Focus Animation: Above the Water
Trying to stay afloat in these troubling times can be quite a struggle. The protagonists face wild twists, unexpected hurdles, and moments of sheer chaos. Will they sink, swim, or ride the waves to victory?
Gilbert
A mailman and a musician develop an unexpected friendship based on a secret.
| Animation | Arturo Lacal |
| Cinematographer | Sergio Daeira |
| Editing | Jordi Jiménez |
| Arturo Lacal | |
| Alex Salu | |
| Music | Jordi Jiménez |
| Zésar Martinez | |
| Screenplay | Arturo Lacal |
| Sound Designer | Neur[o]n |
| Daniel Prado |
When Ocean Rises
The ice is gone! A penguin and a polar bear meet in search of a peaceful home.
| Artist | Hagar Faibish |
| Composer | Renyou Zheng |
| Line Producer | Tim Gerrit Augurzke |
| Sound Designer | Yunzheng Hu |
| Lambert Regel | |
| Sound Mixer | Lambert Regel |
| VFX Artist | Arun Leander Boudodimos |
| Yongxin Wang | |
| Voice | André Correia |
| Henrik Gueffroy | |
| Lambert Regel |
Moving Mountains
With fine pencil drawings, Moving Mountains questions cohesion and individual motivation in a society.
| Sound Designer | Hui-cheng Chung |
| Lan-ting Hsu |
Yesterday’s Gnocchis
Ñoquis De Ayer
What does home, moving away and memory mean? And what do waffles for breakfast have to do with it?
| Director | Karen Schöngut |
| Sound Designer | Ben Hendel |
| Voice | Aurélie Feucht |
| Still | Karen Schöngut |
Spirit – A Symphony Of Chaos
Spiritus – Die Sinfonie Des Chaos
Berlin, madness, subway, loud. Then watch this movie, perhaps you will find a moment of peace in this chaos.
| Animation | Antoine Freuchet |
| Violetta Hofmeister | |
| Juliette Schminke | |
| Helena Stanczyk | |
| Director | Antoine Freuchet |
| Juliette Schminke | |
| Film School | Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF |
| Music | Stephen Moltchanski |
| Producer | Sabrina Reis |
| Sound Designer | Carl Hangschlitt |
| Caspar Wagner | |
| Voice | Emma Falck |
| Daniil Khremkin | |
| Vincent Laurids Schürmann |
Pubert Jimbob
Chilling on the couch, watching TV, just fully relaxing—until the doorbell rings. So much for taking it easy.
| Animation | Quirijn DEES |
| Editing | Quirijn DEES |
| Music | Miro BOLLEN |
| Quirijn DEES | |
| Screenplay | Quirijn DEES |
FearISH
A small aquarium and a small fish, what could possibly happen?
| Animation | Mona Abedin |
| Tara Attarzadeh | |
| Soheila Madadi | |
| Film School | University Of Tehran |
Fish & Trips
A wild party. Two drunk fish, who are anything but sober.
| Animation | Amy Bruchner |
| Waldemar Ederle | |
| Marius Lübke | |
| Tobias Meßenzehl | |
| Sören Schmidt-Clausen | |
| Director | Amy Bruchner |
| Marius Lübke | |
| Producer | Tobias Meßenzehl |
| Screenplay | Waldemar Ederle |
| VFX Artist | Sören Schmidt-Clausen |
Detlev
Full of humor, the film tells the story of loneliness, friendship and a constantly freezing man with an urgent need for warmth.
| Animation | Barrett |
| Diadiukh | |
| Ehrhardt | |
| Hain | |
| Keil | |
| Neumann | |
| Schüttengruber | |
| Wahl | |
| Gregor Wittich | |
| Editing | Andreas Bothe |
| Film School | Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH |
| Music | Clemens Gutjahr |
Kupala Night
Купальська ніч
A girl about to get unwillingly married can’t put her feelings aside and just accept her fate. On Kupala night she tries to find a path to her own freedom.
| Animation | Evgenia Shastina |
| Simon Stolpe | |
| Director | Evgenia Shastina |
Serendipity
A lonely girl craves companionship but when the opportunity arrives, she is held back by her shyness and overthinking inner monologues.
| Music | Jonas Schilling |
| Sound Designer | Phan Minh Thu Tran |
Stone of Destiny
Kámen Osudu
A singing stone goes on the search for a different life, but is followed by old demons and doubts.
| Animation | Julie Cerná |
| Matouš Valchár | |
| Editing | Alexandra Volfová |
| Music | Johuš Matuš |
| Sound Designer | Juras Karaka |