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A surreal Lego stop-motion film (brickfilm) that blurs the boundaries between reality and dream. Join Poco on a fantastic journey through space and time!

What happens when a building is abandoned?

What would happen if a grumpy handywoman and a clumsy blue bird, who both love music, tried to live together?

The Tokyo-Mantana Express takes us on a journey and introduces us to three different itineraries.

Portals of Glitch suck you into an eternal loop of experiencing bodies, minds and thoughts to respond to the very male-dominated world of video games.

This film tells the story of an accidental meeting between Bolo and Daeng Rukka while they were both fishing. In the midst of a casual chat, Daeng Rukka tells a strange tale, so strange that Bolo herself doesn't believe it. But everything changes when Bolo sees a mysterious event that really happens before his eyes.

The film tackles a difficult and complex subject: the Lviv Pogroms of June and July 1941 and the subsequent unfolding of the Shoah in the city.

A queer comedy horror about accidental death, interfering ghost hunters and how joy can be found despite the hand the (after)life might deal you.

As I started making collages in a digital form, it felt like the next step was to add time, movement, and music, and the collages started to dance,” wrote Miwa Matreyek. “I also consider my performances to be collage, as my shadow silhouette becomes integrated into the layers of animations, creating a new whole with new meanings that does not exist until the elements are presented together.”

A short animation.

It was not just a blazing forest fire, but embers clinging together only for survival... The short film is about the intimate relationship between two young girls. Yet the bond they treasured was veiled under an indescribable shadow…

This is a story about the soul’s farewell. Inspired by children whose lives have ended and the words they wish to say to their mothers, contemplates whether they continue to exist somewhere, quietly experiencing and observing the world.

Drawing on the lore of the Zephid cult, this short film interprets the arrival and birth of the Last Traveller, an invasive, dark entity that uses planets as hosts and breeding grounds to give birth to its matter of chaos. The born swarm intelligence takes over the surface of the planets, plunging all previous life into destruction and chaos. The Traveller and its Matter of Chaos are the beginning of an unstoppable cycle that will take over the entire universe in billions of years.

Life is like an opera and she must always be ready for the stage. She’s anxious about her appearance—her face, her lips, her eyes. Everything must be perfect. However, with her saying, “here we go again,” is that really what she wants to show to the world?

A powerful spirit embarks on a quest to ask a young boy to fulfill his destiny. But is he ready?

Walking along the beach, Yuri meets different characters.

Two kids try to capitalize on trading Sillybandz after their school bans them.

A gentleman, alone in his study, hurriedly writes a letter with an ink pen.

One night, a lonely deliveryman encounters an alien who wishes to spend its brief stay on Earth exploring the city.

A collage of poetic imagery, music, and invocatory language, the film follows two men in a series of esoteric experiments. Their words gives rise to desert landscapes, populated by sweat lodges, snakes, and an unusual game of tennis.

This video serves as a beginner’s guide to the world of Hungarian animated cinema.

On a dark, stormy night a treasure hunter falls victim to his greed - and some very bad luck.

Cartoon allegory of censorship.

When the mind is rooted in the online world, physical objects lose their spiritual value and meaning. Everything, including oneself, can be easily deconstructed. The result is inevitably a patchwork creature, akin to a chimera.

After losing his job and facing eviction, a depressed young man leaves home and drives to the west coast.

Captured by a strange figure, Block, a little toy man, must escape his prison.

Through the eyes of a young girl, we follow her family’s emotional journey after the mother suffers a miscarriage. They live 40 days of darkness, isolated at home, until they come to terms with both life and death, allowing them to move forward. We will travel through the child’s art and memories to dive into this story.

Jeremy is jolted awake from a sex dream before it's finished and spends his day seeing sex everywhere he goes, an animation full of projected fantasies.

Moria is only 11 years old and all she wants to do is race. When she has the chance, she takes it - but this will not be easy. Numerous obstacles in her way to become the best racer of them all.

Lucky the Gnome goes to a meadow every morning where he ritually waters a flower for years. However, one day he finds Wicky the evil Gnome taking the flower and carrying it away in an unknown direction.

This film is a metaphor of the covid 19 pandemic. By highlighting the various controversies that emerged, and the carelessness in which it began. This upheaval will change the habits of all the inhabitants that Emma observes with a deep stupor. She finds herself overwhelmed by her emotions.

A speculative fiction story depicting a young man's inner struggle through his attempts to authentically understand the world in which he happened to be, but to whom he does not belong. He finds affiliation and a safe place in thinking about the truth and our existence in the universe.

Monster's hide behind fake smiles. A boy makes the grave mistake of sending a selfie to a stranger.

A continual rain falls on the jungle of mold in which Mérove has crashed. In search of a shelter, waterspouts and increasingly intrusive mushrooms will put the endurance of the astronaut to the test.

A nightmare turns a lonely man into a fly and makes him escape from himself to freedom.

A regency-era ball is being held, but the host, Edwin, is nowhere to be found. Sequestered in his private study downstairs, he dances with his partner, Pascal, and they bask in each other's company - until Pascal asks a question Edwin wasn’t ready to answer.

An aging jazzman must journey through his past and make peace with his personal demons, lest they steal from him the magic of making music. A touching tale of the struggle familiar to any artist, told through a bravura blend of animation styles.

In a dimly lit rec-room a group of middle-aged friends, still reeling from the loss of their beloved character, Paul, play an ongoing tabletop role-playing game. With the introduction of Bonno Eversong, a pacifist bard, skepticism hung heavy in the air. Bonno's arrival stirred doubt among the group; however, with time, his soothing melodies and quick wit began to sway their opinions. As the game progressed, the misfit band faced daunting challenges, including a menacing troll guarding a bridge and a fearsome fire-breathing dragon. Through determination, unexpected ingenuity, and Bonno's unwavering commitment to peace, they not only conquered the trials but discovered a renewed sense of unity, illustrating that strength can manifest in unconventional ways.

A meditation on gendered washroom anxiety

Maya, a young woman haunted by memories of a past love, retreats into nostalgia as she struggles to find meaning in her present. Through vivid dreams and recollections, Maya immerses herself in the past, yearning for the happiness and connection she once had. However, the question “How was your day?” repeats, Maya is forced to confront her resistance and embrace the present. Blurring the line between memory and reality, Maya embarks on a journey of self-discovery, resilience, and the pursuit of closure, ultimately finding the courage to reach out and mend what was broken.

This is a short animation about morning routine of a rabbit. I wanted to express dreamy and joyful feeling of a girl before meeting her special someone, getting ready for the date, trying to show sweet and soft atmosphere.

A talent show featuring cute tomatoes! The film features unique tomatoes such as ballerina and magician tomatoes! But for the tomatoes that fail to pass the judging, a sad fate awaits. Can the main character, Dancer Tomato, really pass the test?

Salut is the ship's cook. When he is not sailing, he cooks in the Brasserie Salut on the hill. Today his friend Cumin is coming to visit. Let's cook a special feast! Enjoy the delicious food and the music!

A hand appears, resting on a white sheet of paper, a pencil between its fingers. Drawn by a sound, it traces a horizon line, then disappears from the frame. The line comes to life and becomes a landscape. A journey begins like a breath of fresh air, as we meet four characters: a flautist, a mountaineer, a sculptor and an emergency doctor, all inhabited by the wind. Their stories intersect to form a single poem made of paper, pencil and charcoal, where everything is invented in the space of a sheet of paper. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

A man and a woman, as the two protagonists of the story, meet in a cold and colorless world and come together through sporadic encounters that very quickly turn into a lovely dance of color.

Based on a true story that was born with only six notes of music that became a symphonic magical story. The emotions of new beginnings that defines true love and a life-long journey ending with a hope that lives forever. From courtship to the joys of a new baby to the sadness of saying goodbye, a series of vignettes shows the many stages in life.

Distractions mount to an almost intolerable level. Produced by Quickdraw Animation Society as part of the 2023 Animation Lockdown.

A seal woman gets taken hostage by a man.

CalArts One Week Film | 2023 from Lan Wang.

An animated short film.