Once Upon a Snowman

An innocent father and his blind daughter with a doll spend their days within the walls of a bunker during the final stages of civil war in Sri Lanka. The surprising third character connects the father, daughter and the doll in a sorrowful manner. The blood tears they shed during the darkest hours are unheard by many. The characters represent the current stages of the tamils in Sri Lanka. The ones who died, disappeared and the living dead.

Featuring the voiceover of Sir Anthony Hopkins, this public information film from the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society starts out rather innocently with beautiful hand-painted animation. It describes how once a year a large group of pilot whales swim to a small group of islands known as the Faroe Islands.

Passants 1-2

Silly, amateur Swedish horror spoof reuses the original HALLOWEEN score and opens with theater patrons viewing the final reel of the original John Carpenter film. In a nearly-abandoned office building, a psycho in a jumpsuit and white mask cuts his way out of a package and proceeds to chase a clumsy clerk around while killing off anyone who crosses his path.

Self-confident and eccentric Columbus lands on the American shore in the 20th century.

When a sleigh bell mysteriously falls from the sky, pure-hearted Princess Crystal is determined to prove it came from one of Santa's reindeer.

Explores a fleeting moment between two strangers, revealing their brief connection in a hyper real fantasy.

Investigative journalist Alan Wacker (Andrew Schofield) arrives in Liverpool to unravel the truth behind the historical 2005 Champion’s League final fight back in Istanbul.

Martians fear their children have become lazy and joyless due to their newfound obsession with Earth TV shows. After ancient Martian leader Chochem suggests that the children of Mars need more fun—including their own Santa Claus—supreme leader Lord Kimar assembles an expedition to Earth. Once there, they kidnap two children who lead them to the North Pole, then capture the real Santa Claus, taking all three back to Mars in an attempt to bring the Martian children happiness.

After literally swimming across the Atlantic Ocean, an Englishman takes a country trip across Canada on a railcar.

Two cops portrayed by Michelin Men chase an armed Ronald McDonald through the streets of a fictionalized, stylized city.

On a dark and stormy night, four bored ghosts decide to have some fun by calling the Ajax Ghost Exterminators.

On his sixth birthday Robert receives three beautiful broken old birds in his mother's sitting room. A memory of an afternoon with tea and cake, lacy pink slips and a tale of an emperor with no skin.

A Menina da Serra

A man is observed under objective, inhuman surveillance.

When inventor/efficiency expert Alexander Graham Wolf plots to take over Santa's workshop, Comet asks for help from Raggedy Ann, Andy and their dog, Raggedy Arthur.

The lonely husband of a famous female comedian strikes up an unlikely friendship with the neighborhood's sad-sack mailman, ultimately forming a successful, albeit unusual, musical collaboration that blends the line between fantasy and reality.

Polish animated short film that uses unconventional film techniques such as cut-out, drawing, filming miscible fluids and scratched images. Also uses non-camera technique such as drawing directly on film. The film is a humorous lecture on the internal structure of a dachshund. Parodying popular lectures at the same time, it contains a message about the superiority of the products of living organisms' techniques and calls for respect for the environment.

Misfortune and tribulations with domestic violence lead to an expectable romance. The fairy godfather must save poor Cinderfella from misery and servitude. How will the princess strike back, exactly? This modernized fairy-tale short film by Keeley Knight and Dave Lojek reverses gender roles.

“I’m guessing we are out somewhere right now, and you’ve said to me, ‘Go to your happy place.’ This is my happy place.” - Two friends experience a quaint relocation. While Jon enjoys the breeze, Bradley nags with questions.