3 – 6 MAY
ANIMATION
SCREENINGS
2018
BABYLON
ROSA-LUXEMBURGSTR. 30
10178 BERLIN – MITTE
Pictoplasma illuminates the big screen of BABYLON AM ROSA-LUXEMBURG-PLATZ with the latest and most adventurous character-driven animation shorts, whisking the viewer around the world in four freshly curated official selection programs and a series of special screenings brim full with forward looking psychedelic eye-candy and storytelling genius.
THURSDAY, MAY 3
Program 1: ‘Stare into the Face Machine’
Special: ‘Short Films by the 2018 Conference Speakers’
FRIDAY, MAY 4
Program 2: ‘Endless Play, Infinite Lives’
Program 3: \’Psychedelic Midnight Mix\’
SATURDAY, MAY 5
Program 4: ‘Good Advice for Better Character’
Special: ‘Psychonauts, the Forgotten Children’
SUNDAY, MAY 6
Special: ‘Best of Pictoplasma Festival 2018’
THURSDAY, May 3
Official Selection – Program 1 /
Stare Into The Face Machine
80min
Facial Recognition and other survival strategies—get face to face with the latest empathy-inducing animations by the likes of Jonatan Schwenk, Laurie Rowen, Elenor Kopka or Lucas Zanotto.
THURSDAY, May 3
11:00*
CONFERENCE PREMIERE
with filmmaker Q&A
requires conference registration >>>
20:30
PUBLIC FESTIVAL SCREENING
Tickets available directly at the venue:
Babylon, Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 30
(9,- Euro)
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- THE ALT GUIDE TO CHARACTER DESIGN Jon Dunleavy
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- EYES Lucas Zanotto
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- BITS Laurie Rowan
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- ROBOT & THE ROBOTS Ricard Badia
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- ISLAND Max Mörtl & Robert Löbel
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- M52 Yves Paradis
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- EMBODYING VOICE Ala Nunu Leszyńska
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- FINAL_FINAL Matt Greenwood
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- GEENIE REENIE Andrew Onorato
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- UGLY Nikita Diakur
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- SYD BARRETT - EFFERVESCING ELEPHANT Yoann Hervo
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- CHANGEOVER Mehdi Alibeygi
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- ARTIS LIVES Christian Borstlap
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- CROAK Frida Ek
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- EISNASEN Veronica L. Montano & Joel Hofmann
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- SNEAK SNAKE EP 1+2 Irene Feleo
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- MEAT MYSTERIES Ross Plaskow
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- THE JUNGLE Joseph Melhuish
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- PEEPIN Haein Kim & Paul Rhodes
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- MAJESTIC WILDERNESS! Elenor Kopka
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- SOG Jonatan Schwenk
Special Screening /
Short Films by the 2018 Conference Speakers
90min
Celebrate the oeuvre of the 2018 conference speaker line-up, including Berlinale awarded Réka Bucsi, Goya awarded Alberto Vázquez, and masters of the psychedelic craft Ged Sia and Encyclopedia Pictura.
THURSDAY, May 3
22:30
PUBLIC FESTIVAL SCREENING
Tickets available directly at the venue:
Babylon, Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 30
(9,- Euro)
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- UNICORN BLOOD Alberto Vázquez
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- DECORADO Alberto Vázquez
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- SYMPHONIE NO. 42 Réka Bucsi
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- LOVE Réka Bucsi
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- SOLAR WALK Réka Bucsi
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- RUNNING LIGHTS Ged Sia
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- SVIESA Ged Sia
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- BJÖRK - WANDERLUST Encyclopedia Pictura
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- PANDA BEAR - BOYS LATIN Encyclopedia Pictura
FRIDAY, May 4
Official Selection – Program 2 /
Endless Play, Infinite Lives
80min
The characters come out to play—and you’re invited! Jump ’n Run through this side scrolling screening featuring the animated heroes of Vincent Tsui, Robert Löbel, Foamstudio and Nathan Jurevicius
FRIDAY, May 4
11:00*
CONFERENCE PREMIERE
with filmmaker Q&A
requires conference registration >>>
20:30
PUBLIC FESTIVAL SCREENING
Tickets available directly at the venue:
Babylon, Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 30
(9,- Euro)
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- LA MÁS TIERNA Alberto Martinez Arpa [aka El Miku]
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- ROUTINE Fokke Mars
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- BLUE CHERRY Nathan Jurevicius
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- KINGS AND EMPERORS - I DON’T CARE Tobias Rud
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- RÄUBER & GENDARM Florian Maubach
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- UNEXPECTED DISCOVERIES James Mabery
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- MAMOON Ben Steer
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- OPAL WALTZ Vincent Tsui
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- HOW TO PAINT YOUR RAINBOW Erick Oh
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- MOTION PICTURES Matthew Incontri
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- Insomnia Islena Neira
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- BIG FINDS A TRUMPET Dan Castro
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- SLAVES OF THE RAVE William Garratt
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- A DAY IN THE LIFE OF NYC Aran Quinn
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- LINK Robert Löbel
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- BLUE MONDAY Salon Alpin
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- CUIDACOCHES Dante Zaballa
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- THE BIGGEST WAD IS MINE Sam Gurry
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- HEY PRESSTO DBLG
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- GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBUDS! Benedikt Hummel
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- FEEDING THE DUCKS Jack Sachs & Michael Marczewski
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- AUTO NOM Julius Steinhauser
Official Selection – Program 3 /
PSYCHEDELIC MIDNIGHT MIX
90min
The festival’s famed psychedelia night is set to bend your brain and question your understanding of traditional story-telling, with beautifully animated question marks by Brenda Lien, Wong Ping or David Lewandowski. Go! Don’t ask why! Thank us later.
FRIDAY, May 4
22:30
CONFERENCE PREMIERE &
PUBLIC FESTIVAL SCREENING
Tickets available directly at the venue:
Babylon, Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 30
(9,- Euro)
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- ONE MINUTE OF SEASON’S GREETINGS Fabio Tonetto
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- HILLS BEYOND A RIVER Miao Jing
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- GLITTER Buda
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- PARADISE WITH PAVILION Sandra Barth & Anna Schoening
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- THE HANDSHAKE Adam Black
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- RHYTHM REPEAT Daniel Moreno & Carlos Enciso
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- CHELOU - DAMNED EYE SEE Jesse Collett
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- FJAAK - SNOW Raman Djafari
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- MARIAS - LITTLE BUGS Ori Toor
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- PEEN ZINE Simeon Kondev
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- KNOCKSTRIKE Genis Rigol, Pau Anglada & Marc Torices
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- METAPHYSICAL WORLD Zohar Dvir
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- HOME MAKEOVER Alexandre Louvenaz
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- WHO’S THE DADDY Wong Ping
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- LION ON TIGER - THE FAST FOOD VERSION Diego Cumplido
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- UNGULUGNU Filip Ugrin
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- TELEPORTING JERRED Poyraz Sayan
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- CALL OF CUTENESS Brenda Lien
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- FEST Nikita Diakur
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- GLUCOSE Jeron Braxton
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- DATENITE - SEX BRUISE Conor Grebel
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- MONTAGE Richard Sanz
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- MR. JUKES - GRANT GREEN Parallel Teeth & Anna Ginsburg
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- AMORICANIA Faiyaz Jafri
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- MAJESTIC BEAST / MAGICAL CAT / NOPE AJ Jefferies
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- △▽ Conner Griffith
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- TIME FOR SUSHI David Lewandowski
SATURDAY, May 5
Official Selection – Program 4 /
GOOD Advice for Better Character
80min
Self-enhancement of the character-kind: Improve your well-being, grab good advice and stock up on a healthy portion of solace with these latest films by Jordan Bruner, Rory Waudby-Tolley, Sarina Nihei and Julian Glander.
SATURDAY, May 5
11:00*
CONFERENCE PREMIERE
with filmmaker Q&A
requires conference registration >>>
20:30
PUBLIC FESTIVAL SCREENING
Tickets available directly at the venue:
Babylon, Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 30
(9,- Euro)
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- THE INFINITY PROJECT Will Anderson
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- FITNESS ZONE Jack Sachs
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- LOOKING FOR SOMETHING César Pelizer
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- ART FOR LAWYERS Rory Waudby-Tolley
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- HASHTAG INEEDASHORTBREAK Jasper Van Gestel
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- HOW TO MAKE MUSIC FOR ADVERTISING Buck
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- MEMORIES Tomás Pichardo Espaillat
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- THE LAST JOB ON EARTH Moth Studio
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- WHEN HAVING A CHILD DOESN'T MAKE YOU HAPPY Jordan Bruner and Margaret Williams
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- RABBIT'S BLOOD Sarina Nihei
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- WEIRD Fausto Montanari
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- YOU GOTTA BELIEVE Nina Paley
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- CAT CITY Victoria Vincent
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- SKYBABY Julian Glander
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- MIRROR, MIRROR Khylin Woodrow
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- VICIOUS CYCLE Michael Marczewski
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- WORKOUT Joe Wood
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- DESKERCISE Foreign Fauna
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- RENATA ZEIGUER – WAYSIDE Angela Stempel
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- LIFE WITHOUT STUFF Garth Lee
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- THE BALD FUTURE Paul Cabon
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- TOM ROSENTHAL - QUITE SHORT FOR A GOALKEEPER Luiz Stockler
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- THE BURDEN Niki Lindroth von Bahr
Special Screening /
Psychonauts, the Forgotten Children
70min
Award-winning coming-of-age film written and directed by conference speaker Alberto Vázquez and Pedro Rivero, based on Alberto’s comic ‘Psiconautas.’
(Spanish original with English subtitles)
SATURDAY, May 5
22:30
PUBLIC FESTIVAL SCREENING
Tickets available directly at the venue:
Babylon, Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 30
(9,- Euro)
Special Screening /
Best of Pictoplasma 2018
90min
For those with short attention spans or busy calendars, the festival concludes with a 90-minute compilation of hand-picked highlights. A feature film length, animated ‘Best of Best Ofs,’ so to speak.
SUNDAY, May 6
18:00 + 20:00
PUBLIC FESTIVAL SCREENING
Tickets available directly at the venue:
Babylon, Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 30
(9,- Euro)