ANIMATION
SCREENINGS
A fresh selection of sixty-five cutting-edge animated shorts and premieres illuminate the big screen in four thematic screening programmes full of psychedelic eye candy, virtual popcorn and ingenious storytelling.
PROGRAM 1
GROWING PAINS
Conference Premiere: Thursday, May 2, 10:30 @ Silent Green
Festival Viewing: Sunday, May 5, 13:00 @ Silent Green
Child Predator
2023 / US / 00’27’’
Nate Milton
natemilton.com
Best Friend Style
2024 / AU / 05’34”
Paul Rhodes
Animation: Haein Kim
Client: Adult Swim
paulrhodes.club
I Would Eat If I Could
2024 / HU / 10’00’’
Bence Hlavay
Music: SYNONYMS (Gergely Matos, Kristof Huszár)
Sound Design: Mark Puszta, Borbála Sinki
Production: MOME Anim
pirosanimation.com
Little Eddy Episode 3
2024 / US / 03’08’’
Felipe Di Poi
Client: Adult Swim
Production: Adult Swim
@feleup
Trichotillomania!
2021 / US / 04’02’’
Kelly Schiesswohl
kelly4.me
Martyr’s Guidebook
2023 / PL / 09’00’’
Maks Rzontkowski
robocik2.com
Nightpay
2023 / IE, UK / 03’50’’
Rachel Fitzgerald
Music: Grigor Abgaryan
Sound Design: Nicholas Faris
Production: Royal College of Art
rachel-fitzgerald.com
Floaters
2024 / UK / 06’00’’
Mocong Yuan
Production: Royal College of Art
yuanmocong.com
All Gucci My Broski
2023 / UK / 13’34’’
Harry Plowden
harryplowden.com
David
2023 / US / 05’30’’
Patrick Ward
Music: Steven Kanter
Production: Paersek
paersek.com
The Final Nail In The Coffin
2023 / IE / 09’50’’
Conor Kehelly
@conor_kehelly_art
PROGRAM 2
CHARACTER VIGNETTES
Conference Premiere: Friday, May 3, 10:30 @ Silent Green
Festival Viewing: Sunday, May 5, 14:15 @ Silent Green
The New Exhibition
2021 / BE / 02’45’’
Jonathan Djob Nkondo
Sound Design: Nicolas Snyder
jonathandjobnkondo.com
ESC.
2023 / DE / 03’18’’
Sam Southward
Character Design: Anastasiia Ibragimova (FOREAL)
Sound Design: Peter Albertz aka Fonty Music
Production: FOREAL
samsouthward.co.uk
weareforeal.com
The Beauty of Walking
2024 / IL / 02’50’’
Mati Ernst
Sound Design: Yuval Vilner
@mati_ernst
Side Sidemi
2023 / AU / 04’11’’
Zoe Medcraft
Character Design: Zoe Medcraft, Felix Colgrave
Music: Nitai Hershkovits, Rejoicer
Client / Agency: Raw Tapes
Production: Wombot Studios
wombot.studio
Karotte
2023 / DE / 02’42’’
Harry Bhalerao
harrybhalerao.com
In My Garden
2023 / UK / 00’30’’
Qianhui Yu
Music: Elisabeth Flett
Sound Design: Lucie Treacher
Client: GIPHY
qianhuiyu.com
Too Short: The Sequel
2023 / US / 02’05’’
Yusef Najafi
yusef4d.com
MELTS – Altered
2024 / IE / 03’20’’
Conor Finnegan
Music: MELTS
@conorfinneganan
Unplugged
2022 / US / 00’25’’
Qieer Wang
Sound Design: Squash & Biscuit
Client: GIPHY
Production: QIE MEDIA
qieerwang.com
Zeppo!
2024 / US / 09’44’’
Noah Mauchly
Music: Ian Soderberg, Tom Bates
Sound Design: Noah Mauchly
@idontnoahmockley
Rocks
2023 / UK / 00’30’’
Sacha Beeley
Client: Giphy Arts
strangebeast.tv/artists/sacha-beeley
Giovanna and The Big Peacock
2023 / IT / 03’28’’
Maria Zilli
Music: Maria Zilli, Rocco Zilli
@zia.amria
I Wish All Of My Wishes Would Come True
2023 / ISR / 04’00”
Noga Tendler
Sound Design: Yuval Vilner
@zbavfantasy
Gagnant
2023 / FR / 02’05’’
Capucine Gougelet, Capucine Muller
Music: BIZAR
Client: BIZAR
Production: MELTING PRODUCTIONS
@capucinego
At Last
2023 / UK / 00’34’’
Frida Ek
Sound Design: Sounds Like These
frida-ek.com
Illegal Mana
2023 / DE, UK, HU / 01’52’’
Pia Graf, Jack Zhang, Julia Müller
Music: Impey & Sleepier, Lapsung, Xav Clarke
Sound Design: Áron Lörinzi
Client: Giphy Arts
Production: Nice Try Collective
@nice.try.collective
Rise Age
2024 / DE / 05’00’’
Tatjana Theuer
Character Design: Tatjana Theuer, Tanja Nuijten
Music: Philipp Lust
Sound Design: Timo Kleinemeier
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
tatjanatheuer.com
Flipturn – Space Cowboy
2023 / MY / 04’07’’
Michael Lim
Music: Flipturn
Production: Space Dawg Studio
studiospacedawg.com
Missed Connections
2023 / US / 05’03’’
Jack Gray
Music: Edouard Abrieu
Sound Design: Judy Kim
jackwg.com
FX Bumpers
2021 / US / 04’00”
Joseph Bennett
Backgrounds: Charles Huettner
Sound Design: Nic Snyder
Client: FX Productions
josephbennett.tv
From the Corner of my Eyes
2023 / HU / 06’00”
Domonkos Erhardt
Music: Soma Nóvé
Sound Design: Mátyás Tóth
@erhardt.domonkos
PROGRAM 3
PSYCHEDELIC MIDNIGHT MIX
Conference Premiere: Friday, May 3, 22:30 @Colosseum, Schönhauser Allee 123
Festival Viewing: Sunday, May 5, 15:30 @ Silent Green
The Satyr and The Man
2023 / US / 02’44’’
David Gelfand
dgelfa3d.com
Larry
2023 / US / 04’00’’
Takeshi Murata, Christopher Rutledge
Character Design: Takeshi Murata
Music: DJ Taco Fiesta
Sound Design: Takeshi Murata
christophers.website
takeshimurata.com
Corn Man Origin Theorie
2023 / FR / 01’19’’
Alexandre Louvenaz
Character Design: Obviousplant
Sound Design: Laure Ambiehl
Client: Obviousplant
@fantastic3dcreation
La Cérémonie
2023 / FR / 03’49’’
Shoboshobo
Music: CHROMB !
Client: Dur et Doux
shoboshobo.com
Milk Bath
2024 / UK / 05’00’’
Sophie Koko Gate
Music: Hot Sugar
@sophiekoko
Polymorphic
2022 / US / 01’00’’
Michael McAfee
Sound Design: Drasko V
Client: Adult Swim
mcafee.design
Transit
2024 / AT / 04’37’’
Sebastian Freudenschuss
Sound Design: Pieter Gabriel
Production: bounty.studio
bounty.studio
So Shiniiiiiing
2023 / UK / 01’03’’
Gabriele Favaretto
Music: Massimo Valanga
Production: 3Disasters
gabrielefavaretto3disasters.com
Nothing to Expect
2023 / DE / 03’00’’
Franz Impler
franzimpler.com
Americana Laundorama
2024 / US / 02’28’’
Nate Soto
Music: Cool Night by Paul Davis
Sound Design: Emilio Guarino
natesoto.com
Evian Christ – Yxguden
2023 / US, UK, MX, BE / 04’26’’
Micha Klein, Joseph Melhuish, David Rudnick, Alex Futtersak
Character Design: Joseph Melhuish
Music: Evian Christ
Client: Warp Records
davidrudnick.org
The Mind Cleanser
2024 / CA / 03’39’’
Liza Desya
lizadesya.com
Star Tree of Arm Jouth
2023 / US / 04’15’’
Jack Wedge
Music: Otto Benson, Christina Ventzou, Dasychira
Sound Design: Ben Shirken
Production: Laser Days Studio
laserdays.studio
Mick and Wiley
2024 / AU / 01’42’’
Renee French
reneefrench.tv
With Me
2023 / US / 04’00’’
Michael McAfee
Music: Max Cooper
mcafee.design
Flutz
2023 / US / 08’00’’
Ryan McCown
Sound Design: Ryan McCown
ryanmccown.com
Transmogrified
2023 / US / 05’00’’
Alexander Dupuis
Music: Milm
alexanderdupuis.com
In Dreams
2024 / US / 17’00’’
Josh Shaffner
joshshaffnerart.com
Saw Dolphins Today
2023 / US / 02’00’’
David Gelfand
dgelfa3d.com
PROGRAM 4
DON’T DREAM IT …
Conference Premiere: Saturday, May 4, 10:30 @ Silent Green
Festival Viewing: Sunday, May 5, 16:50 @ Silent Green
Football
2021 / US / 01’14”
Joseph Bennett, Martin Starr
Animation Assistance: Felipe Di Poi
Music: Nic Snyder
Sound Design: Mike Jansson
josephbennett.tv
Little Taste of Joy
2023 / BE, UK / 02’12’’
Jonathan Djob Nkondo
Music: Jan Pryputniewicz, Marian Dziubinski
Sound Design: Nicolas Snyder
jonathandjobnkondo.com
Furrie
2023 / FR / 08’36’’
Lucie Grannec
Sound Design: Philipe Baranzini, Christian Phaure, X. Drouault
Production: École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs
@luciegrannec
Devil’s Trumpet
2024 / US / 01’52’’
Maddie Brewer
Music: Blower5
Client: Adult Swim
maddiebrewer.com
Timber Timbre – Sugar Land
2023 / FR / 03’19’’
Elenor Kopka
Music: Timber Timbre
Client: Timber Timbre
elenorkopka.com
7 Missing
2023 / IL / 07’12’’
Yuval Katz
Music: Tommy Blu, Yuval Katz
Sound Design: Tommy Blu
yuvalkatz.com
UPUP
2023 / UK / 04’23’’
Dan Castro
Sound Design: Rahul Nadkarni
Production: University of Edinburgh
castroandfriends.co.uk
Siamés – My Way
2024 / AR / 03’00’’
Jesica Bianchi
Character Design: Jesica Bianchi, Pablo Roldán, Gonzalo Freiganes
Music: Siamés
Production: Rudo Company
jessbianchi.com
Me and Burd
2023 / UK / 07’48’’
Greg McLeod
@myinkyhead
Everybody Needs Some Loving
2023 / DK / 03’28’’
Sara Nanna Jørgensen
Music: Jacob Bellens
Sound Design: Jacob Bellens, Søren Christensen
Production: SARA NANNA
sarananna.dk
Bunny in a Bunny Suit
2023 / MX / 02’00’’
Isaac Huerta Amezcua
Music: Franz Gordon
artstation.com/isaachuerta
Tennis, Oranges
2023 / US / 10’00’’
Sean Pecknold
Character Design: Emily Franz, Sean Pecknold
Music: Claude Debussy
Sound Design: David Kamp / Studio Kamp
Production: Sing-Sing
seanpecknold.com
Boring Ghost
2020 / US / 01’14’’
Michael Buchino
Client / Agency: Sam Miller
Production: Buchino
buchino.net
The Tobos
2023 / DK / 13’00’’
Tobias Rud
Sound Design: Anders Ankerstjerne
@tobiaslrud
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