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Using the closest thing we can share for time travel--the moving image--to ask questions of time relative to light, motion, and mass. Does light create, prolong, reverse time? Does motion alter our experience of time? Does mass warp our sense of time?
I don't even know what this is, a girl wear's a clown necklace though.
A short about cannibalism and politics in a small town of... small people.
GamGam just wants to smoke her cigarette while she waits for her tea to brew, but her screwy lighter won't work. While she's out on her window, she decides to listen in to the gossip outside, ignoring the chaos happening behind her.
An animated meditation on wide-open water-logged lands as imagined from an urban interior: a property-guardian tower-block flat in east London.
When a girl wakes up in the middle of the night to her alarm clock ringing, she knows something is up. These suspicions are confirmed after looking in the mirror. A broken connection to herself sets off a haunting night. Told in a refreshing visual style, this claustrophobic short will leave you with a figment yourself.
The fate of the native woman is decided by the invader. A woman escapes through a dance that reveals the meaning of displacement.
The story of MASCOTA follows a lost pilgrim (PEREGRINA) who finds themselves furloughed in a town full of live action role players. In need of a square meal, the Pilgrim meets and follows a vagrant LARPer, RATBOY, who is fervently obsessed with an entity called the Floon. The townsfolk are not only all participating in a town wide LARP campaign, but they all appear to be compulsively partaking in a town lottery. The pilgrim comes to find that each individual’s lottery ticket is what allows them to participate in the town’s activities. Without a ticket, one is ostracized from all establishments and events, and like Ratboy, becomes a Mascota, and townsfolk then consider them to be a subaltern citizen. Mascotas present as half human/half animal figures, as they have chosen a path whereby they no longer see the difference between their in-game role-play and their out-of-game persona.
A young faun challenges the harmony of her forest glade when her new taste in music clashes with her brother’s teachings.
For this project over 100 interviews were conducted in five destinations throughout Ethiopia; teachers, brokers, farmers, students, engineers, carpenters, soldiers, merchants, taxi drivers, cashiers, security guards, house wives, managers, nurses, designers, camera man, accountants, pharmacists, architects, mechanics, technicians, retirees, and more. Reflecting the interviewees' responses on the potential of a sustainable world, the project intends to instigate conversations and inspire action through imaginative discourse. Created and commissioned for Little Sun, Fast Forward short film series exploring a sustainable world.
As the COVID-19 pandemic begins to spread throughout the Philippines, young Carlo finds himself in critical condition, leading him to an unexpected ─ and unfortunate ─ turn of events in his personal and academic life.
One-minute film on the theme ‘Daily adventure’.
🌈equality in exploitation🌈 An audiovisual work about the sinister exploitation of Pride and LGBTQIA+ symbolism by the arms industry and corporations in general.
It's Kristmus Eve, and NewSoup, Gree, and Lmaodonkey just got a lot of money. But then, it gets stolen. So they spend their Kristmus traveling across the world (and even space) to get it back.
Blossom is a colourful tribute to the tiniest beings around us. Without these hard-working creatures, our world wouldn't be the same. Every single one contributes, so let's be thankful for the small blessings!
Breastmilk comes quietly into the world at the time of birth to raise newborns. Sometimes they go even further and nourish more little lives through milk banks.
Four friends on a surreal night out at a disco follow Elton John and Dua Lipa into a fantastical universe.
The film was based on a true story from my childhood in 90s China. My mom was definitely strict but you know what, I miss her so very much.
In a world where lamps shine depending on its emotional state, a teenager feels lost with their light off. Follow Brilhante on their journey to find their own shine.
A skeleton traverses the depths of hell in search of companionship.
A young writer is questioned for attempted murder at a small town police station, until she discovers that this is not the only crime of which she is accused.
A father attempts to teach his five children the value of using their superhuman abilities more responsibly.
A new threat and a new set of challenges with Rudra’s family at stake. Join Rudra on his journey to reunite with his parents, and save Earth from the King of the nether world.
A short animation made in the cut-out technique. The film tells the story of a dream that allows you to break free from life in captivity. A surreal journey into the mind of the main character is a utopian vision of a world in which all organisms are interconnected. Inspired by the Gaia Hypothesis, the film combines original visuals with music and sound created by jazz musicians Olo Walicki and Jacek Prościński.
A real star awakens in the shower!
Two people are staring at the flashing lights outside their windows, thinking about walking the distance between themselves. The calm of the empty station and the passing views from the train deepen their loneliness.
Ginkgo trees are separated by sex; only the female trees bear fruit. Once highly esteemed as natural sources of health, city dwellers today object to their pungent smell and, as gardeners, prefer the less complicated, more fragrant “fruitless” male plants. Tang Han explains with infographics, apt short sound comments and sympathetic objectivity.
One person does not want to grow up at all and runs around the streets playing hide-and-seek with time.
The story is about the holiday of Ivan Kupala and two friends who got into trouble.
A story about the games played around the world, leaving the future of humanity in the dark.
I return to the past in order to bury myself. I conjure up my own life, things that actually happened, and a children's book that I once read.
Geumjeonggul in Goyang City, South Korea, was built for the purpose of mining gold during Japanese colonial period and was closed. In October 1950, during the Korean War, in Geumjeonggul, the police massacred hundreds of residents of Goyang without any legal procedures, and buried them deep in layers. And 71 years later, the bereaved families are still suffering and struggling in trauma.
A young girl visits her grandparents' quaint and quiet home off the beaten track. Deaf, curious, and exceptionally daring, she sets out to uncover a mystery that her elders do not want to talk about. As she ventures into the forest, she finds herself in a strange environment where she encounters a "friend" who saves them from a potential tragedy.
With a marriage built on regret and the suppressed emotions following the death of their daughter, the relationship between the parents in this family has affected their son, his whole life. One family lunch, the son reflects on the memories of his beloved sister and his controlling father. Determined not to let her death haunt him as it does his father, the son choses to embrace the loving memory of his sister to break free from his father's tyrannical control once and for all.
When Stombo plays fetch with his pooch, some wacky shenanigans pursue.
A drunk unicorn wearing a birthday cone hat, is lying on the road. But it is not his birthday. However when he hears the phone ringing and enters the telephone booth, someone congratulates him and gives him a birthday present.
"Beyond the Shadows" is a short hand processed 16mm shadow puppet film. It explores a series of Appalachian family stories Inspired by the dreams of West Virginia Native and director Steven J. York and his father William York. The film depicts mountain mysticism, traditional Appalachian folk magic, and dreams of life out at the old homeplace.
I hope you can interpret it in different ways.
This is a visual investigation of the interface of the real and virtual world in 5 chapters. Digital interventions are made using natural surfaces.
A friendship between a young man and three boys from the mountains quickly develops.
Restoring the pool they used to go to, two children seem to be running away from a reality that will soon catch up with them.
Animated short based on a poem by Andrée Chedid. A woman dissatisfied with her rural life moves to the city to find she misses being close to nature.
In a little house filled with mirrors, Fiep focuses on her physical imperfections so intensely that her distorted self-image grows out of proportion.
Experimental animation piece in which surrealism and psychedelia come together to immerse the viewer in a dreamlike journey, where the magical and supernatural transcends the ordinary of everyday life. The creation of life, spirituality and the transformation of the world appear as essential issues in this short film, which is told without following a linear narrative structure.
Do you know how spring was born? Legends say that every year, at the end of winter, the small leaves revive the sun’s energy by performing a show...
A girl comes home after an exhausting day.
A painting of a couple talk to the viewers for a bit.
The character in an animated film rebels against his creator, refusing to let his destiny depend solely on his will. Born from our desire to tell stories, write books and make films, the characters are like us, condemned to exist without their consent and to follow an already written script... But what will happen if they rebel?
A classic Spaghetti Western-style cutout animation with a not-so-classic twist.
Deep in some dangerous exotic jungle, Becky lives by her lonesome accompanied only by her egg. As scary as the jungle becomes at night, Becky always has the egg to make her feel better. However upon waking up one fateful morning, Becky discovers her egg has been stolen! As a result, Becky then finds herself forced to venture forth into the jungle to find the egg and conquer her fears.
In the universe, there is a kind of aggressive race, human beings know nothing about them, but they know what human beings say and do. That race is cat. They are mysterious, evil and lurking in human society. They find that people increasingly rely on social media on the Internet to receive all the messages in their lives. As a result, they launch a series of brainwashing human actions around the world by Internet invasion...
Based on a children's book of the same name, Wylder is a story about a Boy, his Dad and the great outdoors.
In this colorful and moving animated documentary, we follow Michelle, a young lady as she prepares to fly at the airport. At the TSA line, a mother and her daughter stare at her like deer in the headlights. Michelle responds with a smile and a hello. To her surprise, the mother-daughter runs away from her, screaming “We need to wash our hands now!” Michelle then takes us through her emotional reflection on the bizarre yet embarrassing encounter. It is revealed at the end that Michelle is an Asian-American pharmacist and she is a frontline health worker during this pandemic. Narrated by Michelle herself, this film offers an honest look at fear and connection in an era marked by uncertainty.
Marcel, an old dabbler scarecrow, sees his homely life turned upside down by the arrival of the hardworking scarecrow Léon, a new neighbour unwilling to laze about...
Surrounded by her loving family on her fifth birthday, a sudden event occurs that will shape Mira’s life forever. Peek-A-Boom is a story of splitting paths and unexpected circumstances.
In Search of Harmony is a hand-drawn animation that follows the different elements of a song as they come together in unison. I created the song one sound at a time and then animated each sound as I imagined it in my mind, focusing on the energy and character of the individual tune.
Inspired by Dante's birth and by suggestions found in his Comedy.