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| Title | (L)on(e)ly |
| Director(s) | Justin Leonard |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:05:03 |
| Synopsis | Stop Motion animation that explores the dilemas of a lonely robot discovering he may be responsible for a horrible accident |
| School | University of Tampa |
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| Title | A Song About a Dog |
| Director(s) | Sergey Strusovsky |
| Country | Russia |
| Duration | 00:09:44 |
| Synopsis | The story tells about the world through the eyes of a dog. A world in which the manifestation of weakness is a denial of life, meanness is a way of survival, but this is opposed by the sacrificial love of a mother. |
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| Title | Aerialist |
| Director(s) | Anna Kuzina |
| Country | Russia |
| Duration | 00:07:15 |
| Synopsis | A woman works as a saleswoman in a textile store. Although she likes working with fabrics, her life is quite monotonous. However, when she comes across with a group of gymnasts, her life gets illuminated by a dream. |
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| Title | All the Flowers in my Mom’s Garden |
| Director(s) | Pun Vacharavithayakorn |
| Country | UK |
| Duration | 00:05:31 |
| Synopsis | I explored the quiet influence of sickness and death, drawing from my own experiences. Telling a story about witnessing a loved one’s declining health and eventually death. The green garden is a place where I feel safest. A place where I go the rest, to laugh, to cry. One day, I noticed a small black flower growing in one of the plants. Every day, I find these small flowers. They grew faster and faster, so much that I couldn’t stop them anymore. They engulfed the garden until every little bit was consumed. What was once lush and green is now black and white. |
| School | University of the Arts London |
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| Title | Amped |
| Director(s) | Vincent Salvano |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:05:30 |
| Synopsis | During a late night at the office, two co-workers stumble upon a mysterious drink that gives them supernatural abilities beyond their control. |
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| Title | Ancestral Intervention |
| Director(s) | Michelle Muli |
| Country | Kenya |
| Duration | 00:03:00 |
| Synopsis | Packed with humor and heart, ‘Ancestral Intervention’ follows the story of Malaika as she tries to enjoy a date with her boyfriend despite the constant meddling of the ghost of her strong-willed, traditional grandmother. With a clash of old vs. new, this vibrant story delivers laughs, warmth, and a fresh take on generational values. |
| School | University of Florida |
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| Title | Beyond the Score |
| Director(s) | Sara Valenzuela |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:02:32 |
| Synopsis | When a conductor of the stars tries to enforce order, an innovative star leads him to discover the beauty of creativity within structure. |
| School | Florida State University |
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| Title | Bird Drone |
| Director(s) | Radheya Jang Jegatheva |
| Country | Australia, UK |
| Duration | 00:08:55 |
| Synopsis | A heartfelt story of unrequited love explored through a lonely seagull struggling to accept that his newfound object of affection is a human-operated drone with a limited battery life. |
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| Title | Birds of a Feather |
| Director(s) | Katie Cobos |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:04:44 |
| Synopsis | A talkative parrot attempts to befriend a boy with Tourette’s syndrome |
| School | Rochester Institute of Technology |
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| Title | Blacky The Metal Arm Cat |
| Director(s) | Nic Ho |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Duration | 00:15:25 |
| Synopsis | This is a story about facing the challenges of a changing era. In a world where martial arts have lost their value due to the arrival of alien technology, martial artists become marginalized. The protagonist, Blacky, a black cat with a mechanical arm, seeks revenge for his slain master. Determined to confront enemies equipped with alien tech, Blacky uses traditional martial arts. Amidst challenges and obstacles, he strives to find his own worth and redefine the meaning of martial arts in a transforming society. |
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| Title | Bloodletting |
| Director(s) | Alejandro Jiménez Mora |
| Country | Costa rica |
| Duration | 00:03:01 |
| Synopsis | Carmen lives her normal and peaceful life in an indigenous reserve alongside her brother Luis. However, everything changes when the Oil Company launches a violent attack against her community, from which Carmen and Luis try to escape alive. |
| School | LCI Veritas |
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| Title | Bugsick |
| Director(s) | Venya Aggarwal |
| Country | Canada |
| Duration | 00:08:04 |
| Synopsis | After a recent break up, Bug’s ex-girlfriend June calls to come pick up the rest of her stuff from their apartment. This triggers Bug to spiral, as we follow their desperate attempt at keeping their past alive by creating a massive dungball of the items June left behind. Later, June swings by to pick up her things, but what she sees is not what she expected. After a tense confrontation between the two unfolds, they both end up inside the dung ball, where Bug realizes their relationship is no longer what it once was. |
| School | Sheridan College |
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| Title | Cat-Tastrophe |
| Director(s) | Morgan Seigler |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:03:13 |
| Synopsis | A cat, through its catastrophic antics, inspires a villainous inventor to devise her most evil plan yet. 3D animated slapstick comedy. |
| School | Chapman University |
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| Title | Cat’ Interview |
| Director(s) | Enora Laden, Erwan Galtier, Baptiste Lebrun, Alexandre Bal, Séréna Prince Agbodjan |
| Country | France |
| Duration | 00:05:54 |
| Synopsis | Lucas, a very creative little boy, decides to interview his kitten called Cahuète 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. |
| School | Piktura |
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| Title | Catching Light |
| Director(s) | Vlada Evtushenko |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:04:50 |
| Synopsis | Believing herself to be a failure as a painter, Renee works at a pigment shop instead. Following an accident, her friend’s painting is ruined a day before his exhibition. Renee has only one night to master the courage to pick up the brush again, repair the painting, and finally find faith in her own abilities. |
| School | University of Central Florida |
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| Title | Cell Buddies |
| Director(s) | Melle Windig, Hidde Alberts, Miguel Reyes, Jurgen de Smit, Arjen van der Plas |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Duration | 00:05:11 |
| Synopsis | Sam, a grumpy raccoon is stuck sharing a cell with Bob, a sweet but dim manatee. Sam hatches an escape plan. In their chaotic jailbreak Sam’s hardened edges soften as Bob’s loyalty shines. Will they escape? Maybe. But together, they’ve already cracked something bigger: trust. |
| School | Sint Joost School of Art & Design |
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| Title | Chardak |
| Director(s) | Mileta Postic, Predrag Joldic |
| Country | Serbia |
| Duration | 00:09:00 |
| Synopsis | It is a Fantasy Film based on a local fairy tale, There is Romance, action, humor and meta-storytelling. Damsel in distress with the twist. |
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| Title | Chronicity |
| Director(s) | Aleta Rajic |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Duration | 00:03:17 |
| Synopsis | A seemingly naive turn of events leads to a disastrous one. Flight of wings leading all the way to World War I. |
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| Title | Cocoon |
| Director(s) | Mariajosé González Hinojosa, Ana Gabriela Tijerina Cabrera, Dayana Gutiérrez Sánchez, Emilia Sibilla García |
| Country | Mexico |
| Duration | 00:02:41 |
| Synopsis | Two small alien siblings lose their home planet, and while escaping, they crash-land in an unknown location. |
| School | Tecnológico de Monterrey |
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| Title | Courage |
| Director(s) | Margot Jacquet, Nathan Baudry, Marion Choudin, Jeanne Desplanques, Lise Delcroix, Salomé Cognon |
| Country | France |
| Duration | 00:05:21 |
| Synopsis | When Anna, an Olympic athlete, finds herself behind in the race, she redoubles her efforts with the aim of winning the competition and never disappoint again. But as she pushes herself beyond her limits, she burns out. She then has to face the wave of judgment that comes with dropping out. |
| School | Supinfocom Rubika |
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| Title | Curly Joe, Two Kittens, Four Boxes & Scent of Fire |
| Director(s) | Apo W. Bazidi, Anna Benner |
| Country | Germany, USA |
| Duration | 00:05:30 |
| Synopsis | Curly Joe Two Kittens Four Boxes and the Scent of Fire is a short animated documentary that tells the story of a young girl, Kira, who loses her home in a devastating fire at the age of seven. Through a poetic narrative, the film explores the trauma of displacement, memory, and resilience. As Kira reflects on the fire’s impact, she unpacks the complex emotions tied to loss and survival. The animation is a heartfelt exploration of how childhood trauma can shape one’s identity and sense of home. |
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| Title | D.S. al Coda |
| Director(s) | Maxime Wattrelos, Jérémy Trochet, Louis Cocquet, François Mainguet, Emma Feret, Rachel Cuvilliez, Florian Lecocq |
| Country | France |
| Duration | 00:08:18 |
| Synopsis | Consumed by the fear of becoming deaf, Yann draws and memorizes the sounds around him. |
| School | Piktura |
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| Title | Die for a Pie? |
| Director(s) | Samira Sikder |
| Country | Ireland |
| Duration | 00:02:14 |
| Synopsis | In a cosy cottage by the forest, there lives a little Pumpkin man. On a stormy night he goes out into his pumpkin patch to harvest a pumpkin. This shadowy figure has a deliciously sinister idea. We follow him through the dark corridor into his kitchen where he prepares to bake a pie out of the very thing that he is. |
| School | Institution of Art and Design IADT |
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| Title | Dies Irae |
| Director(s) | Victoria Basadre |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:06:22 |
| Synopsis | A young woman experiences her first therapy session with an interesting therapist |
| School | CalArts |
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| Title | Dieter |
| Director(s) | Rolf Broennimann |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Duration | 00:10:35 |
| Synopsis | Dieter, the ailing sculptor, has not been able to work properly for a long time, simple things fail him. His thoughts keep taking him away from his workshop into another, fantastic world, into mysterious landscapes. He tries to capture his fleeting memories until the end of his journey and time, where he loses himself and vanishes … |
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| Title | Double or Nothing |
| Director(s) | Tokay |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Duration | 00:09:40 |
| Synopsis | Inspired by an anecdote from booming Tokyo in the 1980s, the film tells the glamorous story of the real estate shark Akio Kashiwagi. Akio’s great passion is illegal gambling in the underworld. An American is on his trail and tries to track down stolen money. He realizes that he can only win it back at the gambling table. The master gambler Akio accepts the challenge. However, he doesn’t realize that his only really dangerous enemy in the game is himself with his insatiable greed for more and more. |
| School | Hochschule Luzern (HSLU, University of applied science and arts Lucerne) |
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| Title | Duck In Space! |
| Director(s) | Lexie Mazzeo |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:03:00 |
| Synopsis | Duck In Space! is a 2D animated short film following a goose (named Duck) who reaches for the stars and wreaks havoc along the way! Crash landing on a space station and entangling himself in a plant, he appears to be a space alien to the crew on board! The chase to catch the rogue alien ensues! |
| School | Savannah College Of Art & Design |
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| Title | Earth coal |
| Director(s) | Bastien DUPRIEZ |
| Country | France |
| Duration | 00:12:44 |
| Synopsis | In the countryside of yesteryear, in the mines and factories, these men of the past seem to share the same sorrows. Something seems to resonate within us today, maybe it’s just an illusion, or maybe it’s just the humbleness of everyday life. |
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| Title | Earworm |
| Director(s) | Matti Luukko, Markus Lehtokumpu, Michal Tomala, Aatos Salkosalo |
| Country | Finland |
| Duration | 00:02:47 |
| Synopsis | Bored doctor Dr.Doc gets some excitement for his day when a patient with a familiar but irritating problem marches in. |
| School | Turku university of applied sciences |
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| Title | Entertainment |
| Director(s) | Frank Canino |
| Country | Cuba |
| Duration | 00:03:00 |
| Synopsis | Some medieval jesters go through the experience of entertaining a king. All this with the risk of being executed if their interpretations are misunderstood by an authority blind to art. |
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| Title | Flora and the Cloud Maker |
| Director(s) | Tiffany Marin |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:02:59 |
| Synopsis | The Cloud Maker learns the value of rest through her sentient houseplant, Flora. |
| School | University of Central Florida |
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| Title | Fluff & Furious |
| Director(s) | Chieh-Chih Liao |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:03:43 |
| Synopsis | A fluffy pup, inspired by its wild relative, sets out to prove it’s more than just a soft fur ball. |
| School | University of Southern California |
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| Title | Foraged |
| Director(s) | Ashli Budnik |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:01:36 |
| Synopsis | Foraged is a fantasy stop-motion animation that follows an elf named Sybil who discovers a sentient mushroom while foraging through the woods. |
| School | University of Central Florida |
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| Title | From Jazz to Jackboots |
| Director(s) | Justin Stephenson |
| Country | Canada |
| Duration | 00:14:45 |
| Synopsis | “…they loathe art, the product of a yearning for life, because that, too, evades control.” Josef Skvorecky “From Jazz to Jackboots” is an experimental animated dance film exploring the Nazi regime’s methodical restriction of jazz through their “10 Rules for Dance Bands.” The film reimagines itself through progressively censored variations of jazz standard, “Minnie the Moocher,” transitioning from freeform expressionist painting and collage to statuesque perfection. Through sophisticated animation techniques and meticulous visual design, the work unfolds as simultaneously joyful, lyrical, ethereal, surgical, horrific and funereal—a timely reminder that the battle between artistic expression and authoritarian control remains urgently relevant today. |
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| Title | Funeral of the Earth |
| Director(s) | Jaewon Pak |
| Country | UK |
| Duration | 00:04:38 |
| Synopsis | Earth is the name of the planet’s era between the 5th and 6th mass extinctions, given by humans. Dusts are pilgrims that travel through the Earth’s time, witness the Anthropocene, and arrive at the death of the Earth with their planetary memory. As Earth passes away, Dusts gather and perform the ancient ritual of funeral, which is the ceremony to close the past era and to celebrate the birth of the new era. |
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| Title | Funny guy |
| Director(s) | Julia Zadarko |
| Country | Russia |
| Duration | 00:05:58 |
| Synopsis | What if the inflatable people standing at gas stations and stores have a soul? This cartoon will tell the fascinating story of the hero on the way to his dancing dream. |
| School | All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography named after S.A. Gerasimov (VGIK), branch in Rostov-on-Don |
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| Title | Garlic Soup |
| Director(s) | Kristian Zaharinov Zahariev |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Duration | 00:08:30 |
| Synopsis | Vampire, thirsty for blood, flies around a small Balkan village in search of his next victim. He sneaks in a dark bedroom, after he saw a silhouette of a young beauty. It turns out the silhouette belongs to an old granny. The almost blind granny takes the vampire for her goth teenager grandson. The loving care of the granny turns out to be deadly for the vampire. |
| School | NATFA “Krastyo Sarafov” |
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| Title | Gelato, Seven Summers of Ice Cream Love |
| Director(s) | Daniela Opp |
| Country | Germany |
| Duration | 00:12:00 |
| Synopsis | The 20th Century was still young when Italien mountaineers conquered Germany with a sensation: Gelato. Tiny stalls developed into beautiful ice cream shops. But suddenly the Italians turned into war enemies. The love story between Rosa and Paolo ended before the seventh summer had even started – Up until little Molly decides to take matters into her own hands almost 80 years later. |
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| Title | Ghariba & Ajeeb |
| Director(s) | Boubaker Boukhari |
| Country | Algeria, Tunisia, UAE |
| Duration | 00:07:17 |
| Synopsis | In this story, the girl Ghariba embarks on a journey to find her friend Ajeeb and to find a way to cross a river guarded by a crocodile. |
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| Title | God Dam |
| Director(s) | Abigail Hill |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:02:43 |
| Synopsis | A mockumentary about two beavers that work in a post office The camera crew observes a typical work day for Clint Eatswood, the energetic manager, as he attempts to clean up the mess created by his unenthusiastic employee, Humphrey Damiels. |
| School | Savannah College of Art and Design |
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| Title | Grandpa Mazay and the Sunbunnies |
| Director(s) | Kristina Shcherbakova |
| Country | Russia |
| Duration | 00:06:19 |
| Synopsis | Only the sunbunnies will help Grandpa Mazay get rid of huge thunderclouds that are out of control. |
| School | The Saint-Petersburg State University of Film and Television (Russia) |
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| Title | Grey Matter |
| Director(s) | Nora Snyder |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:01:20 |
| Synopsis | There’s a black cube lodged inside my brain. |
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| Title | Halloween Talk Show |
| Director(s) | Vincent Salvano |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:02:37 |
| Synopsis | Talk show host Lonny Larson invites some lesser known Halloween monsters on his program. They aren’t the best guests. |
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| Title | Heart Hug – Обіруч |
| Director(s) | Rimma Gefen, Nika Zhukova |
| Country | Israel |
| Duration | 00:08:46 |
| Synopsis | “Обіруч (Heart Hug)” is a deeply moving film that explores the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine through the lens of a lovely duo. The film is based on a true story about the power of human connection and the beautiful bond between an elderly woman named Lilia and her faithful companion, Max, a big orange dog. The film is a story of love, loss, and resilience, reminding us that even in the darkest of times, the connections we create are our strengths. |
| School | Bezalel Academy of Art and Design |
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| Title | Henrietta Finds a Nest |
| Director(s) | Hannah McNally |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:07:17 |
| Synopsis | In the animated short film Henrietta Finds a Nest, a young chick named Henrietta embarks on a heartwarming journey from neglect at a factory farm to friendship with a little girl. With tender moments, gentle humor, and a timeless message of connection, this seven-minute tale invites audiences of all ages to embrace the magic of friendship and the power of compassion. |
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| Title | Hephaestus and Aphrodite |
| Director(s) | Daniel R Allen |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:08:07 |
| Synopsis | In the Ancient Greek myths from old antiquity, many songs were sung of Hephaestus and Aphrodite. Their fraught marriage, full of jealousy and wrath, spurred each other Into lies and betrayal. But the muse’s whisper of another tale. An unexpected love, between the hurt and the lost finding solace in each other This re-imagining takes a new spin on one of most unexplored relationships in all of Greek Mythology, delving into the untold romance of Hephaestus and Aphrodite. Being the god of craftsmanship and artisans, Hephaestus embodies passion for one’s work. This is a form of love, and one not often associated with Aphrodite. But it is a connection they share. This is the story of the unexplored connection. |
| School | Depaul University |
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| Title | High Diver |
| Director(s) | Oscar Bittner |
| Country | Germany |
| Duration | 00:04:58 |
| Synopsis | Since early childhood, Tuan and Felix have been inseparable. As they train to become Olympic high divers, however, their budding love for each other suffers under the weight of the competition. Professional sport is a harsh business, and Tuan will sacrifice everything for it … or will he? |
| School | Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg |
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| Title | Holy Cow |
| Director(s) | Karthik Swaminathan |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:02:16 |
| Synopsis | A snooty boy hurries to school through the streets of India, but is constantly impeded by all the cows on the road. He finally snaps and rejects the importance placed on them in Indian culture. But when the holy spirit of the cow arrives to teach him a lesson, he must find a way to escape her wrath or atone for his anti-cow transgressions. |
| School | Ringling College of Art and Design |
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| Title | Hot Mess |
| Director(s) | Tortor Smith |
| Country | UK |
| Duration | 00:03:09 |
| Synopsis | Hot Mess offers an insight into ADHD in a compact and creative way, highlighting the damage and anxiety that can be caused by a well-meaning, but ultimately toxic, parent. |
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| Title | Human and Human |
| Director(s) | Zahra Shafiei Dehaghani |
| Country | Iran |
| Duration | 00:02:09 |
| Synopsis | Man has been cast out of paradise and exiled to earth. He produces a generation that corrupts and steals on earth. |
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| Title | I am Water |
| Director(s) | Roser Cusó |
| Country | Spain |
| Duration | 00:06:20 |
| Synopsis | A drop of water precipitates from a cloud and falls on a little girl who suffers the consequences of the drought. Together they embark on a journey to reach the sea, during wihch the drop sees the problems of the lack of water that endanger the life of the girl and the rest of the community. |
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| Title | Ira |
| Director(s) | Rozenn Busson |
| Country | France |
| Duration | 00:07:25 |
| Synopsis | In the depths of a volcano, Ira, consumed by seething rage, triggers a spectacular eruption. In this boiling world, she meets a giantess who helps her release her inner power. Now a giant herself, Ira leads the volcano’s inhabitants in a liberating dance, transforming their world into an endless sea of lava. |
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| Title | It All Comes Down |
| Director(s) | Meg Earls |
| Country | UK |
| Duration | 00:06:16 |
| Synopsis | Three generations of women sit around a table as the granddaughter begins asking questions about the past. A small spark reveals inherited family memories of conflict and struggle in Northern Ireland. Images emerge, marked by the profound absence of words. |
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| Title | Jurassic Joyride |
| Director(s) | Patrick Daniel Sandoval |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:04:45 |
| Synopsis | “Jurassic Joyride” is a short film about a bored young caveboy whose discovery of a spaceship takes him on an adventure that changes his life and world forever. This project is the result of the hard work of the students in Clemson University’s Digital Productions Arts Graduate Program. The storyboards, designs and narrative originated in our Concept Development course, and then the project was handed over to our Production Studio students where they further developed the film creating animations, effects, models, rigs, and more. Final editing and sound design were completed by student volunteers over the Summer. So, buckle up and hold on tight as we take you on a Jurassic Joyride. |
| School | Clemson University |
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| Title | Jus d’orange |
| Director(s) | Alexandre Athané |
| Country | France, Poland |
| Duration | 00:13:45 |
| Synopsis | Toni grows oranges. He loves them, they are his treasure. Until one day, strange cargo ships dock in the valley. Cargos loaded with… GREEN oranges! |
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| Title | Kid President |
| Director(s) | Yadid Hirschtritt Licht |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:05:20 |
| Synopsis | No more lettuce, no more artichokes… no more broccoli! This is the future that Kid President envisions as he rolls out his most daring policy yet: a ban on all vegetables. In this 2D animated mockumentary, viewers get an inside look as Kid President attempts to strongarm his policy past his rag-tag administration and an alarmed White House press corps. Can Kid President make his vegetable-free dream a reality? |
| School | DePaul University |
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| Title | Lavomatrix |
| Director(s) | Matthieu Fulcheri, Simon Vernus, Mila Cottin, Martin Carvalho, Chloé Langlet, Lou-Eva Goimet |
| Country | France |
| Duration | 00:07:05 |
| Synopsis | The day of his 18th birthday, like all the other teenagers in Omnicity, LUKA 237-02 receives an odd gift inviting him to the city’s laundromat. He is finally ready to be part the OMNI Family! Little does he know that once sucked into the system, it would be too late to turn back. |
| School | Supinfocom Rubika |
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| Title | Luki and the Lights |
| Director(s) | Toby Cochran |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:10:40 |
| Synopsis | The story follows an active, charming, and upbeat robot named LUKi who enjoys hanging with friends. One day after work while playing soccer, LUki’s arm begins to malfunction. After a trip to the doctor, LUKi is diagnosed with ALS. |
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| Title | Lullaby |
| Director(s) | Mama Ocon |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Duration | 00:04:10 |
| Synopsis | In order to fulfill her dream of becoming a musician, a cat from the countryside named Ocon must face the fears and anxieties of performing in front of the glamorous city animals. |
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| Title | Martha |
| Director(s) | Marcel Barelli |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Duration | 00:06:53 |
| Synopsis | A fake documentary about a true story: An old silent documentary from the 1910s has been found and restored. It tells the story of the most abundant bird on Earth, exterminated in just a few decades by human brutality. |
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| Title | Meevil the Weevil: Breakfast of Champions |
| Director(s) | Kyle Arneson |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:03:40 |
| Synopsis | Meevil the Weevil is a little bug with big dreams of being a stuntman. “Breakfast of Champions” mixes stop motion animation with live action footage where we follow Meevil’s thrilling ride across a 1970s breakfast table on rocket roller skates. |
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| Title | Memento Vitae |
| Director(s) | Lola Leviez-Deblauwe, Anaïs Lecocq, Quitterie Quipourt, Basile Galiegue, Mathilde Maigre, Paul-Louis Couton |
| Country | France |
| Duration | 00:05:45 |
| Synopsis | On Halloween night, three disguised kids go on a wild trick-or-treating rampage through town, until a mysterious ghost train confronts them with a tragic memory. |
| School | Piktura |
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| Title | Mister Figaro |
| Director(s) | Sarah Benhammou-Lionnard |
| Country | France |
| Duration | 00:04:00 |
| Synopsis | Monsieur Figaro is a lazy, haughty, and even disdainful creature who tricks, deceives, and lies to his two loving owners. When Monsieur Figaro shares his secret with his two owners, they make an unexpected decision that no one expected. |
| School | PSL PEPITE & HEC CINEMA |
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| Title | My Brother, My Brother |
| Director(s) | Abdelrahman Dnewar, Saad Dnewar |
| Country | Egypt, France, Germany |
| Duration | 00:14:57 |
| Synopsis | The complexities of a past shared by two identical twins: Omar and Wesam. A split narrative retells the two sides of their memories – from the instant they were fused together in their mother’s womb to the moment they are parted by the tragic death of one of them. |
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| Title | My Closet |
| Director(s) | Iuliia Kotsiuba |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Duration | 00:03:39 |
| Synopsis | Under the influence of tragic circumstances, the young woman is forced separate with her husband. While doing ordinary things and maintaining contact with her lover, she tries to overcome her fear and despair. Will she be able to cope with her feelings if the connection is lost? |
| School | Projector School |
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| Title | My Neighbor |
| Director(s) | Dominic Carola |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:05:00 |
| Synopsis | Carl the cardinal’s territorial ways are interrupted when Misty, a cheerful mountain bluebird, moves in next door. Their paths cross during a blizzard when an iced-over bird feeder breaks open posing a challenge to Carl’s chilly temperament. |
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| Title | My teenage blackout |
| Director(s) | Basile Khatir |
| Country | France |
| Duration | 00:10:00 |
| Synopsis | At a party, Tristan swallowed a caterpillar while downing a tequila shot. Ever since then, he’s been in a coma, thoughts running through his head – about that girl at the party, the nurse smoking in his room, his overbearing mother, and the fact that he’ll never get to change his Facebook profile picture ever again. Basically, Tristan is just like any other teenager. |
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| Title | Not a Hero by Accident |
| Director(s) | Adam Ansorge |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:03:02 |
| Synopsis | The fatal collision with a meter maid puts a truck driver in the hands of the local community to decide his fate. |
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| Title | Not Breathing in the Dark |
| Director(s) | Yugami Sasaki, Greg Birkumshaw |
| Country | Japan |
| Duration | 00:05:10 |
| Synopsis | A girl revisits her sinister house to see her family. |
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| Title | Out to Pasture |
| Director(s) | Amandeep Singh |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:07:28 |
| Synopsis | The rise and fall of legendary movie star Marcel T. Cow. |
| School | RIT |
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| Title | Over Yonder |
| Director(s) | Rachel James Carrière |
| Country | Canada |
| Duration | 00:02:21 |
| Synopsis | Over Yonder is an experimental animated film that traces a quiet longing to fly, to connect, to belong. Guided by wind, colour, and shifting forms, it drifts through an enchanting dreamscape shaped by curiosity and imagination, where the unreachable feels momentarily near. |
| School | Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University |
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| Title | Paper Flowers |
| Director(s) | Ramak Amin Kazemi |
| Country | Iran |
| Duration | 00:15:00 |
| Synopsis | “Paper Flowers” tells the story of a successful female writer who, after the failure of one of her works, faces deep sorrow. To cope with this failure, she retreats to an abandoned mansion, temporarily isolating herself from the city and her family. In isolation, she struggles to create a new masterpiece. Her journey takes her through the changing seasons, affecting both her environment and her creative state. At first, she becomes consumed by her writings, and the nature outside her window wilts and fades. However, after facing an emotional storm, a transformation occurs. The woman, now dressed in a white shirt with vibrant words and patterns, returns to the garden. Her connection with nature is revived, and she regains her inspiration. Surrounded by doves and butterflies, with the garden now thriving, she begins to write again. This film is a reflection on finding the balance between the woman’s inner and outer worlds and the revival of her creative spirit. |
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| Title | Pariah |
| Director(s) | Daniel Bruson |
| Country | Brasil |
| Duration | 00:08:00 |
| Synopsis | Surrounded by a violent swarm of people, a young woman connects with a little girl while facing a man that forces her to fight for her life and for her place in the world. |
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| Title | Patchwork |
| Director(s) | Karsyn Fletcher |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:02:37 |
| Synopsis | A determined sprite builds a scarecrow to save her pumpkin, but when it grows too big, she must adapt in the face of change. |
| School | FSU |
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| Title | Perfect City: The Bravest Kid |
| Director(s) | Shengwei Zhou |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:06:19 |
| Synopsis | Chased by his nightmare knife hand, the paper boy has to confront his real fear which supposed to be his hope. |
| School | University of Southern California |
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| Title | Perfect City: The Mother |
| Director(s) | Shengwei Zhou |
| Country | China |
| Duration | 00:06:35 |
| Synopsis | A dry wood mother decides to carve her root baby into a human due to the loss of her flesh body parts. |
| School | University of Southern California |
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| Title | Planet Blue |
| Director(s) | Hannah Porter |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:00:50 |
| Synopsis | An alien explores an alien blue planet |
| School | University of Tampa |
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| Title | Powder Monkey |
| Director(s) | Jada Alexis Green, Reese Wolfe |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:03:01 |
| Synopsis | Chaos ensues when a monkey is mistakenly hired to work the cannons of a pirate ship. |
| School | Ringling College of Art and Design |
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| Title | Primordial Soup |
| Director(s) | Clémentine Donneger, Andreas Demetriou, Mathilde Chauvelot, Hugo Mougel, Charlotte Deux, Patrick Crucke, Thibaud Guillon |
| Country | France |
| Duration | 00:06:14 |
| Synopsis | A long time ago, in ancient Greece, three sisters were born to feed the gods and goddesses of Mount Olympus. While two of them compete for recognition from the gods, Nonne, the youngest, prefers to take it easy, hidden in front of her television. When her sisters come to disturb her haven of peace, Nonne decides to get rid of them by transforming them into stock cubes. |
| School | Supinfocom Rubika |
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| Title | Ragtime Follies |
| Director(s) | Rylee Rebol |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:02:11 |
| Synopsis | A young performer forgets to bring her tap shoes and must navigate how to still make music with her feet without her main instrument. |
| School | Forida State University |
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| Title | Rail Cats |
| Director(s) | Charlie McCarl |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:03:10 |
| Synopsis | It’s an explosive situation as two feckless felines must find a way to stop their runaway locomotive before it reaches a munitions factory. |
| School | Florida State University |
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| Title | Right Hand Man |
| Director(s) | Emma Greenman, Yaumara Carrion |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:03:01 |
| Synopsis | No one likes to be a third wheel on a first date. Right Hand Man pushes the boundaries of this concept with its two main characters, Lucas and Cade, twin brothers who are a human and a hand puppet, respectively. We follow their journey as Lucas tries to navigate his first date with the lovely Cristine at a fine dining restaurant, attempting to hide Cade away to masquerade as an average guy. All Cade wants to do, though, is get in on the excitement and romance of the experience. Will Cade make himself known to Cristine? Will Lucas learn that hiding your true self is the worst foundation for a first date? Watch and find out! |
| School | Ringling College of Art and Design |
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| Title | Rise and Shine |
| Director(s) | Matti Luukko |
| Country | Finland |
| Duration | 00:05:07 |
| Synopsis | Time to brush your teeth, set the alarm and hug the pillow! Tomorrow you can face the new day feeling fresh and well rested. But what does your body go through during your slumber? |
| School | Turku University of Applied Sciences |
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| Title | Rock Shanty |
| Director(s) | Ofentse MakhazaFlynn Bunyan |
| Country | South Africa |
| Duration | 00:03:51 |
| Synopsis | Rock Shanty follows the whimsical, if not wacky tale of Sorbet the Siren and her attempts to lure in the fisherman, Flounder to eat for her dinner using her feminine charms and magical singing voice. Only to be thwarted by Flounder’s son Gelato in a ridiculous but clever fashion as he counters her magic with an epic guitar solo. Luring his dad back in towards a back-and-forth battle of music and wit. |
| School | The Animation School (PTY)Ltd |
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| Title | Rooted |
| Director(s) | Gina Bernardini |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:02:33 |
| Synopsis | Rooted (2020) is a 2D-animated short film about a woman who wants nothing more than to live free with whom she considers to be family. She grounds herself amongst them in an attempt to escape societal constraints and finally discovers a life of growth beyond restriction. This is also what I predicted might happen to me if I keep purchasing plants at the rate I do. |
| School | University of Tampa |
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| Title | Running Late |
| Director(s) | Hannah Porter |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:01:57 |
| Synopsis | A dog is waiting for his owner to come home. |
| School | University of Tampa |
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| Title | Sassuma Arnaa |
| Director(s) | Karen Brezac, Océane Duval, Antoine Mignot, Simon Vandamme, Théophile Récolet, Paul Jaillet, Victor Cazeaux |
| Country | France |
| Duration | 00:06:41 |
| Synopsis | Sassuma Arnaa, mother of the sea, enraged by the actions of her father and her village in the past, seeks revenge. She uses Niviarsiaq, a young girl, to accomplish this act of vengeance. |
| School | Piktura |
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| Title | Shade |
| Director(s) | Christian Michael Carraza |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:03:35 |
| Synopsis | “Shade” is an animated short film that follows a gentle robot who discovers a small potted plant and takes it upon itself to protect it—believing it’s its duty to preserve all life. As decades pass, the robot faces the test of time and nature, and a quiet, enduring bond blossoms between the two, evolving into something deeply meaningful far into the future. |
| School | University of Tampa |
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| Title | Shakespeare for all Ages |
| Director(s) | Hannes Rall |
| Country | Germany |
| Duration | 00:02:42 |
| Synopsis | Shakespeare’s works are timeless – this film proves it! |
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| Title | Shelved |
| Director(s) | Amanda Pearson |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:01:50 |
| Synopsis | I knew that I wanted to create a lighthearted, brightly-colored film, and I came up with the idea of a character that is trying to put a prized item on a shelf, but keeps getting disrupted by an unknown force. I was inspired by cartoons like Tom and Jerry and Looney Toons, with physical comedy and over-exaggerated facial expressions. I ended up with a sock puppet-like character because I felt that it would be a fun style to work with for my vision, and would be relatively easy to draw over and over again. |
| School | University of Tampa |
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| Title | Snow Bear |
| Director(s) | Aaron Blaise |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:11:29 |
| Synopsis | 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙘𝙖𝙣’𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙…. 𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙚. Set in a rapidly changing world, “Snow Bear” tells the story of a polar bear in an unforgiving environment on his quest to find a friend. This independently produced 2D hand drawn film was painstakingly created entirely by Aaron Blaise over 3 years. With Aaron’s lifelong dedication to studying, drawing, and animating animals, the adventure is infused with humor, relatability, and emotional depth in the tradition of classic animated films. |
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| Title | Something Fishy |
| Director(s) | Christina Woo |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:03:30 |
| Synopsis | Sara is getting ready to go on a date with her new boyfriend, but Jessica, Sara’s pet goldfish, notices something not quite right about him. |
| School | California Institute of the Arts |
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| Title | Stoned for Christmas |
| Director(s) | Morgan Young |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:14:21 |
| Synopsis | “Stoned for Christmas” is a multimedia whirlwind and a love letter to weed. Built like a blunt rotation, “Stoned for Christmas” cycles through a weed courier’s Christmastime deliveries with each vignette in a different style of animation. The result is a delightfully surrealist trip, one that represents the chaos of NYC, the ups and downs of a high, and the unique unpredictability of navigating the world while trans. |
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| Title | Stupid dog |
| Director(s) | Daria Ishcheykina |
| Country | Russia |
| Duration | 00:03:03 |
| Synopsis | The silly antics of the dog have long been getting on the owner’s nerves. But is there a hidden meaning behind them? |
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| Title | Sublime |
| Director(s) | Marie Heribel, Candice Yernaux, Juliette Buysschaert, Camille Leroy, Joséphine Vendeville, Martin Laurent, Lucas Foutrier |
| Country | France |
| Duration | 00:08:02 |
| Synopsis | In a society where beauty is revered like a deity, a doll seeks to find her place. |
| School | Piktura |
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| Title | Sweeter is the night |
| Director(s) | Fabienne WAGENAAR |
| Country | France |
| Duration | 00:18:25 |
| Synopsis | In the early 1960s, at a time of independence in West Africa, a young French officer is commissioned by the metropolis to find a missing missionary priest. An investigation amid mistrust and indifference, silence and prejudice, that takes the young officer far from the light of the shores, where day and night merge. |
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| Title | SymBionic |
| Director(s) | Jack Tenbusch |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:06:02 |
| Synopsis | After clipping her wing on a robotic facility antenna, a Songbird forms an unlikely symbiotic relationship with the robot she inadvertently creates. |
| School | Columbia College Chicago |
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| Title | Tahlequah the Whale: A Dance of Grief |
| Director(s) | Daniel Kreizberg |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:15:00 |
| Synopsis | In the aftermath of her newborn baby’s sudden death, orca mother Tahlequah carries her daughter’s body across the Salish Sea in the incredible true story that captivated the world. |
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| Title | Tang Hua Sheng / Candied Peanuts |
| Director(s) | Yuqin Zhu |
| Country | China |
| Duration | 00:04:20 |
| Synopsis | The Kitchen God is a deity in traditional Chinese culture who governs food and the fortunes of the family. Tang Hua Sheng(the Candied peanut) is a dessert offered during the worship of the Kitchen God. In this short film, “I” explore the significance of this ritual for my family and me by imagining the real existence of the Kitchen God. From childhood curiosity to nostalgia after leaving home as an adult, “I” gradually realize that this traditional custom still holds deep meaning for our family in modern society. |
| School | China Academy of Art |
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| Title | Technical Difficulties |
| Director(s) | Giovanni Vincent Kelly |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:03:10 |
| Synopsis | A dedicated Game Technician manages a struggling arcade with little foot traffic and fading relevance. One day, he discovers a rat nesting inside one of the game cabinets. While attempting to catch the intruder, he stumbles upon an entire colony of rats secretly inhabiting the machines. By day, they hide; by night, they come out to play, cherishing the games he maintains. Moved by their enthusiasm and unexpected appreciation, the Game Technician reconsiders his intentions. Rather than remove them, he embraces the rats as unlikely allies and welcomes them as the newest “employees” of the arcade. |
| School | University of Central Florida |
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| Title | The 12 Inch Pianist |
| Director(s) | Lucas Ansel |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:07:28 |
| Synopsis | A bar joke goes awry, unraveling into a surreal tale that explores the acceptance of self, others, and queer identity. |
| School | Rhode Island School of Design |
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| Title | The 300th Head |
| Director(s) | Olivier JEAN, Thierry CATTANT |
| Country | France |
| Duration | 00:08:46 |
| Synopsis | 1939. As he prepares to take the metro to cut off his 300th head, Anatole Deibler, the famous executioner, collapses, the victim of an embolism. During this final second of agony, he is offered a unique mission: to execute the greatest French assassin who has ever lived: himself. |
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| Title | The Alchemist’s Apprentice |
| Director(s) | Erfan Parsapour |
| Country | Iran |
| Duration | 00:06:48 |
| Synopsis | A young alchemy apprentice tries to fix his master’s creation discreetly. |
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| Title | The Beasts |
| Director(s) | Michael Granberry |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:11:38 |
| Synopsis | “LES BÊTES” Produced, Directed & Animated by Michael Granberry Original Score Composed by Lito Velasco Synopsis: A mysterious rabbit with a set of magic keys summons a host of strange creatures to entertain a wicked king and his decadent court in this dark stop-motion animated fantasy inspired by the works of Ladislas Starevich. About the production: A four-year labor of love begun in 2020 as a “pandemic lockdown project” and completed in 2024, “Les Bêtes” was conceived to be a zero-budget, entirely recycled film in the style of a 1930’s Ladislas Starevich animation. Even the stop-motion characters, all of which were originally constructed for other projects that never materialized, were repurposed after rotting away in storage for almost two decades. |
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| Title | The Bird & The Whale |
| Director(s) | Carol Freeman |
| Country | Ireland |
| Duration | 00:07:04 |
| Synopsis | The Bird and the Whale is a story about a young whale struggling to find his voice. After straying too far from his family to explore a shipwreck, he discovers it’s sole survivor, a caged songbird. Together they struggle to survive lost at sea. |
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| Title | The Calm of the Cicadas |
| Director(s) | Sarah Deredec, Camille Collins, Clémence Ansquer, Juliette Le Hir, Chun-i Cheng, Ambre Muamba, Salomé Leroy |
| Country | France |
| Duration | 00:05:11 |
| Synopsis | To save the tranquility of his paradisiac Mediterranean island, threatened by the noise of boats, Marcel will embark on a merciless battle that will break the ears of many. But he will gets carried away, causing the destruction of his entire environment. |
| School | Supinfocom Rubika |
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| Title | The Care Package |
| Director(s) | Vera Shysh |
| Country | Denmark |
| Duration | 00:07:11 |
| Synopsis | The Care Package is a story inspired by a fairy tale written by a sister to her imprisoned brother in Belarus, where over 4,000 people have been recognized as political prisoners since 2020. Political prisoners are often deprived of phone calls and visits, even from family members. A care package is sometimes the only means of communication with the outside world. In this story, a care package comes to life, becoming a character that interacts with the prisoner. |
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| Title | The Commitment |
| Director(s) | Bernardo Martínez Calderón |
| Country | Mexico |
| Duration | 00:02:09 |
| Synopsis | A mysterious parchment reaches the queen’s hands: a great threat is coming. She will have to prepare to face this danger and protect her king, otherwise they could lose everything to this unknown enemy. |
| School | Tecnológico de Monterrey Campus Guadalajara |
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| Title | The Day You Were Gone |
| Director(s) | Emeline Anne, Léa Bourbouze, Rachel Scherier, Camille Cujaube, Zoé de Groote, Alexandre Jacques |
| Country | France |
| Duration | 00:05:51 |
| Synopsis | Here’s the story of a little boy who learns that his brother has left. Intrigued, he embarks on a game of hide-and-seek where he eventually uncovers the secrets in the house. |
| School | Supinfocom Rubika |
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| Title | The Delivery |
| Director(s) | Kylie Harlan |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:00:31 |
| Synopsis | A cute postman is happily doing his job |
| School | University of Tampa |
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| Title | The Dog |
| Director(s) | Sogand Vatankhah |
| Country | Iran |
| Duration | 00:04:16 |
| Synopsis | a man get lost in the desert with his dog. suddenly, an accident occurs, and the man and the dog must find a way to save themselves. |
| School | Tarbiat Modaress University |
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| Title | The Feast |
| Director(s) | Haibei Ma, Nancy Lee |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:02:45 |
| Synopsis | A young girl, Esther, is lost in a forest, while trying to get home, she gets intercepted by a rat, who tries to invite her to a feast with other forest animals. Esther rejects the invite and tries to leave, only to find herself back at the table. Over and over. Until finally, she finds herself on the table, and the animals descend upon the feast. A final image reveals a more realistic rendition of a young girl being consumed by forest animals. |
| School | Ringling College of Art and Design |
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| Title | The Flock of Forgotten Faces |
| Director(s) | A.B. Osborne, Emily McBrayer Hogue |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:05:40 |
| Synopsis | A grungy and expressive animated short about the truths we conceal to fit in. A bird-like girl named Lacuna finds herself aboard a mysterious train with passengers wearing masks. As Lacuna discovers the unique faces under these masks, she draws the attention of the authoritarian Conductor. |
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| Title | The Forest of the Honey Bees |
| Director(s) | ERWAN LE GAL |
| Country | France |
| Duration | 00:20:00 |
| Synopsis | Isabelle is a violinist-beekeeper in the Ouessant island. She protect her bees and she inspire her daughter with stories and legend about honey bees…. |
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| Title | The Glow |
| Director(s) | Elisa Lefebvre, Marina Monlouis, Coline Courgey |
| Country | France |
| Duration | 00:04:14 |
| Synopsis | A lamb, a fox, a bear, a snake, and a raccoon are around a table surrounded by darkness. They can only see what they most want in the form of a blinding light, which seems so far from their point of view. They become obsessed with it and go mad. In their madness, the animals tear each other apart and end up disappearing with the light. Later, the light turns back on. |
| School | Piktura |
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| Title | The Lab |
| Director(s) | Izzy Livesey |
| Country | UK |
| Duration | 00:03:14 |
| Synopsis | In her lab, an eccentric scientist works on her next creation. |
| School | NCCA Bournemouth University |
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| Title | The Language of Flowers |
| Director(s) | Nat Dillehay |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:01:32 |
| Synopsis | A charming love story unfolds between a clumsy cat and a flower-loving hare. To connect with the hare, the cat picks up a book about the language of flowers, discovering that each flower holds a unique meaning. Inspired by this newfound knowledge, she embarks on a journey to collect flowers and create a special bouquet to confess her love. |
| School | University of Central Florida |
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| Title | The Last Bar |
| Director(s) | Arne Hain |
| Country | Germany |
| Duration | 00:13:21 |
| Synopsis | Kicked out on his 21st birthday and troubled by his inner demons, Melvin thinks of ending things. But right on the edge of a cliff he finds ‘The Last Bar’, a quirky place of misfits that came for all the same reasons. Sparked by talks and confrontation, his inner journey continues and he has to stand up for himself. At break of dawn, his thoughts of ending his life vanished and he decides to stay a little longer. |
| School | Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg |
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| Title | The Little Ancestor |
| Director(s) | Alexa Tremblay-Francoeur |
| Country | Canada |
| Duration | 00:11:12 |
| Synopsis | On a windswept hill, in a place still young and devoid of all life, an ancestral house builds itself. The house comes to life and unveils its long life of one hundred and fifty years. Brick by brick and beam by beam, each action, big or small, shows life. Over the years, it leads us to feel the passage of time, the transformations of its surroundings and its vulnerability in the face of the unstoppable frenzy of our urban growth. The house evolves quietly in the heart of a growing and buzzing city that will eventually bring its end. |
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| Title | The Little and the Giant |
| Director(s) | Isabela Costa |
| Country | Brazil, France |
| Duration | 00:08:40 |
| Synopsis | Le Petit et le Géant is a stop motion animated short film. It tells us the story of a little hamster living in a post-apocalyptic world. As he wanders in abandon cities, he collects objets, finds water and living plants. One day, he finds binoculars. Thanks to them, he discovers a foreign house full of flowers. There, he meets the giant, a plant creature. Stuck behind the wall of the building, he is afraid to go outside and see the world. Petit helps the giant to step out of the manor and together, they start reflourishing the world. |
| School | Paris 8 University |
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| Title | The Loaf Movie |
| Director(s) | Jasmine Liaw |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:03:15 |
| Synopsis | The slice of heel bread trying to explore its purpose in life |
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| Title | The Lonely Life of Lint |
| Director(s) | Sarah Sklar |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:03:50 |
| Synopsis | Brief Synopsis: An unexpected discovery sends a lonely lint creature on a quest for companionship. Medium Synopsis: In the dryer vent of the corner laundromat, a solitary lint creature makes its home. One night, while cleaning the lint trap, the creature makes an unexpected discovery. Filled with a newfound awareness of its own isolation, the creature embarks on a quest for companionship. |
| School | University of California Los Angeles |
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| Title | The Monster |
| Director(s) | Ben Sheppard |
| Country | UK |
| Duration | 00:02:07 |
| Synopsis | A scientist assembles his greatest creation yet. |
| School | University of Brighton |
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| Title | The Moon’s Not That Great |
| Director(s) | Mathieu Libman |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:08:05 |
| Synopsis | After an astronaut returns from her lunar mission to find that the public lost all interest in the moon, the stories of the astronaut, a film director, and a bear intersect. |
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| Title | The Old Klavirista |
| Director(s) | Sarah Coppin, Simon Delhaye, Théo Massa, Léopold Delcambre |
| Country | France |
| Duration | 00:07:42 |
| Synopsis | Ondrej, an old and melancholic Slavic pianist, mourns his wife through music. Guided by his instrument, he embarks on a journey through his past, in his youth when he was happy. |
| School | Piktura |
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| Title | The Oldest Trophy |
| Director(s) | Sarabelle Slicer |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:05:41 |
| Synopsis | A trophy hunter follows the mark of an albino deer into the heart of the forest. As he proceeds, the forest begins to twist and become more dangerous until he reaches the deer’s domain. Here, he figures out a horrible truth about the forest and the hunter becomes the hunted. |
| School | University of Central Florida |
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| Title | The Paper Ghost |
| Director(s) | Fulvio Davide Ricca |
| Country | Italy |
| Duration | 00:06:11 |
| Synopsis | Edgar Allan Poe is devastated by the loss of his beloved Annabelle. During a sleepless night, the girl’s ghost visits him. Desperate at not being able to reach her, he turns his study upside down, injuring his hand, he discovers that he has a particular power that will allow him to write his stories without great effort and that will make him achieve, despite himself, his long-awaited desire. |
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| Title | The Shadow Of Dawn |
| Director(s) | Olga Stalev |
| Country | Estonia |
| Duration | 00:15:00 |
| Synopsis | The beautiful Dawn is gathering medicinal herbs in the forest. A Woodcutter in love with her appears, offering her his hand and his heart. But the girl only laughs at him and this wounds Woodcutter deeply. In the evening of the same day Dawn is attacked by Servants of a mysterious Beast, who kidnaps the girl. Dawn manages to cut loose her shadow and sent it to find help. Dawn’s Shadow follows the bird who stole Dawn’s knife. This leads her to a Witch living in the forest. The Shadow learns that the Beast is the very same Woodcutter, who was cursed, after killing a bird in his ill mood. The Witch tells the Shadow what to do to save herself and Dawn, and also warns her that she must make haste since without her shadow, Dawn will only live until sunrise. Dawn’s Shadow sneaks into Beast’s castle with intention to kill the Beast but changes her mind and takes a leap into the creature’s dreamworld. There she meets the imprisoned Woodcutter. The Shadow speaks with the man and understands his feelings. She shows compassion and apologizes for Dawn’s behaviour. This breaks the curse and sets the Woodcutter free. Unfortunately, the morning is upon them and Dawn is dead. The Shadow mourns her. But as the first rays of the rising sun touch the Shadow, she becomes corporeal, whereas Dawn’s former body becomes her shadow. |
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| Title | The Shyness of Trees |
| Director(s) | Bingqing SHU, Maud LE BRAS, Jiaxin HUANG, Simin HE, Lina HAN, Loïck DU PLESSIS D’ARGENTRÉ, Sofiia CHUIKOVSKA |
| Country | France |
| Duration | 00:08:56 |
| Synopsis | Hélène, 40 years old, comes to visit her aging mother in the french countryside. But her mother isn’t being her usual self. She seems to have formed a strange bond with the plants, insects, and the old oak tree at the end of her garden… |
| School | Gobelins |
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| Title | The Song of the Sheep |
| Director(s) | Jules Marcel, Anaïs Castro de Angel, Juliette Bigo, Evan Lambert, Alex Le Ruyet, Jeanne Bigo, Anaïs Ledoux |
| Country | France |
| Duration | 00:07:48 |
| Synopsis | At dawn, in the Alps, Frank wakes up drunk. There’s only one cure for the headache: a drink. But misfortune strikes! His cellar has been emptied overnight. Who could this mysterious thief be? Hervé, the talking sheep, may have the answer… |
| School | Supinfocom Rubika |
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| Title | The Stairs |
| Director(s) | Faedra Hose |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:03:11 |
| Synopsis | The sounds of a conversation drift up to the floor above, with unexpected consequences for the one who overhears them. |
| School | Kenyon College |
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| Title | The Strange Case Of The Human Cannonball |
| Director(s) | Roberto Valencia |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Duration | 00:10:00 |
| Synopsis | One morning, a mysterious man is found lying in the square of a village inhabited by only six residents. No one knows who he is, nor where he came from. They must act quickly and decide what to do before the stranger awakens. |
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| Title | The Synthetic Age |
| Director(s) | Dimitris Armenakis |
| Country | Greece |
| Duration | 00:07:39 |
| Synopsis | In a city where people consume cartoons, a dog reconciles with its old friends, and together, they try to escape from humans. |
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| Title | The Travails of Ajadi |
| Director(s) | Adeoye Adetunji |
| Country | Nigeria |
| Duration | 00:10:00 |
| Synopsis | After surviving a violent storm at sea, a frustrated fisherman confronts a divine voice to demand answers for his life of hardship, only to discover that his suffering was a divine preparation for his true purpose |
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| Title | There can Only be One… |
| Director(s) | Britney Fan |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:02:54 |
| Synopsis | Upon entrance of her boyfriend’s apartment for the first time, Kat is encountered with her biggest, most unexpected rival; his cat. There can only be one to win his love and affection….So, who will it be? |
| School | University of Southern California |
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| Title | Tideline |
| Director(s) | Jason Alexander Harrington |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:02:21 |
| Synopsis | Tideline is a stop-motion short film crafted from materials gathered in the intertidal zone of a small cove on an island in Maine. Using rocks, seaglass, feathers, shells, and other found objects, the film explores the natural layering of colors. Inspired by artists who transform natural materials into paintings and sculptures, I wanted to bring these patterns to life through animation, reflecting the way materials arrange themselves in nature. Tideline transforms these found objects into an animated color study, celebrating the textures and hues of the shoreline. |
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| Title | Waiting |
| Director(s) | Serafima Kallima |
| Country | Russia |
| Duration | 00:00:49 |
| Synopsis | A short story about the difficulties of waiting. |
| School | Merinov Animation School |
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| Title | Waking |
| Director(s) | Tingmu Yang |
| Country | China |
| Duration | 00:15:33 |
| Synopsis | The story follows a famous actress as she gradually slips from her everyday life into a series of bizarre and haunting nightmares. As reality is invaded by illusions, the entire city begins to unravel and collapse. Through subtle clues revealed along the way, the audience is ultimately led to uncover a long-buried secret she has kept hidden deep within her heart for years. |
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| Title | War Theater |
| Director(s) | Arthur Lecocq, Gabriel Delcroix, Arthur Delcroix, Romuald Gouriou, Julien Vanas, Clarence Delehaye, Noëmie Ivelou |
| Country | France |
| Duration | 00:06:56 |
| Synopsis | During a theatrical performance featuring puppets glorifying war, a wounded soldier is taken backstage where he discovers the darker aspects of this spectacle. |
| School | Piktura |
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| Title | Whittled Down |
| Director(s) | Olly Glenn |
| Country | USA |
| Duration | 00:04:59 |
| Synopsis | Carlisle has been trapped in this cabin for a long, long time. There are no doors, and the windows only open to an endless black void. With nothing to do but whittle and wait, a single thought lingers at the forefront of his mind: there’s something wrong with that clock. |
| School | Northeastern University |
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