Grand Competition includes a total of 28 animated films from 21 different countries.
The 18th Animated Dreams received more than 500 submissions from which 66 were chosen for the festival’s three competition programs. In the Grand Competition there are a total of 28 animated films from 21 different countries. The student competition has 24 student films and the newest competition program SHUT UP! consists of 20 films without dialogue or narration by students and professionals alike.
The festival’s artistic director Olga Pärn says that when choosing the competition programs, the three-member selection jury viewed each film as a cinematographic whole, judging each film on its specific qualities rather than chasing a narrow focus. “These are strong films with brilliant direction and very personal artistic statements,” Pärn describes the competing films.
The Grand Competition will be judged by an international jury that consists of world renowned animation historian and writer Giannalberto Bendazzy (Italy), Goya-award winning Pedro Rivero (Spain) and the beloved Estonian animation director and cinematographer Janno Põldma (Estonia).
See below for the full list of films in the Animated Dreams 2016 competition programs:
GRAND COMPETITION
- Before Love (2015) Dir: Igor Kovalyov
- Phantom City (2015) Dir: Patrick Jenkins
- Curse of the Flesh (2016) Dir: Yannick Lecoeur, Leslie Lavielle
- The Kid and the Hedgehog (2016) Dir: Marc Riba & Anna Solanas
- (2015) Dir: Jie Shen
- Nighthawk (2016) Dir: Spela Cadez
- Sore Eyes for Infinity (2016) Dir: Elli Vuorinen
- Lead in the Head (2016) Dir: Aurore Peuffier
- Analysis Paralysis (2016) Dir: Anete Melece
- L’alfabeto Delle Cose Piccole (2015) Dir: Linda Wolfsgruber, Federica Pagnucco, Thomas Renoldner
- Empty Space (2016) Dir: Ülo Pikkov
- Chateau Au Go Go (2016) Dir: Steve Gentile
- Satie’s Parade (2015) Dir: Koji Yamamura
- Cat Meets Dog (2015) Dir: Paul Driessen
- Tango (2016) Dir: Francisco Gusso, Pedro Giongo
- Ink Meets Blank (2016) Dir: Tymoni Albrzykowski
- Waiting for the New Year (2016) Dir: Vladimir Leschiov
- Fatcula (2016) Dir: Martinus Daane Klemet
- Au Revoir Balthazar (2016) Dir: Rafael Sommerhalder
- Windows (2016) Dir: Angella Lipskaya
- Full House (2016) Dir: Kristjan Holm
- Dota (2016) Dir: Petra Zlonoga
- Parade (2015) Dir: Digna van der Put
- G-Aaah (2016) Dir: Elizabeth Hobbs
- High Summer (2016) Dir: Josselin Facon
- Winter Love (2015) Dir: Isabel Herguera
- Travelling Country (2016) Dir: Vessela Dantcheva, Ivan Bogdanov
- Endgame (2016) Dir: Phil Mulloy
STUDENT COMPETITION
- Tough (2016) Dir: Jennifer Zheng
- When The (2016) Dir: Raffaele Gans Pfister
- Child (2016) Dir: Viktor Stickel, Iring Freytag
- Limoeiro (2016) Dir: Joana Silva
- What They Believe (2016) Dir: Shoko Hara
- Tour (2016) Dir: Jasmijn Cedee
- As a Little Bird (2016) Dir: Yyhely Hälvin
- Schroedinger’s Dog (2016) Dir: Natalia Krawczuk
- Illusions (2016) Dir: Dominica Harrison
- Fears (2015) Dir: Nata Metlukh
- The Grey Hound (2016) Dir: Josh Saunders
- The Wrong End of the Stick (2016) Dir: Terri Matthews
- Come To Me (2016) Dir: Marta Reis Andrade
- Penelope (2016) Dir: Heta Jäälinoja
- Starting Over (2016) Dir: Mika Seike
- Mirror (2016) Dir: Anna Lytton
- Traces of the Ephemeral (2016) Dir: Agnieszka Waszczeniuk
- Hootchu (2015) Dir: June Kim
- Novembre (2015) Dir: Marjolaine Perreten
- Zhi-Hao (2016) Dir: Wu Chung-Yi
- Beside Oneself (2015) Dir: Karolina Specht
- Shuma (2016) Dir: Lucija Mrzljak
- Hypertrain (2016) Dir: Etienne Kompis, Fela Bellotto
- How are you today? (2016) Dir: Sophia Markatatos
SHUT UP! COMPETITION
- Endgame (2016) Dir: Phil Mulloy
- This Ain’t Disneyland (2015) Dir: Faiyaz Jafri
- Batfish Soup (2016) Dir: Amanda Bonaiuto
- Monkey (2015) Dir: Jie Shen
- Au Revoir Balthazar (2016) Dir: Rafael Sommerhalder
- Starting Over (2016) Dir: Mika Seike
- The Kid and the Hedgehog (2016) Dir: Marc Riba & Anna Solanas
- Garden Party (2016) Dir: Théophile Dufresne, Florian Babikian, Gabriel Grapperon, Lucas Navarro, Vincent Bayoux, Victor Claire
- Made In Spain (2016) Dir: Coke Riobóo
- Parade (2015) Dir: Digna van der Put
- Fish Scale (2016) Dir: Alicja Kot
- You Are Not the Strongest (2016) Dir: Emilio Yebra
- Travelling Country (2016) Dir: Vessela Dantcheva, Ivan Bogdanov
- G-Aaah (2016) Dir: Elizabeth Hobbs
- Here There (2015) Dir: Alexander Stewart
- Pile (2016) Dir: Raffaele Gans-Pfister
- Last Judgment (2016) Dir: Junyi Xiao
- There’s Too Many of These Crows (2016) Dir: Morgan Miller
- Full House (2016) Dir: Kristjan Holm
- Chopping Wood (2016) Dir: Emmi Heimonen
Source: Animated Dreams
Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network, Jennifer Wolfe has worked in the Media & Entertainment industry as a writer and PR professional since 2003.
