Short 8

Three Trees 04:30

Canada 2022
Directed by: Mathias Richard Horhager, Aaron Hong
Screenplay: M.R. Horhager
Music: Tyler Fitzmaurice
Production/School: E.D. FILMS
Dialogue language: English
Subtitles language: English, French



As the seasons change, three little trees learn about themselves, friendship and their place in the world.



Glimpses 05:25

United States of America 2024
Directed by: Peter Litwinowicz
Animation: Peter Litwinowicz
Technique: Computer 2D and Visual Effects
Music: Jerome Lindner
Production/School: Independent Film
Dialogue language: N/A
Subtitles language: N/A



Joyously bright, colorful, and animated panels are sewn together to accentuate moments of life viewed through windows and doorways.



Dies Irae 07:35

Australia 2022
Directed by: Maru Collective
Production/School: Maru Collective
Dialogue language: n/a



Two playful angels, seven sinful pigs, and one poor righteous passerby

This Is a Story Without a Plan 07:35
United States of America 2023
Directed by: Cassie Shao
Screenplay: Cassie Shao
Animation: Cassie Shao
Technique: Mixed-Media (2D + 3D + Painted on Cel + Painted drawings)
Music: Monteith McCollum, MB Gordy
Production/School: N/A
Dialogue language: N/A
Subtitles language: N/A

Two people, and an explosion.
The Secret Lives of Lesbians Cats 01:38

United Kingdom 2024
Directed by: Kate Jessop
Screenplay: Kate Jessop



What do cats talk about when their owners aren’t around? What do they really think of their lesbian owners? The Secret Lives of Lesbians Cats is the new episode of Planet Pussy Willow, the feminist sci-fi development of the multi award winning comedy adult animation series Tales From Pussy Willow

Rolling! / Ça tourne! 11:07
France 2023
Directed by: Raoul Magrangeas
Screenplay: Vincent Tirilly Nadège Girardot
Technique: 2D
Music: Jacques Davidovici
Production/School: Fanny Le Floch - Vergnon
Dialogue language: French
Subtitles language: English

omme finds a trophy in the shape of a camera in the attic; she thinks she is an actress receiving an award. Her brother teases her but both would love to know more about the world of Cinema. Kidi takes them into the Kidiworld. While discovering the fascinating world of cinema, our trio will have to carry out a mission of the utmost importance: to save the first reel in the history of cinema.


Her Own Truth 09:50

Poland 2023
Directed by: Agnieszka Kruczek
Screenplay: Agnieszka Kruczek
Animation: Maciej Fechner, Robin Kasznia, Katarzyna Majsner, Józef Trzaska
Technique: 2d animation
Music: Mateusz Wachowiak
Production/School: FUMI Studio
Dialogue language: Polish
Subtitles language: English



In 1981 we left Poland for a short visit to Germany. My grandmother was desperate, she said she would never see us again. And indeed, because of unforeseeable events we stayed much longer than we thought we would. But finally we should return to Poland for Christmas... It is a story about torn families, longing and loneliness . And how sometimes we are just left to our fate.



Bright Souls 08:00

Russia 2023
Directed by: Anastasiia Zhakulina
Screenplay: Anastasiia Zhakulina
Animation: Anastasiia Zhakulina
Technique: Hand-drawn
Music: Sofia Petkevich
Production/School: Olga Granovskaya
Dialogue language: Russian
Subtitles language: English



Adapted from the short story of the same name by Vasily Shukshin. Heat, summer, countryside, harvest… Misha is a truck driver who's always off at work, transporting grain from faraway villages. His wife Yenya misses her husband terribly and craves love and attention. She is hurt when Misha swings by home and immediately starts tinkering with the truck. The dark summer night is so beautiful, and the time is running out to just be with each other.



Kharms 13:13

Russia 2023
Directed by: Svetlana Andrianova
Screenplay: Svetlana Andrianova
Animation: Svetlana Andrianova
Technique: Mixed technique (stop motion, rotoscope, photo collage, 3D and 2D animation, computer graphics)
Music: Artem Fadeev
Production/School: Nikolay Makovsky
Dialogue language: Russian
Subtitles language: English



Surreal, grotesque, and absurd film in the spirit of the Russian avant-garde based on the short stories of Daniil Kharms and inspired by the work of constructivists and suprematists.


Morning Shadows 12:13
Portugal 2023
Directed by: Rita Cruchinho Neves
Screenplay: Pedro Castro Neves
Animation: Rita Cruchinho Neves
Music: Teho Teardo
Production/School: Pedro Castro Neves / Modo Imago
Dialogue language: English
Subtitles language: None

"I spend my life sitting, like an angel in the hands of a barber." Rimbaud Consider the association suggested by a barber shop between a razor blade and a pen, the brush of a painter and a barber, water, blood and ink. The way in which the main character experiences elemental things. The light travelling through space inhabits the body, its gestures, sensations and movement. The images – in this diary of lost things – represent loss and the healing of wounds. Morning Shadows tells the story of a unique life on its circular journey under the light of a brightening black sun.
Super Heroes 12:00
Iran 2024
Directed by: Abas Jalaliyekta

The story of 3 super heroes who are trying to solve the problem of the characters. There is a man that is involved in dangerous situations that needs the super heroes help. There is also a young trainee that is very interested in super heroes and learning from them, but actually most of the time he is the one who solves the problem as a super hero.

Hunky Dory 06:00
United States of America 2024
Directed by: Steven Vander Meer
Technique: Hand drawn on 3x5 inch index cards
Music: Bela Fleck
Dialogue language: No Dialogue

Hunky Dory juxtaposes scenes of animal life with images of human existence, observing the quirky and unexpected ways in which we are similar. The meticulously hand-drawn animation is a visual smorgasbord, moving and morphing in perfect time to the banjo music of Béla Fleck and his bandmates in My Bluegrass Heart.