Category: 2D Animation Spotlight (Page 1 of 227)

Synopsis: He observes. She plays. Forgotten love lingers. The Moon is just a pale witness to it all. Still pale.

Directed by Priit Pärn and Olga Pärn.

Written by Priit Pärn.

Sound Design by Olivier Calvert.

Sound Edit by Samuel Gagnon-Thibodeau.

Sound Mix by Yannick Delmaire.

Original Songs by Antonio Vian and Gerhard Winkler.

Synopsis: Every August 15, Paul, his family and their friends gather for their traditional summer picnic on Callot Island, off the coast of Brittany. But this year, the rising tide cuts them off from the mainland and forces them to spend the night on the island.

Caught between the carefree world of childhood and the tensions of the adults around him, Paul begins to see his family, and himself, differently.

Written and directed by Mathilde Bédouet.

Animated by Flora Molinié, Mathilde Bédouet, Marta Gennari and Jérémie Cousin.

Music by Jonathan Leurquin and Thomas Rossi.

Sound by Pierre-Albert Vivet and Frédéric Hamelin.

Voice cast: Kauri Moyse, Clémence Cueff, Arthur Cueff, Victoire Cueff, Hannah Cueff, Gabrielle Pichon, Klet Beyer, Vincent Furic, Mélanie Malhèr, Christophe Inizan and Arnaud Bédouet

Synopsis: Lily is confused by her grandmother’s post-mastectomy appearance. One night, she discovers that her grandmother’s shadow still has breasts. She follows the shadow to a tree bearing breast-like fruit, believing she has found replacements.

Lily picks two, but when she returns home, she realizes they’re pears. She tosses them aside, causing them to split open and reveal their seeds, which she places on her sleeping grandmother’s scars, hoping they will grow into breasts.

Written and directed by Shadab Shayegan.

Based on a story by Shadab Shayegan and Sepideh Sarihi.

Music by Periklis Liakakis.

Sound by Farzan Roozbahani, Rachel Oker, Jonathan Rösch and Vincent Egerter.

Voiced by Cheshmeh Ebrahimzadeh, Nava Hemyari and Shahin Taslimi.

Synopsis: In the aftermath of sexual assault, a woman retreats into the garden of her mind. Searching for answers and struggling to do “the right thing,” she realises that she must regain her voice and find new paths to healing, before she and her garden are destroyed completely.

Directed by Sarah Beeby.

Written by Louisa Wood and Sarah Beeby.

Music by Die Hexen.

Sound by Louis Morand, Adrian Walter and Helen Miles.

Voice cast:
Evanna Lynch as Leonora
Speech Debelle as Imani
Freddie Fox as Quillan
Chetna Pandya as Rita
Simon McBurney as Detective Danforth

Synopsis: In a universe where people are seeking connections with others, a woman and a small child are brought together as mother and daughter.

Inside the bubble of the mother’s protection, the child learns about love and trust, and ultimately how to form her own attachments.

Written and directed by Torill Kove.

Animation by Torill Kove, Josefine Hannibal and Sunniva Fluge Hole.

Music by Kevin Dean.

Sound Design by Luigi Allemano.

Sound Mix by Jean Paul Vialard.

Synopsis: After his alcoholic father’s death, a young man decides to sell the last memory of him — his taxi.

Written and Directed by Manu Mercurial.

Character Design by Pablo Matamoros.

Sound by Florian Calmer.

Music by Manu Mercurial.

Director’s note: No 3D software was used in the making of this short film. Everything was digitally drawn, animated and painted. My [graduation film] focused on the use of perspective grids to emulate camera movements and rotations in 2D.

For the story, it is entirely fictional. But after some self-analysis I realized I probably came up with this story because of real events in my life, in a sort of “what if” version of how things could’ve happened.

Synopsis: A couple lives a mundane life in a room with no access to the outside world. One day, a hidden doorway appears behind a tear in the wallpaper, revealing a world that could change their lives forever.

Written and directed by Nathan Harbonn Viaud.

Sound Design by Mélia Roger.

Sound Mix by Matthieu Fraticelli.

Music by Anna Cordonnier and Amandine Robillard.

Synopsis: Not Alone explores themes of identity, belief, and the blurred line between reality and imagination.

Through shifting imagery, the film follows fragments of the main character Cat’s memories of Rabbit, while invoking the medical phenomenon of chimerism to suggest a deep emotional bond that begins before birth.

Written, directed and animated by Momo Cao.

Music and Sound Mix by Lionzed.

Sound Design by Momo Cao and SummerSuck7456.

Synopsis: A ravaged nature finds its strengths and gradually recovers alongside the vibrant resurgence of life.

Written, directed and animated by Yunie Choi.

Ink and paint help by Joanne Kim and Gloria Lo.

Sound by Chanmi Ro and Daniel Eaton.

Music by Fabrizio Aiello.

Synopsis: Set in a brutal corrupted food kingdom, two half-brothers are blamed for killing their father, the king. They must survive being hunted by their power-hungry uncle before their kingdom completely goes to s***.

Written and Directed by Danna Galeano.

Music and Sound Design by Felipe Rodriguez Espitia.

Voice cast:
Kirsten Mossberg
Danny Cetina
Kevin Coxaj
Malina Susim
Laureano Quant
Enrique Rosado

Synopsis: When everyone thinks they’re the main character, is anyone? It depends who you ask, and how compelling their theme song is.

Written, directed, animated and composed by Quinne Larsen and Louie Zong.

Voiced by Dominic Bisignano, Quinne Larsen and Louie Zong.

Synopsis: Marmar listens to the stories told by her grandmother’s friends as they play an illicit game of cards.

Written and Directed by Maryam Mohajer.

Music by:
Tanera Dawkins – Composer, Oud and Cello
Mark Bousie – Accordion
Parham Bahadoran – Percussion

Sound by:
Christopher Swaine – Re-recording Mixer
Rory Hunter – Sound Editor
Sue Harding – Foley Artist
Stephen Maxwell – Sound Assistant

Voice cast:
Saba Yazdani as Granny
Soussan Farokhnia as Zahra
Maral Mohammadi as Touba
Maryam Davary as Simin
Farzaneh Yazdandoost as Feri
Lila Shayeghi as Little Marmar