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Synopsis: Time stands still one fine summer afternoon. An empty house, a dish still on the stove. The wind picks up and nature roars as a fire approaches.

Directed by:
Baptiste Fraboul
Esther Lamassoure
Julie Le Forban
Valentin Serre
Léna Gittler
Florent Sabuco

Original Score by Mathis Coopman.

Sound Mix by Pierre-François Renouf.

Synopsis: Set in a brutal corrupted food kingdom, two half-brothers are blamed for killing their father, the king. They must survive being hunted by their power-hungry uncle before their kingdom completely goes to s***.

Written and Directed by Danna Galeano.

Music and Sound Design by Felipe Rodriguez Espitia.

Voice cast:
Kirsten Mossberg
Danny Cetina
Kevin Coxaj
Malina Susim
Laureano Quant
Enrique Rosado

Synopsis: When everyone thinks they’re the main character, is anyone? It depends who you ask, and how compelling their theme song is.

Written, directed, animated and composed by Quinne Larsen and Louie Zong.

Voiced by Dominic Bisignano, Quinne Larsen and Louie Zong.

Synopsis: Marmar listens to the stories told by her grandmother’s friends as they play an illicit game of cards.

Written and Directed by Maryam Mohajer.

Music by:
Tanera Dawkins – Composer, Oud and Cello
Mark Bousie – Accordion
Parham Bahadoran – Percussion

Sound by:
Christopher Swaine – Re-recording Mixer
Rory Hunter – Sound Editor
Sue Harding – Foley Artist
Stephen Maxwell – Sound Assistant

Voice cast:
Saba Yazdani as Granny
Soussan Farokhnia as Zahra
Maral Mohammadi as Touba
Maryam Davary as Simin
Farzaneh Yazdandoost as Feri
Lila Shayeghi as Little Marmar

Synopsis: In a vast desert, a group of travelers, led by a towering being named Sommêh, struggles forward beneath the weight of their heavy packs. When the weakest among them, Sov, collapses, he is left behind and separated from the group.

Directed by:
Sacha Doubroff
Emma Diderot
Marjorie Gautier
Elora Meunier
Célestin Lemaitre
Camille Chan

Music and Sound Design by Julien Decaudain.

Sound Mix by Olivier Michelot and Camille Chan.

Synopsis: A robotic vacuum suffering from burnout quits its job at a hospital and sets out to find community and a greater purpose on a quiet street where two lonely rabbits are stuck in perpetual loops.

Written and Directed by Sean Pecknold.

Production design by Adi Goodrich.

Art Direction by Emily Franz.

Puppet design and fabrication by Emily Franz.

Cinematography by Sean Pecknold.

Music by Claude Debussy.

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Synopsis: One saturday afternoon, in a furniture store, Jeanne and Jean Jean wonder if they are really meant to live together.

Written and Directed by Thanys Martin.

Animation Support by:
Hugo Usai
Emile Grimaud
Yoann Leclerc
Benjamin Oualid
Paul Surmont
Raphaël Chiapparin

Sound by Stéphane Martin.

Original Score by Léna Noury Mazel.

Voice cast:
Léna Noury Mazel
Noah Asselbergh
Rachel Amar
Hugo Isai
Thanys Martin

Synopsis: A little mole regularly visits his blind grandpa. The seasons change, both grow older and important questions arise.

What do you say to someone you love when time is running out?

Written and directed by Alexander Gratzer.

Animation by Natália Andrade, Mariai Gábor, Sebastian Doringer and Alexander Gratzer.

Music by Alexander Gratzer.

Sound Design by Kalotás Csaba.

Synopsis: Screaming too loud is what got Horacio killed. With his murderer Guillaume now released from prison, what will he do next?

Written and directed by Caroline Cherrier.

Animation by Caroline Cherrier, Eva Lusbaronian, Valentin Stoll, Julie Bousquet and Raphaël Lozano.

Music by Marie Cherrier.

Sound by Mathieu Z’Graggen, Grégory Vincent and Régis Diebold.

Synopsis: Two thieves enter the same dungeon searching for a gem worth incredible wealth, but what they find along the way is worth more than all the treasure in the dungeon combined.

Directed by Connor Van Dyke.

Edited by Makenna Buhler.

Music by Hayden Thompson and Miranda Tan.

Sound by Kelsey Nay and Ethan Arkell.

Voiced by Darci Ramirez and Parley Lambert.