
Finska, 2011, HD, 8'45''
Links: Movie trailer



A boy is trying hard to learn to play the flute. He is disturbed by a strange noise from the outside. But beyond the old fence is an unknown wilderness.


Filmarji / Behind the Scenes

Matej Jenko (Art Rebel 9)
Slovenia, 2010, digibeta, 3'12''
Links: Official site, SloCartoon



The animated series “Behind the Scenes” gives us a tour of the occurrences and mishaps on the film sets of well known blockbuster movies that have remained, until now, hidden to the audience. The first episode – Indiana Jones – reveals the true story behind the blockbuster's theme song and its author.


Ben Hora

Julie Rembauville, Nicolas Levrin Bianco (Sacrebleu Productions)
France, 2010, betaSP, 4'20''
Links: Movie trailer



A migrants' family arrives by boat in a fantasized new world. The movie stages the disappointment when facing the absurd laws of our society.


Something Left, Something Taken

Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata (Tiny Inventions)
USA, 2010, beta SP, 10'13''
Links: Movie trailer,



Everyone who enters a crime scene, leaves something behind and takes something away.
“Something Left, Something Taken” is an animated dark comedy about a vacationing couple’s encounter with a man they believe to be the Zodiac Killer.


Ast mit Last / Out on a Limb

Falk Schuster (Falk Schuster)
Germany, 2011, beta SP, 5'04''
Links: Official site, Movie trailer



Though autumn is at an end and winter is imminent, one bird refuses to accept that this change is happening. Most of all he is upset that his favourite perch is shedding its leaves. And since he refuses to believe in the change of seasons, he tries to work out who the true culprit really is. But he's unable to avert the march of time.


Kahanikar / The Storyteller

Nandita Jain (NFTS)
UK, 2011, HD, 10'02''
Links: Official site, Movie trailer



7 year old Nirmala attempts to grapple with the demons of her grandfather's dementia when he forgets the details of her favourite story.


TATAMP

Mirai Mizue (Mirai Mizue)
Japan, 2011, HD, 5’35’’
Links: Movie trailer



The living thing has one sound.
The kind of the sound increases, too, if the kind of the living thing increases.
They become chaoses, and become melodies.


Ei aikuisia / No adults

Kaisa Lenkkeri (Turku Arts Academy)
Finland, 2011, digibeta, 13'22''



There comes a time when playtime is over and growing up is inevitable – what does it mean for your childhood friend?

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