The uneasy stasis of a space-dwelling Monarchy is shaken by the arrival of a hypnotic, luminous dwarf planet. Caught between the authoritarian Duke and the impulsive Prince, all will come to light.
It’s a Date is a culmination of his preoccupations, a weird but humanistic look at a couple on a first date. It seems to be going well until the man decides to really open up and get (sur)real.
When every global citizen is required to have their CO2 emissions tracked, it makes little impact…that is, until they discover the consequences of reaching their designated quota.
“Phantom Requiem" unfolds in the desolate expanse of an abandoned factory, where shadows and silence are the only remnants of a once-thrumming industrial heartbeat. In this spectral setting, a coterie of puppets emerges—ethereal figures, each step and gesture echoing the dissonant unraveling of a viewer ensnared in a psychotic fugue. Rendered in austere black-and-white, this stop-motion film marries the macabre grace of desolation with the intimate terror of mental dissolution, crafting a visual poem that is both stark and sublime
Allow Chimney Alfonzo to indulge in himself, his food, and you on a first date. You won’t be able to erase it from memory, because it’s animated in crayon!
In 1900, a couple presents what they claim to be inventions from the year 2000 to the director of a cabaret.
3-minute experimental animation based on the techniques of John Whitney.
Short surreal stop motion animation by Niba and Matteo Giacchella
Short experimental animation by Saul Saguatti and Audrey Coïaniz
A painterly tale set in an industrialized wasteland, Gul is a young girl caught in an abusive struggle between survival and compassion. A mother's final breath pushes her to relive the past and stumble forth to determine her future.
SPACEMAN uses mime, stop motion, classic animation, and theatrical elements, to explore one artist's loss of creative passion, and his journey to get it back again.
A dream of three television shows and the narrator’s identity suspended between them in a loop is keeping the protagonist awake.
A green-skinned “sissy devil” probes the depths of internet intelligence, composing an “advanced search” on an antiquated search engine.
A disabled man living in Ottawa at the time of the freedom convoy protests ruminates on the concept of freedom.
Goodrich Dirt is entranced by a hypnotist who uses him in his show. When Goodrich tries to mimic his powers on a policeman, he is beaten up and deposited in the mental asylum in the violent ward. Goodrich then attacks the mental ward guard and moves into his office.
A chat with various people who identify as queer and feel connected to the LGBTQ+ community. Together, these personal interviews touch upon a bigger question: what exactly is queer happiness?
An epic battle between a knight and a pawn is about to start!... Except it doesn't, they're actually chess pieces
Computer animation and footage from NASA space missions explain how our solar system evolved and the place Earth has within the system.
Michele Bernardi has created a portrait of the dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch (July 27, 1940-2015), inspired by various film and video clips of her in the incessant studio of movement. The animation is rotoscoped and it recapture the almost abstract quality of dance. The soundtrack by Luca D’Alberto enhances the succession of images and recomposes a unique cameo whom the legendary Pina she is.
The drawings hide and reveal secrets of a sexual past in equal measure. Short film by Marco Capellacci