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Animals in the forest don’t want to play with the little restless cloud at all. However, it will be able to transform the forest and its inhabitants.

Paula’s House is an animated short that stands as an act of activism, focusing on the experiences of the queer Kenyan community in their struggle for societal acceptance and safety.

Liten, a clay being who lives with his sick mother. One day he sees her in distress, goes to her aid, and as he gazes at one of her gem-memories, it cracks and falls. Liten tries to force the memory back, but realizes that he must cherish the time with his mother even if he doesn't remember it.

The only thing Gab loves more than a hot chip is a whole basket full of crispy, steamy, salty hot chips. But Gab is not the only one. On the perilous road to hot chip heaven, our hero must face a ravenous, grey-feathered foe. The stage is set for a brutal battle of child against beast. When the chips are down, the chips get hot.

Pincho, the curious capybara, plays hide and seek with his sisters and can't find them.

Floating in nothingness without direction or purpose. Existence at bay either in a physical space or a mental prison. Like a fish out of water or whale in a tank. What it means to fear support, accepting it with the risk of vulnerability and the ability to be empathic towards others even if they lack the tools to help escape out of your own prison. „Adrift“ distills those feelings while simultaneously dealing with the immensely frustrating reality of large sentient animals held in captivity for our own amusement. Dive in but don’t forget to come back up to inhale the air.

A grandfather passes down his life story at the family dinner table.

In order to follow his dream, Ray come illegally aboard the Nucleus Express at the expense of Copper, a passenger who have his ticket for the trip.

In a city submerged by a dam collapse, life continues beneath the waves. Lilly, a daring young woman, takes part in the annual race called The Crossing, where the winner gets the chance to leave the flooded world behind. As she speeds through underwater streets, submerged buildings, and coral-lit alleys, memories resurface: this is no ordinary race. Every corner of the city reminds her of Simon, her lost love and co-architect of this aquatic paradise. What begins as a race for freedom turns into a journey through their shared dreams, love, and loss, forcing Lilly to face the haunting truth of why she must let go in order to finally rise to the surface.

Following a person stuck in their routine, the film explores in a nonlinear narrative of the psychological phenomenon of jamais vu. in psychology, jamais vu, a french loanword meaning “never seen”, is the phenomenon of experiencing a situation that one recognizes in some fashion, but that nonetheless seems novel and unfamiliar.

A ghost, guided by a mysterious cat, embarks on a journey through an autumn forest to uncover the truth about his past.

The news alert the sudden end of the world, as a couple gains knowledge of this, their love is put in question. Then, the stars dance.

Disaster strikes the island of Puerto Rico as Guabancex, Spirit of Chaos, leads a Hurricane. Ceiba, a disabled young woman, calls upon the Spirit of Protection, Yúcahu, to prevent catastrophic doom.

In a mysterious cave, a squirrel is attracted by ancient magic.

The final chapter - set during the final years of The Aftermath.

An experimental animated film that metaphorically and conceptually reveals an erotic and exhilarating dimension of touching. The haptic relationship with the pinscreen reveals forms and a primitive language that evoke a sensual relationship with the device.

This photographic exploration of family photo albums ravaged by water evokes hazy and indistinct memories, poignant witnesses of a fragile past.

On her birthday, May receives a gift with a mysterious magical ability that turns whatever she draws into real life.

A cat, a human, and three stuffed animals.

Drawn to unorthodox materials and themes, Mochi Lin works with diaphanous stockings and acetate to depict courtship in the insect world. Her musical composition provides the soundtrack for a startling pas de deux. Stop-motion haiku on the themes of coupledom, confinement and decapitation!

A vine takes root in old Beijing, witnessing the passage of time in a traditional hutong—part of an urban fabric that’s fast disappearing as the city undergoes radical transformation. Making ingenious use of backlit cut-outs, Jenny Yujia Shi crafts an animated elegy to a vanishing way of life.

Whale Fall is a 2D animated short about the strange creatures that inhabit the bones of a whale, deep in the ocean.

In this short, humorous animation, a working class, rural lesbian couple happily plan their upcoming date night, in an ode to the joys of queers living with the land. Sung to the tune of 2008’s “(You Can Have) Whatever You Like” by T.I.

A girl follows a mysterious gleam.

CalArts 2024 short film.

Young duckling Floating Duck Face, fancies cake for breakfast, however it seems like fate disagrees.

The verb "to touch" and its multiple definitions, taking into account the missing pieces from feminist and lesbian stories.

Drive by video of tourists captured in the streets. A person separated from their identity serves as a vessel for digital individuality deconstruction.

A boy in love with a girl goes to her house but things don't go well. Upon returning home, the boy meets a talaia, one of the beings that live in the forest. Eager for company, he takes the talaia home, but the unusual creature will only have one thing on his mind, returning to his friends.

A Haudenosaunee leader fights for Indigenous sovereignty at the League of Nations in the 1920s, challenging Canadian efforts to erase Indigenous rights and institutions. Crafted by Indigenous youth, this animation brings a pivotal moment of resistance to life.

An animation professor takes on the homework assignment. Literally. An abstract argument featuring the music of Too Many Zooz.

The evil protagonist is unhappy with everything and forbids everyone around him everything, throwing prohibition signs. He interferes with his neighbors' lives, and as a result, the little girl forbids him herself.

A surreal stop-motion adaptation of H. P. Lovecraft's story of an impossible alien color infecting a farm in rural Massachusetts, edited in a rough and psychedelic style reflecting the decay from a radioactive and addictive force.

A charming family of 9 struggle to fulfil their daily chores whilst living in a tent city in Gaza in a time of war. Made by 19 children from the refugee camp in Deir al-Balah (displaced from Gaza City).

The film animatedly addresses the history of Taiwan's White Terror, possibly Taiwan's darkest period.

As Christmas Day approaches, Federico decides to reach out to Ochaco Uraraka, the girl he has a crush on but hasn’t seen for a while due to an unfortunate incident between them. The two clear things up and start seeing each other again, but not everything is as it seems.

A farewell to what could have been, what used to be. A fleeting moment of solitude juxtaposed against fragmentation. A short animated composition on the acceptance of something lost in the present.

Civilization has been laid waste by a general amnesia. In a desperate attempt to preserve any of their memories, humans turn themselves to the Xirst Clinic, a center run by the Keenies, tiny little beings specialized in retrieving the last vestiges of humanity's memories.

After discovering a squeaky toy, the voiceless rooster Nugget fakes his crow to claim the throne.

The Far West, its merciless universe, its heroes from another time... Main Street under a blazing sun. Two creatures face off in a duel under the wide-eyed gaze of bystanders and of the sheriff. It's the last gunfight... yet!

A little girl needs to take a pill.

From a dog fighter's daughter to a put-upon waitress, BAD DOG follows Maggie through both the past and present as she learns to hold her own in a world rife with objectification and determined to defang her.

It is an animated short film documentary. Born with a degenerative hip condition, Bill Shannon developed new ways to express himself through dance and skateboarding on crutches.

Darwin the Dreamer tells the tale of a blind child who uses his imagination to see. The film is a lesson on how to manifest ones destiny and explores the power of imagination and turning your dreams into reality, while in the face of adversity.

A filmmaker explores a neurological condition she has been diagnosed with and its relationship with an incident in her past.

A group of aristocratic bugs gather for a peaceful afternoon of tea and chatter. When scandalous information is suddenly revealed, a smug remark escalates into a catfight... or more accurately a bugfight.

This is the story of Liv, a girl with a big ribbon, and Bell, a colorful hedgehog, traveling in the flying house of Piggy, the inventor. Suddenly, one day, the flying house skyrockets and in no time at all, it's in outer space! It is sucked into a wormhole and crash-lands on a planet in another universe far, far away. The planet was filled with colorful marimo, inhabited by people who looked like Liv, Bell, and Piggy the inventor. And The mother of Marimo, who governs time on this planet, is always watching over them from the sky. Will Liv and her friends be able to get along with the inhabitants of this planet? Will they be able to return to their own planet?

Concordia University’s graduating class of 1975 (and with them, the dubious hairstyles of a half-century ago) gets chopped up and tossed around in an eerie stroll through the corridors of memory.

Collective project curated by Beatrice Mazzone "Projections #2 - Water? " refers us to a present ecological questioning of human development and the prospects for human survival in the face of the increasingly less available resource-water. An interpretation of water and its lack, in today's and tomorrow's world, realized through 36 international collaborations.

At home in the north of England, an old woman tunes into the radio. As rain drips into the house, dark manifestations appear in her mind.