Through stark, intricate animation, Those Who Drown Cling to Foam illustrates the devastating personal account of a family forced to flee their home during the 1999 NATO bombings of Kosovo.
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Through stark, intricate animation, Those Who Drown Cling to Foam illustrates the devastating personal account of a family forced to flee their home during the 1999 NATO bombings of Kosovo.
Haim, an elderly man, is lying on his deathbed, as his family members gather to say goodbye to him on his last journey, each in their own absurd way.
"Originally focused on exploring the non-content language-soup of social media (with help from programmer/researcher Achim Koh), this iteration of Andra8’s existence is more narrative, with an actual identity growing from influencer primordial data. Subsisting on shakes supplied by subscribers, performing menial tasks trapped in a setting as much to project out as live in, and constantly self-promoting in companionate couching, Andra8’s situation will feel familiar to those reliant on and resentful of the gig economy we’re trapped in." - Screen Slate
When an intergalactic museum visits Newt's planet, he and his human friend, May, decide to check out the Earth exhibit. Meanwhile, the cyborg space commander Ranru plots to steal a valuable communication device on display in the museum.
TV shows, manga, music, movies, plays, pop stars and cartoon characters. I watch videos on my phone with the TV blaring and music in the background. I’m swimming in media... Is this the other side of the screen?! Awesome!
Examples from a DIY book about Op Art patterns form the basis of this hypnotic film. The images seem to move by themselves in front of our eyes. Their flowing and shimmering is driven by colour changes and cross-fades until the boundaries between actual and imagined movement become blurred. It is not only the soundtrack and title that herald the mischievous spirit of this work.
A colorful animated tale of a one-eyed woman and the guilt she feels after destroying her home planet.
A woman is chased by an unseen entity.
My grandmother's migration between the Riau Islands and Singapore becomes intertwined with the mutable story of a spider spirit.
Filmmaker Steven Fraser lives with prosopagnosia, otherwise known as “face blindness,” which means he can’t remember or recognize faces. In this film, he uses stop-motion animation, cassette tapes, sketchbooks, photos, and diary extracts to convey his feelings about this.
A stop-motion animation short tells a fictionalized story of Oleg Mitasov, a cult figure of the urban folklore in Kharkiv. It draws on conspiratorial imaginations of the 1990s and the origins of Kharkiv's graffiti. The film is part of the anthology "Khastoria", dedicated to Kharkov.
A young girl finds a way to bring customers to her father's coffee shop before they get evicted.
Animation based on a children’s song.
Mr. Klein, in one minute.
This is the pilot episode for a Sci-Fi...I mean slice of life show called Sam and George. It's about two roommates named Sam and George. That's basically it. I hope you enjoy!
When the most beautiful brush in the jar suddenly dries out, he does everything he can to save his beautiful bristles to be able to paint again.
What actually happens after ovulation? Seriously! This short film takes you on a fantastical journey through the life of an egg cell.
In a parallel world, the ‘Darwin Code’ mandates conformity and individual expression is prohibited. But a subversive group resists. This group is known only as the Rebels.
A young mouse in his late childhood lives a perfect life. He plays with his dolls, eats cookies and listens to fairy tales - until a sleepless night changes everything.
The experimental animated film, El Canto de las Moscas, translates the desolation caused by the violence of the Colombian armed conflict through the poetic voice of Maria Mercedes Carranza (1945-2003) and the audiovisual dialogue between 9 Colombian artists.
In a town where the adults live on ground level and children refuse to come down from the treetops, a series of interviews sets out to discover - what is it exactly that the generations misunderstand about each other? This animated documentary highlights the absurdity of childhood, adult-ness, the internet, and generational gaps.
a lil girl versus one very slippery har gow
Pig is killed in a slaughterhouse by John. Pig, now the omniscient narrator, contemplates its new state, seeing all-time at once. While grasping this new reality, it looks for an anchor - a doomed relationship, between John & Áine.
Climate activist Greta Thunberg juxtaposes the absurdity of political inaction with the straightforward high-stakes of the climate emergency.
Dig into Zora Neale Hurston's classic novel, "Their Eyes Were Watching God," which follows Janie Crawford in her search for love and agency.
On a romantic sunny afternoon, a loving couple decides to spend time in the peaceful city park to create a painting together.
An exploration into Astral Projection via my diagnosis of Exploding Head Syndrome. May Sinclair's 1912 novella about a psychic healer's distress over personal depletion when helping clients informs my research of the late parapsychologist D. Scott Rogo's life's work in mapping astral projection techniques; these techniques serve as guideposts for my own personal journey in understanding my nightly EHS haltions.
New animated film by Leonid Shmelkov, Evgeny Fadeev and Anna Kudyakova.
Set in 2051, a fisherman and his son sail across an ocean to earn their dreams.
A boat navigates a tumultuous sea of mushrooms whilst searching for her lost sister ship.
A boy conjures the stars out of yogurt.
Do stories always begin with a blank page?
The woman is on a train back from Spain. On her lap, a notebook of memories and an orange.
"Rabbit, Run" is a satire of the fast-paced consumer society where everyone is running an endless race for carrots in their various manifestations.
Animated sketch comedy film from the warped minds behind the Brainless Horseman comedy troupe. A plethora of peculiar characters encounter even more peculiar situations as the 'channels' are changed for you. Prepare for trademark stupidity and utter bewilderment.
I never had closure with my mother, I literally did not have a chance to say goodbye. So this short film became my closure, a way for me to say my last goodbye. I am so glad to be able to share this with you all and for anyone who’s lost someone, this is for you.
The story of a crazy passion and an heinous crime is also one of the first depictions of homosexuality in Portuguese literature.
New animated film by students of the Studio Shar.
Experimental filmmakers from Jean Painlevé onwards have long explored the wonders inherent in scientific and medical footage, particularly when trained on microscopic phenomena. There are multiple universes of unfolding and exploding forms revealed in UNDER THE MICROSCOPE, but Michaela Grill is not content to leave these amazing images unadorned. Using the cinematic resources of colour treatment, flashing and strobing, looping and repetition, plus a rich counterpoint soundtrack by Sophie Trudeau, she fashions a symphony of mysterious, mutating movements.
Lonely Souls is a 2-minute stop-motion short film set in a fantastical forest, exploring themes of Loneliness and Love. It won Best Animation and Best British Entry at the British International Amateur Film Festival (BIAFF), has been nominated for Best Animated Short in the Roma Prima Film Festival in Rome, and has had festival selections in all corners of the globe!
It all began as all stories begin, at the start. When I was younger, my mother would sit me on her lap, and tell me that, every day the manta rays would come out of the sea flying, by the hundreds!
Jean-Pierre Melville's "The Red Circle" is summarised in a one-minute animation.
Japanese CGI fan film inspired by the Hideki Anno Shin series made to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Godzilla vs. Hedorah.
In 1921, an eleven-year-old African American boy was separated from his best friend while chased by a fuming, racist mob. Finding a cave, he was not put in danger by the mob but by the rattlesnakes that loom inside.
There have been many pretentious artists, but none matched Gascon, who dedicated all his existence to make a masterpiece of horror.
Interviewees in Singapore recount their haunted experiences at the rediscovered colonial bathroom atop Bukit Bulabu.
Why did you draw? How did you begin to draw? Why did you stop drawing? How did you go back to drawing? Will you keep drawing?
Join Nati, as she narrates and takes you inside four favorite fairy tales! Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood, and the big bad scary wolf. Exciting adventures of Hansel and Gretel and Mother Holle's Magical Land. Perfect Bedtime stories for kids
Loïc, formerly worker in a gravel quarry, has lost all of his memory after an accident, and cut himself off from the world. One day, an event pushes him to go outside, where he witnesses the first snowfall since his amnesia. Loïc gets absorbed by long forgotten sensations and wanders. In his mind, he finds the way back to his quarry.
A short, motion-comic film about a non-binary Afro-Indigenous youth who turns to the water for guidance.
Joe, a greedy undertaker, owns a cat that can kill people on a single touch.
When a devastating heat wave hits the valley, it's once again up to Zug to save his tribe.
Tired of her life, a young girl plans to leave Earth.