International Competition Block 4 - SEAF 2023
Friday, October 6, 2023 - 9:00 PM - TU Van Bokkelen Hall Theatre
Saturday, October 7, 2023 - 9:00 PM - The Charles Theatre
Runtime = 80 minutes
Q&A with animators in attendance after the screening
* Special Note - this program contains adult content, not suitable for children
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$12 for individual tickets / $80 for all-access festival pass
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International Competition Block 4 is dark, poignant and a little bit raunchy, with animated short films from 6 countries. Late night skinny dipping, discovering masturbation, naughty violent piggies, stranded at sea, woodpeckers at the funeral, fixing pipes at the fetish bar, and biking while intoxicated.
The Miracle
Director - Nienke Deutz
Country - Belgium
Time - 14:58
The Miracle, a place where the sun always shines, with endless opportunities to relax and food in abundance. But how do you relate to a place that constantly confronts you with the things you don’t have?
ur heinous habit
Director - Eugene Kolb
Country - United States
Time - 13:48
A blackmail email prompts a filmmaker to explore the intersection of shame and masturbation through a series of zoom conversations with his friends.
Dies Irae
Director - Maru Collective
Country - Australia / New Zealand
Time - 7:35
Two playful angels, seven sinful pigs, and one poor righteous passerby.
Drijf
Director - Levi Stoops
Country - Belgium
Time - 14:59
Jeremy and Aurora are lost at sea. In the vast openness of the ocean they are cooped up together on a small tree bark. As they fail to understand each other’s desires and boundaries, the fight for their survival and the survival of their relationship becomes a bloody mess. Will our castaways be able to grow while trying to make it back to shore, or will they lose a piece of themselves along the way?
Eeva
Director - Lucija Mrzljak, Morten Tšinakov
Country - Estonia
Time - 15:00
It’s pouring down with rain at the funeral. There’s a lot of crying, too much wine, several woodpeckers and a couple of dreams that fill in the gaps.
Pipes
Director - Kilian Feusi, Jessica Meier, Sujanth Ravichandran
Country - Switzerland
Time - 4:03
Bob the plumber is hired to fix a broken pipe & lands to his surprise in a gay fetish club.
27
Director - Flóra Anna Buda
Country - France
Time - 10:38
Alice is 27 years old today. Even though she is suffocating a bit, she still lives with her parents and tends to live in her dreams to escape her dreary everyday life. After a psychedelic party on a factory roof, she has a serious drunken bike accident. Will this give her the courage to become an adult?