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Our jury presents the Animation Award to the best animated short film. Films from all countries are eligible for the competition.
One of the core strengths of cinema is its ability to make the indescribable tangible. Swiss filmmaker Tanja Nuijten offers a poetic and sensual perspective on female pleasure as a counterpoint to erotic cinema, which has been dominated by a male gaze for decades.
With hand-drawn pencil and watercolor sketches, she takes us on a breathtaking journey of discovery through the female body, building visual bridges to the animal kingdom with seemingly inexhaustible ingenuity: Jellyfish, snakes, snails, and flamingos glide along hands, backs, and lips, accompanied by an immersive soundscape that leaves us after just four minutes both in awe and with a shiver down our spines.
The Animation Award at the 26th Landshut Short Film Festival goes to Tanja Nuijten and her film SENSUAL.
