Directed by Jonghoon Lee. Produced by VCRWORKS, an animation and picture book studio based in Seoul, South Korea.
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Written, directed and animated by David Shen Miller.
Synopsis: A man finds himself trapped inside a room, his feet muddied from the dirty floor. Unable to get out, he spots a broom nearby and tries to clean the dirty floor. He succeeds, perhaps thinking he will be freed, but then he realizes he has left dirty footprints from working to wipe away the old ones.
Stuck in this paradox, the man attempts to solve the riddle he’s found himself in. He tries to clean his feet; he tries to find a way of walking on the wall instead. But no matter what he does, the room will never become entirely clean. At his lowest point, though, he finds a way to solve his problem — and realizes that perhaps it wasn’t such a problem in the first place.
A short film by Wendy Tilby & Amanda Forbis.
Synopsis: In 1917 two ships collided in the Halifax Harbour, causing the largest accidental explosion in history. Among the tragic stories of the disaster is the remarkable account of a sailor who, blown skyward from the docks, flew a distance of 2 kilometres before landing uphill, naked and unharmed. The Flying Sailor is a contemplation of his journey.
Drawing on accounts of traumatic shock and near-death experiences, Tilby and Forbis consider the kind of cataclysmic moment that pulls us from our path, strips us bare, and utterly shifts our perspective. By suspending the Sailor in a state of near-death, the film contemplates the stuff of life that is at once fleeting, profound, and utterly insignificant.
An orange comes to terms with her purpose in life.
Written and animated by Danny Sangra.
Starring Zosia Mamet as Orange, Evan Jonigkeit as the Client/Director/Agency and Mary Ellen Lea as a cloud.
Synopsis: A spirited young woman persuades a hyena from London Zoo to take her place at a dinner dance held in her honor. Their plan requires a surprising amount of artistry and violence.
Written and directed by Elizabeth Hobbs. Based on the short story by Leonora Carrington.
Poem by Maria Popova. Reading by Nick Cave. Animation and direction by Daniel Bruson. Music by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
A note from the filmmaker: “How, knowing that even the universe is dying, do we bear our lives? The finitude and yet vastness of both our deeds and the cosmos through a fleeting moment of contemplation.”
But We Had Music was made as part of Universe in Verse, an annual charitable gathering that celebrates the wonder of reality through science and poetry.
Directed by Claude Cloutier.
Synopsis: Bad Seeds takes us to a bizarre world populated by carnivorous plants that can change shapes the way a chameleon changes colors. Cloutier connects growth with rivalry and evolution with competition, crafting an increasingly shocking duel that’s peppered with allusions to the western, the Cold War, board games, and much more.
Written and directed by Janet Perlman.
Synopsis: A girl takes a wild ride on the metro in Montreal. Travelling from station to station, she encounters an array of colorful characters in a bizarre musical journey that’s peppered with hilarious and unexpected incidents.
This joyful, heartwarming animated film portrays Montreal in all its vitality, creativity and diversity, with plenty of humor and good cheer, to the tune of Kate and Anna McGarrigle’s Complainte pour Ste-Catherine.
The Girl with the Red Beret has won numerous awards, including Best International Short Film at the Los Angeles Animation Festival and Best Canadian Short at FIFEM Montreal Children’s Film Festival.
Written and directed by Julien Regnard, whose credits as a storyboard artist include Song of the Sea, The Breadwinner and My Father’s Dragon.
Synopsis: A couple rushes out of a glamorous party. On their way home, an argument leads to a brutal car accident. When George regains consciousness, Christina has disappeared. He will then experience a real descent into hell.
Written and directed by Eoin Duffy.
Regular Rabbit screened at over 60 international film festivals and was handpicked by Whoopi Goldberg for the Tribeca Film Festival. The film won top honors at the Portland and Oxford International Film Festivals and received nominations at others.
The filmmaker says, “Regular Rabbit challenges our readiness to believe absurd misinformation by deliberately separating visuals from narrative. One does not match the other. It prompts us to question our own gullibility in the face of even the most outrageous claims, i.e. a mass murdering rabbit.”
A surreal journey through the interconnections between all things.
Directed and animated by Duncan Hatch, a Boston based artist, animator, and illustrator.
He has illustrated posters and ad materials for bands and has animated television commercials, educational media, music videos and short films.
Synopsis: In The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story, Miles Morales struggles to balance his responsibilities as a teenager, friend, and student while acting as Brooklyn’s friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.
After a particularly challenging day living with these pressures, Miles experiences a panic attack that forces him to confront the manifestations of his anxiety and learn that reaching out for help can be just as brave an act as protecting his city from evil.
The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story was developed and produced in the inaugural year of Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Pictures Imageworks’ Leading and Empowering New Storytellers program, a 9-month leadership training program that provides candidates from underrepresented groups with an opportunity to gain valuable leadership experience in animation.
Two characters discover an interesting new object, and learn about what it means to share.
Created by Annie-nominated Michael Ruocco, an artist whose credits include Looney Tunes Cartoons, The Cuphead Show and BoJack Horseman.
Written and directed by Oscar-nominated (Robin Robin) filmmakers Mikey Please and Dan Ojari.
Synopsis: Alan’s excited! It’s his first day at Lamin’8 — a stale, grey, humdrum lamination company. Oh boy! If he buckles up, stays focused and impresses Gary, his unhinged boss, this might just be a job for life.
But all is not quite as it seems, and when Alan accidentally unleashes cosmic, supernatural forces into the office, he realises that fitting in at Lamin’8 is going to be infinitely more tricky than he ever could have dreamed.
For Fatu, a simple visit to the grocery store feels as nerve-racking as a lunar expedition: for the first time in his life, he’s wearing makeup in public.
Written and directed by Iiti Yli-Harja.