Out of the Box raccoglie quei produttori cinematografici che provano a spingersi oltre le frontiere consolidate della forma e del soggetto. Sezione questa con grande varietà di temi che spaziano da storie di topi fino alla perdita della verginità, ottenendo sempre effetti decisamente spettacolari. PHOBIAS di Bert e Bertie, immagina quello che potrebbe succedere se si mettessero insieme un gruppo di pazzi nevrotici in una camera, mentre DREAMS AND DESIRES- FAMILY TIES, esilarante opera di Joanna Quinn, racconta la storia di un progetto matrimoniale andato in fumo. Altri film prendono ispirazione dalle arti e dalle lettere, con LEVIATHAN, di Simon Bogojevic-Narath, che trasforma l'opera seminale di filosofia politica di Hobbes, in un'animazione all'avanguardia, e TYGER, di Guilherme Marconde, che offre un approccio fresco e sconcertante al celebre e amatissimo poema di William Blake.

CARLITOPOLIS
COLOMBIA/FRANCE | 3:10 | 2005
DIRECTOR: NIETO
TOOLS: ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS, PHOTOSHOP, PROTOOLS, 3DSMAX, AVID
In this hilarious cinematic magic act, the director delivers what initially seems like an utterly bland and innocuous presentation about his experiments on Carlito, a small, adorable lab mouse. But the experiments themselves, depicted with the help of some well-executed special effects, turn out to be positively diabolical.

DREAMS AND DESIRES - FAMILY TIES
UK | 9:00 | 2006
DIRECTOR: JOANNA QUINN
WRITER/PRODUCER: LES MILLS
PRODUCTION MANAGER: CATRIN UNWIN
ANIMATION: JOANNA QUINN, ANDY MCPHERSON
POST-PRODUCTION: MICHAEL TANG
EDITOR: PAUL HIBBS
COLOR COORDINATOR: MARCI ROJAS
SOUND DESIGNER: LES MILLS
TOOLS: HAND DRAWN ON PAPER AND COLORED ON FROSTED CEL; AFTER EFFECTS
After acquiring a new digital video camera, Beryl becomes obsessed with the filmmaking process, using it to articulate her dreams and desires in a video diary. As a “cineaste par excellence,” she agrees to film her friend Mandy’s wedding, trying to imitate her filmmaking idols while doing so – with disastrous and hilarious results.

LEVIATHAN
CROATIA | 14:40 | 2006
DIRECTOR/WRITER/DESIGNER: SIMON BOGOJEVIC-NARATH
ANIMATORS: SASA BUDIMIR, MARIO KALOGJERA
SOUND DESIGN: HRVOJE STEFOTIC, SINISA KRNETA
COMPOSER: HRVOJE STEFOTIC
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: LADO SKORIN, KOMARAC
PRODUCTION COMPAGNY: KENGES
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: IVAN RATKOVIC TOLJA, LADO SKORIN KOMARAC
TOOLS: 35 MM (OPTIQUE), 3-D CGI
In Leviathan, Croation director Simon Bogojevic-Narath delivers a 3-D animated pageant comprised of visual reflections on Thomas Hobbes seminal 1651 treatise of political philosophy.

NEVER LIKE THE FIRST TIME
SWEDEN | 15:00 | 2006
DIRECTOR/DESIGNER/EDITOR: JONAS ODELL
CAMERA: PER HELIN
ANIMATORS AND DIGITAL TREATMENT: PER HELIN, STEFAN LJUNGBERG, JONAS ODELL, ARVID STEEN, ARON HAGERMAN, RIINA KÜTT, AUDRONE BRASISKYTE, NERINGA RACKYTE, RITA ANSKAITIENE, JESSICA LAURÉN
SOUND: ANDERS LARSSON/ALC
COMPOSER: KRISTER LINDER
INTERVIEWER: BENJAMIN WOLFF
CAST: MIKAEL BROLIN, REBECCA HARIDI, JENNY HOLMSTRÖM, JOHANNA KARLSSON, FREDRIK ÖSTLING, TORBJÖRN JÄGER, HANNA EKLÖF
PRODUCER: SUSANNE GRANLÖF
PRODUCERS: FILMTECKNARNA F. ANIMATION AB, WITH SUPPORT FROM NORDIC FILM & TV FUND, SWEDISH FILM INSTITUTE/GILA BERGQVIST ULFUNG
TOOLS: DV, CELL ANIMATION, 2-D AND 3-D CGI, AFTER EFFECTS
Never Like the First Time presents a unique riff on one of the most awkward and universal of human experiences – losing your virginity. Four people describe their first time in on-camera interviews, their tales ranging from comedy to tragedy as their voices conjure nostalgia, embarrassment and even horror. The film utilizes a different animation technique in each chapter to best draw out the tone of each story.

ONE RAT SHORT
US | 10:00 | 2006
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: ALEX WEIL
PRODUCER: BRYAN GODWIN
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: CHRIS BYRNES
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: TODD WINTER
EDITOR: JOHN ZAWISHA
COMOSER: SHERMAN FOOTE
SOUND DESIGNER: PAUL HSU
TOOLS: MAYA 7, MENTAL RAY 3.4, REALFLOW, DIGITAL FUSION, SHAKE, PHOTOSHOP; DUAL-PROCESSOR INTEL WORKSTATIONS RUNNING WINDOWS XP, 200-PROCESSOR LINUX RENDERFARM
One Rat Short employs stunningly realistic CG with two different looks – one dark and shadowy, the other white and hyper-bright – to tell a story that’s part The Lady and the Tramp, part Mission: Impossible, about a grimy city rat out searching for food who accidentally falls into laboratory, where he falls in love with a delicate lab mouse. Action and adventure ensue.

PHOBIAS
UK | 8:24 | 2006
DIRECTORS: BERT & BERTIE (AMBER TEMPLEMORE-FINLAYSON AND KATIE ELLWOOD)
SCREENWRITER: KATIE ELLWOOD
PRODUCER: TINA PAWLIK
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: ED WILD
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: MARIA CHRYSSKOS
EDITOR: LOU MACGREGOR
ART DIRECTOR: HENRI THOMAS
ART WORK: JAMES DAVIDSON
TITLES ART DIRECTOR: DUNCAN BONE
MOTION GRAPHICS ARTIST: NIGAL RAYMOND
CAST: ISOBEL HURLL, PAUL KAYE, LUCY MONTGOMERY, ANDREW BUCKLEY, KIKI KENDRICK
TOOLS: AVID, AFTER EFFECTS, MAC-BASED COMBUSTION SUITE WITH KRONOS PLUGIN
London directing duo Bert & Bertie’s first collaborative effort together mines the comic potential of extreme and exotic phobias – such as xyrophobia, the fear of blades, and pognophobia, the fear of beards. What happens when a group of neurotic patients with incompatible fears gather together in a dingy waiting room under the watchful eye of a stern ’50s receptionist – who might be harboring a phobia of her own?

SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE THIS (PART TWO)
US | 0:30 | 2006
DIRECTOR/ANIMATOR: ERIC HENRY
ILLUSTRATORS: CRISTIE AND ERIC HENRY
SOUND DESIGNERS: ERIC HENRY AND JIM COURSEY
COMPOSER: JIM COURSEY
TOOLS: AFTER EFFECTS, ILLUSTRATOR
The second entry of Eric Henry’s animated daydream journal is based on the mythological fate of Tantalus, one of Zeus’ sons, who, like Sisyphus, was punished for his misdeeds by being doomed to spend eternity in the frustrated pursuit of a single goal.

SQUEAK (QUIETSCH)
GERMANY | 7:00 | 2005
DIRECTOR: BARAN BO ODAR
PRODUCER: JANTJE FRIESE
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: PHILIP HAUCKE
COMPOSER: GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS
CUTTER: MIKE MARZUK
ONLINE AND COLOR CORRECTION: NEIL REYNOLDS
SET DESIGN: HEIKE LANGE
SET ASSISTANT: SARAH JABLONKA
COSTUMES: CAROLINE SATTLER
MAKE-UP: DOREEN WALTHER
CAMERA ASSISTANT: TOMMY
CAST: ISABELLE TRAN, NIKOLAI SCHILL, ADRIAN HOFFMANN, TAIJI TANAKA, BIANCA LAMMERT, JANNIS SPENGLER, IRUKA AGU
TOOLS: AVID, INFERNO, SELCO
Squeak (or Quietsch, in the German) is a musical of sorts, one whose tunes are comprised of a wide array of unexpected ambient sounds, each with their own accompanying visual surprise. Creaking beds and unruly kids figure prominently in the action

THIS IS ME
UK | 4:05 | 2006
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: SAM ARTHUR
PRODUCER: LAURA KAUFMAN
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: NICK MORRIS, LIZIE GOWER
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: JAKE POLONSKY
ART DIRECTORS: TOM WALES, STEF GRIEVE
PRODUCTION MANAGERS: DOM THOMAS, TIM DAUKES
EDITOR: JANE CINA @ TRIM EDITING,
CAST: PAUL BROUGHTON, DARIEL PERTWEE
CASTING DIRECTOR: SUE POKLINGTON @ MURDER MY DARLINGS
POST-PRODUCTION: THE MILL, LONDON
INFERNO/OPERATOR: NEIL DAVIES
FLAME ARTIST: MIKE SKRGATIC
PRODUCER: LEE PAVEY
SOUND DESIGNER: TRISTAN ROSE @ GRAND CENTRAL, LONDON
2-D ANIMATION: SAM ARTHUR, ALEX LATSIS
SPECIAL EFFECTS/PROCESSES: 3-D CGI BY THE MILL
3-D OPERATOR: JULES JANAUD
3-D PRODUCERS: JO SHEPPERD & MILES PETTIT
COMPOSERS: TRISTAN LONGWORTH, RICHARD MILNER
TOOLS: 35MM, FINAL CUT PRO; PANAVISION CAMERA
While Bertie Timson lies in a coma, his wife is living the high life. This Is Me tells the comic tale of how they went from being a bickering middle-class couple living beneath the Heathrow flight path to where they are today. It’s a little story, with a big impact.

TYGER
BRAZIL | 4:30 | 2006
DIRECTOR/EDITOR/PHOTOGRAPHER: GUILHERME MARCONDES
PRODUCERS: TRATTORIA, GUILHERME MARCONDES
SCREENWRITERS: GUILHERME MARCONDES, ANDREZZA VALENTIN
COMPOSER: ZEROUM
SOUND DESIGNER: PAULO BETO
TIGER PUPPET DESIGNER: JOÃO GREMBECKI - CIA. STROMBOLI
PUPPETEERS: JOÃO GREMBECKI, CASSIANO REIS, FÁBIO OLIVEIRA
CHARACTER DESIGNERS: SAMUEL CASAL
CHARACTER ANIMATORS: BIRDO STUDIO
ANIMATORS: LUCIANA EGUTI, PAULO MUPPET
ASSISTANT ANIMATOR: TATIANE DE CASTRO ARAÚJO
CINEMATOGRAPHER AND CAMERA OPERATOR: PIERRE DE KERCHOVE
PRODUCTION DIRECTOR: PAULA MADUREIRA
PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS: MURILLO BASKERVILLE, CAROLINA ALCAROGI
COMPOSITOR: GUILHERME MARCONDES
ASSISTANT: DANIEL GABBAY
ROTOSCOPERS: DANIEL GABBAY, VANESSA LOBO, LÍVIA MASSEI, RAFAEL MARREIROS
NEON PLANTS DESIGNER: RAFAEL GRAMPÁ, PAULA NOBRE
TITLE DESIGNER: ANDREZZA VALENTIN
TOOLS: 2-D COMPUTER, PUPPETS, PHOTOGRAPH, FLASH, AFTER EFFECTS, FINAL CUT PRO, PRO TOOLS, APPLE G5
Former Lobo animator Guilherme Marcondes employs puppetry, illustration, photography and CGI in bringing us this sumptuous mixed media short based on a beloved poem by William Blake. When a giant tiger mysteriously appears in the heart of São Paulo, its presence illuminates the city with magic and wonder, turning the urban jungle into a real one.