Student Competition 1 The Uncertain Snow 2021 | France | 0:06:56 On the lookout for polar bears in the Arctic, a wildlife photographer realizes she may have missed more than a shot. Marion Boisrond, Marie-Liesse Coumau, Gwendoline Legendre, Ada Hernaez, Romane Tisseau Zoon 2021 | Germany | 0:04:25 Small shimmering animals are in heat. A two-legged forest dweller encounters the lustful group. He and his companions snack on the little creatures and soon a feast begins. Jonatan Schwenk Mom, What’s Up with the Dog? 2021 | France | 0:07:09 Gwen is a young girl who just turned 11. As she discovers her sexuality, she catches her dog laughing. Lola Lefevre The House of Loss 2022 | South Korea | 0:09:47 The elderly at the nursing home have their heads shaved. The protagonist who works there sees them but can’t read their expressions. However, from one instance, he finds himself looking closely at their faces. Jeon Jinkyu Patient’s Mind 2021 | China | 0:06:05 ”Patient’s Mind” is a multi-screen experimental animation using circular narration. The novel uses the metaphor of doctor-patient relationship to describe the endless samsara between the present and the ”preset future” in the doomed failure of self-salvation. The narrative divides the story into five parts, which are placed on five screens respectively to make the five screens related in content. Zhiheng Wang In His Mercy 2022 | Germany | 0:11:55 One evening a prison director announces to a convict being executed next day. As by a miracle later at night the cell door opens. Being exhausted by endless interrogations the convict drags on through dark prison corridors. On his odyssey to gain freedom he is tossed back and forth by various mental states: his fear of being discovered, his hope for salvation and moments of sheer madness. Christoph Büttner Graziano and the Giraffe 2022 | Italy | 0:06:33 A man hungry for sausages buys a microwave oven that will drag him into the wild. Fabio Orlando, Tommaso Zerbi In the Upper Room 2022 | Hungary | 0:08:09 Every season a young mole visits his blind grandfather, who lives deep underground in a comfortably decorated burrow. As the two grow older their relationship becomes more intense and important questions arise. Alexander Gratzer Persona 2022 | South Korea | 0:06:45 The process of being encroached by the persona. Moon Sujin