Sweet Like Lemons is a visual reflection on getting out of a harmful relationship and moving on — closing a chapter without first getting closure.
Written and directed by Jenny Jokela.
Music by Sarah Playford.
Sound design by Adam Woodhams.
Additional writing by Celia Hillo.
Synopsis: To prove himself to his gangster father, Alessandro decides to rob a local bar. What he doesn’t expect is to encounter a surprising side of his father’s world: Lady Victoria the drag queen.
Written and directed by:
João Buosi
Yangjia Chen
Adam Meziane Philipps
Carla Sampaio da Silva
Xinxin Qin
Zhen Zhou
Music by Alexandre Treille. Sound by Mathieu Tiger.
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Synopsis: Mother and Father lay the child in his cot at the same time every night. However, come morning, only a shallow crater remains; a baby-shaped depression. The boy was destined to be a wanderer.
A short film by Stephen Irwin.
World to Roam was longlisted for a BAFTA, won the Audience Award at Vienna Shorts, Best International Short at Animatricks, received a Special Distinction Prize at BIAF, the Eadweard Muybridge prize at KIFF and a special mention at LIAF.
Written and directed by Jeanette Jeanenne, a Panamanian-American filmmaker based in Los Angeles and a graduate of CalArts.
Music and sound by Robert Allaire. Backgrounds by Josh Shaffner. Animation by Kevin Eskew, Kyle Brooks and Jeanette Jeanenne. Produced for FX Networks.
Synopsis: Hélène, 40 years old, comes to visit her aging mother in the french countryside. But her mother isn’t being her usual self. She seems to have formed a strange bond with the plants, insects, and the old oak tree at the end of her garden…
Written and directed by:
Sofiia Chuikovska
Loïck du Plessis d’Argentré
Lina Han
Simin He
Jiaxin Huang
Maud Le Bras
Bingqing Shu
Sound and music by Jérémy Ben Ammar.
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Synopsis: Mr. Everest is dead and trapped in the paperwork process before entering heaven. After the long journey, he accepts that heaven is very different from what he expected.
Written and directed by:
Nahee Jang
Ximing Li
Ying Wan
Hao Wang
Music by Arthur Dairaine. Sound by Mathieu Tiger and Jean-Baptiste Sainte Pol.
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Synopsis: New hires Robert and Phil must serve customers until one of them dies to see who can get hired at minimum wage.
Created and written by Mike Manor, an animator/director based in Los Angeles known for his viral pixel art aesthetic and voice acting.
Voice cast: Chris Fleming, Rachel Kaly, Mandal, Derek Simpson and Mike Manor.
Music and sound by Derek Simpson.
Synopsis: A girl comes back home to an oppressive living room and throws up acrobats in front of her family.
Written and directed by:
Elöise Alluyn
Hugo Danet
Anna Despinoy
Antonin Guerci
Alexandre Marzin
Shali Reddy
Music by Basile Andrieu. Vocals by Ella Doherty. Sound by David Lassalle.
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Synopsis: In space, a group of soldiers awaits an ambush that never comes. After a long wait, they run out of oxygen. A rookie scout faces death calmly with Sarge’s comfort.
Written and directed by Xi Chengzhuo.
Music by Théodore Vibert. Sound by David Lassalle.
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Synopsis: Moo mourns her deceased friend, so Yuu decides to create a new companion for her. Their adventure fails, but they discover they have built a new friendship during the journey.
Directed by:
Jinfei Ge
Bin He
Myrtille Huet
Julie Jarrier-Stettin
Yuqiang Zhang
Music by Siyi Chen. Sound by Laurent Jimenez.
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Synopsis: Suffocating in her older sister’s flawless system, Mae, a young goddess, questions her tedious work of maintaining an eternal spring.
Written and directed by:
Raphaëlle Bourgon
Anchi Huang
Vega Lazaro
Son Tra Le
Priyam Parikh
Jianuo Wen
Di Wu
Music and sound by Jérémy Ben Ammar.
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Synopsis: As Elise moves into a new apartment with her parents, her pet cat Roger turns into a goldfish. Distraught, she goes back to her childhood home to turn him back.
Written and directed by:
Aurélie Galibois
Camille Naud
Aurélie Martin
Cristina Ganusciac
Hee Young Park
Vedushi Sinha
Music by Arthur Dairaine.
Sound by Jean-Baptiste Saint Pol.
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Synopsis: The day the radiation disappears, Simon rushes to the heart of the zone, taking his colleague, Agathe, with him in the hope of rediscovering a lost past.
Written and directed by:
Matthieu Dupille
Chenhe Liu
Philémon Martin
Ninon Quemener
Alexander Vanderplank
Binlin Xie
Music and sound by Jérémy Ben Ammar.
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Intended for mature audiences.
Synopsis: Three boys get a hold of a robot to have their first “adult experience” with her. At the moment of truth, they are too innocent so they become friends with her instead.
Written and directed by:
Oscar Baron
Diego H. Blanco
Emma Ferréol
Rachel Gitlevich
Lucille Reynaud
Narda Rodriguez
Music by Scott Ampleford. Sound by Laurent Jimenez.
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Synopsis: A girl falls in love again which fills her with dread. She runs away and finds herself trapped in a vortex of old memories. In her imagination, she relives the joys and sorrows of first love, before reaching a pivotal moment — will she be able to free her soul to face the future with an open heart?
Directed by Vivien Hárshegyi.
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