Organizers of Asia’s premiere toon celebration, the Bucheon International Animation Festival in South Korea, have revealed the films screening in its national and international shorts, commissioned films and online categories. This year, the selection committee received 2,412 submissions from 88 countries — most hailed from the US, Iran, the UK, France, Taiwan, Germany and South Korea, which prompted the addition of a Korean Short Competition. This marked a 58% increase in submissions over last year.
As announced in January, BIAF is now an Academy Award qualifying festival. The winner of the Short Film Grand Prize will be eligible for considering for the Best Animated Short Film Oscar.
The 20th BIAF will take place October 19-23. See the full list of short film selections below the beautiful official trailer, created by 2018 Jury President Sunao Katabuchi (In This Corner of the World), “White Rabbit.” See all the announced category selections here.
Int’l Short Film Competition:
1 Metre/Heure, Nicolas Deveaux, France
III, Marta Pajek, Poland
The Afternoon of Clemence, Lenaig Le Moigne, France
Animal Behaviour, Alison Snowden & David Fine, Canada
Blau, David Jansen, Germany
Bloeistraat 11, Nienke Deutz, The Netherlands/Belgium
Brexicuted, Chris Shepherd, UK/France
Cadavre Exquis, Stephanie Lansaque & Francois Leroy, France
The Call, Anca Damian, Romania
Caterpillarplasty, David Barlow-Krelina, Canada
The Cat’s Regret, Alain Gagnol & Jean-Loup Felicioli, France/Belgium
Coyote, Lorenz Wunderle, Switzerland
Cyclists, Veljko Popovic, Croatia/France
Dreamland, Mirai Mizue, Japan/France
Egg, Martina Scapelli, France
Embraced, Justine Vuylsteker, France/Canada
The Fall, Boris Labbe, France
Fest, Nikita Diakur, Germany
Fighting Pablo, Robbe Vervaeke, Belgium
From Under Which Stone Did They Crawl Out, Daniel Suljic, Croatia
Heroes, Juan Pablo Zaramella, Argentina
How to Paint Your Rainbow, Erick Oh, US/South Korea
Intimity, Elodie Dermange, Switzerland
Invaders, Daniel Prince, UK
Late Afternoon, Louise Bagnall, Ireland
Make It Soul, Jean-Charles Mbotti-Malolo, France
Mermaids and Rhinos, Viktoria Traub, Hungary
My Grandpa Is Hiding, Anne Huynh, France
My Moon, Eusong Lee, South Korea/US
The Night of the Plastic Bags, Gabriel Harel, France
Raymonde or the Vertical Escape, Sarah Van Den Boom, France
Reruns, Rosto, The Netherlands/France/Belgium
Sinking of the Truth, Tobias Gundorff Boessen, Denmark
Solar Walk, Reka Bucsi, Hungary
Sonder, Neth Nom, US
The Tasmanian Tiger, Vergine Keaton, France
Time of Sheep, Eve Medes, Sara Augusto & Joana Derosa, Portugal
Untravel, Ana Nedeljkovic & Nikola Majdak Jr., Serbia
Waaah, Sawako Kabuki, Japan
Winds of Spring, Keyu Chen, Canada
