Fantoche reveals film selection for 2023 edition
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From 5-10 September, the 21st edition of FANTOCHE International Animation Film Festival is set to screen the latest feature films and special programmes with a focus on specific countries and themes – namely, “Punk Is Not Dead” and an insight into animated filmmaking from South Korea. This year, once again, the core of the festival is the eight competition programmes vying for 14 prizes in total in the International, Swiss and Kids Film Competition categories. This edition will also see the Flying Anidoc award presented for the first time.
Two Swiss entries in International Competition
A treat lies in store for audiences and judging panels alike: the Fantoche selection team has chosen 61 animated short films from a total of 2703 submissions. The International Competition will see 25 films vie for five prizes (Best Film, High Risk, New Talent, Best Sound and the Audience Award). Switzerland is represented in the International Competition by two entries: Alvaro Schoeck and Charlotte Waltert’s “Greylands” and Elodie Dermange’s “Armat”.
- 27 Flóra Anna BUDA FR 2023
- A Room Haruka Teramoto, JP 2022
- Armat Elodie Dermange, CH 2022
- Christopher at Sea Tom CJ Brown, FR 2022
- Crab Day Ross Stringer, GB 2023
- Cyclepaths Anton Cla, BE 2023
- Dear Me Suchana, IN 2022
- Drijf Levi Stoops, BE 2023
- El after del mundo Florentina Gonzalez, AR 2022
- Fragile Love Xie Li CN 2023
- fur Zhen Li, US 2022
- Greylands Charlotte Waltert, Alvaro Schoeck, CH 2023
- Jon-Jae-Ui Jib Yumi Joung, KR 2022
- Le crépuscule Laura Vandewynckel, BE 2023
- Our Pain Shunsaku Hayashi, JP 2022
- Our Uniform Yegane Moghaddam, IR 2023
- Remember How I Used to Ride a White Horse Ivana Bosnjak Volda, Thomas Johnson Volda HR 2022
- Rosemary A.D. (After Dad) Ethan Barrett US 2022
- Rumbos Ocultos Guido Depaoli, AR 2022
- SWIM! Isabel Santos, US 2022
- The Miracle Nienke Deutz, BE 2022
- The TOBOS Tobias Rud, DK 2023
- Todas mis cicatrices se desvanecen en el viento María Angélica, Restrepo Guzmán, Carlos David Velandia, CO
2022 - Un genre de testament Stephen Vuillemin, FR 2023
- Un trou dans la poitrine Alexandra Myotte, Jean-Sébastien Hamel, CA 2023
- Y Matea Kovač HR 2023
Greylands, Alvaro Schoeck, Charlotte Waltert, CH 2023 (Image courtesy of Fantoche)
In the Swiss competition, 16 films will fight it out for six prizes (Best Swiss, High Swiss Risk, New Swiss Talent, Fantastic Swiss, the Swiss Youth Award and the Audience Award)
Armat Elodie Dermange, CH 2022 • Beautiful Figures, Soetkin Verstegen, CH 2022 • Crevette, Sven
Bachmann, Noémi Knobil, Jill Vágner, Elina Huber, CH 2023 • Empty Roles, Maja Gehrig, CH 2023 • From
One Painting… to Another, Georges SCHWIZGEBEL, CH 2023 • Greylands, Charlotte Waltert, Alvaro
Schoeck, CH 2023 • Kill Your Darlings, Thirza Ingold, CH 2023 • La colline aux Cailloux, Marjolaine
Perreten, CH 2023 • Love Bubbles, Marcel Hobi, CH 2023 • Mouvement, sur le toit de la ville béton,
Valentine Moser, CH 2022 • Not Worried. But Confused. Loïc Kreyden, CH 2022 • Pipes, Kilian Feusi,
Jessica Meier, Sujanth Ravichandran, CH 2022 • Reprise, Saskia Bulletti, Carine Chrast, Lio
Neuenschwander, Leance Volschenk, CH 2022 • Tapir Memorie, Pedro Cabrera Vanegas, CH 2023 •
Think Something Nice, Claudius Gentinetta, CH 2022 • Tümpel, Lena von Döhren, Eva Rust, CH 2023
In addition to the 11 usual Fantoche awards, animated documentaries from the International and Swiss competitions are also set to compete for the Flying Anidoc award. The winner will be shown at the forthcoming Flying Film Festival – the first fully mile-high film festival for documentary shorts, being held on SWISS inflight entertainment.
In the Kids Film Competition, 20 films will jockey for the judges’ and audience’s affections – and two prizes, Best Kids and the Children’s Audience Award. “Tümpel” from Lena von Döhren and Eva Rust also features in the Swiss Competition.
- A Little Beetle Returns Elene Sebiskveradze, GE 2023
- A ras del agua Tamara Kupfer Muñoz, UY 2023
- De l’amour dans l’air Nadia Freymond, CH 2022
- Entre deux sœurs Anne-Sophie Gousset, Clément Céard, FR 2022
- ETC. Pablo Millan, ES 2022
- Franklin, Maddy Stevens, US 2023
- Ice Merchants João Gonzalez, PT 2022
- Hooba! Sem Assink, NL 2022
- Katze Julia Ocker, DE 2022
- L’oie du plus fort, Jan Mika, CZ 2022
- Okay Adél Páll, HU 2022
- Prinzessin Aubergine Dina Velikovskaya, DE 2022
- Què li passa al cel?, Irene Iborra, FR 2022
- The Gift Gemma Rigg, GB 2023
- The Peasant and the Cucumbers Bálint Bartis, HU 2023
- The Pirate and the Cello Andreï Sokolov, RU 2023
- Tournesol Natalia Chernysheva, FR 2023
- Tümpel Lena von Döhren, Eva Rust, CH 2023
- What’s in That Crate? Bram Algoed, BE 2023
- Whatman Nika Zinoveva, CZ 2023
Another 26 entries will be shown in four “Panorama” programmes.
- Above the Clouds Vivien Hárshegyi, HU 2022
- Accompagné Liam Laurenti, FR 2023
- Amok Balázs Turai, HU 2022
- A Night with Moosina Tsai Shiu-Cheng, TW 2022
- Aria in Vanitas Maria Sierra, Mélanie Fernandez, Valentina Catanho, Francisco Máximo, ES 2022
- Backflip NIkita Diakur, DE 2022
- Birds, by the Way Alla Vartanyan, RU 2022
- Ce qui bouge est vivant Noémie Marsily, BE 2022
- Compound Eyes of Tropical Zhan Zhang Xu, TW 2022
- Dede Is Dead Philippe Kastner, CZ 2023
- De l’eau plein les poches Mariam Farota, FR 2022
- Eeva Lucija Mrzljak, Morten Tšinakov, EE 2022
- Hardly Working Total Refusal, AT 2022
- Her Dress for the Final Martina Mestrovic, HR 2023
- Histoire pour 2 trompettes Amandine Meyer, FR 2022
- Hottest Tokyo Miho Kidoguchi, JP 2023
- Ikimono-san: Turtle Atsushi Wada, JP 2023
- It’s Nice in Here Robert-Jonathan Koeyers, NL 2022
- La vita nuova Arthur Sevestre, FR 2022
- Money and Happiness Nikola Majdak Jr., Ana Nedeljković, RS 2022
- Pentola Leo Černic, IT 2022
- Pickles Ania Kaspi Shema, Miri Dochikian, IL 2023
- Scale Joseph Pierce, FR 2022
- Shape of the Elephant Sam Kuwa, JP 2023
- Spring Pernille Kjaer, DK 2023
- Une belle nuit d’été Arthur Dupuy, Enzo Leboucher, Sam Castelli, Aleksandar Savic, Yannis Brun, Barbara Derail, FR 2022
Punk, South Korea and game design in the spotlight
In this year’s festival focus “Punk Is Not Dead”, curators Greg de Cuir Jr, Daniel Šuljić and Olga Bobrowska investigate what links the rebellious punk movement of the 1970s and 1980s with the current protests and to what extent protest, provocation and refusal to conform become an animated visual language of resistance.
To mark the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between South Korea and Switzerland, Fantoche is also putting South Korean animation in the spotlight. Four themed short film programmes and features “My Beautiful Girl, Mari” (awarded the 2002 Annecy Grand Prix) and mystery horror animation “Climbing” are set to highlight the special qualities of the nation’s animated film industry – which is often said mainly to channel its talents and resources into games production.
In recent years, the country’s gaming industry has produced global hits combining the art of animation with game design. Game developers from Switzerland and worldwide are focusing on the potential of this interplay.
The full programme will be published on the 14th of August.