Animation & Music Video Competition (32 m)
SHORT ANIMATION
“Cage” (“折枝”) directed by Pengpeng Du (4m, China) 2016
“Perched” directed by Liam Harris (10m, UK) 2016
“The Story of Gin” directed by Daniel Cantwell (1m, Ireland) 2015
MUSIC VIDEO
“Ballad of Hypochondria“ (“Ballata Dell ’Ipocondria”) directed by Antonello Matarazzo (6m, Italy) 2016
“Insatisfacción Garantizada" directed by Diego Jiménez de Oria (3m, Spain) 2015
“Old Tree by Solkins“ directed by David S. Prudhomme (5m, Belgium) 2016
“Summer is Over” (“El Verano ha Terminado") directed by Diego Jiménez de Oria (3m, Spain) 2015
Summer is Over (El Verano ha Terminado)
(USA) In Spanish
(2016) 3 min. (16:9)
DIR Diego Jiménez de Oria, PRO , SCR Diego Jiménez, DP Jorge Roig, EDIT Diego Jiménez, MUS Las Señoritas Estrechas, CAST Las Señoritas Estrechas
Music video for the song El verano ha terminado (Summer is over) played by the band Las Señoritas Estrechas.
Diego Jiménez (Madrid 1987) holds a Bachelor’s degree in Media Studies. In 2011 attended the ECAM (Madrid School of Cinematography) and directs Campus an eight-episodes web series. Since then he has been directing promotional and institutional videos for several companies.
Ballad of Hypochodria (Ballata dell’Ipocondria)
(Italy) In Italian with English subtitles
(2016) 6 min. (16:9)
DIR Antonello Matarazzo, PRO Alessandro Farese, SCR Alfredo Caserta, Antonello Matarazzo, DP Alessandro Farese, EDIT Antonello Matarazzo, MUS Canio Loguercio, CAST Canio Loguercio, Alessandro D’Alessandro, Peppe Servillo, Maria Pia De Vito, Rocco Papaleo, Massimo Borriello, Giorgia Cipolletta, Asia Conte, Miriana Esposito, Martina Ferrante, Hilde Grella
A path for music and images suspended between narration and experimentation, technology and tribalism. “Ballad of hypochondria (or Vibrio in love)” primarily focuses on symbolic work on the color scheme, with choreography by Hilde Grella and Loguercio’s playback that works sometimes with melodeon player Alessandro D’Alessandro, while the other guest vocalists (including Peppe Servillo, Rocco Papaleo, Maria Pia De Vito) materialize in the form of photographic masks or video cells observed on a small monitor in this surreal laboratory by the dazzling scenery and vaguely Kubrickian, with white-aseptic suits, including ampoules, microscopes and other improbable medical equipment, you try to isolate the love virus which has irreparably infected the musician (much to personally assume the likeness of vibrio) and could expand infecting the whole of humanity.
Insatisfacción Garantizada
(Spain) In Spanish with English and Spanish subtitles
(2015) 3 min. (16:9)
DIR Diego Jiménez de Oria, PRO , SCR Diego Jiménez, DP Jorge Roig, EDIT Diego Jiménez, MUS Fast Food, CAST Fast Food
Music Video for the song Insatisfacción garantizada for the band from Madrid Fast Food
Diego Jiménez (Madrid 1987) holds a Bachelor’s degree in Media Studies. In 2011 attended the ECAM (Madrid School of Cinematography) and directs Campus an eight-episodes web series. Since then he has been directing promotional and institutional videos for several companies.
Old Tree
(Belgium) In with English subtitles
(2016) 4 min. ()
DIR David S. Prudhomme, PRO , SCR , DP , EDIT , MUS Solkins, CAST
A young man goes to hospital to kidnapp his mother and offer her a last roadtrip with a OB Van.
ANIMATION
Perched
(UK) In English
(2016) 10 min. (16:9)
DIR Liam Harris, PRO Elina Litvinova, SCR Nathaniel Price, Eoin Doran, DP , EDIT , MUS , CAST Brian Gilbert
Hamish Fint, a crotchety old man used to a life of seclusion inside his submarine balanced precariously atop a mountain, struggles to maintain equilibrium when an unwelcome visiting seagull rocks his world. Directors Statement:Perched was my opportunity to make an animated short in the old fashioned way, with only the basics of paper and pencil. There is something so delicate and beautiful about this traditional technique and I really wanted to build a personal understanding of the character though this medium, with the intention of allowing the audience to make a more sincere and emotional attachment to the character.
Cage (折枝)
(China) No dialogue
(2015) 4 min. (16:9)
DIR Pengpeng Du, PRO Pengpeng Du, SCR Pengpeng Du, DP , EDIT , MUS , CAST Pengpeng Du
Life is liberty in a cage. “Cage” represents a situation that is filled with a lot of constraints, or a habit or an addiction that is hard to get rid of. This project is to present a Chinese cultural and traditional visual style to audiences. On the other hand, CAGE tries to inspire them to recall their memory and consider what is the meaning of life to them individually.
The Story of Gin
(Ireland) In English
(2015) 1 min. (16:9)
DIR Daniel Cantwell, PRO Ailbhe Cantwell, SCR Daniel Cantwell, DP , EDIT Daniel Cantwell, MUS ThatBeat, CAST
This award-winning animated short film is about the popular spirit Gin and its interesting and varied history. The style harks back to the early days of jazz music and cocktails, in its punchy music and strong, moody palette. The story covers Gin’s popularity throughout the decades and particularly its inclusion in cocktails and the cocktail era of the early 1950s. Simple, graphic shapes and great palettes of rich colours were used to lend the retrospective feel that sums up Gin’s character. Although it is an entirely digital animation, the line quality and paper texture convey a traditional hand drawn touch.
