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Lizzie Watts (National Film and Television School)<\/br>United Kingdom, 2025, 9'54''<\/br>
As Dev drives home from a mysterious, ageing nuclear facility, he becomes stranded at an isolated emu farm run by old mystic lesbians. Suspicious of their intentions, Dev fears they will sacrifice him at the local stone circle.\r\n <\/p> <\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t
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\u017diva Divjak (Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Film and TV School)<\/br>Czech Republic, 2025, 3'16''<\/br>
A young couple's relationship is tested by their struggle to communicate. Set against imagery of shifting waters, the film explores their journey through conflict, emotional barriers, and moments of reconciliation, culminating in a narrative that begins and ends on tranquil blue waters.\r\n <\/p> <\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t
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Marvin Hauck (Avans University)<\/br>The Netherlands, 2025, 7'00''<\/br>
States of Matter<\/i> is an experimental strata-cut animation created entirely from wax and paper, offering a meditative exploration of materiality, textures, movements, and tactile sound.\r\n <\/p> <\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t When the owner of a bustling nightclub keeps an eye on his business, his gaze falls on a mysterious lady dressed in red whom he wants to make his own at all costs. While the other guests at the club loose themselves in decadence, the owner remains spellbound by the lady and his inner demons.\r\n <\/p> <\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t A drawing girl starts feeling a sharp pain in her back and tries to abate it by stretching. Despite her best efforts, the pain doesn\u2019t wane and her frustration starts growing. Her movements become grotesque and more brutal, and her body grows more and more tense. \r\n <\/p> <\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t After a flat tire leaves her stranded in the woods, a woman revisits haunting memories of her self-destructive tendencies on the finger nails. As she peels the skin from her fingers, each strip draws her deeper into the past. With every layer, she steps closer to the hidden child within herself.\r\n <\/p> <\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t A day in the life of a little child.\r\n <\/p> <\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t An analogue animated film based on a self-observation experiment, made with a conscious abandonment of premeditation in favour of an intuitive method of development. We travel through free-flowing thoughts and emotional states, paralleling the world that is happening inside and around us.<\/p> <\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t As the manager of a parcel drop-off and collection point, Ming\u2019s job is lonely and repetitive. However, there\u2019s one thing that makes him happy every day.\r\n <\/p> <\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t The animated musical follows the journey of the anthropomorphized Stone of Destiny. On a path filled with mysterious encounters and hidden symbols, he is driven by a desire for freedom. \r\n <\/p> <\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t [vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1604469580079{margin-right: 5px !important;margin-left: 5px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”|||”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A competition strand reserved for students of European universities. They are in the running for the Young Talent: Student Jury Award, presented jointly by the School of Arts (University of Nova Gorica), as well as the Academy of Fine […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":26398,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/template_page-builder.php","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animateka.si\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26436"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animateka.si\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animateka.si\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animateka.si\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animateka.si\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26436"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.animateka.si\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27334,"href":"https:\/\/www.animateka.si\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26436\/revisions\/27334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animateka.si\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animateka.si\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Rune Callewaert (KASK & Conservatorium, Ghent)<\/br>Belgium, 2025, 8'08''<\/br>
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Marta Margeti\u0107 (Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb)<\/br>Croatia, 2025, 4'22''<\/br>
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NanTung Lin (RE:Anima Joint Master in Animation)<\/br>Taiwan, Portugal, Belgium, Finland, 2025, 6'20''<\/br>
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Anh T\u00fa Nguyen (Filmakademie Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg)<\/br>Germany, 2025, 3'00''<\/br>
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Csan\u00e1d Baksa-So\u00f3s (Moholy-Nagy University of Arts and Design)<\/br>Hungary, 2025, 9'02''<\/br>
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Yujia Wang (La Poudri\u00e8re)<\/br>France, 2025, 4'31''<\/br>
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Julie \u010cern\u00e1 (UMPRUM)<\/br>Czech Republic, 2025, 10'26''<\/br>
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