Category: 2D Animation Spotlight (Page 1 of 225)

Watch Beef Creek on YouTube. (The short film is age-restricted and is intended for mature audiences.)

Synopsis: Beef Creek follows a withered occultist who runs a New York-style deli in middle of nowhere Wyoming with his team of misfit deli warriors.

Directed by Kurt Vinci and Seby X Martinez.

Written by Seby X Martinez.

Voice cast:
Kelly Polk as Lily
Jean-Paul Zuhur as Ralphie
Seby X Martinez as Horace and Sandra
Lloyd Kaufman as Mr. Petrulo
Jaynee Anne Monarrez as Salmahay
Jeff Spencer as Additional Voices
Andrew Feyer as Additional Voices

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Synopsis: After a painful breakup, a 27-year-old man struggles to focus during ballet practice. When he injures his ankle in class, memories of love, loss, and regret begin to surface.

Director Hojin Lee is an artist who integrates new media — particularly XR (extended reality) technologies — into her creative practice to explore and address pressing social issues such as mental health and societal conflict.

Synopsis: When a school of fish is attacked by hungry seagulls, one of the fish flees towards the shore where it gets stuck in a tidal pool.

The pond inhabitants eye the intruder curiously and defend their territory in their own way.

Suddenly, a dangerous seagull appears but by working together they manage to drive the troublemaker away.

Original title: Tümpel

Written and directed by Lena von Döhren and Eva Rust.

Animated by Lena von Döhren, Simon Eltz and Ramon Schoch.

Original Score by Martin Waespe.

Sound Design by Tobias Diggelmann, Thomas Gassmann and Martin Waespe.

Sound Mix by Thomas Gassmann.

Synopsis: Wilem is the story of a sensitive prince, living in a brutal world. With the help of his friend he attempts to escape not only his royal duties, but also, his crazy family.

Directed by James Papper and Bárbara Oliveira.

Written by James Papper.

Music by Charlie Pelling, James Papper, In Flux and Jon Hook.

Sound Mix by Charlie Pelling.

Voice cast:
James Papper
Charlie Milner
Florence Poppy Deary
Rory Haworth Galt

Synopsis: Lucas, a very creative little boy, decides to interview his kitten Cahuète, which he rescued a month earlier in the street.

However, the cat always does what he wants and avoids the boy’s questions. Lucas, very insistent, ends up angering Cahuète.

Directed by:
Enora Laden
Baptiste Lebrun
Séréna Prince
Erwan Galtier
Alexandre Bal

Music by Clément Leconte.

Sound Design by Baptiste Lebrun and Renaud Watine.

Sound Mix by Christian Cartier.

Synopsis: The Miracle; a place where the sun always shines, with endless opportunities to relax and food in abundance.

It’s late already when Irma checks in at the resort. As she explores the area the next morning, she quickly comes to realize that everything there is designed to facilitate families.

Irma fully immerses herself in the world of the all-inclusive resort. But how do you relate to a place that constantly confronts you with the things you don’t have?

Written and directed by Nienke Deutz.

Cinematography by Steven Frederickx.

Edited by Nienke Deutz.

Music by Mark Schilders.

Sound by Céline Bernard, Corinne Dubien and Aline Gavroy.

Director’s statement: “The Miracle is a portrait of a single woman in a world that is designed for couples and families with kids. I wanted to portray the confusing feelings and loneliness that can come from being in a place where you feel you don’t fit in.”

Synopsis: In an indoor garden, two statues of lovers crack under the pressure of underground water.
It becomes a river of tears.

Love falls apart. A baby learns to play the recorder with a goose and drinks water that makes him grow. The child devours his teacher to find the bone that gives birth to creation.

An initiatory tale about mastering multicolored whipped cream that transforms worlds.

French title: Histoire pour 2 trompettes

Directed by Amandine Meyer.

Animated by Amandine Meyer, Capucine Latrasse, Noémie Bizien and Ugo Deseigne.

Music by Chapelier Fou.

Sound by Matthieu Canaguier and Claire Cahu.