{"id":3895,"date":"2026-08-16T14:56:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T12:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/t-short.art\/intro\/?page_id=3895"},"modified":"2026-08-30T15:21:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T13:21:41","slug":"storyline-film-competition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/t-short.art\/intro\/index.php\/storyline-film-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Storyline Film Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=»62px»][vc_custom_heading text=»Storyline Film Competition» font_container=»tag:h3|text_align:center» use_theme_fonts=»yes»][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=»1\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=»3897″ img_size=»full» parallax_move=»yes» alignment=»center» style=»vc_box_circle_2″ onclick=»link_image»][\/vc_column][vc_column width=»3\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Boundaries<\/strong> (South Korea, 2025)<\/p>\n

Director: <\/strong>Seun Yee<\/p>\n

Genre: <\/strong>Artistic, Fantasy
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Technique:<\/strong> Cell, Pencil on Paper, Cut-outs<\/p>\n

Synopsis:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A passenger on a bus reclines their seat too far back. This small gesture shifts the balance of the space, leading everyone on board in an unexpected direction.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=»1\/4″][vc_single_image image=»3898″ img_size=»full» parallax_move=»yes» alignment=»center» style=»vc_box_circle_2″ onclick=»link_image»][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=»3\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Kosmogonia<\/strong> (France, 2025)<\/p>\n

Director: <\/strong>Karolina Chabier<\/p>\n

Genre: <\/strong>Fantasy, Adventure
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Technique:<\/strong> 2D Computer<\/p>\n

Synopsis:<\/strong><\/p>\n

In an infinite night, the Great One, a buffalo goddess, meets the Little One, a goat goddess. A friendship is born and with it a new world: the stars, the sun, the earth and living beings. Animals emerge from the waters, grow, and a lush forest flourishes. As the world evolves, the two goddesses are overwhelmed by their power of creation.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=»1\/4″][vc_single_image image=»3899″ img_size=»full» parallax_move=»yes» alignment=»center» style=»vc_box_circle_2″ onclick=»link_image»][\/vc_column][vc_column width=»3\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

The Weed’s Gardener<\/strong> (Bulgaria, 2025)<\/p>\n

Director:<\/strong>Assia Kovanova<\/p>\n

Genre:<\/strong>Comedy
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Technique:<\/strong> 2D\/Traditional, Pencil on Paper<\/p>\n

Synopsis:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two old friends and neighbours (a gardener and a mole) in the wilderness, waiting for the wind, which will help them fulfil an absurd dream.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=»1\/4″][vc_single_image image=»3900″ img_size=»full» parallax_move=»yes» alignment=»center» style=»vc_box_circle_2″ onclick=»link_image»][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=»3\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Tawny Owl \/ \u041d\u0435\u044f\u0441\u044b\u0442\u044c<\/strong>\u00a0(Russian Federation, 2025)<\/p>\n

Director: <\/strong>Anastasiia Zhakulina<\/p>\n

Genre: <\/strong>Fairy tale
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Technique:<\/strong> Stop-motion<\/p>\n

Synopsis:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Life in the forest hides a lot of dangers and not only little birds hard to live there, but also great hunters.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=»1\/4″][vc_single_image image=»3901″ img_size=»full» parallax_move=»yes» alignment=»center» style=»vc_box_circle_2″ onclick=»link_image»][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=»3\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

There will be no other end \/ Innego ko\u0144ca nie b\u0119dzie<\/strong> (Poland, 2024)<\/p>\n

Director: <\/strong>Piotr Milczarek<\/p>\n

Genre:<\/strong>Comedy, Black Humor
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Technique:<\/strong> 2D Computer<\/p>\n

Synopsis:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A short film about society (in five chapters).[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=»1\/4″][vc_single_image image=»3902″ img_size=»full» parallax_move=»yes» alignment=»center» style=»vc_box_circle_2″ onclick=»link_image»][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=»3\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Old White Tom \/ Armer wei\u00dfer Kater<\/strong> (Germany, 2025)<\/p>\n

Director:<\/strong> Emily Ufken, Alexander Conrads<\/p>\n

Genre:<\/strong> Experimental, Artistic, Drama
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Technique:<\/strong> 2D\/Traditional, 2D Computer, Stop-motion, Animated Objects, Rotoscope<\/p>\n

Synopsis:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The world of an old tomcat falls apart when his humans adopt two other cats.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=»1\/4″][vc_single_image image=»3903″ img_size=»full» parallax_move=»yes» alignment=»center» style=»vc_box_circle_2″ onclick=»link_image»][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=»3\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Trading Cards<\/strong> (Australia, United Kingdom, 2025)<\/p>\n

Director:<\/strong> Radheya Jang<\/p>\n

Genre:<\/strong> Fantasy, Horror
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Technique:<\/strong> 2D Computer, 3D, Cell<\/p>\n

Synopsis:<\/strong><\/p>\n

An enigmatic man journeys back in time to find his younger self, seemingly to revisit the nostalgia of trading cards. An exploration of identity, mental health and the erosion of childhood innocence, Trading Cards is a dark fantasy animated film about the weight of living with Obsessive-compulsive disorder.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=»1\/4″][vc_single_image image=»3906″ img_size=»full» parallax_move=»yes» alignment=»center» style=»vc_box_circle_2″ onclick=»link_image»][\/vc_column][vc_column width=»3\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Raaf<\/strong> (Belgium, Portugal, 2024)<\/p>\n

Director:<\/strong> Jeroen Ceulebrouck<\/p>\n

Genre:<\/strong> Drama
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Technique:<\/strong> 2D Computer, Paint on Paper<\/p>\n

Synopsis:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The troubled Marko desperately tries to shake off his past. After picking up a box of belongings from his ex-lover, he embarks on a surreal journey with his daughter as the boundaries between delusion and reality are razor-thin. A raw yet tender mourning process in bird’s-eye view.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=»1\/4″][vc_single_image image=»3908″ img_size=»full» parallax_move=»yes» alignment=»center» style=»vc_box_circle_2″ onclick=»link_image»][\/vc_column][vc_column width=»3\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Tom and the Proud Tall Sky<\/strong> (Canada, 2026)<\/p>\n

Director:<\/strong> Lorne Kraft<\/p>\n

Genre:<\/strong> Melodrama, Fantasy, Science
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Technique:<\/strong> 2D Computer<\/p>\n

Synopsis:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A SCI-FI narrative based in the near future on the Planet Mars.<\/p>\n

We follow the story of Tom and Sky who are abandoned on the Red Planet as a result of cataclysmic events on Earth.<\/p>\n

Eventually Tom and Sky are overcome by the harsh Martian environment.<\/p>\n

Prior to their passing both Tom and Sky choose a neural transfer which uploads their consciousness to a digital form.<\/p>\n

As in all machines they fail which results in Tom having to take on a mission.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Small Hours<\/strong> (United Kingdom, 2026)<\/p>\n

Director:<\/strong> Oscar Wyndham Lewis<\/p>\n

Genre:<\/strong> Experimental, Abstract, Artistic, Tragedy, Drama
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Technique:<\/strong> Paint on Glass<\/p>\n

Synopsis:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Struggling with alcohol addiction and mental illness, an artist reaches out to an old friend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=»1\/4″][vc_single_image image=»3912″ img_size=»full» parallax_move=»yes» alignment=»center» style=»vc_box_circle_2″ onclick=»link_image»][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=»3\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

The Garden<\/strong> (Canada, Cuba, Mexico, 2025)<\/p>\n

Director:<\/strong> Carolina Charad\u00e1n, Miguel Machado<\/p>\n

Genre:<\/strong> Experimental, Abstract, Artistic, Adventure
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Technique:<\/strong> Paint on Glass<\/p>\n

Synopsis:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A dreamlike oil-on-glass short where Juana Borrero, 19th-century Cuban painter-poet, wanders a tropical Eden guided by a Blue Rabbit and facing a wounded Velociraptor\u2014an evocative meditation on memory, transformation, and the blurred lines between art and dream.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Leleng<\/strong> (Indonesia, 2025)<\/p>\n

Director:<\/strong> Zaenal Abidin<\/p>\n

Genre:<\/strong> Experimental, Surrealism, Artistic, Tragedy, Fantasy, Science
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Technique:<\/strong> 2D Computer, Stop-motion, Puppets, Animated Objects<\/p>\n

Synopsis:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Leleng, one of ‘the tree mothers’ of the barren forest in the far corner of Borneo, is crying, after being separated from her descendant by the forest guardian. Her hope is drifting with her dance, along with the hoarse voice of a hornbill.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Statue in the Garden<\/strong> (United Kingdom, 2025)<\/p>\n

Director:<\/strong> Qianhui Yu<\/p>\n

Genre:<\/strong> Experimental, Surrealism, Artistic, Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Biography, Philosophical
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Technique:<\/strong> 2D Computer, Paint on Paper<\/p>\n

Synopsis:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Didi moves into an unkempt house in the British city of Stoke-on-Trent. Whilst feeling ill at ease in this unfamiliar environment, she comes across a curious statue in the garden. This enchanting object helps Didi to appreciate the heritage of her new neighbourhood through an unexpected journey back in time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Box \/ \u042f\u0449\u0438\u043a<\/strong> (Russian Federation, 2025)<\/p>\n

Director:<\/strong> Alexandra Pavlova<\/p>\n

Genre:<\/strong> Abstract
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Technique:<\/strong> 2D Computer<\/p>\n

Synopsis:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The young man carefully follows the instructions in the manual for assembling the closet. But soon the events take on a dreamlike character and, despite the hero’s efforts, his logical actions lead to an absurd result.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Suite Pon\u00e7-Brossa<\/strong> (Spain, 2026)<\/p>\n

Director:<\/strong> Marc Capdevila<\/p>\n

Genre:<\/strong> Experimental, Surrealism, Artistic, Documentary
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Technique:<\/strong> 2D\/Traditional, 2D Computer, Cut-outs<\/p>\n

Synopsis:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In 2009, the Joan Brossa Archive uncovered a folder titled \u201cJoan Pon\u00e7\u201d containing eleven texts that reveal the relationship between two major Catalan artists of the 20th century.
\nThis animated film piece brings together Brossa\u2019s texts and Pon\u00e7\u2019s paintings, reflecting their collaboration in the years following the Spanish Civil War.<\/p>\n

Suite Pon\u00e7-Brossa<\/strong> is a journey into the past, a work of found painting, a videopoem avant la lettre.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Chance<\/strong> (Iran, 2026)<\/p>\n

Director:<\/strong> Pooya Afzali<\/p>\n

Genre:<\/strong> Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Documentary
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Technique:<\/strong> 2D Computer, Pencil on Paper, Cut-outs<\/p>\n

Synopsis:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Inspired by historical events, this episodic film explores the role of chance in human life and death.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=»62px»][vc_custom_heading text=»Storyline Film Competition» font_container=»tag:h3|text_align:center» use_theme_fonts=»yes»][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=»1\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=»3897″ img_size=»full» parallax_move=»yes» alignment=»center» style=»vc_box_circle_2″ onclick=»link_image»][\/vc_column][vc_column width=»3\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Boundaries (South Korea, 2025) Director: Seun Yee Genre: Artistic, Fantasy Technique: Cell, Pencil on Paper, Cut-outs Synopsis: A passenger on a bus reclines their seat too far back. This small gesture shifts the balance of the space, leading everyone on board […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3895","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/t-short.art\/intro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/t-short.art\/intro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/t-short.art\/intro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/t-short.art\/intro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/t-short.art\/intro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3895"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/t-short.art\/intro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4295,"href":"https:\/\/t-short.art\/intro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3895\/revisions\/4295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/t-short.art\/intro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}