Shortlist | key:frame
Discover the whole world of animation in key:frame! From stop-motion to 3D, we offer a diverse selection of exciting animated stories from different countries. Immerse yourself and get inspired by the creative diversity and magic of animation.
Dodo
Dodo’s father is different. When he disappears one day, Dodo hides away with her mother. But at some point she has to face growing up…
Language: Without Dialogue
Credits
| Director | Yi Luo |
| Animation | Oscar Bittner |
| Yi Luo | |
| Bianca Scali | |
| Sarah Schulz | |
| Laura Staab | |
| Sabine Volkert | |
| Music | Hannes Bieber |
| Producer | Jiayan Chen |
| Yi Luo | |
| Sound Designer | Marc Fragstein |
| Voice | Han Nguyen |
| Re-recording Mixer | Max Kersten |
| Film School | Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg |
Opto Optics
A man is out shopping when he unexpectedly becomes a witness and his world descends into surrealism. A psychedelic trip that goes far beyond the store.
Language: Without Dialogue
Credits
| Director | Pearl Seemann |
| Editing | Pearl Seemann |
| Music | Neumatic Parlo |
| Producer | Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf |
| Screenplay | Pearl Seemann |
| Sound Mixer | Lambert Regel |
| Other | Doreen Borchert |
| Film School | Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf |
The Creators
Why is the world the way it is? A funny insight into the secret of those who have shaped and created life on earth.
Language: Without Dialogue
Credits
| Director | Madeleine Homan |
| Animation | Francisco Alvarez Simavilla |
| Butcher Anya | |
| Jess Jolliffe | |
| Music | Tom Redburn |
| Sound Designer | McClymont Kai |
Au 8ème Jour (On the 8th Day)
In a textile world, we bear witness to its man-made destruction. All it takes is a single day. A 3D animated appeal.
Language: Without Dialogue
Credits
| Director | Agathe Sénéchal |
| Alicia Massez | |
| Elise Debruyne | |
| Flavie Carin | |
| Théo Duhautois | |
| Music | Thomas Peyrounette |
| Story | Flavie Carin |
| Elise Debruyne | |
| Théo Duhautois | |
| Alicia Massez | |
| Agathe Sénéchal |
Raja
Raja collapses under the unbearable weight of darkness and ends up in a wondrous limbo. She discovers something she had long since given up on.
Language: German (English Subtitles)
Credits
| Director | Franziska Von Holst |
| Louisa Maria Würden | |
| Cast | Lisa Dzyadyk |
| Sybille Nicolai | |
| Editing | Cornelius Koch |
| Music | Sebastian Hohberg |
| Screenplay | Franziska Von Holst |
| Louisa Maria Würden | |
| Sound Designer | Sebastian Hohberg |
Content Notes
피크닉 (PICNIC)
A dreamy emulator worldbuilding with VHS vibes and RGB color games that tells the experimental story of a rabbit’s hero’s journey.
Language: Korean (English Subtitles)
Credits
| Director | Kawon Lee |
| Composer | Blood pixel hero |
| Kaufman & Silverman | |
| Patrick McHale & J.R. Kaufman | |
| Film School | Hongik University College of Design & Arts / School of Film & Animation |
Lilli + Camille
This Stop-motion film explores the loss of loved ones and how the rebirth of the plant world can help.
Language: Without Dialogue
Credits
| Director | Iris Birke |
| Cinematographer | Patrick Gregg |
| Music | Sam Cope |
| Sound Mixer | Michal Krajczok |
| Film School | University of Europe for Applied Sciences Berlin |
Ik Ben Hier (I Am Here)
The fear of oblivion can be overwhelming: What do we leave behind once we are gone? Just a single hair or an entire legacy?
Language: Without Dialogue
Credits
| Director | Cheyenne Goudswaard |
| Animation | Cheyenne Goudswaard |
| Editing | Cheyenne Goudswaard |
| Music | Thomas Powell |
| Producer | MIVC St. Joost School of Art & Design |
| Sound Designer | Thomas Powell |
| Story | Cheyenne Goudswaard |
午後的迷茫 (Confusion of the Afternoon)
On a boring afternoon at school, a fleeting touch between two boys leads to a dreamy crush and confusing feelings.
Language: Without Dialogue
Credits
| Director | Yung-Chieh Lee |
| Animation | Yung-Chieh Lee |
| Cinematographer | Sheng-Chun Huang |
| Editing | Yung-Chieh Lee |
| Lighting | Sheng-Chun Huang |
| Music | Yen-Hao Tu |
| Producer | Chiao-Fang Lin |
| Screenplay | Yung-Chieh Lee |
| Sound Designer | Yen-Hao Tu |
| Art Director | Yung-Chieh Lee |
| Vfx Artist | Yung-Chieh Lee |
| Composer | Yen-Hao Tu |
| Film School | Tainan National University of the Arts, Graduate Institute of Animation and Film Art |
The Nectar Instead
In a stop-motion studio, a fly finds itself in a hopeless situation and realizes that it has wasted its life.
Language: English (English Subtitles)
Credits
| Director | Yoo Lee |
| Animation | Blake Derksen |
| Cast | Frank Thon |
| Robert Werner | |
| Cinematographer | Aaron Wise |
| Editing | Mengyao Mia Zho |
| Producer | Yoo Lee |
| Production Designer | Yoo Lee |
| Story | Yoo Lee |
| Vfx Artist | Diana Arnold |
| Composer | Joseph Steven |
| Supervising Sound Designer | Matthew Schoenfeld |
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