Category: 2D Animation Spotlight (Page 1 of 223)

Short Film Spotlight: Starling

Synopsis: A mischievous star spirit travels home to Istanbul to celebrate her birthday with her family one last time. After being blown off course, she must maneuver through the city before time runs out.

Written and directed by Mitra Shahidi.

Edited by Ayse Arkali.

Music by Andrew Jimenez.

Sound design by Justin Pearson.

Starling screened at numerous film festivals and won Best Animated Short at Tribeca and the Audience Award for Best Animated Short at Austin Film Festival.

Short Film Spotlight: The Alpine Whistle

Synopsis: One evening, Lalao, a lonely grumpy stoat, can’t stand the constant hubbub of nature and his fellow animals. To escape, he sets off in search of a new and quieter home to sleep. But is the grass really greener on the other side?

Directed by:
Marine Camps
Eléanore Chaboud
Chloé Escot
Mélina Lebeurier
Camille Lecture
Paola Navarro Castillo
Marie Rousselet
Alizée Waquez

Music by:
Théophile Yvert (composer)
Lucie Cressot (clarinet)
Simon Deboeuf (cello)
Joël Petit (violin)
Manuel Domènech (english horn)

Sound by:
José Vicente
Yoann Poncet
Guilhem Favard
Mickaël Merrheim

Short Film Spotlight: Non

Intended for mature audiences.

Synopsis: In the subway, a woman sees a shadow approaching a little boy. It is then that she remembers an experience she had at the same age: her encounter with a paedo-criminal.

Directed by:
Camille Bardaud
Xiaoning Liu
Yanfeng Niu
Julie Sibille
Tianying Zhang

Music by Matthieu Roland-Gosselin and Cristobal Tapia De Veer.

Sound by Siméo Moure and Nathan Calero.

Short Film Spotlight: Soleil Gris (Ashen Sun)

Synopsis: Under a scorching sun, Charlie is bored out of her mind and dreams of going to the seaside. But she’s forced to guard a seedy motel with her cousin Jess, who’s slumped in her deck chair.

The two teenagers don’t get along and bicker at every opportunity. On the radio, the monotone voice of a collapsology researcher predicts the imminent end of the world.

The pool is empty, the sun is beating down and the tension is mounting: the ecological apocalypse announced on the airwaves suddenly erupts into reality.

Written and directed by Camille Monnier.

Music by Fredrika Stahl.

Short Film Spotlight: Skin Flick

Intended for mature audiences.

Synopsis: An actress stars in the Devil’s cannibalistic snuff movies in exchange for a beautiful bombshell skin. As she lures a runaway-bride to the studio to devour on camera, she develops feelings that will disrupts the Devil’s scenario.

Written and directed by:
Louise Bailly
Daniela Del Castello
Alice Levy
Bruno De Mendonca
Elifsu Meric
Joey Quoc Tran

Music by Pierre Moreau and Cédric Perras.

Sound design and mix by Mathieu Tiger.

Follow Skin Flick on Instagram.

Short Film Spotlight: Le Jardin Rossini (The Rossini Garden)

Synopsis: Herve Rossini is a renowned artist who expresses himself through his surrealist garden. Tonight is the opening of his last exhibition. Upon revealing his final artwork to the public, his daughter, Rosalie, announces that she is leaving the garden forever.

Written and directed by:
William Burger
Siméon Jacob
Odelia Laine
Garance Mondamert
Tara Rewal
Mathilde Vergereau
Arthur Wong

Music by Alexandre Treille.

Sound design and mix by Laurent Jimenez.

Follow Le Jardin Rossini on Instagram.

Short Film Spotlight: The Borrower’s Hypnotist

Synopsis: Aria, a young woman struggling with her identity, seeks out the help of a hypnotist to regain control of her life.

Directed by Michelle Tang.

Music by Joshua David Mitchell.

Sound team: Jack Weiss, Oliver Snook, Aria Dines and Daniel Eaton.

Background painter: Meghna Rajan.

Voice cast:
Chacha Tahng as Aria
Erica Malachowski as The Hypnotist & Girl 3
Rebecca Chiara Marano as Bathroom Girl 1 & 2

Short Film Spotlight: The Twins

Synopsis: Twins Lake and Lucas hate each others’ guts. One day after school, their sibling rivalry gets out of hand.

Directed by Michelle Tang.

Music by Roy Berardo.

Sound team: Jack Weiss, Shane Vincent, Keiolani Mahinan, Chengqing Zhu and Daniel Eaton.

Additional animation by Sumin Cho and Jasper Wang.

Voice cast:
Rebecca Chiara Marano as Lake & Lucas
Chacha Tahng as Mrs. J
Torianna Jacque as Blaire
Tiffany Pang as Kayden
Michelle Tang as Olive
Cat Song as Cat

Short Film Spotlight: Chère Fin (Dear End)

Synopsis: An old postman goes through his last tour of deliveries in the archipelago that he worked in his whole life, gliding on water with his old bike. He finds himself confronted with the reality of his coming retirement.

Written and directed by:
Khéma Cousin
Lien Franckel
Laora Le Boursicot
Alissende Masson
Joséphine Mounier
Clément Saden

Music and sound by Jérémy Ben Ammar.

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