ESTUDANTES ANIMAÇÃO 2022
Biography:
Nuria Torreño (Valencia, Spain, 10/08/1995). Illustrator, animator, and storyboard artist. She studied Fine Arts at the Polytechnic University of Valencia. During her studies, she decided to focus on animation via a Master’s Degree in 2D Animation at the PUV, where she directed Big Box, her first short film.
Big Box | Big Box
Espanha | Spain |06’35’’ | 2021
Realizadora|Director: Nuria Torreño
Produção | Production: Aida Roldán
Escola | School: Polytechnic University of Valencia
Synopsis:
In a world where it is possible to send your feelings via mail service, a young postman named Hermy faces the arduous task of delivering the biggest package the company has ever seen. However, this will not stop our cheerful mailman, who will make use of all available means to make the package reach its destination and fulfill his mission.
Biography:
Tessa Moult-Milewska is a British-Polish writer and animation director, a graduate of the National Film and Television School. She specializes in short forms with a quirky sense of humor and a dark, whimsical tone. Tessa also brought to life the Warsaw Animation Film Festival and is a board member of the Ex Anima Foundation and a member of the Polish Filmmakers Association.
Curiosa | Curiosa
Reino Unido | United Kingdom | 09'30" | 2022
Realizador|Director: Tessa Moult-Milewska
Produção Production: Sychelle Kristina-Yanda
Escola | School: National Film and Television School
Synopsis:
Curiosa tells the story of overly curious Mary, who visits her boyfriend's flat for the first time, just to discover it’s been stripped bare of all personal belongings. After being denied an explanation, she climbs into his head.
Biography
Miranda Peyton Jones is an animation graduate from Kingston University, London. Her work is characterized by its playfulness, sensitivity and expressive editing. As a storyteller, her work predominantly features 3D stop motion with particular attention paid to sound design.
Jeremy, my Father | Jeremy, my Father
Reino Unido | United Kingdom| 07’40’’ | 2022
Realizadora|Director: Miranda Peyton Jones
Produção | Production: Miranda Peyton Jones
Escola | School: Kingston University London
Synopsis
A poignant film which attempts to navigate bereavement following suicide. Through animation, archival footage, and sound, the director guides us to the heart of her grief, love and loss. The voices of her family and her father’s music underscore this deeply personal, powerful, and poignant film.
Biography
Bea Hoeller was born in Graz/Austria 1989. After her Bachelor degree in Information Design at the FH Joanneum, she worked in studios like EatMyDear and Arxanima in the area of animation and advertising. In 2014 she landed in Hamburg and studied 2D Animation at the Hamburg Animation School. In 2015 Bea started her studies at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg.
Klimax | Klimax
Alemanha | Germany | 02’46’’ | 2021
Realizadora|Director: Bea Hoeller
Produção | Production: Jiayan Chen
Escola | School: Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg
Synopsis
Klimax explores the topic of female masturbation in order to redefine the already negatively connoted image of the female sex and thus strives to create new aesthetic associations of femininity. Our protagonist, Barbie, undergoes a process of transformation. Klimax is meant to show how unique and beautiful every woman's body is.
On the way to a home | A caminho de um lar
Portugal | Portugal |01’18’’ | 2022
Realizadora|Director: Débora Tavares
Produção | Production: Débora Tavares
Escola | School: Escola Profissional de Aveiro
Synopsis
Sometimes life leads us to change, and we go through various challenges. Migrating isn't easy, but it's all worth it when there's a place to call home...
Biography
Débora Tavares – Born in 2003 in the northeast of Brazil and moved to Portugal in 2020. She is currently studying Communication, Marketing, Public Relations and Advertising at Escola Profissional de Aveiro. Since she was little, she has always liked art and exploring the various things that encompass art.
Biography
Margarida Cunha is a graduate of the Soares dos Reis Art School, having completed her Audiovisual Communication Course in the Multimédia/Cinema de Animação Specialty She is the director of the short film Selcouth (2021), which was produced as her Proof of Artistic Aptitude.
Selcouth | Selcouth
Portugal |Portugal | 04’09’’ | 2021
Realizadora|Director: Margarida Cunha
Produção | Production: Margarida Cunha
Escola | School: Escola Artística de Soares dos Reis
Synopsis
An inhabitant of a town where everyone has their life planned from birth has a choice to make: stay safe and comfortable in the life the town has chosen for him, or try to get past the border guards and venture freely.
Biography
Aurora Fernandes is currently beginning a Master in 2D Animation and Direction, in ECIB - Barcelona Film School. She has a degree in Multimedia from ESMAD - School of Media, Arts and Design - of Instituto Politécnico do Porto. Passionate since always about drawing and animation, her main areas of interest are 2D Digital Animation, Character Design, Storyboard Art, Art Concept and Stop Motion. As a student she directed three short films in 2D Digital Animation.
The Whelk| O Búzio
Portugal | Portugal| 06’34’’ | 2021
Realizadora|Director: Aurora Mascarenhas Fernandes
Produção | Production: Aurora Mascarenhas Fernandes
Escola | School: ESMAD - School of Media, Arts and Design
Synopsis
The Whelk is an adaptation of the short story Homer by Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, which has as its central character a wandering, crazed old man. Búzio is a free being, who lives away from the world of men and in communion with nature. The animation explores the magic contained in the words of this man, seen through the eyes of a child.
Biography
Fiorella Spitzer is an animation artist and director from Budapest, Hungary. She created and acted e in a handful of projects from animating Hungarian music videos to being a storyboard artist for commercials and live-action short films as well.
There is Nothing Nice Deep Within | A Mélyben Semmi Szép Nincs
Hungria | Hungary | 07’35’’ | 2022
Realizadora|Director: Fiorella Spitzer
Produção | Production: Melinda Kiss, Krisztina Holló-Leleszi
Escola | School: Budapest Metropolitan University
Synopsis
A girl’s repressed feelings burst to the surface like devastating fire, destroying reality, forcing her to flee to a subconscious world where she has to face her demons.
