
SELECTION
The first edition of a film festival specializing in "stop-motion" animation.From a total of 1,337 submissions for the International Competition, we have selected 30 films for the Incompetiton and 31 films for the Category Selection,The 30 films in the Incompetition and 31 films in the Category Selection have been selected from among the 1,337 submissions to the International Competition! The selected films areThe selected films will be screened from December 1 to 4, 2023. Guest talks and events are also planned!We are looking forward to seeing you at the festival.
The timetable for the selection program is currently under preparation.
world selection①
Sand box
サンド・ボックス
2021/11m/Russia/Garry Bardin

The relationships in the courtyard reflect the adult world. Through their conflicts, the children develop friendships and mutual understanding, creating their own little world. Directed by master filmmaker Gari Bardin.
Ana Morphose
アナ・モルフォーぜ
2023/10m/Portugal/Joao Rodrigues

A girl falls asleep while reading a book. Reality begins to dissolve into another reality where the contents of the book dominate. Anna must find her place in a world where nothing is as it seems.
Cipelcug
シーペルグ
2023/1m42s/Germany,Croatia/Maya Yonesho

Varazdin is an old and beautiful city in Croatia. The participants drew about the city and Croatia, drew, walked and filmed the middle of it. This is the 44th Daumenreise (Thumbnail Journey) animation project.
Tom Thumb
トム・サム
2023/26m/Russia/Nikolay Lichtenfeld, Ivan Kostiurin

Thumb Tom is collecting pieces of glass in a ditch surrounded by grass. Through the shards of glass he sees insects flitting around him. Tom is lost in the forest. Tom has come to a house where a man-eating demon lives. No...
La Vitualla
ラ・ヴィトアーラ
2023/9m/Colombia/Santiago Posada

On the Caribbean coast of Colombia, there is a belief that grandmother's cooking has special powers, the story of an eight-year-old child named Julio, whose grandmother's cooking is a favorite of the Caribbean.
Socks for the Star
ソックス・フォー・ザ・スター
2023/9m30s/Russia/Olga Titova

Dancing in a cold universe is dangerous, but a tight-knit friendship can make you strong.
Written by Olga Titova, Mikhail Aldashin
A Swan Story
スワン・ストーリー
2023/15m35s/United States/Harrison Lum

Sciarra, an origami swan living in a paper world, wants to adopt a child and find true love. She tries to find love through speed dating...
world selection②
Big and Small
ビッグ・アンド・スモール
2020/6m/Russia/Natalia Grofpel

Children's pockets can be the location of incredible events.
Txotxongiloa
操り人形
2022/10m/Spain/Sonia Estévez

A female doll is locked in a room, prone on the floor, not moving. Ropes are stretched over her body. Each string is associated with a scene related to an aspect of women's social issues, such as the body, equality, and gender.
Stolen Melody
ストーレン・メロディ
2023/14m45s/Russia/Georgy Boguslavsky

This film shows all the ways to steal melodies known today.
King Sausage
キング・ソーセージ
2022/21m11s/Netherlands/Mascha Halberstad

The owner of a butcher store takes on an Italian rival. The formerly simple village is turned upside down and is in danger of losing not only its annual sausage competition, but also its loved ones.
The Magic Violet Rabbit
魔法の紫ウサギ
2023/13m5s/Japan/Kotoko Nakamura

To escape from his dull life, a man wants to become a wizard. To be a "real" wizard, not a "fake" one.
A White-white day
ホワイト・ホワイト・デイ
2022/6m4s/Russia/Vasily Chirkov

There are so many little stories all around us. The footprints of a dog, the sound of a passing train, the color of dead grass in autumn. How are these moments that we usually pass by unnoticed connected to our own lives?