The 2017 GLAS Animation Film Festival — taking place March 2-5 in Berkeley, California — has revealed its Official Competition Selections. The event organizers managed to sort through some 1,300 submissions to curate an exciting mix of films for the Narrative, Non-Narrative, Graduate, Undergraduate and Commissioned Shorts tracks.
GLAS has also sorted selections for the Children’s Competition, US Competition and International Showcase. Visit www.glasanimation.com for more information and to order your festival pass.
NARRATIVE COMPETITION
The Empty – Dahee Jeong
Among the Black Waves – Anna Budanova
Love – Reka Bucsi
Monkey – Shen Jie
Black – Tomasz Popakul
The Future – Greg Sharp
Jungle Taxi – Hakhyun Kim
Sore Eyes for Infinity – Elli Vuorinen
Nighthawk – Spela Cadez
Impossible Figures – Marta Pajek
Before Love – Igor Kovalyov
High Summer – Josselin Facon
Deer Flower – Kangmin Kim
The Bald Future – Paul Cabon
Et Ta Prostate, Ca Va? – Cecile Rousset
NON-NARRATIVE COMPETITION
Datum Point – Ryo Orikasa
Any Road – Boris Labbé
Lo – Ted Wiggin
Manhole Cover While Walking – Ryoya Usuha
The Reflection of Power – Nicolas Anthomé
Six God Alphabet Peter – Peter Millard
Slow Wave – Andy Kennedy
Jeu de Paume – Joshua Mosley
The Estate – Ronny Trocker
saVer – Simon Gerbaud
Unsatisfying – Parallel Studio
Red of the Yew Tree – Marie-Hélène Turcotte
The Mess – Peter Burr
GRADUATE COMPETITION
Hotaru – William Laboury
Service – Josh Shaffner
How are you today? – Sophie Marka
Feed – Eri Okazaki
What They Believe – Shoko Hara
Hot Dog Hands – Matt Reynolds
Garden Party – Florian Babakin
UNDERGRADUATE COMPETITION
Rituals – Isabelle Aspin
Tough – Jennifer Zheng
Auto – Conner Griffith
Pile – Raffaele Gans-Pfister
Big Surf – Brian Smee
Talking Cure – Felipe Di Poi
COMMISSIONED COMPETITION
Last Job on Earth – Moth Collective
Spectacle of the Real – Buck
Scavengers – Charles Huettner & Joe Bennett
Sisters – David Chontos
Flight Attendant XXX – Mattis Dovier
Johnny Bubble – Alan Resnick
Charles X – Can You Do It – Parallel
Another Love – Najeeb Tarazi & Michael Langan
Run the Jewels | Meowpurddy – Cyriak
FAMILY COMPETITION
Otto – Job, Joris, Marieke
First Snow – Lenka Ivančíková
Summer Camp Island – Julia Pott
Very Lonely Cock – Leonid Shmelkov
Au Revoir Balthazar – Rafalel Sommerhalder
Benches – Ivan Maximov
In a Cage – Loic Bruyere
INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASE
Je ne Sens Plus Rien – Noémie Marsily and Carl Roosens
Mom’s on Fire – Joanna Rytel
The Wild Boar – Bella Szederkényi
Three Fitted Flies – María Álvarez and Elisa Morais
Perfect Town – Anaïs Voirol
Uncanny Valley – Paul Wenninger
Little Girl – Steven Subotnick
9, Chemin des Gauchoirs – Lyonel Charmette
Planemo – Veljko Popovic
Decorado – Alberto Vázquez
Parade de Satie – Koji Yamamura
Danny Boy – Simon Lynen
Squame – Nicolas Brault
J’aimes les Filles – Diane Obomsawin
Absence of Eddy Table – Dave Cooper and Rune Spaans
US COMPETITION
Jill – Lilli Carre
Batfish Soup – Amanda Bonaiuto
The Itching – Dianne Bellino
Video 69 – Ingo Raschka
Ship of Fools – Josh Shaffner
Glucose – Jeron Braxton
The Sparrow’s Flight – Tom Schroeder
Lullaby Optic – Steve Wood
