Category: Best Animation ARFF Barcelona 2023

Original Film Title: Pizza Knights

Director’s Name: Amelia Jane Vaughan

Writer’s Name: Amelia Jane Vaughan

Producer: Ringling College of Art & Design

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 1 minute 35 seconds

Film Description:

Arthur the Pizza Delivery Knight demonstrates just how far he will go to do his job and deliver delicious, steaming hot pizza. He’ll retrieve a magical, prophetic sword, brave a barrage of arrows, overcome inclement weather, plague, and even death itself to fulfill his oath to deliver pizza.

Original Film Title: MACHINES “Pilot”

Director’s Name: Cristian Ciumac

Writer’s Name: Cristian Ciumac

Producer: Leonardo Del Casale

Country of Origin: Italy

Country of Filming: Italy, Moldova, Republic of

Language: Italian

Runtime: 5 minutes

Film Description:

Machines,
a series made in mixed animation techniques
which tell the relationship between man, machine and divinity.

Original Film Title: Ein Haufen Glück

Director’s Name: Jule Körperich, Karin Demuth

Writer’s Name: Gregor Hennig

Producer: Jule Körperich

Country of Origin: Germany

Country of Filming: Germany

Language: No Dialogue

Runtime: 10 minutes 27 seconds

Film Description:

The animated puppet film „the way to a man’s heart” tells the story of a dog who falls in love with a single gentleman. As a sign of his love, he leaves a dog turd in front of the man’s door every morning. The story unfolds about misunderstandings and the failure of gestures where there is no match. The film’s cute aesthetics stands in strong contrast to the drama of the conflict in which both protagonists become entangled.

Original Film Title: Saturation

Director’s Name: Lucija Bužančić

Writer’s Name: Lucija Bužančić

Producer: Andrijana Vidaček

Country of Origin: Croatia

Country of Filming: Croatia

Language: Croatian, English

Runtime: 9 minutes 48 seconds

Film Description:

Something grew out of the cracks and walls and occupied all the empty spaces in a little Mediterranean city. This short film is about the gentrification of a place that has recently become a real archeological site thanks to severe turistification.