With more than 340 hours of submission material, the 11th Animocje Festival (3-9 April 2022, Bydgoszcz, Poland) had a demanding job to make this year's selection. A newly created competition category, Music Videos Competition, was added, while the already existing categories of Films for Children and Young People Competition were expanded.
105 animation shorts have been selected in all competition categories and the Play-Off programme. The official competition finds the much-awarded gem 'Just A Guy' (Shoko Hara), the social mirror study of 'The Hangman At Home' (Michelle & Uri Kranot), and the Portuguese 'Tie' (Alexandra Ramires).
We also see the Greek experimental short The Blind Writer' by Georges Sifianos (check his interview at Zippy Frames) , and the Polish dysfunctional family drama Your Own Bullshit by Daria Kopiec
International Competition for the Bydgoszcz Prize for the Best Animated Film
Wizyta / The Visit, Mateusz Jarmulski, Polska / Poland 2021, 7’23’’
Okruszki życia / Crumbs of Life, Katarzyna Miechowicz, Polska / Poland 2020, 6’35’’
Własne śmieci / Your Own Bullshit, Daria Kopiec, Polska / Poland 2020, 6’26’’
Wszystkie te odczucia w moim brzuchu / Sve te senzacije u mom trbuhu / All Those Sensations in My Belly, Marko Djeska, Chorwacja / Croatia 2020, 13’19’’
Stara wiedźma / Old Hag, Julie Rembauville, Nicolas Bianco-Levrin, Francja / France 2020, 7’37’’
Zwykły facet / Just A Guy, Shoko Hara, Niemcy / Germany 2020, 15’
Miłego psa! / Have a Nice Dog!, Jalal Maghout, Niemcy / Germany 2020, 13’14’’
Niewidomy pisarz / L’écrivain aveugle / The blind writer, Georges Sifianos, Grecja / Greece 2021, 9’50’’
Lądowanie / The Landing, Kaisa Penttilä, Finlandia / Finland 2021, 9’23’’
Wygodna obojętność obfitości / La cómoda indiferencia de la abundancia / The comfortable indifference of abundance, Lucas Schiaroli, Argentyna / Argentina 2021, 4’22’’
Narodziny formy / Kuumba Umbo / Birth of Form, Ekaterina Ogorodnikova, Rosja / Russian Federation 2022, 6’39’’
Nie jesteś Kiwi / You Are Not a Kiwi, Maria Saveleva, Estonia 2020, 5’31’’
15+
Oh krokodyle… / Ah les crocodiles… / Oh the crocodiles…, Agathe Sénéchal, Elise Debruyne, Cérine Raouraoua, William Defrance, Agatha Sip, Francja / France 2021, 5’42’’
Insekt, Marcin Podolec, Polska / Poland 2021, 29’50’’
Prawdziwy chłopak / Real Boy, Irena Jukić Pranjić, Chorwacja / Croatia 2021, 6’35’’
Tio, Juan Medina, Meksyk / Mexico 2021, 12’41’’
Opierzenie / Fledge, Hani Dombe, Tom Kouris, Izrael / Israel 2021, 15’25’’
Jak przetrwać falę upałów i pozostać człowiekiem / How To Survive The Heatwave And Stay Human, Ronni Shalev, Alon Sharabi, Izrael / Israel 2021, 7’48’’
@scroll_alice, Céline Ufenast, Wielka Brytania / United Kingdom 2021, 3’37’’
Music Videos Competition
Elton John, Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (PNAU Remix), Raman Djafari, Niemcy / Germany 2021, 4’14’’
Talk To You - Anjana Vasan, Sheetal Thankey, Sheetal Thankey, WIelka Brytania / United Kingdom 2021, 3’45’’
Frutos Rojos - Los Mundos, Dave Merson Hess, Meksyk / Mexico 2020, 3’30’’
Thar Liggur Hundurinn Grafinn (there's the rub) - Captain Syrup, Simon Skrepek, Austria 2021, 5’10’’
Play-off Films qualified for the 'Play-off' will be judged by viewers. The animation with the highest percentage of votes will receive a wildcard and enter the International Competition.
Epidemia, Kristjan Holm, Estonia 2021, 10’10’’
Pętla / Loop, Pablo Polledri, Hiszpania, Argentyna / Spain, Argentina 2021, 8’
Żegnaj mój mały bloku! / Pá kis Panelom! / Bye Little Block!, Éva Darabos, Węgry / Hungary 2020, 8’42’’
Gitara w wiadrze / 버킷 / A Guitar in the Bucket, Boyoung Kim, Korea Południowa / Republic of Korea 2021, 14’51’'
Rozmowa kwalifikacyjna / Proceso de selección / Selection Process, Carla Pereira, Hiszpania / Spain 2021, 3’30’’
Naciśnij ten przycisk, jeśli zaczniesz panikować / Push This Button if You Begin to Panic, Gabriel Böhmer, WIelka Brytania / United Kingdom 2020, 12’51