3rd Annual Student Short Film Competition

Online: Mon, Jan 30–Sun, Feb 12, 2023

AMERICAN SCHOOLS

20 shorts • 102 min • Mature Audiences

In English

Best American Shorts Winners

• Grandma Rosi (CalArts)
• The Best Ham Sandwich According to a Fish (CalArts)

Special Mention

• 잘 지내 (jal-jinae) (Spend your life well) (SVA)
• The Legend of Pipi (SCAD)

Film List

California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) (California)

• Detective Alice and The Inside Game — Dir. Kyky Yang, USA, 2022, 3 min
• Operago — Dir. Rayna Buxton, USA, 2022, 8 min
• Grandma Rosi — Dir. Maya McMahon, USA, 2022, 4 min
• The Balcony — Dir. Anya Martin, USA, 2022, 3 min
• The Best Ham Sandwich According to a Fish — Dir. Jessica Xu, USA, 2022, 3 min

Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) (Georgia)

• The Pope’s Dog — Dir. Neko Pilarcik-Tellez, 2022, 5 min
• The Legend of Pipi — Dir. Julia Schoel, Birgit Uhlig, USA, 2022, 8 min
• Hideout #47 — Dir. Isabella Blandam, Tilly Fidler, Summer Grier, Andrea Lacher, Nathalie Mortell, Lauren Rebelo, Camill Scalzetti, USA, 2022, 4 min
• Desert Mayhem Overdrive — Dir. Noah Cheruck, USA, 2022, 8 min
• Beacon — Dir. Andrew Stadler, USA, 2022, 9 min

School of Visual Arts (SVA) (New York)

• The Boy and The Moon — Dir. Christopher Cuthrell, 2022, 3 min
• 잘 지내 (jal-jinae) (Spend your life well) — Dir. Janice Chi, USA, 2022, 8 min
• Parallels at Hand — Dir. Emma Sawyer, USA, 2022, 4 min
• MOHA — Dir. Jingpei Xiao, USA, 2022, 3 min
• Decisive Action — Dir. Catherine Krahn, USA, 2022, 3 min

University of Southern California (USC) (California)

• Between the Two — Dir. Jarrod & Parker Chatham, USA, 2022, 5 min
• Fallen Leaves — Dir. Thomas Edgar-McNerney, USA, 2022, 8 min
• Restless is the Night — Dir. Xiaoxue Meng, Yuehan Tan, USA, 2022, 4 min
• Rose — Dir. Joe Jacobs, USA, 2022, 5 min
• Woe — Dir. Qi Liu, USA, 2022, 4 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 Shorts and Best American Student Shorts. 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)