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Ophelia comes to her first lesson at the ballet studio. But there is one nuance that sets her apart from other ballerinas. Ophelia is overweight. Every now and then she touches the other students with her hips, overweight the bench, and blocks the reflections of the other ballerinas in the mirror during class. Ofelia is not able to perform the movements as professionally as others, but it does not discourage her. At some point, Ophelia hears a familiar word from the coach: "Fondue!" While the other girls begin to perform ballet techniques, Ophelia freezes in place and drowns in memories of the cheese delicacy of the same name.

After running away from a ritual, a child discovers true liberty in the desert.

In an abstract and symbolic world where gravity is reversed, a unique bond forms between a grandfather and his grandson. As Saba, the grandfather guides the boy through this surreal reality, a violent storm strikes, tearing one of the ropes anchoring their home - and with it, their life together. After suffering a devastating loss of Saba, the boy embarks on an emotional journey in search of closure. Through a stylized and poetic visual language, the film explores life's fundamental questions: the paths we take, separation from those we love, and the endless effort to find closure, reconcile loss, and move forward.

Animated short film

As a man watches his husband’s mind fade, their shadows come to life to reenact cherished memories and spark a final moment of recognition.

New cartoon by Alexey Karaev and Diana Khayrullina (Snega Film Company).

Mother's Nature is a series of vignettes with a playful twist on what it means to be a mom, whether you're a turtle, parrot or anything in between.

Two mice, a man with a TV remote control. A cartoon of pests and controlled revenge.

Story about creation as told by the Dunne-za people of northern Alberta. Richard Reeves' animation excerpt, which was originally commissioned as part of "Dunvegan: Where the Trails Cross".

A rhapsody for those who fall chasing desire. A crowd climbs toward a “bird”, symbolizing success and recognition. After many falls, one person realizes it cannot be owned and chooses not to grasp it, but to fly.

A sailor has a lucky catch

New cartoon by Nina Bisyarina (BFM Studio).

This story is about a boy who unexpectedly encounters a mysterious creature that appears out of nowhere in his childhood room.

Two movers. One grand piano. One very uncooperative staircase and a passion they never saw coming.

New cartoon by Tatyana Musalamova (Studio M.I.R.).

The Sailor washes up on the shore and is hit with violent and libellous accusations of gang affiliations. The Sailors drink hearty ales and enter a pop music competition. The Kid pines for suburb exploration.

Just another party of the century as three teenage girls sneak out into the night to meet up with a crew of energy drink bootlegging aliens. The true celebration is in the different forms and paths of young female individuality. They boldly discover what the universe has to offer them not without some tricks of their own.

New cartoon by Natalia Kharina and Oleg Veselov (Proright).

A hand-painted stop-motion elegy that traces the erasure of a family home by eminent domain, accompanied by a soundscape drawn from archival family VHS recordings.

A stop-motion animated film about a wealthy, lonely art collector whose quiet life is disturbed by birds. This leads to a chase, after which he discovers the most beautiful artwork of his life.

One night a year, on the holiday Samhain, the spirit world and the mortal world were bridged. Historically, in Ireland, the Celts were able to reconnect and celebrate with loved ones who had passed. But it was not always safe; not all spirits are good. Some wanted to hurt the living and steal them back to the other side. To combat this, people created disguises in order to blend in with the supernatural. On one such night, against their father's wishes, three young siblings in the Irish countryside go out in search of their mother's spirit. They create masks for themselves and set off into the unknown.

Animated short film

While basking in the glory of their naturalistic digital home, a child mistakenly clips outside its boundaries, beginning a chain of events that ultimately lead to its erasure.

"Wonder World" follows Bret, a young man who secretly dreams of exploring the big, wide world. Little does he know that after wishing on a falling star one night, his wish is about to come true! With the help of the mischievous wish-fairy, Hailey, Bret is transported to Wonder World, the magical realm where dreams come true. But, as Bret’s about to find out, getting everything you've wished for isn't always all it's cracked up to be…

A boy's experience with dreams, narrated over a series of tableaus and animated characters.

Linkedd goes on one last journey, this time to save and bring home a lost child. Will he succeed, or will external forces preoccupy him from completing his mission?

Living with half a body and longing to become whole, Bani, a half-girl, sets out to find her other half. She keeps the secret that one of the half-bodies must die to truly become one person.

Sky Speak was created during an Open Air Arts residency at Travelers’ Rest State Park in Lolo, Montana. Using stop-motion animation and an accompanying soundtrack written and recorded in my home studio, the work explores a familiar narrative of habitat destruction caused by humans, followed by nature’s rebirth and regeneration after human absence.

A young woman faces fear and beauty as major changes happen to her body as her body is facing a metamorphosis.

On her city balcony, Audrey delights in the flutter of tiny birds—fluffing their feathers, chattering, and sneaking tangerine bites. Their chirps sound like cheerful hellos and playful spats, inspiring her to invent a bird-language translator that unlocks their secret conversations.

This mixed-media comedy animation follows Rodger, a young man heading into what should be a routine job interview. When a scheduling mistake made by his original interviewer throws everything off, the fumbling receptionist, Iris, scrambles to rearrange things. Unfortunately, Rodger ends up with Joei, a well-meaning but utterly clueless intern turning the already stressful situation into a chaotic and unpredictable experience.

An oil pastel 90-second animated documentary short explores international students’ homesickness through personal voices, abstract imagery, and reflective emotional journeys.

A therapist's patients all report the same terrifying vision: a yellow doppelganger coming to replace them. His search for answers uncovers a dark secret hidden in the past.

Through animation, the film explores the tensions and harmonies between violence and geometry, spirituality and simplicity, childhood playfulness and existence itself, searching for meaning in these contrasts.

A young pianist who ignores the outside world at his home meets an unexpected guest who offers him a the deal of a lifetime.

An animated short about a time machine.

A polar bear, a penguin and a dog fight over a house, unaware that rising sea levels are burying everything - but they end up winning something far more valuable.

However permanent and stable any order may seem, it may eventually crumble when reality outside of the system creeps in, growing like organic matter through the boundaries that the order has imposed. An animated odyssey.

In a dystopian Time world, Mother Time controls all time. Her daughter, Junji, is frequently off time. When Junji gets into a heated fight with Mother Time, she is pulled into a land of timelessness. She wakes in a surreal circus town full of timeless creatures engaging in uncanny activities. How will she navigate the fine line between control and chaos?

Experimental animated film incorporating cut out animation and direct animation over top repurposed footage from "Traveling Disturbance" (2025) rephotographed on Kodak Tri-X 16mm reversal film

A young man in 1930s Berlin finds himself torn between his love for a young performer and his desire for wealth and power. Based on the German fairytale of the same name.

A dark story about love in a time of darkness that follows a psychiatric patient, the doctor who treats her, and the imagined inhabitants of a forgotten Cold War space station on a moon of Saturn.

A stop-motion animation.