Category: BEST ANIMATION – 2024 ARFF PARIS

Original Film Title: PixelTide

Director’s Name: Jingjing Fang, Chiayu Chen, Kimia Mohammadi

Writer’s Name: Jingjing Fang, Chiayu Chen, Kimia Mohammadi

Producer: Jingjing Fang, Chiayu Chen, Kimia Mohammadi

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 5 minutes 59 seconds

Film Description:

Satellite images became a platform for political and cultural communication and a way of understanding the world in the near future.

Under the monitoring of the camera from space, a group of people uses a simple tool to manipulate the landscape. Every individual pixel of this protest gathers together, forming a tide of cataclysm.

Original Film Title: 100% Hyaku Paasento

Director’s Name: Parker Shen

Writer’s Name: Parker Shen

Producer: Xue0, CHENG HAO WU, LuALiN, LAI XIN YUE, JoyWang

Country of Origin: Taiwan

Country of Filming: Taiwan

Language: Chinese

Runtime: 3 minutes 36 seconds

Film Description:

Extending the concept with an Eastern aesthetic in music, the four members are transformed into visual of Eastern gods, symbolizing the triumphant appearance of the U:NUS champions and presenting indispensable yet distinct characteristics for each.

Original Film Title: Clout Chaser

Director’s Name: Lubomir Atan

Writer’s Name: Lubomir Atan

Producer: Chico Bennett

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: Slovakia

Language: English

Runtime: 2 minutes 37 seconds

Film Description:

“Clout Chaser” is an Animated Music Video from Star2 promoting his single “Clout Chaser” from his upcoming “Shooting Stars” album.
The animated video shows two girls in a fierce race to get to Star2 and his riches. They hurdle over a series of blocks and use supernatural powers to battle each other to reach him in a room guarded by a golden dragon and Buddha where he sits on a throne in front of hundreds of gold bars. Star2 narrates the video singing into a microphone: “she a little, little, little, clout chaser, she a little, little, gold digger, she don’t love me, she just love my money, love my money…”

Original Film Title: E=CO2 – The polar bear

Director’s Name: Julien Stiegler

Writer’s Name: Julien Stiegler

Producer: Julien Stiegler

Country of Origin: France

Country of Filming: France

Language: No Dialog

Runtime: 1 minute 45 seconds

Film Description:

A polar bear suffering from global warming discovers a refrigerator on the arctic ice. How to generate energy without causing climate warming ?

Original Film Title: Expectation

Director’s Name: Nicole Lin

Writer’s Name: Nicole Lin

Producer: Nicole Lin

Country of Origin: Taiwan

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 1 minute 26 seconds

Film Description:

This project is about my understanding of the darkness of life.
From the moment we are born, our experiences and education give us the ability to dream. We have expectations and goals, but as we become aware of the world’s cruelty, doubt and disappointment set in, and darkness takes over. Yet, after each period of darkness, our past experiences become a source of strength. The ups and downs of emotions teach us that current sadness may contribute to future happiness.
Life is like the fireworks in the sky, where collisions lead to beautiful displays. Although the collision makes us struggle and painful, time will wash away sadness and bring moments of blooming in the sky.

Original Film Title: New Idea

Director’s Name: Marko Bosanac

Writer’s Name: Marko Bosanac

Producer: Marko Bosanac

Country of Origin: Serbia

Country of Filming: Serbia

Language: English

Runtime: 11 minutes 58 seconds

Film Description:

The “NEW IDEA” is a short animated movie about the inner struggle of a creative mind. Pensilio, Loopito, and Lensio are the characters who represent creativity, research, and production, and they are on a journey to find a new idea. Every scene describes a particular obstacle in the developing process stage of the mind. In the final scene, it will revealed that everything was happening in the head of a teenage girl.