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COMPETITION>SHORT FILMS COMPETITION

The Short Film Competition gathers a selection of the best films made in the last two years, with a duration between 2 and 15 minutes each, grouped into 4 screenings that mirror the diversity of artistic approaches, as well as the cultural and technical perspectives of animation film. Coming from different regions of Europe, Americas, Asia and Africa, MONSTRA’s oldest competition is, once again, a gathering of artists that bring us ideas, experiences, passions and new ways to do things.

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Short Film Competition 1

Nine short films focused on human relationships. Stories which reflect diverse cultures and points of view, using animation techniques ranging from analog or digital drawing to _stop-motion, _rotoscopy or sand.

15 March | CINEMA SÃO JORGE | 19:00

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My Brother, My Brother

Saad Dnewar, Abdelrahman Dnewar . 15'

Bisou Sauvage

Bahij Jaroudi . 3'

This is not your Garden

Carlos Velandia, Angélica Restrepo . 13'

Shadows of Ourselves

Pedro Serrazina . 8'

A Pain in the Butt

Elena Walf . 5'

One Way Cycle

Alicia Nuñez Puerto . 11'

Radix

Anne Breymann . 4'

Lethe

Liang-Hsin Huang . 7'

Desi Oon

Suresh Eriyat . 7'

Short Film Competition 2

Eight short films where emotions, feelings and reflections are expressed in a diverse and imaginative way, portrayed by humans, animals or pure visual music, using drawing, sand, stop-motion or pixilation.

17 March | CINEMA SÃO JORGE | 19:00

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Good Luck To You All

Cordell Barker . 8'

Impromptu

Steven Subotnick . 6'

Kafka. In Love

Zane Oborenko . 10'

IDYLL

Rao Heidmets . 10'

Tawny Owl

Anastasiia Zhakulina . 8'

Feed, Wash & Love

Veronika Pasterná Szemlová . 12'

Amarelo Banana

Alexandre Sousa . 12'

Off-Time

Nata Metlukh . 11'

Short Film Competition 3

Nine short films where poetry, prose, humor or music become tools for telling stories about ecology, human relationships and memory, through drawing, watercolor, photography, objects and artificial intelligence.

19 March | CINEMA SÃO JORGE | 19:00

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Birds of Paradise

Tomek Ducki . 9'

BY THE WAY

Mahboobeh Kalaee, Ali Fotoohi . 7'

Dr. Dr. Themefart

Andreas Hykade . 4'

The Sounds of Things Ablaze

Hayat Najm . 7'

Because Today is Saturday

Alice Eça Guimarães . 12'

Imprint

Duncan Major . 5'

The Graffiti

Ryo Orikasa . 13'

Il burattino e la balena

Roberto Catani . 8'

Dollhouse Elephant

Jenny Jokela . 11'

Short Film Competition 4

Seven short films about human relationships in a family context, some carrying social and ecological messages and others poetic narratives. Animated through drawing, painting, clay or objects made of wool.

21 March | CINEMA SÃO JORGE | 14:45

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