INSOMNIA-7

Runtime: 92 min.
Age: 18+
The 7th program of the INSOMNIA Festival: films about the wrecker patch, secret works, professional secrets of sound director, stretching time and mystery of village toilets.

Голод
Starvation

Year: 2018
Country: Iran
Director: Zahra Rostampour
Genre: animation, short
Language:
Runtime: 7 min.
A hungry wolf gets stuck in stereotypes about being the big bad wolf of the story. She has to flee when everybody accuses her to violence and murder. She faces the danger of getting killed.

Awards & Festivals:

Sooreh University Animation Festival (Tehran) – Second best student animated short film 
Southern States Indie FanFilmFest  (Biloxi) – Finalist for Best Animated Film & Best Best Original Soundtrack for a Foreign Language 
Iranian independent animation Festival (Tehran) – participation 
East x Northeast International Film Festival (ENE) in New York – participation 

DiM
DiM

Year: 2018
Country: Canada
Director: Bogdan Anifrani
Genre: animation, short
Language:
Runtime: 4 min.
The journey of a light emitting being through a dark and ancient world ridden with forgotten knowledge. What is the purpose for this creature's existence? Does it have a purpose to begin with?

Awards & Festivals:

Annecy International Animated Film Festival – participation
MONSTRA Lisbon Animated Film Festival – participation
Concordia Film Festival, Montreal – participation

Большой бассейн
Grand Bassin

Year: 2018
Country: France
Director: Héloïse Courtois, Victori Jalabert, Chloé Plat, Adele Raigneau
Genre: animation, short
Language:
Runtime: 7 min.
An afternoon at the swimming pool. 

Awards & Festivals:

Warsaw International Film Festival – Best Animated Short 

Вокруг лестницы
Autour de l'escalier

Year: 2018
Country: Switzerland
Director: Georges Schwizgebel, Jonathan Laskar, Delia Hess, Camille Müller, Charlotte Waltert, Elena Madrid, Gabriel Möhring, Sophie Laskar-Haller, Anja Sidler, Vladislav Lukyantsev
Genre: animation, short
Language:
Runtime: 5 min.
In a fantastic town, many mysterious things happen at once. A collaborative film produced for the 50 years jubilee of the Association of Swiss Animation Filmmakers.

Awards & Festivals:

Fantoche – Baden International Animation Film Festival – participation
Anima Mundi – Rio de Janeiro International Animation Film Festival – participation
Animator – Poznan International Animation Film Festival – participation
Animafest – Zagreb International Animation Film Festival – participation
Trickfilmfestival in Stuttgart – participation

Дети
Kids

Year: 2019
Country: Switzerland
Director: Michael Frei
Genre: animation, short
Language:
Runtime: 9 min.
Exploring group dynamics. How do we define ourselves when we are all equal?

Там кто-то есть...
Who`s there?

Year: 2018
Country: Russia
Director: Sasha Deeva
Genre: animation, short
Language:
Runtime: 5 min.
VGIK (Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography) Production.

One dark night the villagers couldn't identify the noises coming from the outhouse...

Awards & Festivals:

Russian Animation Festival in Suzdal – participation

Дыхание
The Act of Breathing

Year: 2018
Country: Hungary
Director: Hana Yamazaki
Genre: animation, short
Language:
Runtime: 7 min.
The concept of the film is based on the physical and emotional behaviour of breathing. This vital living function is manifested in an artificial and yet organic material, plastic, as well as in a human body. The film questions physical existence and movements as dance on screen, through the metamorphosis of a body.

Звучит хорошо
Sounds Good

Year: 2018
Country: Estonia
Director: Sander Joon
Genre: animation, short
Language:
Runtime: 10 min.
A boom operator trying to record the sound of mushrooms.

Awards & Festivals:

Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) – Best Student Film
ANIMOCJE Film Festival, Poland – Special Mention
PÖFF Shorts – Best Student Animation (New Talents program)
Animateka International Animation Film Festival in Ljubljana – Jury Special Mention (Competition program)
Prime the Animation! New Talent International Festival in Valencia – Special mention

Пять минут до моря
Five Minutes To Sea

Year: 2018
Country: Russia
Director: Natalya Mirzoyan
Genre: animation
Language:
Runtime: 7 min.
Peterburg Studio Production.

Mom tells her daughter to have a five minute break before she’s allowed to swim again. Those five minutes seem like eternity to the little girl. She’s trying to entertain herself by watching other beach goers who spend their own five minutes in different ways. However, everyone is waiting for their own «swim»...

Awards & Festivals:

Krok International Animated Film Festival – Special Prize
Luchezarniy Angel International Charity Film Festival – Best Animated Film
Nika Award nomination – Best Animated Film

Сильный независимый космос
Silny Niezależny Kosmos

Year: 2018
Country: Poland
Director: Dominik (Damian) Krakowiak
Genre: animation, short
Language:
Runtime: 11 min.
FUMI Studio Production.

A fictional story about a husband and wife separated by huge distance, space and time. While living on two different surfaces they have to confront the reality surrounding them trying to find the meaning of the vague situation they have been thrown into. 

Awards & Festivals:

Warsaw International Film Festival – participation

Шесть
The Six

Year: 2019
Country: China
Director: Xi Chen, Xu An
Genre: animation, short
Language:
Runtime: 5 min.
A man, a woman and a crane, in six repeating scenes.

Awards & Festivals:

Annecy International Animated Film Festival – participatio

Демонстрация блеска в четырёх действиях
Briljantsuse demonstratsioon neljas vaatuses

Year: 2018
Country: Estonia
Director: Morten Tšinakov, Lucija Mrzljak
Genre: animation, short
Language:
Runtime: 15 min.
The people are waiting for someone special. Someone special is born – a grown-up man in a suit. They follow the man and cheer for his theatrical but utterly pointless performances. In the middle of one performance he makes a mistake and the people who have so far adored him, leave. Left alone, he meets a woman who is made for him. The theatrical performances continue… 

Awards & Festivals:

Annecy International Animated Film Festival – participation