Dedicated to animated films produced by students of Italian and foreign animation schools.
The Signor Rossi Award is addressed to young directors who make their short animation films during animation cinema courses in specialized schools, academies, universities.
These schools have the difficult task to help talent and creativity, supporting students with all the necessary knowledge in art and technique.
These institutes educate their students so they can become professionals, with a complete knowledge about creative and productive processes, and about the skills they need. For example, 2D e 3D CGI, stop motion, character and production design, scenography, storytelling, compositing, film direction.
In general, the films (often made as degree final works) are made with various techniques and tell about many different themes, which is a proof of the school’s quality.
Congratulations to the directors whose works have been selected and will be screened at our festival!
Winning film
Elegy of Elephant – Director: Sijie Lu – Runtime: 8:29 – Country: China – Year: 2022
From the Communication University of China comes this extraordinary story of the relationship between an elephant and a man, a powerful emotional connection that goes beyond species and through time.
A film almost completely devoid of dialogue has the power to be understood all over the world and the elephants and men of the Chinese region of Yunnan evoke part of our experiences.
Mentions
On my Bicycle – Director: O. Lavergne, B. Langagne, L. Durot, P. Cilluffo, M. Beuvain, K. Detay – Runtime: 8:18 – Country: France – Year: 2022
The students of the Pôle 3D school in Roubaix in France make a graduation film that with an artistic and sophisticated style accompanies a long bicycle journey.
Out of the Blue – Director: T. Ben Jebara, C. Castan, O. de Gouttes–Pegot, C. Depay, S. Dupont, A. Bastien – Runtime: 6:25 – Country: France – Year: 2022
In a monochromatic city where everyone resembles each other, one day a painter arrives who upsets the peaceful harmony.
Six students of the Georges Méliès School stage a well-written story, with a wise use of storytelling times.
Finalist films
- Carapath
- Chimborazo
- Easy Busy
- Elegy of Elephant
- Gun Play
- La bride (The dog’s leash)
- On my bycicle
- Out of the Blue
- Rebus
- Sister (Siostra)
- Tear off https
List of films in competition
The films will be screened during the course of the event, see the calendar of screenings of the Signor Rossi Award.
| Title | Director | School | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5-stars | James Wei | National Yunlin University of Science and Technology | Taiwan | |
| 52hz | Shu-Ting Yang | China University of Technology | Taiwan | |
| A little higher | Kai Anne Oppermann, Antonia Weiss, Nora Theißen | Fachhochschule Münster | Germany | |
| About heidegger | Lucie Lisníková | Tomas Bata University in Zlín | Czech Republic | |
| Amer | Christophe Greenough, Alexandre Pamart, Lucy Donnot, Duncan Delionnet, Constance Mancheron, Sacha Amsalem, Lea Maureaux, Teddy Bres | Ecole Brassart | France | |
| Apocalypse dog | Aziliz Le Clainche, Camille Nasarre, Jing Qian, Juliette Barraux, Emma Plumey, Lucile Arnaud, Solène Cauchie | Philippe Meis | France | |
| At the edge of the water | Tamara Kupfer Muñoz | Universidad Ort del Huruguay | Uruguay | |
| Awaiting | Yu-Ching Chen | National Yunlin University of Science and Technology | Taiwan | |
| Beisbol | Emma Balcon, Rabah Cheurfa, Jennifer Coeugnet, Johan Seguin | Ecole Georges Méliès | France | |
| Beyond the fringe | Han Tang, Costanza Baj, Giulia Zanette | BAU Barcelona School of Design | Spain | |
| Boom | Xiaoya Wang | Shengying of Ai | China | |
| Breaking the ice | Tara Klepac | Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb | Croatia | |
| Breath | Baptiste Grebonval, Antoine Derensy, Lucie Hot, Kevin Rouillard | ECV | France | |
| Bridge | Jun-Wei Zhang | National Taipei University of Business | Taiwan | |
| Carapath | Aurelien Mornet | IIM digital School | France | |
| Catch | Tzu-Yi Yang, Yi-Xuan Li | Tainan University of Technology | Taiwan | |
| Chimborazo | Keila Cepeda | Master en Animación UPV | Spain | |
| Circus | Ya-Wen Zheng | National Yunlin University of Science and Technology | Taiwan | |
| Clinical lycanthropy | Emilio Giacomelli, Francesco Pesiri | IED Milano | Italy | |
| Coming in | Louis Devignes, Alice Florent, Romane Etienne, Camille Devise, Killian Maret | ECV | France | |
| Companionship of rat | Yi-An Chen | National Yunlin University of Science and Technology | Taiwan | |
| Courage | Sebastián Cisneros | Universidad Veritas | Costa Rica | |
| Cycle | Isadora Polatscheck | UFMG | Brazil | |
| Daddy | Chen-De Li | Bo-Zhen Li, Pei-Shung Wu, Chen-De Li | Taiwan | |
| Dear daughter | Jun-Jie Shi | Yu-Ting Zeng | Taiwan | |
| Dododojoy | Jenny Xu, Crane Xu, Zhang Jade | Shengying of Ai | China | |
| Duelling toddlers | Elena Accenti | MOHOLE | Italy | |
| Dying to defrost | Heather Ann Abeyasekera | Nanyang Technological University | Singapore | |
| Elegy of elephant | Sijie Lu | School of Animation and Digital Arts, Communication University of China | China | |
| Equinox | Elisa Gimenez Valdes Fernandes Posada | Laguna College of Art and Design | United States | |
| Eversio | Sofia Favata | Accademia di Belle Arti di Palermo | Italy | |
| Fértil | Felipe Del Rio | São Paulo State University (UNESP) | Brazil | |
| Forget me not | Denver Colorado, Xime Garcia | Laguna College of Art and Design | United States | |
| Fox child | Jan Čapar | Hochschule Darmstadt | Germany | |
| From the depth | Melissa Chaves | Melissa Chaves, José Rodríguez | Costa Rica | |
| Fulu deer | Bo-Ya Xu | Kun Shan University | Taiwan | |
| Galibot | Thomas Vandenbussche, Elise Petit, Ambre Grangereau, Emilie Cousin, Wan-Jing Yang, Laure Vernier | Supinfocom Rubika | France | |
| Gift of life | Jheng-Sian Lin | Ling Tung University | Taiwan | |
| Go! Get it | Xiangning Guo | School of Animation and Digital Arts Communication University of China | China | |
| Gun play | Barzan Rostami | Art University of Tehran | Iran, Islamic Republic of | |
| Hammam | Zélie Elkihel | Emile Cohl | France | |
| Hell | Xinrui Zhou | University of Southern California | United States | |
| Hellscape | Alixe Devaux, Camille Leroux, Félicia Poggi, Clémence Lacoume, Lara Brière, Valentine Wilke | Supinfocom Rubika | France | |
| Hero | ShiTing Zhang | School of Animation and Digital Arts Communication University of China | China | |
| In a funk | Eloise Lohrey | RMIT University | Australia | |
| In boxes | Hila Vakrat, Gilad Pfeffer | Bezalel | Israel | |
| It is not how it looks alike | Alessandro Fortuna | Mohole | Italy | |
| La bride (the dog’s leash) | Nicolas Piret | ENSAV La Cambre | Belgium | |
| La notte | Martina Generali, Simone Pratola, Francesca Sofia Rosso | Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, sede Piemonte – Dipartimento Animazione | Italy | |
| Los juguetes de un guerrero | kevin ezequiel suaya, Juan cruz villegas | Da Vinci | Argentina | |
| Lost time | Garibay A. | Escuela Nacional de Artes Cinematográficas de la UNAM | Mexico | |
| Matapacos | Karla Riebartsch, Lion Durst | Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg | Germany | |
| Mirage | Hsiao-Anne Liao | Fu Jen Catholic University | Taiwan | |
| Mochi’s delivery | Jocelyn Lee, Mindy Lee, Cindy Miao | School of Visual Arts BFA Computer Art | United States | |
| Mole&crow | Ruoxue Jin | School of Animation and Digital Arts Communication University of China | China | |
| Mustermann | Veronika Väth | Hochschule Ansbach | Germany | |
| Night of the living dread | Ida Melum | National Film and Television School | United Kingdom | |
| Nodus | Paweł Wiktor Kusyk | Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków | Poland | |
| Not behind you | Yu Tung | Ling Tung University | Taiwan | |
| Offering chickens | Yi-Pei Lin | Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology | Taiwan | |
| Oliver the giant | Júlia Lantos | Budapest Metropolitan University | Hungary | |
| On my bicycle | Océane Lavergne, Benjamin Langagne, Lucas Durot, Pierre Cilluffo, Marine Beuvain, Kerrian Detay | Pôle 3D | France | |
| Out of the blue | Taya Ben Jebara, Carl Castan, Orane de Gouttes–Pegot, Camille Depay, Sana Dupont, Alice Bastien | Ecole Georges Méliès | France | |
| Outlaw | Yu-Ching LING | National Taiwan University of Arts | Taiwan | |
| Papirola | Fabián Molinaro | Master en Animación UPV | Spain | |
| Peace of mind | Graça Gomes | Agrupamento de Escolas Tomaz Ribeiro, Tondela | Portugal | |
| Pirouette | Ciara Borgards | Ifs Internationale Filmschule Köln | Germany | |
| Pobre antonio | Mariana Guerreiro Ferreira, Eudald Rojas Lluís | ECIB (Escola de Cinema de Barcelona) | Spain | |
| Poncho & titi | Jenny Liang | Carlos Smith | Costa Rica | |
| Read the signs | Samantha Yvonne Ames | Samantha Yvonne Ames | United States | |
| Rebus | Alberto Méndez | Universidad Veritas | Costa Rica | |
| Reflorescer | Lara Salsa | UNIAESO – Centro Universitário AESO-Barros Melo | Brazil | |
| Regenerate | Brenda Melissa Solano | Universidad Veritas | Costa Rica | |
| Runner | Alicia Frøy Johnsen | University for the Creative Arts | Norway | |
| Samara op.4 | Maxime Wattrelos, Jérémy Trochet, Louis Cocquet, Marie Heribel, François Mainguet | Pôle 3D | France | |
| Same old | Geng-Quan Zhang | National Yunlin University of Science and Technology | Taiwan | |
| Scar | Yu Shu, Xinyi Xu | School of Visual Arts BFA Computer Art | United States | |
| Secret mission | Qian-Yu Chen | Rui-Mu Yang, Si-Chun Huang | Taiwan | |
| Seraph | Andrea R. Marchini | NABA Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti | Italy | |
| Shades of the sea | Ana Rita Ferreira | Escola Artística de Soares dos Reis | Portugal | |
| Shan (山) | Jing Hui | Nanyang Technological University | Singapore | |
| Shape | Andrés Ramos | Scuola Esne | Spain | |
| Shroomsday | Daniel Denzer, Marius Oelsch, Rita Weiss, Alessa Wolfram | University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria | Austria | |
| Si warik the movie: the last field | Nita Virena Nathania | Universitas Dian Nuswantoro | Indonesia | |
| Skydome | Adolfo Aliaga, Anna Juesas García | Barreira arte disegno – Centro Oficial the Estudios Superiores | Spain | |
| Stickers | Xiang-Yi Guo | Chihlee University of Technology | Taiwan | |
| Swallow returned | Xinyang Li, Qianyu Lin | School of Animation and Digital Arts Communication University of China | China | |
| Tadada | Chun-Yu Zhang | National Formosa University | Taiwan | |
| Tardes de verano | Garazi Feliu, Ander Lizarraga, Oihane Abete, Candela Gutierrez, Iñigo Sanchez | Digipen Institute of Technology Europe Bilbao | Spain | |
| Tear off | Clément Del Negro, Charlotte Fargier, Héloïse Neveu, Camille Souchard, Nalini Bhasin, Mikko Petremand, Matthias Bourgeuil | Supinfocom Rubika | France | |
| Thabo | Laurisa Pamela Víquez | Universidad Veritas | Costa Rica | |
| The ant march | Fedor Yudin | School-studio of Animated Films SHAR | Russian Federation | |
| The beating seed | asa ( Marta Ribeiro ), Alice do Carmo, Laura Pires, Tiago Pimenta | Universidade do Algarve | Portugal | |
| The carnival | Shi Jie Chew | Nanyang Technological University | Singapore | |
| The dawn of gala | Emanuel Jiménez | Universidad Veritas | Costa Rica | |
| The dog | Riccardo Pittalunga, Davide Sangiorgio, Alice Villa, Marta Volpi | Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti | Italy | |
| The enlightener | Vincent Gougelet, Valentin Baude, Marie Baerenzung, Félix Lecocq | ECV Lille | France | |
| The faulty god | Selena Liao | Image Campus | Argentina | |
| The luggage room | Daniela Cuenca | Máster de Animación UPV | Spain | |
| The message | Joshua Ricardo Quesada | Universidad Veritas | Costa Rica | |
| The raven | Olivier Dubucq, Julien Parmentier, Edouard Fizaine, Lisa Fortrie, Léa Legueulle, Elisa Garcia Romeu, Lisa Fortrie | Ecole Georges Méliès | France | |
| The rest of | Yi-Xiang Su | Tainan University of Technology | Taiwan | |
| The space pirate | Letizia Borficchia | Academy of fine Arts Bologna | Italy | |
| Tonalli | Julia Belen Granillo Tostado | LUCA School of Arts | Mexico | |
| Under the endless sky | Alexandra Dzhiganskaya | University of Applied Arts Vienna | Ukraine | |
| Unfamiliar memories | Serhat Sen | Maltepe University | Turkey | |
| Unfound | Shahar Balfour | Bezalel Academy of Art and Design | Israel | |
| Unscarfed | Anita Bruneburg | Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf | Germany | |
| Water lullaby | Piotr Kaźmierczak | Home Made myself | Poland | |
| Where jasmine blooms | Polina Bovkoun | Directing courses at SMF animation studio | Russian Federation | |
| Yde & olive | Julien Lin, Camille Lorthioy, Meije Lanson, Sélène Chauveau, Caroline Pagès, Pauline de La Provôté | Ecole Georges Méliès | France | |
