International Competition Animated Film 2

Kyiv, before 24 February 2022. A family is trying to make ends meet – though the fridge is permanently empty and the electric metre has sharp teeth. Then bombs hit the building across the street.

An AI cannot play ping pong. Nor is it possible with a former friend who now votes for Trump. A conversation about physical absence and political alienation.

Work equals force times distance. Based on this physical formula, Angel Wu thinks about work, self-exploitation, and hamster wheels – and the possibility of escape.

The shackles of slavery thrown off, but still in chains – can the citizens ever break free from their corrupt, power-hungry ruler?

Are humans capable of understanding the suffering of other species? A cinematic manifesto against species extinction, framed as an artistic and personal warning.