UK, 2009, Computer, 5’ 02’’ (Italian premiere)

Director: Laura Ratta
Musics: Alyson Berber

Synopsis

The Fairy tale is based on an Egyptian Myth. The story narrates the love between Geb the Earth god and Nut the goddess of the sky. Although their love for each other is passionate and innocent, there are things beyond their control that  keep them apart, a mysterious secret in the god’s palace.

Biofilmography
Laura was born in Sydney (Aus) in 1983. She graduated with a BA Hons in Design & Visual Communication from the Politecnico of Milan (Italy) in 2006. Since then, she worked for Whirlpool Europe as a Multimedia Designer and Crackartoons Studios as a stop-motion Animator (Milan, Italy). Laura completed her Master in Animation in June 2009.At the present Laura is working for the cinema-advertising department of The Shooting Star Picture Company (Sydney, Aus) as a Freelance Motion Graphic Designer.Laura enjoys combining different techniques such as stop motion, live action and digital compositing. She also likes to experiment with painting, screen printing and engraving.

China/Germany, 2009, HD, 2’15’’ (Italian premiere)

Director: Wei Hou
Editing: Wei Hou
Music: Stephan Kloss
Production: Wei Hou

Synopsis
This animation is from a Taoist fable which tells the story about the battle between two countries for more territories on tiny snail horns. Huge and Tiny are not only visual, but also psychological effects. “Territory” is Wei Hou’s first animation film production, which was his graduation project at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design in Halle, Germany in the year 2009.

Biofilmography
He was born in 1976. He studied Design at Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, China, then he worked as media designer in China. He also studied multimedia|-design at Burg Giebichenstein University of Arts and Design Halle in Germany. In 2009 he post-graduated in Media Art at Burg Giebichenstein.

Spain, 2009, HD, 15’ (Italian premiere)

Director: Fernando Cortizo
Actors: Victor Mosqueira, Antonio Durán
Editing: Fernando Cortizo
Musics: Josh Rouse
Production: Isabel Rey, Rafael Toba, Simón Sabarís, Marta García

Synopsis
The boring life of Mariano is set in Pontevedra, between his everyday job and his empty house. The only thing that brings him joy is feeding the cats living in a nearby alley. One day, a mysterious person comes along to lure his cats away with cans of a new brand of cat food.

Biofilmografia/Biofilmography
Born in Santiago de Compostela in 1973, he started his film career with the short film El Monstruo de la Playa, a finalist in the Short Film Festival of Boiro. He continued his short filmmaking with Solo, Blackcat Spantat, O Boiro, Bucowsky, El Ladrón de Muñecas, (which won at the Film Festival of Elche and was a finalist in numerous film competitions), Promesa and Leo, the Best Gallician Short Film at the Film Festival of Bueu. As an assistant director he worked on the short film Madres, on the films De Bares and Cartas Italianas and on the experimental video 10 Olladas.