Experimental filmmaking is about breaking the rules and limits of what one can do with animation. The films are beautiful images, thrilling rollercoasters and provocation, that may give the audience food for thought. All the films in this category are nominated for VAF Best Experimental award at the VAF Award Show on Friday.
In the VAF Best Experimental program, the filmmaker has rein to experiment with different techniques: hand-drawn animation, 3D animation, cut’out, puppet animation. VAF Best Experimental receives films from all over the world. The length of the film must be a maximum of 15 minutes including credits. The winner receives 750€
The films in competition will be shown at two separate screenings: Program 1 & Program 2
Experimental filmmaking is about breaking the rules and limits of what one can do with animation. The films are beautiful images, thrilling rollercoasters and provocation, that may give the audience food for thought. All the films in this category are nominated for VAF Best Experimental award at the VAF Award Show on Friday 13.09.
The films in competition will be shown at two separate screenings: Program 1 & Program 2
Best Experimental – Program 1
Best Experimental – Program 2
Best Experimental – Program 1
O/S
Max Hattler
In Between City
Ilya Kreines
The Point of Permanence
Nana Kawabata
In a Time Warp
Anh Tú Nguyen
Contradiction of Emptiness
Irina Rubina
Black Sun
Zuzanna Michalska
Electronic Insects
Keum-Taek Jung
CYCLEPATHS
Anton Cla
Best Experimental – Program 2
Track 31
Nikolaus Jantsch
CONSTELLATIONS
Adriano Vessichelli
Body of a shadow
Andrea Muñoz
La Voix des Sirènes
Gianluigi Toccafondo
OCCHIO
Giulia Falciani
Silent Panorama
Nicolas Piret
Misérable Miracle
Ryo Orikasa
Bears Ears
Mark Franz
METECHO: An architectural narrative at a medieval ruin
Evangelia Moschou, Maria Effrosyni Varsami
Meet the Jury
Kristian Pedersen
Fabian Driehorst
Iiti Yli-Harja
Iiti Yli-Harja (b. 1987) is a Finnish film director and musician. She is a doctoral researcher at Aalto University at the Department of Film. She uses stop motion techniques in her films, where fiction and documentary material support each other. Her films often explore human multidimensionality and incompleteness: the precious and sometimes funny humanity. Her style is rich: the films burst out with natural dialogue and the relatable chaos of life. Yli-Harja’s films have won numerous awards, e.g. All My Mom’s Phone Calls (2021) received Finland’s premier Jussi Award for the best short film in 2023, and the film BLUSH – An Extraordinary Voyage (2022) received the Finnish Film Foundation’s main award, the Risto Jarva award in 2023.
