Here are the winners for the 8th edition of REX Animation Festival 2022
Student Competition Special Mention
Good Times
By Hanna Pätsi
Sweden
02:30
Max Wassen (Artist) makes several attempts to move towards “Good Times”. Unfortunately, he either gets stuck in the same skating loop, blown off a building, and rejected by his own lyrics in the clouds. This eventually leads to a final but uncertain leap of faith.
Audience Award
Letter to a Pig
By Tal KANTOR
France
16:40
A Holocaust survivor reads a letter he wrote to the pig who saved his life. A young schoolgirl hears his testimony in class and sinks into a twisted dream where she confronts questions of identity, collective trauma, and the extremes of human nature.
Student Competition Winner
Restless Sleeper
By Vanja Ivarsson
Sweden
07:00
I lie awake while everyone else is sleeping. Outside
my window the moon shines so brightly from it’s
heavenly abode. Suddenly I hear voices, the sound of
the world outside my window. I can’t stay here alone
with my thoughts, I need to join them.
Restless Sleeper is a film about an alien who has trouble falling asleep. Eventually
the restlessness overflows her and she jumps out of her window, leaving the safety
of her tower behind. She gets mixed up with a weird gang, sings karaoke and
travels through the night sky on the back of a pyjamas wearing cat. The film is
about nostalgia, the difficulties of growing up and about finding a place where you
belong. It’s a film for the ones who has trouble falling asleep at night, for whoever
that needs it and for the ones that ever felt like an alien.
We Hope You Won’t Need to Come Back
By Anastazja Naumenko (PL)
Confessions of a Brat
By Hanna Järgenstedt
REX Animation Student Award 2021
For the 6th year in a row, REX presents the award for best animated Swedish student production. Submissions are open to students on all levels. The submissions can’t be older than two years and have to be produced or started as part of an education in Sweden. Nominated films are screened Friday, November 5th 2021 at 20:00. The winner is announced by the jury at the end of the screening. There will be a prize ceremony and a glass of bubbly for all!
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För sjätte året i rad presenterar REX priset för bästa studentproduktion gjord i Sverige. Anmälan är öppen för studerande på alla nivåer. Bidragen ska vara producerade eller påbörjade under studier i Sverige de senaste två åren. De nominerade filmerna visas på Zita Folekts bio i Stockholm, fredag 5 november 2021, kl 20:00. Vinnaren koras som vanligt av en jury bestående av professionella ifrån den svenska animationsscenen i direkt anslutning till visningen. Det bjuds förstås på bubbel och firande!
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REX Animation Student Award 2021
Friday 5.11 20:00, Zita 1
Zita Folkets Bio
Short list:
Friday 5.11 20:00, Zita 1
Zita Folkets Bio
A Call of the Void
1:50 min, Sonia Engström, Konstfack
Nekomancer
1:11 min, Bianca Nilsson Hedenberg, St Eriks Gymnasium
Ärtan
3:35 min, Ida Björkbäck. Emilia Eriksson, Ellinor Kärnestam, Animationsakademien
En till
4:19 min, Frida Tonnby, Sörängens Folkhögskola
The Way of the Sunflower
3:33 min, Samer Kasem, Animationsakademien
Plant Pause
6:34 min, Alfred Engner, Animationsakademien
Flickrummet
3:54 min, Edda Edlund, Storm Dunder, Amanda Segui, Molly Bengtsson, Stockholms Konstnärliga Högskola
Silverstein – This is How the Wind Shifts
1:32 min, Katja Hedengren, Animationsakademien
The Nervous System
7:49 min, Marijn Dijkmeijer, HDK Valand
Confessions of a Brat
6:06 min, Hanna Järgenstedt, Medieinstitutet
REX Animation Audience Award 2021
At the end of each film block, we want you to vote for your favorite film. You do this with your phone – no app download required. The winner of REX Animation Audience Award 2021 is announced Sunday night, November 7 and online after the festival.
I slutet av varje kortfilmsblock får du chansen att rösta på din favorit bland filmerna. Du röstar med telefonen, ingen app behövs. Vinnaren av REX publikpris 2021 presenteras på söndag kväll den 7 november och sedan här på sajten.
Previous winners 2018-2020
Love is Just a Death Away
By Bára Anna Stejskalová (CZ)
The Essential Worker
By Eliot Kristofer Axelsson
Cat days
By Jon Frickey (DE)
Penumbra
By Wilma Harju
Ugly
By Nikita Diakur
Katthat
By Ola Angelman
Love is Just a Death Away
By Bára Anna Stejskalová (CZ)
The Essential Worker
By Eliot Kristofer Axelsson
Cat days
By Jon Frickey (DE)
Penumbra
By Wilma Harju
Ugly
By Nikita Diakur
Katthat
By Ola Angelman
The 9th Edition of REX Animation Festival was made with support from Stockholm stad, the Swedish Film Institute, Region Stockholm and EUNIC Stockholm.