INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION BLOCK 2 - SEAF 2021
Saturday, November 13, 2021 7:00 PM EST | Run Time: 77 minutes

​A ghost with amnesia, post-apocalyptic bottle collectors, a deconstructed cat, picking at scabs, searching for intimacy, colored pencil abstraction, a need for space, a pop cover of a folk song creates ripples, babies are overwhelming, the definition of plot, and a poem about loneliness during a pandemic.
My Friend Who Shines in the Night
Director - Grégoire De Bernouis, Jawed Boudaoud, Simon Cadilhac, Hélène Ledevin (France)
Time - 8:47
A ghost loses their memory after being struck by lightning. They meet Arthur, who tries to help them.
Breaking Bread
Director - Yuan Li Elizabeth Xu (USA)
Time - 1:15
A question of what it means to love as God-fearing gay person.
REDUCTION
Director - Réka Anna Szakály (Hungary)
Time - 10:56
Two girls live together along the post-apocalyptic coast, both sharing the same goal of reaching the other side in hopes of a better life. However, when a mysterious character enters the life of one, a chain of irreversible events begins. Relationships fall apart along with the very world around them.
CAT XXVI
Director - Dana Sink (USA)
Time - 1:54
This is a study of integration and disintegration. Category: Anarchy.
Girl in the Water
Director - Shi-Rou Huang (Taiwan)
Time - 7:20
Gazing at wall cancer and the scar, the woman recalls some ups and downs of love. The film depicts femininity and female internal time-consciousness through the convalescence of woman' s broken heart, which is based on my personal experiences. 
All Those Sensations in My Belly
Director - Marko Djeska (Croatia)
Time - 13:19
While transitioning from male to female gender, Matia struggles with finding a genuine intimate relationship with a heterosexual man.
Avant
Director - Marcell Mostoha (Hungary)
Time - 3:54
I work with the interaction of space and being in it and the energies associated with them. The state of rest, then tipping over from it, and then returning to it again, forms a framed structure, it is about presenting this kind of duality, and the balance between them. The work based on artistic starting points, which is why I chose traditional hand-drawn animation. 
SPACE
Director - Zhong Xian (United Kingdom)
Time - 2:54
Personal space plays an important role in a relationship.
Charlotte
Director - Zach Dorn (USA)
Time - 12:22
A pop song transforms the lives of an enigmatic folk singer and her family. "Charlotte" was written, built, and animated by the filmmaker in his 12' x 12' bedroom during quarantine.
POSTPARTUM
Director - Henriette Rietz (Germany)
Time - 4:36
The chaotic phase in life of a new mother. Pumped up with hormones and lacking sleep, this intense time has burned deep into the protagonist’s heart. This film is an honest and very personal insight into the world of an overwhelmed mother, who seriously thought that parental leave would become a sort of sabbatical.
Plot Driven Movie
Director - Michael Edwards (USA)
Time - 4:30
A limited enumeration on the definitions of Plot. While innocently exploring its own definitions, tragedy strikes and Plot will never be the same.
How to Be at Home
Director - Andrea Dorfman (Canada)
Time - 5:00
Lean into loneliness — and know you’re not alone in it. Filmmaker Andrea Dorfman reunites with poet Tanya Davis to craft tender and profound animation on the theme of isolation, providing a wise and soaringly lyrical sequel to their viral hit How to Be Alone.