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Synopsis: After the creator of kids TV series dies, three miniature, human actors are left alone in the studio. With their slowly decaying costumes and growing hunger, they continue to make increasingly strange episodes for their fans.

Wander to Wonder was nominated for Best Animated Short Film at the 97th Academy Awards and won the BAFTA award for Best British Short Animation.

Directed by Nina Gantz.

Written by Nina Gantz, Daan Bakker, Simon Cartwright and Stienette Bosklopper.

Cinematography by Steven Frederickx.

Music by Terence Dunn.

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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: Time stands still one fine summer afternoon. An empty house, a dish still on the stove. The wind picks up and nature roars as a fire approaches.

Directed by:
Baptiste Fraboul
Esther Lamassoure
Julie Le Forban
Valentin Serre
Léna Gittler
Florent Sabuco

Original Score by Mathis Coopman.

Sound Mix by Pierre-François Renouf.

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

Synopsis: In a vast desert, a group of travelers, led by a towering being named Sommêh, struggles forward beneath the weight of their heavy packs. When the weakest among them, Sov, collapses, he is left behind and separated from the group.

Directed by:
Sacha Doubroff
Emma Diderot
Marjorie Gautier
Elora Meunier
Célestin Lemaitre
Camille Chan

Music and Sound Design by Julien Decaudain.

Sound Mix by Olivier Michelot and Camille Chan.

Synopsis: A robotic vacuum suffering from burnout quits its job at a hospital and sets out to find community and a greater purpose on a quiet street where two lonely rabbits are stuck in perpetual loops.

Written and Directed by Sean Pecknold.

Production design by Adi Goodrich.

Art Direction by Emily Franz.

Puppet design and fabrication by Emily Franz.

Cinematography by Sean Pecknold.

Music by Claude Debussy.

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