International Competiton Animated Film 1

Films

Ibuka, Justice

Filmstill Ibuka, Justice
Ibuka, Justice
Justice Rutikara
Canada
International Competition Animated Film
Rwanda, 1994: Like hundreds of thousands of Tutsis, the Rutikara family is persecuted by Huti militias. They are rescued by chance – because a soldier was moved by their baby as they fled.

Contains depictions of war scenes, death

Contradiction of Emptiness

Filmstill Contradiction of Emptiness
Contradiction of Emptiness
Irina Rubina
Germany
International Competition Animated Film
Dark spots eat their way into graphically idealised images of home. With unsparing objectivity, Rubina describes why Russian can no longer be the language of security for her.

Contains mentions of sexual violence, war scenes, murder

Duck Broth

Filmstill Duck Broth
Rosół z kaczki
Maria Dakszewicz
Poland
International Competition Animated Film
Tunnel vision, dark circles under the eyes and breathlessness – a hangover in the bathtub. The conversation with the small rubber duck turns into a darkly poetic lament about last night’s filth.

Bunnyhood

Filmstill Bunnyhood
Bunnyhood
Mansi Maheshwari
UK
International Competition Animated Film
In the middle of the night, Bobby is lured to the hospital by her mother, where terrifying horror bunnies anaesthetize her without her consent. A cryptic nightmare in sombre drawings.

Contains depictions of physical violence

The Brown Dog

Filmstill The Brown Dog
The Brown Dog
Nadia Hallgren, Jamie-James Medina
UK,
USA
International Competition Animated Film
A cold winter’s night. Armoured in coolness, Nobody makes his lonely security guard rounds in the square, engrossed in his meandering reflections of life – melancholy of the streets.

The Car That Came Back from the Sea

Filmstill The Car That Came Back from the Sea
Samochód, który wrócił z morza
Jadwiga Kowalska
Switzerland
International Competition Animated Film
Poland, 1981. There is hardly any food, no fuel, only limited freedom. Six friends squeeze into an old car and set out for the Baltic Coast – and perhaps beyond.

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