Following his dog’s kidnapper through a relentlessly moving city, the warmhearted vagabond Dio discovers how bad society has gone to keep up its pace.   Bear Story Gabriel Osorio Chile – 10 min – 2014 An old, melancholy bear tells the story of his life through a mechanical diorama.     Stellar Moves Millivette Gonzalez, Tabia Lees, Valerie Sattazahn USA – Ringling College of Art and Design – 4 min – 2015 Pluto goes on a journey to fulfill his dream of becoming a planet.     Perfect Houseguest Ru Kuwahata & Max Porter USA – 2 min – 2015 A house is visited by a clean, organized, well-mannered guest.     Bicycle Dana Sink USA – 1 minute – 2015 I want to ride my bike.     Taking Flight Brandon Oldenburg USA – 5 min – 2015 What begins as a small boy’s boring day with Grandpa turns into a larger-than-life journey, narrowly escaping wild monkeys and battling aliens to save the universe.   A Horse Throat Jenna Marks and David Barlow-Krelina Canada/Germany – 2 min – 2014 A horse sitting in a quiet café breaks the silence with an unstoppable cough.     Juste du l’eau Carlos De Carvalho France – 5 min – 2014 Celebrating the safe return of a ship of intrepid explorers, a young pig wonders where he fits into it all.     The Orchestra Mikey Hill Australia – 15 min – 2015 In a world filled with beautiful music, Vernon always seems to strike the wrong note.     A Single Life Job, Joris & Marieke The Netherlands – 2 min – 2014 When playing a mysterious vinyl single, Pia is suddenly able to travel through her life.     Dwarf Giant Fabienne Giezendanner Suisse/France – 12 min – 2014 According to tradition, Petite Neige, a young inuit, needs to capture a low flying bird in order to pass into the world of grown-ups. On the verge of catching it, she falls into a mysterious crevice. An initiatory tale for grown-ups and little ones. Hamster and the Fox Kyoung Ha Kim South Korea – 7 min – 2015 An abandoned old and sicken hamster in the woods is discovered by an inexperienced hungry young fox.     The Hole Bart Wasem Switzerland – 2 min – 2015 Balding macho Bruce is losing his appeal. But one day a mysterious hole offers him an unexpected chance to recapture his former glory. Will it be worth it?   Autumn Leaves Patrick De Carvalho France – 11 min – 2014 Abel lives in winter and Apolline lives summer. Isolated in their “natures”, they never met each other. They are not even supposed to meet. Abel crosses the border and discovers Apolline and curiosity is overwhelming. Their encounter soon becomes more complicated than they could imagine.   Tsunami Michelle Nardone Denmark – 7 min – 2-15 Haru, in denial after a tsunami, discovers a magical Sea Spirit. Through it, he realizes the necessity of facing reality, and dealing with his loss.    

 INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASE SELECTIONS

Dissonance Till Nowak Germany – 15 min – 2015   A genius musician lives a lonely life in a surreal, floating world. He plays the piano every day in a gigantic concert hall, but there’s nobody to listen. One day his animated world collapses and reality breaks out. My Home Phuong Mai Nguyen France – 12 min – 2015 Hugo’s mother is back home. The following day, when Hugo wakes up, he finds black feathers all over his house.   Migration Fluorescent Hill Canada – 6 minutes – 2015 A vintage nature film explores the migratory pattern of a herd of wild creatures.     Half Wet Sophie Koko Gate UK – RCA – 7 min – 2014 A man with large pores tries to escape the realization that he’s slowly evaporating, whilst pining over an ex-girlfriend that turns out to be incredibly dull.   Priorities Gints Zilbalodis Estonia – JRRMV – 9 min – 2014 After his plane crashes on a small uninhabited island, a young man and his dog must find a way home.     Looper Melanie Tourneur / Eve Deroeck Belgium – 5 min – 2015 When the night is falling down, it’s the time where all of the animals going out and make a crazy party!     Nuggets Andreas Hykade Germany – 5 min – 2014 Kiwi tastes a golden nugget. It´s delicious.     Teaser Pierre Bassil France/USA – Gobelins/CalArts – 3 min – 2015 Relax… Sit comfortably in your chair… Allow yourself to get lost in the sounds… images… movements.     L’attesa del Maggio Simone Massi Italy – 8 min – 2014 The month of May, the blackbird: they hide while they sing.       Zdravstvuite! Yoko Yuki Japan – 6 min – 2015 Story with the uncle of the Russia enthusiast which came on a certain summer day.     Gashapon Kou-lou-kou-lou Wei-Yuan Chen Taiwan – 2014 – 5 min Facing the plots that we transformed from our observation of society, the leading role questioned the society and intended to do something at last.   Untitled No. 1 Evan Boehm 4 min – 2014 Parag K. Mital and Evan Boehm collaborated on the following video collage using only images collected from the previous 24 hour news cycle. The entire video was computationally generated from those images over the 24 hours. A Coat Made Dark Jack O’Shea Ireland – 10 min – 2015 Two burglars steal a coat containing a fortune. So begins this tale, in which Midnight, a dog, and his human servant Peter struggle for power.   Wolf Games Jelena Oroz Croatia – 5 min – 2015 Three little wolves are spending late afternoon together. Story reveals how they ended up alone.     Walked dog, dog’s dead. Sorry WaleDermot Lynskey Ireland – 7 min – 2015 A man is unaware of an encounter that may or may not occur on his way to buy ice-cream.     e:e:e:e:e Brandon Blommaert Canada – 3 min – 2015 5 30 second audio visual experiments. Explorations of audio visual synthesis and Synesthesia.     Fish is What I Desire Yao Xiang UK – 7 min – 2015 A 12-year-old girl refuses to eat fish her parents prepare for her. It evokes a choice she made earlier between rightness and obedience.     Scribbledub Ross Hogg Scotland, UK – 3 min – 2015 A film conversation using 16mm film and a projector. ‘Scribbledub’ explores the dependent relationship between image and sound – the ‘scribble’ creates the ‘dub’, the ‘dub’ informs the ‘scribble’.   Father Santiago ‘Bou’ Grasso Argentina/France – 12 min – 2014 Day by day, the daughter of an elder military commander takes care of her bedridden father. The dictatorship has come to an end in Argentina, but not in this woman’s life.   Sillon 672 Bastien Dupriez France – 5 min – 2015 Colors and animations drive you deeper and deeper into these vinyls.       Eclipse Jacky De Groen Belgium – 6 min – 2014 A lunar eclipse obscures the relation between a lion and its tamer.       Land Masanobu Hiraoka Japan – 4 min – 2013 Abstraction and metamorphoses.