ITFS: Best of Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film

About this event

(various, 2024, various, 70 minutes) The Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) is one of the largest and most important festivals for artistic animated film in Europe and worldwide and it is an Oscar-qualifying film festival. Outstanding films tell grand stories or shed light on small everyday moments. Their creators dare to explore new grounds – whether through their personal family tales or innovative animation techniques and visual worlds. Who has ever seen dancing bin bags, or an entire film drawn on toilet paper? Best of ITFS presents this and more – including award-winning films from the International Competition, the Student Competition and the Trickstar Nature Award 2025. Please note: This program contains material that is not family-friendly. Co-presented with St. Louis Filmworks. Butterfly (Papillon) directed by: Florence Miailhe // France 2024 // 15:00 // producer: Ron Dyens // production, world sales: Sacrebleu Productions As a man swims in the sea, memories come to the surface. They take us from childhood pools to swimming pools, from North Africa to the shores of the Mediterranean, from Olympic stadiums to water retention basins, from a concentration camp to the beaches of Réunion. Note: This film deals with traumatic experiences and anti-Semitism. The Wild-Tempered Clavier directed by: Anna Samo // Germany 2024 // 7:20 // producer: Thomas Bergmann // production: Tiger Unterwegs Filmproduktion // world sales: SND Films An artist insists on playing, despite the world’s disasters. A story inspired by Johann Sebastian Bach’s immortal music and painted onto toilet paper rolls as a tribute to the tradition of drawing directly on 35mm film. Mountain Mountain directed by: Ben Tan, Grace Cheu // Singapore 2024 // 7:09 // producers: Ben Tan, Grace Cheu // production, school: Nanyang Technological University, School of Art, Design and Media // world sales: Miyu Distribution Charlotte and Valerie ride a cable car up Mount Faber…