3rd Annual Student Short Film Competition

Online: Mon, Jan 30–Sun, Feb 12, 2023

20 shorts • 123 min • Mature Audiences

FRENCH SCHOOLS

Best French Shorts Winners

• Ressources Humaines (EMCA)
• La quête de l’humain (Gobelins)

Film List

École des Nouvelles Images (Avignon, France)

• Une Belle Nuit d’Été — Dir. Yannis Brun, Sam Castelli, Barbara Derail, Arthur Dupuy, Enzo Leboucher, Aleksandar Savic, France, 2022, 7 min.
• Boom — Dir. Romain Augier, Charles Di Cicco, Gabriel Augerai, Yannick Jacquin, Laurie Pereira De Figueiredo, France, 2022, 6 min.
• Code Rose — Dir. Taye Cimon, Pierre Coez, Julie Groux, Sandra Leydier, Mauarii Morel, Romain Seisson, France, 2022, 5 min.
• Thao — Dir. Elisabeth Garreau, Saphir Robelin, Sandra Gire, Alizée Blum, Baptiste Maury, Jenna Mekidiche, France, 2022, 7 min.
• Hope — Dir. Oualid Laouer, Kanto Randresy, Henry Mbouem Mbeck, Maxime Pitrou, Lucie Jean, France, 2022, 7 min.

EMCA (Angoulême, France)

• Au nom de quoi ? — Dir. Marilys Gouaux, France, 2022, 6 min.
• Le sel de la mer — Dir. Chloé Danguy, France, 2022, 5 min.
• Ressources Humaines — Dir. Titouan Tillier, Trinidad Plass, Isaac Wenzek, France, 2022, 3 min.
• Schrodinger — Dir. Adrien Waszak, France, 2022, 6 min.
• Sombre — Dir. Alexis Morisson, France, 2022, 6 min.

Gobelins, l’École de l’Image (Paris, France)

• Funeral at Nine — Dir. Mamadou Barry, Rodrigo Burigo, Ziyu Wang, Junhao Xiang, Wang Yu, Linfeng Zhou, France, 2022, 6 min.
• Gloire Amère 40000 — Dir. Vincent Pistien, Armand Goxe, Florian De Chelle, Marine Corbineau, Alexis Maurice, Tom Rameaux, Valentin Giuili, France, 2022, 5 min.
• Go Fishboy — Dir. Denise Cirone, Sebastian Doringer, Andrey Kolesov, Chiayu Liu, Zhen Tian, Lan Zhou, France, 2022, 6 min.
• Midnight Hotel (Hôtel Nuit Noire) — Dir. Vincent Albert, Neïl Dieu, Malo Doucet, May Taraud, Marie Toury, France, 2022, 7 min.
• La quête de l’humain — Dir. Mélina Ienco, Lucie Juric, Caroline Leibel, Faustine Merle, Claire Pellet, France, 2022, 7 min.

RUBIKA (Valenciennes, France)

• Apocalypse Dog — Dir. Aziliz Le Clainche, Camille Nasarre, Jing Qian, Juliette Barraux, Emma Plumey, Lucile Arnaud, Solène Cauchie, France, 2022, 7 min.
• Galibot — Dir. Thomas Vandenbussche, Elise Petit, Ambre Grangereau, Emilie Cousin, Wan-Jing Yang, Laure Vernier, France, 2022, 6 min.
• Hellscape — Dir. Alixe Devaux, Camille Leroux, Félicia Poggi, Clémence Lacoume, Lara Brière, Valentine Wilke, France, 2022, 7 min.
• Synchronie Passagère — Dir. Julia Le Bras-Juarez, Emmie Marriere, Marianne Fourmanoit, Laura Techer, Louise-Marie Rousselie, Jean Delamarre, Alexis Prost, France, 2022, 8 min.
• Tear off — Dir. Clément Del Negro, Charlotte Fargier, Héloïse Neveu, Camille Souchard, Nalini Bashin, Mikko Petremand, Matthias Bourgeuil, France, 2022, 6 min.

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ABOUT THE COMPETITION

Since 2020, FIAF's Animation First Festival has held a competition to highlight emerging talent from some of the most renowned animation schools in France and the United States. Four schools are chosen from each country and each school selects five films from its graduating class. Prizes are awarded for Best French Student Short and Best American Student Short. The winners receive a one-on-one session with acclaimed animator Kristof Serrand (The Prince of Egypt, Kung Fu Panda) to discuss their work and gain his advice.

2023 SCHOOLS

France: École des Nouvelles Images (Avigon), EMCA (Angoulême), Gobelins - l’École de l’Image (Paris), RUBIKA (Valenciennes)

USA: California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) (California), Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) (Georgia), School of Visual Arts (SVA) (New York), University of Southern California (USC) (California).

JURY

President: Kristof Serrand

French Jury: Maxime Bourstin, Ysaline Debut (RUBIKA), Clément Hamtat, Edouard Trefert (EMCA), Anne Guisset, Anaëlle SABA (Gobelins), Kimié Maingonnat, Avril Zundel (École des Nouvelles Images)

American Jury: Corinne Evans, Adrien Rolley (SVA), Alexandra Young, Mason Smigel (SCAD), Shengwei Zhou, Delaney McCallum (USC), Z Balashov, Mu’izza Nur Rahman (CalArts)