International Competition 10: Animations

A varied selection of animations from our international competition’s selection.

Language: Fin, Eng Duration: 90 min Age Limit: 12+

  • Kolme vanhaa piirrosnaista, joista keskimmäinen on värjäytynyt oikealta puoleltaan oranssiksi.

    Aphasie

    Aphasia
    Afasia
    Director: Marielle Dalpé
    Country: Canada
    Year: 2023
    Genre: Animation
    Duration: 4 min

    A deeply moving foray into the heart of aphasia – a devastating neurocognitive condition that progressively destroys the ability to speak and understand words, afflicting many people with Alzheimer’s disease.

  • Vanhan naisen näköinen nukke istuu vanhan videosoittimen päällä.

    Wander to Wonder

    Director: Nina Gantz
    Country: The Netherlands, France, Belgium
    Year: 2023
    Genre: Experimental, Animation
    Duration: 17 min

    Mary, Billybud and Fumbleton are three miniature, human actors who perform in an eighties kids TV series. After the series’ creator dies, they are left alone in the studio. With their slowly decaying costumes and growing hunger, they continue to make increasingly strange episodes for their fans.
    NOTE! Not available to watch on Festhome TV.

  • Abstrakti mustavalkokuva.

    Väike Teine

    The Little Other
    Toinen pikkuinen
    Director: Andres Tenusaar
    Country: Estonia
    Year: 2024
    Genre: Animation
    Duration: 12 min

    Two babies are waiting to be born. One is an ordinary child. The second is a trickster. Twins are already itself a trickster prank of the nature. But here, next to an ordinary child, there is a visual copy of him breaking all the rules from the beginning.

  • Ratsastajat rientävät läpi metsän hevosten ja koirien kanssa.

    Flower Show

    Director: Elli Vuorinen
    Country: Finland
    Year: 2023
    Genre: Animation
    Duration: 9 min
    Age Limit:

    Girls have been cultivated like flowers for generations. We need more growing seasons to breed new ways into the system.
    NOTE! Not available to watch on Festhome TV.

  • Kaksi alastonta piirroshahmoa meloo kelluvan tukin päällä.

    Drijf

    Director: Levi Stoops
    Country: Belgium
    Year: 2023
    Genre: Animation
    Duration: 15 min

    Two people adrift at sea are fighting a bloody battle for the survival of both themselves and their relationship.
    NOTE! Not available to watch on Festhome TV.

  • Piirretty nunnakuoro laulaa lukuunottamatta keskellä seisovaa nunnaa, joka katselee ympärilleen posket punaisina.

    Nun or Never!

    Director: Heta Jäälinoja
    Country: Finland
    Year: 2023
    Genre: Animation
    Duration: 11 min
    Age Limit:

    The nuns live in the monastery in contentment and harmony, fused together. One of the nuns finds a man underground while digging potatoes. The nun begins to dream of the man, goes mad and loses a common rhythm with others.
    NOTE! Not available to watch on Festhome TV.

  • Piirrosvalas nousee öisestä merestä.

    The End of a Voyage

    Matkan loppu
    Director: Min Ho Choi
    Country: South Korea
    Year: 2023
    Genre: Animation
    Duration: 10 min

    A middle-aged man is sailing while losing his memory. Not knowing that his wife's voice that he heard in his head is an auditory hallucination, he continues to talk with that voice.

  • Vanha savianimoitu nainen kävelee uimapuvussa maassa istuvaa nuorta naista kohti.

    Madeleine

    Director: Raquel Sancinetti
    Country: Canada
    Year: 2023
    Genre: Animation, Documentary
    Duration: 15 min

    Every week, two friends born 67 years apart share their life stories in a senior home's living room. The younger friend convinces the 107-year-old lady to join her in an adventure: a road trip to the sea.