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Birdboy
Spain, 2010, 13 min.
In a bizarre, animated world, a birdboy gets help from an unexpected source when a girl befriends him and saves him from his tormentors.... more
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The Birds Upstairs
USA, 2010, 9 min.
Exquisite animation exposes a couple’s despair when, after years of trying, they at last have a child who, to their dismay, doesn’t look anything like them. A beautifully disturbing examination of familial expectations. ... more
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Bob
Germany, 3 min.
A little hamster tries to follow his true love around the globe, dreaming of romance in the exotic locales as they go around, and around, and around…. ... more
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Chat Noir
Australia, 2010, 4 min.
A superstitious curmudgeon is befriended by a black cat but is his luck, or the cat’s, about to change? ... more
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Cockroach
Australia, 2010, 13 min.
Death can’t stop love, apparently, but reincarnation can be a bitch. ... more
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The Cord-Woman
France, 2010, 15 min.
In this gorgeous animated journey into the dark corners of freak shows and underground burlesque, the protagonist develops an uncontrollable crush on a mistreated performer. Will he save her or destroy himself?... more
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Danny & Annie
USA, 2010, 6 min.
An animated documentary offering an unexpected vision of what true love looks like. This intimate and heartbreaking film was based on a tale from NPR’s Storycorps project.... more
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DreamGiver
USA, 2011, 6 min.
Two sleeping children receive a visit from the dream fairy in this gorgeous animated fable.... more
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The Eagleman Stag
United Kingdom, 2010, 9 min.
In this highly original BAFTA award winner (Britain’s Academy Awards), a scientist makes some startling discoveries about a beetle and the meaning of life when lived at full speed.... more
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Eye of the Storm
USA, 2011, 6 min.
A navigator on an airship steers his plane into the eye of a storm in order to release a captive demon in this impressively animated ‘steampunk’ video.... more
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The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
USA, 2010, 16 min.
A gorgeously rendered allegory about the curative effects of story, this animated tale concerns a man who has built his whole life around his love of books.... more
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Flowers for Jupiter
USA, 2010, 6 min.
A deliciously macabre story about a little girl who loses her index finger sets the stage for this amazing mix of live action and animation from Replacements front man Chris Mars.... more
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The Girl and The Fish
United Kingdom, 2010, 13 min.
Evie, an old-fashioned young woman, has only her goldfish to keep her company in the bleak urban landscape she calls home, but when her she comes home one day to find her goldfish dead, an unexpected angel ends up surfacing.... more
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The Girl and the Fox
USA, 2011, 6 min.
A young girl, out for a hunt, has a change of heart when she catches a fox. But as the day grows dim, will she regret letting the fox go?... more
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Heavy Heads
Denmark, 2010, 8 min.
An oddly intriguing study on loneliness, despair and alienation…and the unique services of a friendly fly. ... more
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The Maker
Australia, 2011, 6 min.
In this enchanting fable from Christopher Kezelos (Zero, ShortFest 2010), a rabbit-like creature works against time to fabricate something very special.... more
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Marcela
Argentina, 2010, 9 min.
On the eve of her 40th birthday, Marcela chooses to celebrate by listing the 10 most wonderful moments in her life; trouble is after 40 years, she can only come up with 9.... more
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Maska
Poland, 2010, 23 min.
From the strange and wonderful imagination of animators The Brothers Quay, an adaptation of the equally distinctive work of science-fiction author Stanislaw Lem.... more
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Masks
Singapore, 2010, 7 min.
Masked giants exploit an edible smaller species, while the victims secretly plot a gruesome revenge with help from an unexpected source.... more
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Nullarbor
Australia, 2010, 10 min.
The Eyre Highway through Australia’s Nullarbor Plain has longest stretch of straight road in the world—perfect for passing that slow motorist alongside you. When two cars meet in this desolate landscape, will it be the tortoise or the hare who wins the day?... more
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Of Life & Death
USA, 2010, 3 min.
A violent young collector of all things cute and cuddly finds herself undone by her vengeful menagerie.... more
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Preferably Blue
New Zealand, 2010, 11 min.
This delightfully misanthropic animated tale about the Easter Bunny plotting to kill off his arch rival, Santa Clause, is definitely not for children.... more
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The Renter
USA, 2010, 10 min.
A little boy is left for the day with his grandma, and the scary renter who lets one of her rooms. ... more
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Specky Four-Eyes
France, 2010, 9 min.
In this animated delight, a young boy with eye problems is forced to wear glasses, but he likes the world just fine the way he sees it.... more
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Stanley Pickle
United Kingdom, 2010, 11 min.
A very strange young man creates his own dream world, and then an encounter with a mysterious young girl threatens to turn it upside down.... more
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Sunday
Canada, 2011, 10 min.
A quiet day of family dinners, church and a little boys observations. ... more
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The Lost Town of Switez
Poland, 2011, 20 min.
A spectacularly animated story about a traveler whose journey is diverted when his carriage driver falls asleep. An epic tale across wild lands and towns that glimmer like jewels, about a man who becomes a hero. ... more
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The Star Shepherd
USA, 2010, 4 min.
The Star Shepherd keeps on track as he finds and repairs broken stars, returning them to the sky to shine again. ... more
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Thursday
United Kingdom, 2010, 7 min.
In this colorful, dystopian animated world of the not-too-distant future, a man and a blackbird cope surprisingly well with the new technological “wonders” that surround them.... more
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Top Dog
Australia, 2011, 6 min.
A dog is (wo)man’s best friend, that is until a baby interloper appears. When our Top Dog loses his footing on the pedestal, he tries every trick in the Top Dog rule book to win his mistresses fancy back. ... more
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Two Steps Behind...
Poland, 2010, 7 min.
In this haunting, fabulously animated tale, a boy leaves his country home for the big city, but returns after a series of strange encounters. ... more
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Vicenta
Spain, 2010, 22 min.
This outrageously amusing Spanish short introduces us to a cheap, philandering husband who dies, leaving his wife and mistress to battle over the fortune he has hidden somewhere in the apartment.... more
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West of the Moon
USA, 2010, 10 min.
“I woke to find I was an old man” says one of the subjects in this surprising and stunning narrative based on interviews with children about their dreams. ... more
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Wild LIfe
Canada, 2011, 14 min.
In this wry animated period piece, a proper Englishman follows his dreams and moves to the wilds of Canada to pursue his fantasy of becoming a rugged rancher. Things don’t work out quite the way he had hoped.... more
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