A meditative journey through the surreal inner spaces of the filmmaker's mind as passing images and thoughts overlap, yearning to coalesce into a concept.
A story revolving around a "haenyeo" or "female diver" of Jeju Island. As Haenyeo Sooni forages for seafood, she is reminded of precious times she spent with her late mother.
A short film by Takuya Okada set in a conformist society.
After a diving excursion in the middle of the ocean, Lindsey is viciously sexually assaulted by Bruce, her instructor. She fends him of and they fall overboard into the water. Bruce grabs her and sinks her to the depths of the ocean. In this spiral of violence, she has no way to breathe.
A cryptic young creature takes the train from Dublin to Sandycove, confronting ideas of a splintered self-image, loneliness, and being seen in a fundamentally blind world.
When a lonely polar bear can't find a friend... he makes one. Set in a rapidly changing world, "Snow Bear" tells the story of a polar bear in an unforgiving environment on his quest to find a friend. This independently produced 2D hand drawn film was painstakingly created entirely by Aaron Blaise over 3 years.
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Deep within the enigmatic Forest of Eels, curious creatures answer a mysterious summons to join in what they believe will be a joyous celebration and sacred ritual. But as they gather beneath the towering fog of the cauldron, the atmosphere turns darker than they ever imagined.
On the edge of the galaxy two friends meet for their morning coffee to discuss their lives and dreams in this existential world on the precipice of nothing. Using the last lines of Shakespeare's original 36 plays, they share musings about life, love, loneliness, and conflict. They ask the burning question of what is an ending and what comes afterwards?
A College Student returns to his apartment and swings into a superhero fantasy.
In Prague, a professorial puppet, with metal pincers for hands and an open book for a hat, takes a boy as a pupil. First, the professor empties fluff and toys from the child's head, leaving him without the top of his head for most of the film. The professor then teaches the lad about illusions and perspectives, the pursuit of an object through exploring a bank of drawers, divining an object, and the migration of forms. The child then brings out a box with a tarantula in it: the professor puts his "hands" into the box and describes what he feels. The boy receives a final lesson about animation and film making; then the professor gives him a brain and his own open-book hat.
A white tiger swordsman fighting its archenemy in the dream, only to discover unexpected ties and buried emotions as the feline fantasy unfolds.
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A patient with an unusual ailment seeks dental care in this unique animated short. The dentist’s expertise is tested by a unique case, requiring special handling.
Amalia learns that her mother’s cancer is getting worse. Tonight, her mother will pass away. Amalia lives far from her because of her studies. Will she manage to reach her in time to share her final hours?
Mid-wedding at a Vegas-style chapel, a celebration comes crashing to a halt when the iconic, deceased pink poodle Poolvis Poodle’s greedy Estate steps in and shuts it down.
In 2057, a smart house remains standing in a world without humans after a nuclear war, along with the robots inside it. The robots continue their daily routines meaninglessly. While humanity has been destroyed by a power of its own making and greater than itself, this artificial order, in parallel, is also unable to withstand the greater force of nature for long.
A Gold Medal recipient at the 1987 Student Academy Awards.
A blind rhinoceros named Niles, a flightless oxpecker named Red, and their unhatched egg, Sam, must work together to weather the harsh realities of a drought ravaged wilderness.
Prince Philip, who longing to be with a prince of his own, must decide to follow the traditional tale or forge his own happily ever after.