Silhouettes Competition 1 – With or Without People
01 Skinned
Director(s)
Joachim HÉRISSÉ
Synopsis
Lost in the middle of a swamp, live two strange women, Siamese twins. At night, one of them has nightmares in which she sees her sister's flesh covering her own body...
02 Canard
Director(s)
Elie CHAPUIS
Film info
Year of production: 2023
Country of production: Switzerland
Length: 09' 06''
Synopsis
Vladimir and Olga raise ducks on a small isolated farm in the countryside. They hope for a child, but this expectation soon turns into a nightmare.
03 ROALD
Director(s)
Clara BIGACHE, Laurent CHAVALLE, Julie CHENE, Thibault CHOPINET, Armand GAUCHERON, Alexis LHEUREUX, Maxime PRONE
Synopsis
A birthday party escalate when an toad who perceives life in a cute and colorful way meets a paranoiac fly.
04 Don't forget to take medicines on time
Director(s)
Xiaoxuan HAN
Film info
Year of production: 2023
Country of production: China
Length: 02' 27''
Synopsis
Bad mood keeps popping up like mushrooms after the rain. The directors rhinitis becomes very bad when it rains. This film can remind not to forget to take rhinitis medication. And raise people's attention to the environment.
05 Lives to Sell
Director(s)
Cheung Ka MAN, Leung Lok YIU, Valerie Naomi YING, Yuen Nok HANG
Film info
Year of production: 2023
Country of production: Hong Kong
Length: 01' 00''
Synopsis
Hong Kong wet market goods. The film is bringing them to life in a world that is otherwise "lifeless" due to the animals waiting to be sold and slaughtered, and challenge the viewer's perspective on how we perceive the lives of others.
06 A beautiful summer night
Director(s)
Arthur DUPUY, Aleksandar SAVIC, Barbara DERAIL, Enzo LEBOUCHER, Sam CASTELLI, Yannis BRUN
Film info
Year of production: 2022
Country of production: France
Length: 07' 18''
Synopsis
A group of animals decide to avenge the death of one of their own one beautiful summer night.
07 The cactus
Director(s)
Ricardo KUMP
Film info
Year of production: 2022
Country of production: Brazil
Length: 10' 25''
Synopsis
A man, troubled by a severe nervous system disease, finds himself paralyzed in a remote and hostile environment after an accident. His situation takes new directions as he surrenders and accepts his new reality.
08 Fig and Donkey
Director(s)
Jácinta RÁBAKÖZI
Film info
Year of production: 2023
Country of production: Hungary
Length: 03' 25''
Synopsis
Fig lives as a hermit in her cave until Donkey bursts into her quiet life. Donkey moves in too, and they make a lot of exciting and nice memories. One day, a sudden flood forces them to go on living in the belly of a fish.
09 Headprickles
Director(s)
Katarzyna MIECHOWICZ
Film info
Year of production: 2022
Country of production: Poland
Length: 08' 00''
Synopsis
A journey into an imaginary world that does not require unambiguous interpretation.
10 Crack of dawn
Director(s)
Bence VADÁSZ
Film info
Year of production: 2023
Country of production: Hungary
Length: 05' 00''
Synopsis
Two morning would bring up the Sun, but there is only one of that.
11 The Visit
Director(s)
Mateusz JARMULSKI
Film info
Year of production: 2021
Country of production: Poland
Length: 07' 00''
Synopsis
A dark figure escapes through the thicket. The hunters’ shouting grows. The chimpanzee’s eyes shine on her face. She is breathing heavily, flees through the jungle. The frightened animal reaches a villa and enters inside. Leaving her natural environment will stand before an important choice.