Written and directed by Lara Maltz.
Ashkasha’s curiosity leads her to lose her head and get trapped in the depths. On a mission to find her head, she faces challenging situations, including an encounter with a creature that holds the key to her transformation.
Within a small bakery, freshly born buns eagerly await their adoption by customers. But what happens when they meet their new parent?
Produced by GULU Animation.
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko is an anti-war story by Sean Lennon and Dave Mullins that features John & Yoko’s Happy Xmas (War Is Over).
Synopsis: WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko is an 11-minute animated film set in an alternate WWI reality where a senseless war rages on, in which two soldiers on opposite sides of the conflict play a game of chess.
A heroic carrier pigeon delivers the soldiers’ chess moves over the battlefield as the fighting escalates. Neither soldier knows his opponent as the game and the war builds to its climatic final move. Whoever wins the game, one thing is for certain: there are no winners in war.
Directed by 3rd year students at Piktura: Camille Anne, Julie Vandenbergue, Martin Laurent, Elisa Torris, Camille Leroy and Lucas Foutrier.
Le Cri du Silence screened at 56 film festivals and won 10 awards, including Best Animation Short at France’s Festival FESTIMAJ.
Gnome, written and directed by Sacha Goedegebure, tells the story of a gnome who finds a caterpillar struggling to reach for leaves outside his house. The gnome helps by cutting down and stacking leaves for the caterpillar. But the gnome soon regrets his act of kindness when the caterpillar’s gnawing keeps him from falling asleep. How far will the gnome go to sleep peacefully?
Filmmaker Adam Ciolfi describes IT Came From Beyond The Drain as the story of “a man and his dog [who] must defend themselves from a creature that erupts from beneath their kitchen sink.”
Speaking about the 25 months of work needed to bring the project to life, Ciolfi said:
“It’s fair to say that the early days of production can be overwhelming. The lists, materials, designs, sculptures, story boarding, animating, etc… when you work alone it’s a daunting task to say the least. But slowly I work my way through each phase of production and even though I can see it coming, the day it all ends always comes as a shock.”
I highly recommend not just the short film, but also visiting Ciolfi’s website for tons of behind-the-scenes info and photographs.
Here’s how director Laurène Fernandez describes her award-winning short film:
“Locked up in their own apartments, some neighbors tell the camera about the little troubles of life in a community. Little by little, when everything piles up, it’s enough to drive one mad.”
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