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

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.

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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.

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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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Short Film Spotlight: Ce Qui Bouge Est Vivant (Whatever Moves Is Alive)

Synopsis: While slugs move across the kitchen floor, Noémie sketches a portrait of herself that is shifting and fragmented, on the border between the personal sphere and the hubbub of the world.

A short film by Noémie Marsily.

Whatever Moves Is Alive screened at over 50 festivals worldwide, including London International Animation Festival, Annecy, Giraf, Guanajuato International Film Festival and Anima, where it won “Best Belgian Short Film.”

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