Etienne Kompis

The Vegetarian Congress

At the 1999 International Vegetarian Congress in Widnau, a small village in eastern Switzerland, a mysterious case of food poisoning occurs. When the animators Marion and Noah come across the story, they decide to make a animated documentary about the case. But what can be found out about the truth twenty years later?

Gaze

In a process of open negotiation with the film crew, the protagonists explore in their own way the question of how they live their gender identity, focusing on how they manage it in relation to their perception of themselves and others. As the discourse unfolds, the universal nature of this inner confrontation becomes palpable.

Only a Child

Only a Child is an omnibus animation short that gives shape and colour to Severn Suzuki's original speech at the UN Summit in Rio (1992): a child's desperate call to action for our planet's future.

Salmon Men

The salmon want to reproduce. While the salmon men swim upstream in a testosterone-driven race, the women indulge in a fertility dance at the source of the river. But the roles aren't as clearly defined as the men expect.

Little Miss Fate

Little Miss Fate lives in a world driven by fate. When the opportunity arises, she slips into the role of the world leader. Unintentionally she creates a monster, which greedily wants to suck up all the love of the world. Overwhelmed by the rapid development, she loses control.

The Edge

A lone truck driver drives his load, a ferris wheel, through a remote desert landscape. Trapped in his fears and habits, he hardly dares to step out of the sheltered driver's cabin. His pastime of silhouettes accompanies him on his journey through no-man's-land and beyond the edge of his universe.

The Germans

Living through the air raids of the German Luftwaffe in 1940, a little boy, Paul, tries to explain to himself what’s happening to the city during the nights he’s taking shelter down in the London Underground.

The Germans

Living through the air raids of the German Luftwaffe in 1940, a little boy, Paul, tries to explain to himself what’s happening to the city during the nights he’s taking shelter down in the London Underground.

Here

A life-like doll is talking on the phone in an entirely black space. A pantomime in which a cinema becomes a piece of theater. The viewer can only interpret the body language. One recognizable gesture leads to another, yet the underlying script remains a mystery.

Perfect Town

Everybody aspires to be a citizen of Perfect Town – but display a deficiency or a flaw and you will be stripped of your superior status and forced to the rear of the interminable line of those clamouring to get in.

Hypertrain

Anmation featuring cats.

Hypertrain

Anmation featuring cats.