Animation

In the “White Horse” café, waitress and guests apathetically go through their routines. Meanwhile, the reality surrounding them seems to destabilise more and more: between white noise and the sound of tuning forks, between daydreams of galloping knights and ever-growing mountains of drizzling packet sugar. Ivana Bošniak Volda and Thomas Johnson Volda pile up layers of these images and sounds, until they crack – and clear the way to breathe.

Experimental animation of paintings on walls of a hut in India with rhythmic music in the background.

Short film based on the manga of the same name by Ryouko Yamagishi.

The red house dissolves and transforms into all kinds of other things. The house re-assembles, but bigger and wider than before. Quicker than the eye can see, all kinds of brightly coloured shapes appear on the screen. What was a clown a second ago suddenly becomes a wild mix of fantastic images and figures. And right in the middle, the red house keeps turning up.

Some light relief in the form of a snappy dance number! In colourful rotoscoping, in movement sequences drawn frame by frame, the figures whirl across the screen. Students of the TecnoCampus in Mataró near Barcelona created this short film as a joint project. One can see the fun they had in the process in every scene. Let’s just join the dance!

A child is pulled up by the ski lift bar, another time it cannot open the door anymore after going to the toilet and yet another time it is too slow when leaving the bus and drives away without its mother. A short episodic film about fears we suffer from as children and we can smile about as adults.

A recent addition to the local netrunner crew, young girl named Sasha Yakovleva volunteers to infiltrate Biotechnica's Night City Offices to extract secret financial records on CHOOH2 and information on a new immunosuppressant prototype 0.091 after being hired by an unnamed fixer. However, after successfully carrying out the first stage of the mission, she discovers a secret linked to the tragedy involving her family's past.

Young people discuss their fear and worries of living in the 21st century: an age of anxiety.

In Japan, there are many customs, folk tales, and legends unique to each region. This animation is based on a story told by a potter in Nagata-nasa, Mimata-cho, Miyazaki Prefecture, where there are many legends of kappa (water imps), narrated by the potter himself. The artist was kind enough to share some of the ash from the local Mt. Shinmoe volcano, which he also uses as a material for his pottery. This animation was filmed with drawing pictures on a glass table using the volcanic ashes.

A man is hungry and enters a strange castle, only to find a shadowy assembly, already eating.

Two demon brothers enlist the aid of Kat Elliot — a tough teen with a load of guilt — to summon them to the Land of the Living. But what Kat demands in return leads to a brilliantly bizarre and comedic adventure like no other.

Life on the CAPS is the final chapter in Meriem Bennani’s film trilogy of the same name, set in a supernatural, dystopian future surrounding a fictional island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

The delightful handiwork of directors Benoit Therriault and Pierre-Hugues Dallaire with the team at Montreal’s Rodeo FX, this animation charms viewers with the story of a boy and a bird who find hope and connection in the deepest and darkest of places.

When navigating a labrynth, be wary of any surprise portals.

After learning to protect a truce among a community of animals, three young goats embark on an adventurous journey to keep a ceasefire intact throughout their society.

In a quirky little town in the sky lives an even smaller, chubby protagonist of the story – Kodleduk. This little man's obsession has possessed the whole city. Nothing goes unnoticed in Kodleduk's tiny studio, as he records everything around. All sounds and actions go straight to organic machines created by his teeny, nimble fingers. They encapsulate the town's spirit, and Kodleduk never feels lonely in his tiny apartment.