Animation Festival July 2022 - Trailers
New Releases
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Anime, Animation, Drama, Independent, Kids and Family, Special Interest, Short Films
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CONTENT, 2min., USA, Comedy
Directed by Graham Hartlaub
Please refrain from using this word ever, ever, ever again.
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, 3min., USA, Family
Directed by Wallis Liu
Unconditional Love is about parents making a kite for their kid with which they teach him to fly. This kite is a symbol for the things he needs to learn in order to be independent. After the child has the ability to control the kite, his parents leave and let him take control of the kite and his life. They still love and watch him from nearby.
DEMI-GODS, 6min., Germany, Experimental
Directed by Martin Gerigk
What is the human experience of war, narcissism and ecological destruction? Demi-Gods addresses these three dark aspects of humanity in the form of a musical and visual essay. It shows our worship of these dark forces, which have now become normalized and fetishized. A furtive look from us mortals at the mechanics of the dark demi-gods of our time; turned into a surreal sequence of sonic and visual transformations.
MOLLY'S LIGHT, 7min., USA, Family
Directed by Andrew Cohen
This film celebrates the memory of Molly Steinsapir, a 12-year-old with a deep and creative spirit, who tragically lost her life in February 2021. Her extended friends and family came together to fund, produce and animate a poem she wrote for a school assignment - "Where I'm From" - as a surprise for her Mother, presented on the 1 year anniversary of Molly's passing. Now the completed film is being used to bring awareness to the Molly Steinsapir Foundation and spread her light far and wide.
OUTSIDER, 2min., China, Experimental
Directed by Shuo Liu
The magic between ‘frames’ acts on clay, the table becomes a contradictory object that can be soft and hard. Some people get into it, but others are not. There is no differentiation between superior and inferior or right or wrong in this place, but how we face the world.
ARTMINUTE - THE PERFECT SELFIE, 4min., Denmark, Documentary
Directed by Asta Wellejus, Teddy Kristiansen
Artminute as a new culture format, is created by a unique collaboration between the film company Zentropa, ArtMuseum Brandts in Denmark and the digital experience company, Die Asta Experience. Artminute uses films to open up classical artworks in museums, for all audiences. The vision is to democratize artworks in our public museums. And make sure anyone can access the experience of a painting at a museum, without needing to know the painting, the artist or the time period. The first film in the format is: “The Perfect Selfie”.
TELEPORTATION, 4min., Singapore, Music
Directed by Susan Mey Lee Lim
This is the story of a plush Inanimate toy named ALAN, who craves for its soul to be teleported, and quantum entangled with that of its human partner, so that they may be together in an inanimate-human partnership for eternity.
ME & ME, 3min., USA, Animation
Directed by Jason Spizzo
What would you do if you met yourself from the future? Or came back to visit yourself from the past? Smart money says it would go better than this.
EMBRACE, 5min., Canada, Drama
Directed by Jacquile Kambo
Arty, a faceless and well dressed man gets ready for his date until he meets his younger self who makes things complicated.
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Directed by Grayson Wolfe
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