european short debuts - animations 1

A walkway by the sea shore: an old man is reading his newspaper with his white dog near him, when a woman just comes to disturb his reading. He hotfoots after this beautiful woman and dives into an animated comic strip. This cartoon is a tribute to Jean-Paul Belmondo.

Two people living next door to one another but still in completely seperate places. But one day their paths cross and their worlds are turned upside down. What happened?

M. is just about to leave… to leave. Writing down his first notes in his travel journal, M. escapes from his town, from his life, from others' life. On board the cargo Boskoop, time is stretching and the endless ocean gives rise to dreams and visions.

Border – dividing line between two religions, two cultures – between Serbian and Croatian areas. Twelve years after the end of the conflict about the Republic of Serbian Krajina in the Yugoslavian/Croatian war (1991–1995), the traces of altercation are still present.

This collage film was made after an idea from a 19th century engraving. In the forest, the herd of deer turns against the hound dogs that have been chasing them so far. From this unusual chase, new landscapes arise from the ground.

A look at life on the mediterranean borders of Europe, where tourists try to relax while illegal immigrants struggle for a better life. Breaking out of a tourist zone, two children of a Swiss family experience quickly that reality here has very little to do with the posh life in the camping site. Then a storm hits the shore and washes away almost all distinctions between rich and poor…

Secure is how you feel in this predetermined world. But a girl loses the thread, which leads her through life. Panicky and confused she finds herself in between canny guides and malicious creatures, that eventually drive her towards the important decision: Does she want to return to her sheltered life or does she want to live her newly won freedom?

The misadventure of an old woman obsessed with birds and her son, who thinks he can fly.

Sexual fusion is not enough for Celine. She wants to know all about Matthew. Somewhere between a game and real uneasiness, the young woman seeks THE answer to her questions.