Audition
A prisoner facing the firing squad is given the chance to audition for the camp’s orchestra. Inspired by a true story.
Film Tag: Animation
Linear
A line is a dot that went for a walk.
My Mom is an Airplane
There are all different kinds of mothers in this world. But can your mom fly?
The Big Beast
A legend says that a huge beast will come to eat you when you least expect it.
Live Bait
A humorous contemplation of truth and mortality as fast-talking fish tries to talk his way out of being eaten by a bigger fish.
Bon Voyage
Traveling from A to B is never easy, especially when all the passengers keep getting killed! Simple ballpoint-pen-on- paper animation uses slapstick humor to deliver a more serious message about immigration.
I Am Tom Moody
A surreal trip through the subconscious of a stifled singer as he struggles to stand on stage and sing.
Friendsheep
A wolf gets a job in an office surrounded by succulent sheep. He makes a good show at restraint until…
Sky Color
When Marisol sets out to create a sky for the class mural, she discovers the blue is missing from her paints. This story celebrates the creative process and what it means to look at the world through the eyes of an artist.
Happy Life
On a stormy night, a boy hatches an egg from which a monster is born. Ashamed of his offspring, he takes it into the forest to try to get rid of it.
The New Species
Three friends discover a mysterious bone. With their imaginations running wild, they set out to discover the creature it belonged to.
Lola
Two dolls in a toy store are separated when a customer decides to buy one of them. In search of his lost partner, the other embarks on an emotional journey around the world.
On the Wing
A young chicken wonders how she can learn to fly, just like all the other birds.
Bear Me
One day I found a bear. Or he found me. A short treatise on potentially harmful relationships.
Marcel, King of Tervuren
In this Greek tragedy — acted out by Belgian roosters — Marcel survives the bird flu, alcohol, sleeping pills and his son, Max. A true story!
The Mole at the Sea
Everyone’s off to the seaside — by car, truck and train. Not wanting to miss out, the mole starts digging.
Collectors
Whether it’s butterflies, shoes or friendships — collecting is a passion. One can never collect too much.
Paper Touch
Paper cutouts and corrugated cardboard burst into origami action to create a hybrid pinball-pachinko machine in this gorgeous and highly imaginative stop-motion short.
The Smortlybacks
A mahout and his herd of peculiar pachyderms live on a mountain plateau. Together they embark on an amazing and never-ending journey.
Choir Tour
It’s a wild free-for-all when a famous boys’ choir breaks away from their conductor while on tour in Seoul and causes mayhem in the hotel. Cool graphic design, wonderful visual humor and music, beautiful music!
Red
A silhouette of a lonely girl runs through the woods. Something in the shadows is following her. In this stylized but gruesome take on the classic fairy tale, little Red exacts vengeance for the death of her grandmother.
On the Other Side
Tracking a doe in the woods, a hunter is stopped by a black wall that blocks his way. Making the choice to cross over, he enters a strange territory from which he may never return.
Hello World
In a collage forest crafted out of newspaper, plants, and paper mâché, a newborn owl wakes up and explores the complicated world around him.
Cornea
Blood drips into a bowl of soup…an ophthalmologist auscultates the eye of a patient…a couple walks hand in hand among the flowers…A surreal montage of nightmare images from the masters of creepy, Auteur de Minuit.
Animated Amusements
Using time-lapse photography, carnival rides come to life, dancing and jumping like neon monsters in the night.
Borrowed Light
A boy in an abandoned observatory tries to show the city something incredible.
The Little Bird and the Leaf
It’s winter. At the end of a branch hangs a single leaf. A little black bird comes along to water it — but just as the bird reaches the end of the branch, a swift winter wind carries the leaf away.
Stargate
Manipulated footage of a carnival ride becomes increasingly more kaleidoscopic, fragmented, and intense, disintegrating at last into nothingness.
Snack Attack
Waiting to board the train, an old lady just wants to eat her cookies in peace. But the young punk on the platform next to her seems intent on sharing her snack…or is something else going on here?