Selected Films 2021
International Competition
Short Films
A Criação • José Xavier – Portugal
Affairs of the Art • Joanna Quinn – United Kingdom
All Those Sensations in My Belly • Marko Djeska – Croatia
Anima • Mahboobeh Mohammadzaki – Iran
Bad Seeds • Claude Cloutier – Canada
Biplane Model Kit • Tine Kluth – Germany
Black Slide • Uri Lotan – Israel
Conspiracy • Kuznetsov Andrey – Russia
Darwin´s Notebook • Georges Schwizgebel – Switzerland
Easter Eggs • Nicolas Keppens – Belgium
Elusiveness • Marija Vulic, Isidora Vulic – Serbia
Forever • Mitch McGlocklin – USA
Hide • Daniel Benjamin Gray – France, Hungary, Canada
Hold Me Tight • Mélanie Robert-Tourneur – Belgium
Jabberwocky • Sjaak Rood – The Netherlands
Just a Guy • Shoko Hara – Germany
Les 2 Souliers • Paul Driessen – The Netherlands
Maalbeek • Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis – France
Mondo Domino • Suki – France
Night Bus • Joe Hsieh – Taiwan
Obervogelgesang • Ferdinand Ehrhardt, Eli – Germany
Oldboy´s Apples • Brad Hock – USA
Orchestra Rehearsal • Tatiana Okruzhnova – Russia
Orgiastic Hyper-Plastic • Paul Bush – Denmark
Pilar • Yngwie Boley, J.J. Epping, Diana van Houten – The Netherlands
Santiago • Andrey Koulev – Bulgaria
Selection Process • Carla Pereira – Spain
Sogni al Campo • Magda Guidi , Mara Cerri – France
Souvenir Souvenir • Bastien Dubois – France
Suspensão • Luís Soares – Portugal
Swipe • Arafat Mazhar – Paquistan
The Adventures of Gloria Scott – Murder in the Cathedral • Matija Pisacic, Tvrtko Raspolic – Croatia
The Beakmann Incident • Jared D. Weiss – USA
The Dragon Tree • Jiaqi Wang – United Kingdom
The Fourth Wall • Mahboobeh Kalaee – Iran
The Stork • Morten Tšinakov, Lucija Mrzljak – Estonia
Tio • Juan Medina – Mexico
Trona Pinnacles • Mathilde Parquet – France
Turbo Love • Alicja Jasina – Poland
Under the Skin, the Bark • Franck Dion – France
Wade • Upamanyu Bhattacharyya, Kalp Sanghvi – India
Your Own Bullshit • Daria Kopiec – Poland
Feature Films
Archipelago • Felix Dufour-Laperrière – Canada
Bob Cuspe – Nós Não Gostamos De Gente • Cesar Cabral – Brazil
Chien Pourri, la vie à Paris • Davy Durand, Vincent Patar, Stéphane Aubier – France, Belgium, Finland
Elulu • Gabriel Verdugo Soto – Chile
Student Films
3:45 PM • Alisha Liu – USA
Breaking Bread • Yuan Li Elizabeth Xu – USA
Coffin • Yuanqing Cai, Nathan Crabot, Houzhi Huang, Mikolaj Janiw, Mandimby Lebon, Théo Tran Ngoc – France
Compass • Omani Frei – Austria
Dayfly • Yi Baoxingchen – China
Destiny • Minori Matsuoka – Japan
Diminuendo • Henrike Lendowski – USA
Dogs Smell Like the Sea • Anastasiya Lisovets – Russia
Fall of the Ibis King • Mikai Geronimo, Josh O’Caoimh – Ireland
Fish in the Desert • Lin, Zhi-Ying, Jiang, Xian-Rui – Taiwan
Girl in the Water • Shi-Rou Huang – Taiwan
Hand • Ho Tsz Wing – Hong Kong
Have a Nice Dog! • Jalal Maghout – Germany
Homebird • Ewa Smyk – United Kingdom
Humanimals • Benjamin Mansur – Australia
I Call It Home • Leila Ahang – Iran
I’m a Pebble • Mélanie Berteraut Platon, Yasmine Bresson, Léo Coulombier, Nicolas Grondin, Maxime Le Chapelain, Louise M – France
In the Middle of Nowhere • Sam Marques – Portugal
Les Chaussures de Louis • Théo Jamin, Kayu Leung, Marion Philippe, Jean-Géraud Blanc – France
Lesser of Two Evils • Máté Horesnyi – Hungary
Love in the Clouds • Jaimeen Desai – France
Meow or Never • Neeraja Raj – United Kingdom
Night of the Living Dread • Ida Melum – United Kingdom
Roots • Stephanie Anjo – United Kingdom
Skeleton of a Moth • Emma Kay Smith – United Kingdom
Soft Animals • Renee Zhan – United Kingdom
Tankboy • Novella Lian – Singapura
Tao Yuan • 陈阳嘉 Yangjia Chen – China
The Clearing • Daniel Robert Hope – United Kingdom
The Edge • Zaide Kutay, Géraldine Cammisar – Switzerland
The Frolic • Yi-Han Jhao – Taiwan
The Name of the Plum • Blossom Xiangyu Shi – USA
The Package • Zina Shcherbatova – Russia
The Return of the Waves • Manon Cansell, Alejandra Guevara Cervera, Edward Kurchevsky, Francisco Moutinho De Magalhães, Hortense Mariano – France
White, Black and True Love • Anja Paternoster – Slovenia
You Sold My Roller Skates? • Margaux Cazal, Jeanne Hammel, Louis Holmes, Sandy Lachkar, Agathe Leroux, Léa Rey-Mauzaize – France
National Competition
António Gaio Award
A Criação • José Xavier – Portugal
A Menina Parada • Joana Toste – Portugal
A Mulher do Médico • Bruno Simões – Portugal
Anyhow, Anyway • Catarina Romano – Portugal
Between the Bees and the Turbot • Ana Lidegran Correia – Switzerland
O Teu Nome É • Paulo Patrício – Portugal
O Voo das Mantas • Bruno Carnide – Portugal
Scratch • Nuno Fragata – Portugal
Suspensão • Luís Soares – Portugal
The Monkey • Lorenzo Degl’innocenti, Xosé Zapata – Portugal, Spain
Young Portuguese Director Award (over 18)
Acima do Meu Colo • Beatriz Lopes – Portugal
Ein • Diogo Maurício – Portugal
Enclosera • Dolfin Mateush – Portugal
Feelings’ Infrastructures • Luna Castro – Portugal
Hello • Francisco Brito – Portugal
House 52 • Helena Bernardes, Margarida Rocha – Portugal
Ímpar • Laura Equi, Laura Pires, Marta Ribeiro – Portugal
Mother Trude • Tiago Miguel – Portugal
Nada se Perde • Leonor Faria Henriques – Portugal
Ouroboros • Alexandre Marques, João Costa, João Figueiredo – Portugal
Perspectiva • Gonçalo de Oliveira – Portugal
Sanctuary • Hugo Manuel Moreira dos Santos, Pedro Miguel Santos Bilé, Diogo Samuel Marchã da Costa – Portugal
Vingingus • Carlos Silva – Portugal
Young Portuguese Director Award (under 18)
Amor Pandémico • Coletivo: Escola Básica e Secundária de Idães – Portugal
Coisas Inesperadas • Alunos do 5º Ano do Colégio S. José de Bairros – Portugal
Desconstrução do Natal • Jovens da Escola do Cerco – Portugal
Não Há Boa Terra Sem Bom Lavrador • Alunos das EB1’s do Concelho de Montemor-O-Novo – Portugal
O Sumiço dos Sorrisos • Alunos do 6º Ano da Escola de Caíde de Rei – Portugal
O Vale do Aurotni • Oficina Aprender Em Filmes Realizada No Museu Do Côa, Vila Nova De Foz Côa – Frederico Lobão, Inês Alves, Joana Francisco, José Santos, Leonor Alves, Matilde Martinho, Maria Pinto, Simão Fernandes e Vasco Fernandes – Portugal
O Vírus da Felicidade • Abi Feijó, Alunos do 6º Ano da Escola B+S Lousada Norte – Lustosa – Portugal
Snap Love • Alunos do 9º Ano da Escola B+S de Airães – Portugal
Violence No More • Associação de Ludotecas do Porto, Alunos do 4º Ano, Turma A da EB do Lagarteiro – Portugal
Non Competition
International Panorama
3 Genarrations • Paulina Ziółkowska – Poland
A Pet • Vera Doneva – Bulgaria
A Tiny Tale • Sylvain Cuvillier, Chloé Bourdic, Théophile Coursimault, Noémie Halberstam, Maÿlis Mosny, Zijing Ye – France
Afterlife Service • Coline Cesar, Florent Chaput, Steven Lecomte, Claire Maury, Emilie Milcent, Sophie Payan – France
Alaska • Oxana Kuvaldina – Russia
Aldo • Sara Priorelli, Maria Zilli – Italy
All at Sea • Kasia Nalewajka – Poland
Astralium • Lucie Andouche – France
Babies and the Bear • Marek Skrobecki – Poland
Bardo • Aisling Conroy – Ireland
Big and Small • Natalia Grofpel – Russia
Bussin’ • Davey Jarrell, Dom Bournés – USA
Camille • Maël Nathanaël Sonn – France
Colin Pané • Paul Bouchart, Stéphanie Hu, Clément Opinel, Juliette Danesi, Camille Fruit – France
Colorless Scars • Agne Galvydyte, Simonas Dauparas – Lithuania
Crisis • Shiva Momtahan – Iran
Croc Marmotte • Benjamin Botella – France
Dennis • Carlos Beceiro Paredes, Guillermo Garzón Márquez – Spain
Don’t Lose Her Beauty • Mateusz Błaszczyk – Poland
Elevator Alone • Anastasia Papadopoulou – Greece
Everyone Has My Jacket • Russell Atkinson – United Kingdom
Face Recognition • Martinus Klemet – Estonia
Fear • Bartosz Zarzycki – Poland
Flash • Bruno Simões – Spain
Fledge • Hani Dombe, Tom Kouris – Israel
Flora Linguis • Daniela Godel – France
Fly • Carlos Gómez-Mira Sagrado – Spain
Forgot Your Password? • Clarisse Tronchon, Florian Ojeda Diop, Manon Mergnat – France
Fresh Out of School – Paul Verlaine: Aprés Trois Ans • Nina Heckel – France
Fresh Out of School – Paul Verlaine: Chanson d’Automne • Jean-Baptiste Marchand – France
Fresh Out of School – Paul Verlaine: Conquistador • Jérémie Cousin – France
Fresh Out of School – Paul Verlaine: Cordialites • Nathanaël Perron – France
Fresh Out of School – Paul Verlaine: Grotesques • Anna Bolshakova – France
Fresh Out of School – Paul Verlaine: Il Pleure Dans Mon Coeur • Ariane Teillet – France
Fresh Out of School – Paul Verlaine: Le Piano Que Baise Une Main Frele • Clarissa d’Orival – France
Fresh Out of School – Paul Verlaine: Marine • Maxim Litvinov – France
Fresh Out of School – Paul Verlaine: Mon Rêve Familier • Astrid Guinet – France
Fresh Out of School – Paul Verlaine: Ô Triste, Triste Etait Mon Âme • Raphaël Jouzeau – France
Fresh Out of School – Paul Verlaine: Promenade Sentimentale • Emilie Tronche – France
Fresh Out of School – Paul Verlaine: Soleils Couchants • Aurélie Monteix – France
Fresh Out of School – Paul Verlaine: Voulant Te Fuir • Valentine Vendroux – France
Gabi • Felipe Ferreira – Brazil
Goodbye Robin! • Sophie Barocas / Emilie Damiens / Dongsan Kim / QuỲnh-Phương NguyỄn / Michelle Ong / Olga Serdyukova / Jasmine Veljanovski Sophie Barocas / Emilie Damiens / Dongsan Kim / QuỲnh-Phương NguyỄn / Michelle Ong / Olga Serdyukova / Jasmine Veljanovski – France
Green Simphony • Estúdio 408 – Portugal
Here and Loud • Rike Rothe – Germany
In My Chest of Fire There Is Still Place to Temple Your Dagger: A Love Story • Pablo Ballarín – Spain
In Nature • Marcel Barelli – Switzerland
Inertness • Jakub Kryszpin – Poland
Ink • Joost Van den Bosch, Erik Verkerk – The Netherlands
Ivet and Michuco • Juan Ignacio Meneu Oset – Spain
Journey of Hope • Mary Khalil – Ireland
Just for the Record • Vojin Vasovic – Serbia
Kid Cat • Hugo Barret-Castan, Marine Granger, Amélie Ben Naceur, Quentin Azzaro, Aïda Tchistoganoff, Clémence Ponchaut, Nolwenn Raffin, Nils Perrais – France
Kiki the Feather • Julie Rembauville, Nicolas Bianco-Levrin – France
Kiko and the Animals • Yawen Zheng – France
Kiwi’s Dream • Paloma Zhu – United Kingdom
Leo the Lion • Andrey Arutiunov – Ukraine
Letter to My Body • Elyse Kelly – USA
Little Snowman • Aleksey Pochivalov – Russia
Live&Bell “Bell’s Long Thin Friend” • Natsuki Kida – Japan
Lullaby • Marina Karpova – Russia
Lupin • Helene Ducrocq – France
Marmalade • Radostina Neykova – Bulgaria
Memories for Sale • Manuel Lopez – Costa Rica
Mido and the Instrumals • Roman Guillanton – France
Migrating Birds • Felix Reinecker – Germany
Misfit • Steve Segal – USA
Mitch-Match Series #06 • Géza M Tóth – Hungary
Mitch-Match Series #09 • Géza M Tóth – Hungary
Modern Queer Heroes • Kate Jessop – United Kingdom
Mom • Kajika Aki Ferrazzini – France
Mom’s Helper • Maria Saveleva – Russia
Monkey Domino • Ulf Grenzer – Germany
Morning Grass • Alina Milkina – The Netherlands
Mum Is Pouring Rain • Hugo de Faucompret – France
Mum’s Sweater • Anand K Varma, Yi Chen Hsiao, Mauriziana Gualdrini, Ugo Offner, James Mann – France
Murka • Inga Khorhneva – Russia
My Father’s Damn Camera! • Milos Tomic – Slovenia
Napo • Gustavo Ribeiro – Brazil
Neighbors • Khe Yn O, Alexandra Netunaeva – Russia
Nestling • Marat Valerievich Narimanov – Russia
No Leaders Please • Joan C. Gratz – USA
Odd Socks • Charlotte Heyman – Sweden
Ole-Luk Oie • Joanna Jasińska-Koronkiewicz – Poland
Only a Child • Simone Giampaolo – Switzerland
Ouroboros • Chloé Forestier – France
Polar Bear Bears Boredom • Koji Yamamura – Japan
Polyamory • Emily Worms – Belgium
Ralph Mothwurf Orchestra// Druuck feat. Vincent Pongraczralph Mothwurf Orchestra // Druck feat. Vincent Pongracz • Fekry Helal – Austria
Reduction • Réka Anna Szkály – Hungary
Robin • Saar Deleu – Belgium
Spark Bird • Laura Pauselli – Italy
Suprematism • Sergey Prokofyev – Germany
The Abej Solidarité: Stree Scales • Paul Dandrel – France
The Big Top • Cleo Parker – United Kingdom
The Boy and the Jazz • Flávio dos Santos – Brazil
The Boy and the Kite • Tiago Mal – Brazil
The Cloudmaker • Hanna Van Niekerk – The Netherlands
The Depths of Us • Jianhua Yang – Japan
The Explorer • I Ting Kao – USA
The Infinite • Simone Massi – Italy
The Little Christmas Tree • Collective 27 Children – Belgium
The Princess and the Bandit • Mariya Sosnina, Mikhail Aldashin – Russia
The Queen’s Heart • Samuel Player – United Kingdom
The Raft • Marko Mestrovic – Croatia
The Wanderers • Esben Fisker – Denmark
The Weather Is Lovely • Chun-Chien Lien – China
The World Is Beautiful • Ekaterina Kireeva – Russia
The World Within • Sandrine Stoïanov, Jean-Charles Finck – France
Through Their Eyes • Alisha Heng – USA
Tidy Town • Dana Alink – The Netherlands
Tourist Trap • Vera Van Wolferen – The Netherlands
TV Series “Plasticine Babies. Beasties”, ep. “How Does Everyone Sleep?” • Sergey Merinov – Russia
Twoot Newt • Jackie Snyder – USA
Under the Clouds • Vasilisa Tikunova – Russia
Up to the Sea, She Weaves a Dream • Maryam Khalilzadeh – Iran
Vanille • Guillaume Lorin – France
Wait for Me, I’m Dying • Dorian Escourrou – France
We Can Still Be Friends • Ewa Sztefka – Poland
When I Am Sad • Lilit Altunyan – Armenia
When I Grow Up_With Subtitles • Vanessa Cardui – Germany
When It Comes From the Earth • Katalyn Egeli – Hungary
When Worlds Collide • Merylin Lira – Belgium
Winter Sleep • Katerina Karhankova, Alexandra Majova – Czechia
Yügen • Sophie Daugsch, Julien Hecker, Christian Heynert, Simon Li – Germany
Zolemia • Nina Samanishvili – Georgia
ΗΣΥΜΜΑΘΗΤΡΙΑ_ΜΙΚΡΟΦΙΛΜ2020ERT • Anastasia Dimitra – Greece