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various / 52 min

Zing
Kyra Buschor & Cynthia Collins (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
Nemčija/Germany, 2011, HD, 7’ 31’’

Day in, day out, Mr. Grimm is busy with his job as the Reaper, harvesting people's lives. One day, his monotonous existence is interrupted by the doorbell. It's a little girl. She wants her cat back. Little does she know that she's the next life on Mr. Grimm's list.

Oh Willy…
Emma De Swaef & Marc James Roels (Beast Animation / Polaris Film & Finance / Vivement Lundi! / il Luster Productions)
Belgija, Francija, Nizozemska/Belgium, France, Netherlands, 2012, HD, 16’ 53’’

Forced to return to his naturist roots, Willy bungles his way into noble savagery.

Tram
Michaela Pavlátová (Sacrebleu Productions / Negativ Film)
Francija, Češka/France, Czech Republic, 2012, HD, 7’

It’s the humdrum daily routine for Tram’s conductress. As every morning, men get on the tram to go to work, one after another, all similar, quiet, grey, apathetic. And yet, on that day, following the jolts and the road’s vibrations, to the rhythm of the tickets inserted in the ticket-stamping machine, the conductress gets turned on and the vehicle gets erotic. The tram conductress’ desire turns the reality into a surrealistic and phallic fantasy. Music maestro!

Edmond était un âne / Edmond Was a Donkey
Franck Dion (Papy3D Productions / Arte France / L'office national du film du Canada)
Francija, Kanada/France, Canada, 2012, HD, 15’ 04’’

Edmond is not like everybody else. A small, quiet man, Edmond has a wife who loves him and a job that he does extraordinarily well. Yet he is very aware that he is different. When his co-workers tease him by crowning him with a pair of donkey ears, he suddenly discovers his true nature. And though he comes to enjoy his new identity, an ever-widening chasm opens up between himself and the others.

Flamingo Pride
Tomer Eshed (Talking Animals / HFF “Konrad” Wolf)
Nemčija/Germany, 2011, HD, 6’ 02’’

The story of the only heterosexual flamingo, in his desperate attempt to find love...

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