Screening of short films awarded at the Animator festival in Poznań (2016)
Introduction by Filip Kozłowski

• Before love, Igor Kovalyov, 19'15”, Russia, 2015

  The title suggests that everything happening to the characters is not a true love yet. Human shortcomings tie the dramatic knot of the story. Everybody is looking for love.

  

  Before love, Igor Kovalyov, 19'15”, Russia, 2015

  

  

  Before love, Igor Kovalyov, 19'15”, Russia, 2015

  

  

  Before love, Igor Kovalyov, 19'15”, Russia, 2015

  

• Blind Vaysha, Theodore Ushev, 8'14”, Canada, 2016

  With one eye that can only see the past and one that can only see the future, a girl is tormented by two irreconcilable realities. Blind Vaysha is a vivid and gorgeously crafted 3D fable about living in the present.

  

  Blind Vaysha, Theodore Ushev, 8'14”, Canada, 2016

  

  

  Blind Vaysha, Theodore Ushev, 8'14”, Canada, 2016

  

  

  Blind Vaysha, Theodore Ushev, 8'14”, Canada, 2016

  

• End Game, Phil Mulloy, 6', Great Britain

  After a tough week at the office, Richard and George like to play war games over the weekend to relax.

  

  End Game, Phil Mulloy, 6', Great Britain

  

  

  End Game, Phil Mulloy, 6', Great Britain

  

• Erlkönig, Georges Schwizgebel, 6', Switzerland

  A father rides with his son through the forest. The sick child thinks he sees the Erlking, who both charms and frightens him. Based on Goethe’s poem Erlkönig and the music of Schubert and Liszt.

  

  Erlkönig, Georges Schwizgebel, 6', Switzerland

  

  

  Erlkönig, Georges Schwizgebel, 6', Switzerland

  

• About a Mother, Dina Velikovskaya, 7'20”, Russia, 2015

  This story is about a mother who has given so much that it looks like she has nothing left... but the life opens up the new opportunities.

  

  About a Mother, Dina Velikovskaya, 7'20”, Russia, 2015

  

  

  About a Mother, Dina Velikovskaya, 7'20”, Russia, 2015

  

• Impossible Figures and Other Stories II / Figury niemożliwe i inne historie II, Marta Pajek, 14'30”, Poland, 2016

  Bustling about doing her everyday chores, a woman trips and falls over. After getting up, she discovers some unusual properties of her house: it is made of paradoxes and filled with illusions.

  

  Impossible Figures and Other Stories II / Figury niemożliwe i inne historie II, Marta Pajek, 14'30”, Poland, 2016

  

  

  Impossible Figures and Other Stories II / Figury niemożliwe i inne historie II, Marta Pajek, 14'30”, Poland, 2016

  

  

  Impossible Figures and Other Stories II / Figury niemożliwe i inne historie II, Marta Pajek, 14'30”, Poland, 2016

  

• Sexy Laundry, Izabela Plucińska, 12', Germany, Canada, Poland, 2015

  Can the flames of desire be rekindled after 25 years? This erotic comedy, made entirely through the use of modelling clay, delves into the private lives of Alice and Henry, a couple in their fifties numbed by routine.

  

  Sexy Laundry, Izabela Plucińska, 12', Germany, Canada, Poland, 2015

  

  

  Sexy Laundry, Izabela Plucińska, 12', Germany, Canada, Poland, 2015

  

  

  Sexy Laundry, Izabela Plucińska, 12', Germany, Canada, Poland, 2015