The death of Tau

Bubble a young otter, lives with three mossy stones and thinks of them as her family. Bulle imagines them as real otters, but as she becomes aware of their true nature, she has to face her loneliness.

An excited Mari Carmen starts her first day at work at the International Sales Office, but not everything will go as she expects. A duck has appeared in the balcony calling everyone’s attention and turning upside down the day that Mari Carmen wanted to have a fresh start.

This short probes the taboos around a very particular second-hand trauma, leading us to a more universal understanding of human experience.

Kuo Hsiang (Kaori), daughter of a tea merchant in 1947 Twatiutia, appears in 2014 modern Taipei. Having no idea what brought her here, Kaori only knows that it is the day when Guangdong Yi-Jen Yuan Chinese Opera Troupe reunited for a local Chinese Opera in Yung-Le-Tso Theatre after Taiwan Restoration.

The Guest is a modern dark fable starring Olivia Williams (Rushmore, Sixth Sense, An Education) and with an original score by Tom Hobden of Noah and the Whale. A graduate, Matthieu, turns up to his old professor's dinner party to discover he is the only guest. Marguerite, the professor's wife, ignores her husband in favour of devoting her full attention to Matthieu. As the evening progresses it becomes clear the couple are concealing a dark secret. Matthieu's curiosity gets the better of him.

Agnès, Juliette and Carmen's neighbour, writes children's storybooks that take place in a fantasy world, The Kingdom of the Winds. The two intrepid sisters discover a passageway between their world and this extraordinary universe. Once on the other side the girls take on the appearance of cats, and discover Sirocco, a terrifying character who can control the wind.

The misadventures of a hungry kitten.

Commodore 64 demoscene short film that showcases computer animation, art and music. Made in modern times on old Commodore 64 computers.

On the motives of Chinese legends. For adults.

A re-telling of the pre-telling of a story of the end.

A short sketchbook-style animated film that takes a look at people at a 'La Fete Nationale' celebration in Montreal, Quebec.

Experimental short film based on M.C. Escher's paintings.

A humorous look at the day in the life of two women. A man embarks on a journey, his destination a woman living in a tower block on the other side of town. Naked begins with his departure and ends with his arrival at the close of the day. Following him on his journey is a mythical window cleaner, whose flying gantry takes us through the city to a tower block where he spies on a woman preparing for her guest and observes her neurotic next-door neighbours. Naked, which refers to the women’s vulnerability as well as their state of undress, uses model, drawn and photo animation within three dimensional sets.

Home is more than a place where we live. It is also a feeling of trust, being within your family. This feeling is transferred from generation to generation. This film follows a little boy losing his home through mourning and relocation, and questions if it is possible to recapture the feeling in another place. A central theme in the film is the nature of connections between generations. Differences, similarities, and behaviour patterns that are transferred between the old and the new worlds. They tie together individuals and generations in a family the same way as fine silk threads interlace within the cloth.

Camille is about to take a bath when a child appears and questions the identity she has built up until now. After having a talk with whom she should have become, she fully embraces the doubts and issues that come with the construction of one’s unique identity.

This Spanish-language short was made using stop-motion animation and features very simple sets and characters. However, despite the relatively low budget, the film turns out to be a very effective way to teach kids about the dangers of unprotected sex. The film begins with three teenage girl dolls sitting on a bench. Without using actual words but sort of a Sims-type speech ("Bla, bla, bla"), the first girl describes her perfect man. Then, suddenly, he appears---as does a bed...

Produced by the Highway Safety Foundation in 1964, this shocking film deals with a subject quite taboo for its time. The short serves as a dramatized warning, ending with graphic case studies.

Superman's pal Jimmy Olsen gets his own story. Boy meets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy meets boy!

A man visits the panels of a comic page-like world in search for his loved Gloria.

An animator finds himself trying to explain his (lack of) artistic vision to his creations, who just aren't impressed.