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Sunday – by Patrick Doyon
It’s a cold Sunday in wintertime. Sunday immediately brings us back to our childhood and, for a moment, we really…
An animation that brings the unexpected in an ordinary family lunch
(National Film Board of Canada)
Canada / 10minutes
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The Chickening – by Nick DenBoer and Davy Force
It’s not so easy to talk about what Nick DenBoer and Davy Force‘s The Chickening really is. A parody? Maybe. A trailer?…
A parody? Maybe. A trailer? Possibly. An animation? Partially. A short film? Why not.
(Cineballs)
Canada / 5minutes
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Ormie – by Rob Silvestri
Ormie is a pig (in every sense of the word) and he has one goal: eat. Food is his…
Ormie is a pig, in every sense of the word: see his attempts to gain the warm sweet taste that is his obsession
(Starz Animation Toronto)
Canada / 4minutes
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Code 8 – by Jeff Chan
In the last few years short film has been act as a springboard for a lot of young directors,…
Reality and fiction are melting in Code 8, your next sci-fi cult.
(Colony Pictures)
USA / 10minutes
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Noah
Out in 2013, then removed from the web, now online again, this time permanently, Noah is the debut short film,…
A “screenager romance” with a spymovie-turn between attention disorder e social networking.
(Self-produced)
Canada / 17minutes
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Redesigning Christmas
Architects love Christmas. There’s a very simple reason for that: it is’s such a poorly designed holiday, and each…
What’s Christmas like when your parents are both modernism-loving architects?
(National Film Board of Canada )
Canada / 2minutes
On Replay
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Cutaway
Cutaway is a very simple short build on “visual deprivation”. We follow a man working hard, doing his best to support a pregnant woman,…
Through close up details of hands, we follow the life of a single young man as he works, pursues relationships, and comes to terms with a life changing event.
(Medium Density Fibreboard Films)
Canada / 6minutes
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Dylan
Dylan is an experimental documentary-film written and directed by New York director Elisabetta Rohrbaugh based on an interview with Dylan…
A young transgender tells us his story on his early morning journey to Conney Island.
(Outer Borough Pictures)
USA / 8minutes
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Deer Boy by Katarzyna Gondek
Deer is the guardian of the forest and the connection with the ancestors, Cernunnos is the lord of the…
The dark fairy tale of the deer born boy within a family of hunters
(Centrala, Motion, The Fridge)
Poland / Croatia / Belgium / 15minutes
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Ormie – by Rob Silvestri
Ormie is a pig (in every sense of the word) and he has one goal: eat. Food is his…
Ormie is a pig, in every sense of the word: see his attempts to gain the warm sweet taste that is his obsession
(Starz Animation Toronto)
Canada / 4minutes
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Lazy Daze – by Brian Smee
How is like a dog’s dream? Maybe something similar to what is depicted by the young American animator Brian Smee in…
A kaleidoscopic journey into a dog’s dream.
(Self Produced)
USA / 4minutes
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Thunder Road – by Jim Cummings
Jim Cummings is probably a man of few words. Or a communication genius. The official synopsis for Thunder Road states:…
Officer Arnaud loved his mom… The 2016 Sundance short winner
(Unison LA)
USA / 13minutes
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The Cat Piano
A “feline” film noir with “beatnik” nuances: that would be the best way to describe The Cat Piano, an…
A noir animation, set in the jazz feline underworld, narrated by Nick Cave’s charming and mysterious voice.
(The People’s Republic Of Animation.)
Australia / 8minutes
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Box Room – by Michael Lathrop
Jerry lives with his young mother, who is too busy enjoing her life rather than going after an introvert…
Thanks God, there is Mom!
(Lester Money Productions)
USA / Ireland / 15minutes
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Paralys – by John Boisen & Björn Fävremark
John Boisen and Björn Fävremark are specialists in the materialisation of nightmares and private demons. They move through the…
The experience of a sleep paralysis (that you shouldn’t watch alone…)
(Is This It)
Sweden / 8minutes
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Online Premiere: Terra
A regular night on a ferry headed to Sicily. It’s presumably Winter, one of those off-season trips in which…
Various human types meet on a night ferry’s regular trip.
(CSC)
Italy / 23minutes
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Otherhalf – by Ben West
Otherhalf is described by the authors as a comedy about a man who decides to “break up” with himself. The…
A literal conflict with themselves, by Framestore
(Framestore)
USA / 10minutes
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Ulysse – by H. B. Meyrant, M. Chabannes, A. Labadie, C. Theuillon
Is it possible to rewrite a stroy that has been told for more than 2000 years? Absolutely, according to…
Through digital animation a modern Ulysses brings us in his oniric trip caused by the catching gaze of a strange mermaid.
(Supinfocom Arles (MOPA))
Francia / 9minutes
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International Film Festival – Clermont Ferrand 2015
The importance of the festival and the Italian presence in Clermont-Ferrand. Located at the bottom of a chain of…
The historic French festival started. Here are the trailer of the Italian shorts, and a major crowdfunding campaign promoted by the CNC to support our national production in the world .
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7:35 in the Morning
What is the most romantic thing you have ever done for somebody? Well, your answer probably’s not a 10th…
One morning a woman enters a restaurant – only to be met with silence instead of people talking…
(Ibarretxe & Co.)
Spain / 8minutes
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Random Stop
A quiet day in the life of a county police officer. One routine stope, a phone call with his…
A gripping first person POV reenactment of the tragic last moments of the life of a police officer.
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USA / 6minutes
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Citizen versus Kane
An independent filmmaker’s ambitious project of remaking Citizen Kane in a modern-day setting has finally took off. As it…
When death arrives on the set of a low-budget “Citizen Kane” remake, what’s there to do to save the production?
(Premiere Heure)
France / 18minutes
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The Surreal Animations of Jan Švankmajer
When The Guardian asked Terry Gilliam to pick his ten favorite animated films, the director included Dimensions of Dialogue,…
As the Milano Film Festival hosts a retrospective on Jan Švankmajer, we take a look at the career of the great Czech director and animator.
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Echo
“The sunken homeland; visiting a strange place, and the certainty that we are not alone. ECHO is about how…
People, animals and buildings create a visual echo in this surreal and atmospheric animation.
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Germany / 5minutes
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The Six Dollar Fifty Man
Suburban Neo Zealand, 1970s. Smalltown life ain’t easy for those who are different, especially during childhood. Andy is a…
A festival favorite, this dramedy shows how hard it is to be a “superhero” in a suburban school in the 70s.
(Sticky Pictures)
Neo Zealand / 15minutes
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Traces – by Puru Agarwal
The galaxy of Indian short films is vast, full of hideous works and wonders. Several short films featuring well-known…
Disability is a state of mind, as shown by a Bharatanatyam dancer and the author of her novel
(Samvit Kher)
India / 2minutes
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Like – by Garrett Bradley
Social media are the most effective digital advertising channel for driving impressions, clicks, and conversions. An online economy has…
A glimpse into the “click-farms” of Bangladesh, where workers are paid to “like” Facebook pages
(Field of Vision)
USA / 10minutes
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PLUG
David Levy is one of the most important art directors around, and his curriculum includes films like Prometheus and…
The only survivor in a post-apocalyptic world is constantly looking for other forms of human life and answers to her questions.
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USA / 16minutes
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Journal Animé – by Donato Sansone
Donato’s sitting at the bar. A typical Parisian café during an ordinary rainy day. He flips through the pages…
The images on the pages of Libération come to life and pass the printed events in the Italian short which collected a César nomination
(Autour de Minuit)
France / 4minutes
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Wanderers
Wanderers is a short science fiction film created by Swedish digital artist Erik Wernquist which offers a glimpse of the…
A spectacular and scientifically based (pre)vision of humanity’s expansion into the Solar System, commented by Carl Sagan’s original voice.
(Self produced )
Sweden / 4minutes