Update: The short film is temporarily offline, so here’s the trailer.
Crab Day, winner of a BAFTA, is directed by Ross Stringer, written by Aleksandra Sykulak and produced by Bartosz Stanislawek.
Synopsis: As part of a fishing community’s annual ritual, a young boy must kill his first crab in order to become a man and gain his father’s approval.
High school seniors Mayu and Camille live in a world where your body inflates when you experience a stressful situation, such as a school exam. Will Mayu succeed or be defeated by stress?
A short film by Audrey Azemar, Andréa Brimboeuf, Baptiste Brotier, Clément Malbec and Mathis Milla-Diaz, students at ECV Bordeaux.
Where is Anna? That’s what her roommates want to know after she goes missing the day after a drunken evening.
A short film by Elisa Dogneton, Emma Irigaray, Martin Darrigrand and Mathilde Zanello, students at ECV Bordeaux.
Atif, a 17-year-old boy, slowly loses himself during a monsoon.
A short film by Emilie Ahouanto, Enorah Le Dallic, Barberine Marzat, Alix Rignault and Lou Riviere, students at ECV Bordeaux.
Gnome, written and directed by Sacha Goedegebure, tells the story of a gnome who finds a caterpillar struggling to reach for leaves outside his house. The gnome helps by cutting down and stacking leaves for the caterpillar. But the gnome soon regrets his act of kindness when the caterpillar’s gnawing keeps him from falling asleep. How far will the gnome go to sleep peacefully?
Directed by Mauricio Rodríguez Pons and Almudena Toral.
Synopsis: The Night Doctrine traces the story of Lynzy Billing, a young British journalist of Afghan-Pakistani origins who returns to Afghanistan to find out who killed her family 30 years earlier, only to stumble upon a secretive U.S.-backed program killing hundreds of civilians.
Written and directed by Leoluna Robert-Tourneur.
Synopsis: In the heart of a dark forest, while hunting, two silhouettes meet. These creatures move like predators, they attract and repel each other, seducing each other during an explosive parade. Hold Me Tight is a flamboyant and bitter romance where the violent attraction of the characters puts them in danger.
Director Héloïse Ferlay describes To the Dusty Sea as follows: “Left alone in the deepest of the summer, Malo and Zoe are trying their best to catch their mother’s elusive eye.”
Filmmaker Adam Ciolfi describes IT Came From Beyond The Drain as the story of “a man and his dog [who] must defend themselves from a creature that erupts from beneath their kitchen sink.”
Speaking about the 25 months of work needed to bring the project to life, Ciolfi said:
“It’s fair to say that the early days of production can be overwhelming. The lists, materials, designs, sculptures, story boarding, animating, etc… when you work alone it’s a daunting task to say the least. But slowly I work my way through each phase of production and even though I can see it coming, the day it all ends always comes as a shock.”
I highly recommend not just the short film, but also visiting Ciolfi’s website for tons of behind-the-scenes info and photographs.
Filmmaker Jack Gray describes his short film Menagerie as “a study of the daily motions and mundane tasks of contemporary city life. Featuring hundreds of looping animated characters, the film explores how the repetitive actions of our day-to-day lives quickly spiral into an endless kaleidoscope of abstraction.”
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