- Birthday Wish
01:51United States of America 2022
Directed by: Min Lee
Music: Tae Young Yu
Production/School: School of Visual Arts
Dialogue language: No Dialogue
Birthday Wish is a 3D narrative animated short film about a fairy godmother who works digitally. Today is a five years old girl’s birthday so the fairy godmother needs to grant the girl’s wish using her wish tablet. But on this birthday, she is having one small problem.
- Forget-Me-Not
/ Vergissmeinnicht 03:30United Kingdom 2022
Directed by: Luzie Ilgner
Screenplay: Luzie Ilgner
Animation: Luzie Ilgner
Technique: 2D - Stop Motion Hybrid
Music: Xihan Li
Production/School: University of the West of England
Dialogue language: German
Subtitles language: English
An old lady living lonely and isolated is waiting for her daughter to come over for tea. As the waiting drags on and her loneliness gets more and more intense, plants start sprouting everywhere in her kitchen. At first the old lady is angry at the plants but eventually starts to embrace them and accept them as her new company.
- Ariadne
03:14Switzerland 2022
Directed by: Danay Gijzen
Screenplay: Danay Gijzen
Animation: Danay Gijzen
Technique: Danay Gijzen
Music: Axel Kolb
Production/School: Gerd Gockell
Dialogue language: no dialogue
In a greek museum a visitor gets lost in the ancient story of Ariadne through a painting on a plate. She takes Ariadnes place and confronts the mythical monster Minotaur in his labyrinth.
- PERCEPTION
04:28United States of America 2023
Directed by: Brandon Frank Lopez
Screenplay: Brandon Frank Lopez
Animation: Brandon Frank Lopez
Technique: 3D Animation
Music: Max Duggan
Production/School: DePaul University
Dialogue language: No Dialogue
After a blob of residue rejects the ideals of its creator, relationships and connections face uncertainty.
- Meet Again (JAEHOE)
/ 재회 05:04Korea 2022
Directed by: ap-sol KANG
Screenplay: ap-sol KANG, yoo-rim LEE
Animation: ap-sol KANG,yoo-rim LEE,min-gyeong KIM,jun-su PARK,ye-ji JO,jeong-yun LEE,hae-ram KIM,su-hyun CHOI,hwi-su SON,seung-yeon LEE,seung-yeon LEE,eun-ji LEE,do-kyoung KIM,ji-eun PARK,young-jin LEE,seo-young PARK,Hyeon-ji HAN,ji-hye YANG,ki-seo,SONG,BONO
Technique: 2D Digital Animation / min-joo SHIN, Hyeon-ji HAN, yoo-rim LEE, ap-sol KANG, ji-hye YANG
Music: Lemon Sound
Production/School: ji-hye YANG/Chungkang College of Cultural Industries
Dialogue language: Korean
Subtitles language: English
A strange festival in the middle of the night experienced by a wandering 14-year-old girl, "Hanbyeol." On her 14th birthday, "Hanbyeol" who was angry at her mother who didn’t send a single text message, let alone celebration, ran away from home that evening. The moment she ran into a girl leading a group of goblins in a strange alley that she unknowingly entered, she saw a familiar memory...
- Tardes de Verano
07:35Spain 2023
Directed by: Garazi Feliu, Ander Lizarraga, Oihane Abete, Candela Gutierrez, Iñigo Sanchez
This is a story about a little boy that, like many kids every summer, goes to his family’s hometown. What starts as a boring stay with a boring grandma, will become a lesson about the hidden magic in small things, stillness and silence.
- HeartBits
08:34Spain 2023
Directed by: Amaia Bonachera, Ander del Molino, Gonzalo Ernesto Fernandez, Gorka Junquera, Ane Unzalu, Robert Mcbride
A robot whose job is to collect mechanical items from the forest, spots a nymph that fascinates and draws him. With the objective of looking like a nymph and meeting her, he stars dressing up with natural elements while a caterpillar decides if the costume is valid or not.
- Conej Steps Out
/ La gran cita de Conej 07:15Spain 2023
Directed by: Pablo Río
Conej wants to give his girlfriend Claire the best gift in the world on their date, so he builds a rocket to take her to space; a truly unusual plan. That is why Conej will have to work very hard to persuade Claire to accept to go with him to the moon in a great and sidereal trip through the cosmos and beyond.
- Strange Acts Of Love
05:42United States of America 2022
Directed by: Masashi Yamamoto
Animation: Masashi Yamamoto
Technique: 2D hand-drawn animation
Music: Karen Tanaka
Production/School: California Institute of the Arts
Living For Love
- Perfect City: The Mother
06:35China 2023
Directed by: Shengwei Zhou
Screenplay: Shengwei Zhou
Production/School: Shengwei Zhou, Lei Wang
Dialogue language: No Dialogue
A dry wood mother decides to carve her root baby into a human due to the loss of her flesh body parts.
- My Mother the Sea
06:01Estonia 2022
Directed by: Aspasia Kazeli
My mother’s journey to eternity through my path of grief.
- The Eastern Rain
09:07Estonia 2023
Directed by: Milly Yencken
If the rain were to fall indoors, but never out doors ...where do we begin to look for shelter?
- Undertaker
04:20United Kingdom 2022
Directed by: Peggu Tataru
Screenplay: Peggy Tataru
Animation: Peggy Tataru, Mickey Sittivech, Koko Atanasov
Technique: 2D handdrawn digital
Music: Sam MacDonald
Production/School: Arts University Bournemouth
Dialogue language: No Dialogue
Subtitles language: n/a
Jolie is a young girl with not much left to her name after losing her family in a fire that she accidentally started. Encountering a mysterious creature, she undertakes a self-discovery journey into her trauma, reliving the horrors of that night.
- Stir Fry
03:09United Kingdom 2022
Directed by: Gabriela Panayotova
Screenplay: Gabriela Panayotova
Animation: Gabriela Panayotova, Jianghan Chen, Yuka Iriuchijima, Christina Linton, Patrick Mbaji, Najam Subba
Technique: 2D handdrawn digital
Music: Jeremy Brauns
Production/School: Arts University Bournemouth
Dialogue language: No Dialogue
Subtitles language: Jeremy Brauns
Two sisters get hungry while enjoying a calm weekend. When they check the fridge for ready meals, they only find a few ingredients. Left with no choice but to cook together, they decide to make stir-fry. Along the way they experience accidents in the kitchen and some sibling rivalry.
- Plates on Oma’s Wall
03:40United Kingdom 2022
Directed by: Jack Kingston, Kiera Renate Kai-An Melville
Screenplay: Jack Kingston
Animation: Kiera Renate Kai-An Melville, Eve Baldwin
Technique: 2D handdrawn digital
Music: Jordan Dykstra
Production/School: Arts University Bournemouth
Dialogue language: English
Subtitles language: English
In the aftermath of WWII, a family is forced to flee their burning home with nothing but the clothes on their backs and an important family heirloom, a plate collection. Through the eyes of the children, it is a fantastical adventure, a chance to enjoy the wintery countryside. However, a very real danger, shrouded in smoke and fire, hunts them as they travel through the fields and forests on their way to safety.
- The Moonseeker
03:39United Kingdom 2022
Directed by: Diana Blázquez Martín, Katherine Galley
Screenplay: Diana Blázquez Martín
Animation: Diana Blázquez Martín, Katherine Galley, Edda Katrín Malmquist, Anna Lokotkova, Evangelos Mayson
Technique: 2D handdrawn digital
Music: Sam MacDonald
Production/School: Arts University Bournemouth
Dialogue language: No Dialogue
A man who is grieving the loss of his daughter has taken a creature captive, whose magical powers allow him to see her again. But one night, everything changes, and he must make a choice.
- Key
04:15United Kingdom 2022
Directed by: Maria Belik
Screenplay: Maria Belik
Animation: Mia Marenghi, Maria Belik, Sabrina Prabowo, Eleanor Benson, Safa Radwan
Technique: 2D handdrawn digital
Music: Ben Stanbridge
Production/School: Arts University Bournemouth
Dialogue language: No Dialogue
A famous pianist walks on the stage. As he starts playing, the reality around him breaks apart, almost resembling a painting, taking us back to his past and relationships he has experienced.
- Huntress
03:30United Kingdom 2022
Directed by: Harry Law
Screenplay: Harry Law
Animation: Amy Parry, Harry Law, Annabel Howe
Technique: stopmotion with puppets, CGI
Music: Gabriel Williams
Production/School: Arts University Bournemouth
Dialogue language: No Dialogue
Fueled by her inquisitive nature and determination to prove herself as a hunter. We join Oakley, a young girl from a prehistoric time, as she sets out on a voyage into the depths of an ancient forest...
- Guardian
03:51United Kingdom 2022
Directed by: Levi Pugh
Screenplay: Scott Mccann, Levi Pugh
Animation: Levi Pugh, Scott McCann, Gabriela Ginda, Michelle van Houten
Technique: 2D handdrawn digital
Music: Alexis Bennett
Production/School: Arts University Bournemouth
Dialogue language: No Dialogue
Cricket is a wild horse desperately clinging on to his last vestiges of life. When a mysterious spirit visits him in his final resting place, Cricket must allow himself to be guided towards acceptance so he may finally move on.
- Ego Death
04:13United Kingdom 2022
Directed by: Jasmine Hewitt, Mar Suarez Lopez
Screenplay: Jasmine Hewitt
Animation: Jasmine Hewitt, Mar Suarez Lopez, Dabhog Bradley, Amber Ford, Obi Darlington
Technique: 2D handdrawn digital
Music: Gabrielle Williams
Production/School: Arts University Bournemouth
Dialogue language: No Dialogue
Jaden experiences an ego death after taking too many drugs and is forced to come to terms with his own ego and distorted projections of the party. Will he be able to overcome his flawed emotions and leave, or will his soul flitter aimlessly around in his psychedelically induced trip
- Cortex
04:19United Kingdom 2022
Directed by: Sena Miyazaki
Screenplay: Sena Miyazaki
Animation: Rebecca Oddy, Sentou Timbo, Anabel Ebulubu
Technique: 2D handdrawn digital
Music: Samuel Marot-Saferis
Production/School: Arts University Bournemouth
Dialogue language: Japanese
A desperate man undergoes an experimental trial with a new technology called CORTEX, embarking on a journey through his mindscape to reconstruct his memories and modify his past trauma.
- Static Focus
03:25United Kingdom 2022
Directed by: Jai Lawson
Screenplay: Jai Lawson
Animation: Jai Lawson, Abi Dean, Ayse Sonmez, Fêt Nat Bailly, Toren Morrell
Technique: 2D handdrawn digital
Music: David Ledsam
Production/School: Arts University Bournemouth
Dialogue language: No Dialogue
"It's as if you're watching the TV and the channel keeps changing but you don't have the remote". An analogy I was told when diagnosed with ADHD, naturally the conclusion I made was: TV Heads. Our story follows Stevie, without a remote to help, as they struggle to get through their day at work.
- A Closer Look
03:14United Kingdom 2022
Directed by: Elena Gamper
Screenplay: Elena Gamper
Animation: Elena Gamper, Senay Capkiner, Emily Carter, Annabel Garman, Susana van Konijnenburg, Lauren Asprey, Rou Price
Technique: 2D handdrawn digital
Music: Matt Shears
Production/School: Arts University Bournemouth
Dialogue language: No Dialogue
Inspired by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek’s discovery of microbial life, A Closer Look follows the scientist and inventor with a disdain for filth living in 17th century Netherlands. When his trials with a home-made microscope unveil a profound discovery, Antonie is forced to confront a discomforting reality.
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