Short 9

THE FOREST OF THE HONEY BEES / LA FORÊT DES ABEILLES 20:00

France 2023
Directed by: ERWAN LE GAL
Screenplay: ERWAN LE GAL
Animation: Erwan Le Gal
Technique: Drawings and color by hand. 2D Compositing.
Production/School: ERWAN LE GAL
Dialogue language: French
Subtitles language: English



Isabelle is a violinist-beekeeper in the Ouessant island. She protect her bees and she inspire her daughter with stories and legend about honey bees....

Hate Machine 02:54
France 2023
Directed by: THÉO LENOBLE
Animation: Théo Lenoble
Technique: 2D animation
Music: Hate Machine
Production/School: Louisahhh & Maelstrom
Dialogue language: English

In the society of spectacle, humans try to seek the truth, but this may not be found in the illusion of machines.
Sulayman 08:04

Philippines 2023
Directed by: Blog Caliguia
Screenplay: Blog Caliguia
Dialogue language: Tagalog



A warrior confronts a mysterious menace from the forest in order to protect his village.



not A fairy tale 02:53

Poland 2023
Directed by: Malgorzata Rybak
Screenplay: Malgorzata Rybak
Animation: Malgorzata Rybak
Technique: cutouts, 2D
Production/School: Malgorzata Rybak
Dialogue language: English



Extraordinary skills of a street lamp initiated by some unexpected non-human visitors. Believe it or not, it’s a true story. And it’s very unlikely to happen again.

The Hounds of Annwn 08:23
United Kingdom 2023
Directed by: Beth B Hughes, Bryony Evans
Screenplay: Beth B Hughes
Production/School: Lauren Orme, Picl Animation
Dialogue language: Welsh

A wounded warrior returns to their village but is hunted by a pack of dogs. After a desperate pursuit, they confront their past to find peace in their future.


Boba Girls 02:35

United States of America 2023
Directed by: Sydney Chen
Screenplay: Sydney Chen
Animation: 2D
Music: K-Pop
Production/School: Kaitlin Goldstein, University of Southern California
Dialogue language: English, Korean
Subtitles language: English



A 2D animated original K-Pop music video about how a trip to get boba milk tea takes two girlfriends on a wild fantasy adventure across Hollywood.

A Crab in the Pool / Un trou dans la poitrine 11:11

Canada 2023
Directed by: Alexandra Myotte, Jean-Sébastien Hamel
Screenplay: Jean-Sébastien Hamel, Alexandra Myotte
Animation: Alexandra Myotte
Production/School: Jean-Sébastien Hamel, Alexandra Myotte
Dialogue language: French
Subtitles language: English



In a run-down neighborhood, Zoe and her little brother Theo are left to fend for themselves. A young adolescent, Zoe is a ball of anger haunted by an intimate terror. Theo, still a child, flees reality into a fantastical world. During a scorching summer day, the two children will have to burst the abscess of their relationship so as not to lose each other.

Wait for me in a dream / Czekaj na mnie we śnie 14:56
Poland 2023
Directed by: Natalia Durszewicz
Screenplay: Natalia Durszewicz
Animation: Natalia Durszewicz
Technique: 2d animation
Music: Sebastian Ładyżyński
Production/School: FUMI Studio
Dialogue language: Polish
Subtitles language: English

Wait for me in a dream is a poetic story about an elderly married couple shown with the use of painterly animation. Isolated from the world and condemned to loneliness, Bronka and Zygfryd experience a slow defragmentation of their reality caused by the woman's illness and the adversities associated with it. On their final journey, they experience moments of regret, pain and even repulsion. However, for all their worth they try to remember the love that used to last between them.


The Cabbage Miracle 15:54

Russia 2023
Directed by: Inna Evlannikova
Screenplay: Inna Evlannikova
Animation: Tamara Baghdadi, Anastasia Ulyanitskaya, Olga Petukhova, Inna Evlannikova, Tatyana Podgorskaya
Technique: Hand-drawn, cutout
Music: Artem Fadeev
Production/School: Nikolay Makovsky
Dialogue language: Russian
Subtitles language: English



Adapted from the collection of short stories Detstvo 49 (Childhood-49) by L. Ulitskaya. This is a film about children from the same yard, which took place in the post-war years. About love and children`s fears. About childhood which is still childhood despite all the hardships of life.


The Magic Violet Rabbit / 魔法の紫ウサギ 13:05
Japan 2023
Directed by: Kotoko Nakamura
Screenplay: Kotoko Nakamura
Animation: Kotoko Nakamura
Technique: Kotoko Nakamura
Production/School: Kotoko Nakamura
Subtitles language: English, Japanese

To escape from his dull life, a man wishes to become a wizard. He wants to be a "real" wizard, not a "fake" one.