Category: Best Animation – 2025 ARFF Barcelona

(FINALIST)

Original Film Title: One Wrong Stepaper

Director’s Name: Elden Theaker

Writer’s Name: Elden Theaker

Producer: Elden Theaker, Charlotte Adams-Stone

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Country of Filming : United Kingdom

Language: English

Runtime: 5 minutes 9 seconds

Film Description:

When disrupted from his spiritual practice, the obsessive compulsive, tranquillity-seeking yogi resorts to rage. An empathic working military dog must enlighten the danger to him, before his bad karma comes back for revenge.

One Wrong Step follows the challenges a mine detection dog faces. The dog encounters an arrogant yogi, who is obsessed with peace and quiet, that he’s found meditating at a beach littered with landmines. Due to the dog’s duty of care as a working military dog, along with his empathetic nature, he must communicate this danger to the yogi. Obliviousness and arrogance gets the yogi into trouble. After many attempts of communication, the yogi must be abandoned by the dog, to save himself. Back for revenge, the fly taunts and then detonates the landmine beneath him. The yogi is then punished, dissolving into dust.

(FINALIST)

Original Film Title: Dance with the Reaper

Director’s Name: Berta Alsinet, Paula Anglas, Núria Aranda, Martina Berney, Joan Cortit, Laia Domene, David Martín, Carlota Massó, Roger Menta, Víctor Moya, Gisela Torras

Writer’s Name: Berta Alsinet, Paula Anglas, Núria Aranda, Martina Berney, Joan Cortit, Laia Domene, David Martín, Carlota Massó, Roger Menta, Víctor Moya, Gisela Torras

Producer: Carlota Massó Cabré

Country of Origin: Spain

Country of Filming : Spain

Language: English

Runtime: 4 minutes 15 seconds

Film Description:

Sofia, the most wanted criminal in the state, cannot avoid meeting her own fate after a manhunt. In this face-to-face encounter with Death, a dance begins, driven by love at first sight. But Death has a job to do: to reap Sofia’s soul. It is at this moment that Death must make a crucial decision.

(WINNER)

Original Film Title: Ten (10)

Director’s Name: ILIYA HRISTOV ATANASOV

Writer’s Name: ILIYA HRISTOV ATANASOV

Producer: Ani IVANOVA Atanasova

Country of Origin: United Arab Emirates

Country of Filming : United Arab Emirates

Language: English

Runtime: 4 minutes 7 seconds

Film Description:

In the depths of the Cordilia Trench, a seasoned submarine pilot named Sam embarks on a seemingly routine mission to collect biochemical samples, guided by the voice of Linda from the base station, only to face a deadly encounter with a monstrous sea creature that threatens to devour them and their discoveries.

(HONORABLE MENTION)

Original Film Title: The Mirror (Kepler 62 Experiment – Episode #9)

Director’s Name: Michael Ross Catania

Writer’s Name: Michael Ross Catania

Producer: Michael Ross Catania

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming : United States

Language: English

Runtime: 6 minutes 41 seconds

Film Description:

Welcome to “The Mirror,” a thought-provoking exploration of how our energy is reflected back at us. As Einstein wisely noted, creativity trumps intelligence as it allows us to see beyond the surface and discover the true nature of existence. This film challenges us to be mindful of the energy we put out , as it may shape our reality and ultimately ourselves. Join us on a journey of self-discovery and reflection!

This content is a fictional story with Actors and models. This story is more of a thought experiment in the Science Fiction Genre.. Any person depicted in the content is an Actor or model. All Content is Properly Licensed.

(HONORABLE MENTION)

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.