International Competition Block 2
2020 Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival
2020 Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival
Seed Supreme
Director - Jack Maschka (USA)
Time - 3:06 min.
Synopsis - On an alien planet far away, an adventuring staff-wielding juvenile races for the recently landed and highly coveted space seed that gives the one who consumes it unimaginable strength and mysterious magical powers.
Director - Jack Maschka (USA)
Time - 3:06 min.
Synopsis - On an alien planet far away, an adventuring staff-wielding juvenile races for the recently landed and highly coveted space seed that gives the one who consumes it unimaginable strength and mysterious magical powers.
Gaku
Director - Xueyan Wang (China)
Time - 2:44
Synopsis - A dancing figure desperately tries to unite with its reflection.
Director - Xueyan Wang (China)
Time - 2:44
Synopsis - A dancing figure desperately tries to unite with its reflection.
Time o´ the Signs
Director - Reinhold Bidner (Austria)
Time - 8:36 min.
Synopsis - An experimental - narrative but also documentary - animation about digital time thieves of our time, media stupidities and ongoing daily routines. This work wants to question: how do we (not) want to live in a future society?
* North American Premiere
Director - Reinhold Bidner (Austria)
Time - 8:36 min.
Synopsis - An experimental - narrative but also documentary - animation about digital time thieves of our time, media stupidities and ongoing daily routines. This work wants to question: how do we (not) want to live in a future society?
* North American Premiere
SOLA
Director - Zoltán Debreczeni (Hungary)
Time - 8:30 min.
Synopsis - A woman working in the IT sector has to deal with work-related stress all alone, while her nightmares slowly turn into reality.
Director - Zoltán Debreczeni (Hungary)
Time - 8:30 min.
Synopsis - A woman working in the IT sector has to deal with work-related stress all alone, while her nightmares slowly turn into reality.
Trepanation
Director - Nick Flaherty (USA)
Time - 6:52 min.
Synopsis - What was once familiar is now unrecognizable. All previous desires are overshadowed by the need to disappear completely.
Director - Nick Flaherty (USA)
Time - 6:52 min.
Synopsis - What was once familiar is now unrecognizable. All previous desires are overshadowed by the need to disappear completely.
Taste The Universe
Director - Noah Sterling (USA)
Time - 2:17 min.
Synopsis - Chef Kee takes you on a journey of culinary delights across the universe. Doesn't that sound like fun friendly friends?
* World Premiere
Director - Noah Sterling (USA)
Time - 2:17 min.
Synopsis - Chef Kee takes you on a journey of culinary delights across the universe. Doesn't that sound like fun friendly friends?
* World Premiere
Florigami
Director - Iva ĆIRIĆ (Serbia / Croatia)
Time - 5:36 min.
Synopsis - A lonely white flower grows surrounded by other plants and every day he struggles to survive.
Director - Iva ĆIRIĆ (Serbia / Croatia)
Time - 5:36 min.
Synopsis - A lonely white flower grows surrounded by other plants and every day he struggles to survive.
Maggie Dave - I'm Not Ready
Directors - Cassie Shao (USA)
Time - 1:47 min.
Synopsis - A sheep man waits for a continuously delayed train.
Directors - Cassie Shao (USA)
Time - 1:47 min.
Synopsis - A sheep man waits for a continuously delayed train.
The Ephemeral Orphanage
Director - Lisa Barcy (USA)
Time - 15:00 min.
Synopsis - The Ephemeral Orphanage follows a group of tattered paper doll orphans as they daydream alternate realities and surreptitiously explore the hidden lives of their well-meaning but secretive caregivers.
Director - Lisa Barcy (USA)
Time - 15:00 min.
Synopsis - The Ephemeral Orphanage follows a group of tattered paper doll orphans as they daydream alternate realities and surreptitiously explore the hidden lives of their well-meaning but secretive caregivers.
Man's Best Friend
Directors - Christopher Rutledge & Thomas Goulet (USA)
Time - 1:14 min.
Synopsis - A man and his strange dog go to the park!
Directors - Christopher Rutledge & Thomas Goulet (USA)
Time - 1:14 min.
Synopsis - A man and his strange dog go to the park!
Pick Your Poison
Director - Zoe Pham (USA)
Time - 5:47 min.
Synopsis - Two people fall madly in love until their love bubble pops. Their minds speak louder than their words.
Director - Zoe Pham (USA)
Time - 5:47 min.
Synopsis - Two people fall madly in love until their love bubble pops. Their minds speak louder than their words.
Terror Fervor
Director - Phoebe Parsons (Canada)
Time - 6:00 min.
Synopsis - Informed by experimental films from the 1960s and 70s, Terror Fervor takes the viewer on a psychedelic non-linear journey through the vices of seven characters. The worldless journey plunges the viewer into an experience that is hard to classify and hard to forget.
Director - Phoebe Parsons (Canada)
Time - 6:00 min.
Synopsis - Informed by experimental films from the 1960s and 70s, Terror Fervor takes the viewer on a psychedelic non-linear journey through the vices of seven characters. The worldless journey plunges the viewer into an experience that is hard to classify and hard to forget.
Misery Loves Company
Director - Sasha Lee (USA / Republic of Korea)
Time - 3:23 min.
Synopsis - Instead of living like this, I would like a meteorite to fall.
* North American Premiere
Director - Sasha Lee (USA / Republic of Korea)
Time - 3:23 min.
Synopsis - Instead of living like this, I would like a meteorite to fall.
* North American Premiere
Black Sheep Boy
Director - James Molle (France)
Time - 14:57 min.
Synopsis - A young hatted boy's adventures through a strange world inhabited by anthropomorphic creatures. Searching for some happiness he does not know how to find, he engages into a philosophical and personal quest.
Director - James Molle (France)
Time - 14:57 min.
Synopsis - A young hatted boy's adventures through a strange world inhabited by anthropomorphic creatures. Searching for some happiness he does not know how to find, he engages into a philosophical and personal quest.