Insomnia International Animation Film Festival (Фестиваль "Бессонница")

Insomnia International Animation Film Festival

Фестиваль "Бессонница"

Also known as: Инсомния, Международный фестиваль анимационных фильмов «Бессонница»
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Grand Prix

Leftover Trailer
Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó
LeftoverSix people who eat alone reveal their lives through their relationships with food. Their…

1st place. Debutoria

About a Mother7 min
Dina Velikovskaya
About a MotherA mother gives so much of herself to her children that she seems to have nothing left.…

2nd place. Debutoria

Limbo-Limbo Travel16 min
Zsuzsanna Kreif, Borbala Zétényi
Limbo-Limbo TravelDisillusioned women board the Limbo Limbo tour bus in search of happiness on a distant…

3rd place. Debutoria

Oh, Darling!7 min
Anastasia Voronina
Oh, Darling!A story about the love of a fox for chickens.

1st place. Equilibristics

Unhappy Happy No Video Available
Peter Millard
Unhappy HappyAn abstract animated journey through breakfast, ageing, and shifting feelings of…

2nd place. Equilibristics

Super 84 min
Rim Sharafutdinov
Super 8Surreal figures and multiplying motifs drive a bizarre, intricately interconnected…

3rd place. Equilibristics

Owl Me Tender4 min
Ivan Maximov and 19 co-directors
Owl Me TenderA lonely man going through a run of bad luck finds comfort in the calls of gentle owls.…

1st place. Profnastil

Benches №04587 min
Ivan Maximov
Benches №0458Strange creatures relax on park benches, where everyday encounters turn into a succession…

2nd place. Profnastil

Very Lonely Cock6 min
Leonid Shmelkov
Very Lonely CockA timid, lonely rooster encounters a dangling string. Every pull sets off a different,…

3rd place. Profnastil

100% Mood4 min
Mark & Verse
Dmitry Yagodin
100% MoodAn ordinary man drifts through city life without desires, dreams or ambitions, one…

Special mention

Harvest3 min
Sasha Svirsky
HarvestAn animated music video sets Dmitry Prigov’s poem “Harvest” to music by Pál Zsertvoly &…

Special mention

Bicycle1 min
Dana Sink
BicycleRotating mechanisms, flags and other shapes fill a surreal landscape. As the viewpoint…

Special mention

Chulyen, a Crow's Tale20 min
Cerise Lopez, Agnès Patron
Chulyen, a Crow's TaleThree shamans pursue Chulyen, a crow spirit described as both strong and weak, beautiful…

1st place. Children's Dreams: Debutoria

Magic pearl13 min
Alexey Ignatov
Magic pearlA girl encounters a magical orchestra in a tale about learning to notice and believe in…

2nd place. Children's Dreams: Debutoria

Fairy tale4 min
Natalia Grofpel
Fairy taleA lullaby movie. A little bird helps mothers to lull naughty babies to sleep.

3rd place. Children's Dreams: Debutoria

Flying Boy6 min
Green Apple · Issue 3
Evgenia Zhirkova
Flying BoyA boy rises into the air whenever he sings or shouts. His refusal to listen to adults…

1st place. Children's Dreams: Profnastil

Pawo8 min
Antje Heyn
PawoA little toy figure enters a strange world, where an unusual companion helps her discover…

2nd place. Children's Dreams: Profnastil

My Grandfather Was a Cherry Tree13 min
Olga Poliektova, Tatiana Poliektova
My Grandfather Was a Cherry TreeA young boy remembers his unusual grandfather and the lessons he taught him about love,…

3rd place. Children's Dreams: Profnastil

A Stranger Among Icebergs13 min
Andrey Sokolov
A Stranger Among IcebergsA penguin hatches a chicken’s egg and raises the chick among penguins in Antarctica. As…

Audience award

The Wait of May Trailer
Simone Massi
The Wait of MayIn May, blackbirds hide as they sing. Memories, associations and stories unfold through a…

Audience award

Crackhouse4 min
Martinus Daane Klemet
CrackhouseA man brings a cat home with an unusual plan for his new pet, unaware that cats have nine…

Audience award

Master Blaster4 min
Sawako Kabuki
Master BlasterA girl's wish to stay forever with her sweetheart turns into surreal visions of bodily…

Audience award

Piano10 min
Kaspar Jancis
PianoIn an ordinary concrete panel apartment building, a group of characters each try to reach…

Audience award

Mysterious Swamp3 min
Chintis Lundgren
Mysterious SwampA black stork encounters frogs and hidden dangers in an Estonian swamp. Beneath the…

Audience award

The Wound9 min
Anna Budanova
The WoundA lonely girl imagines her hurt feelings as a shaggy creature that becomes her closest…

Audience award

Beleza Tropical4 min
Susan Young, Mike Smith
Beleza TropicalSet to Jorge Ben's song Ponta de Lança Africano (Umbabarauma), this animated music film…

Audience award

With Joy and Merriness5 min
Jeanne Boukraa
With Joy and MerrinessIn a society where technology has made immortality possible, everyday scenes reveal the…

Special prize from the program department of the festival

House of Unconsciousness11 min
Priit Tender
House of UnconsciousnessA chimney sweep enters a strange house inhabited by a burning woman and other unsettling…

Special mention from the program department of the festival

Tibiaq Trailer
Henrike Rothe
TibiaqYoung Tibiaq sets out to find his older brother, who has been taken away by a spirit. His…

Special mention from the program department of the festival

Songs of Se6 min
Mirror No. 2
Diana Sineokaya
Songs of SeA Nenets legend of a sparkling earth, glittering water and a radiant sky.