ANIMATED SHORTS PROGRAM
SCREENING INCLUDES:
BEWARE OF TRAINS
Emma Calder | 13 MIN
A woman with extreme anxiety is consumed by four major preoccupations — the man she met by chance on a train, her dying father, her daughter’s safety, and the murder she dreams she has committed.
THE CAVE
Kim Jinman, Chon Jiyoung | 14 MIN
A boy longs for his father’s affection, but his father is only interested in fishing. When his father dies, the boy’s sense of loss turns into an obsession with his father’s belongings.
FIVE CENTS
Aaron Hughes | 5 MIN
A consumer gets in over his head after a string of purchases gets out of control.
THE FLYING SAILOR
Wendy Tilby, Amanda Forbis | 8 MIN
Two ships collide in a harbor, an explosion shatters a city, and a sailor is blasted skyward. With ears ringing, blood pulsing and guts heaving, he soars high above the mayhem and toward the great unknown.
GOODBYE JÉRÔME
Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet, Chloé Farr | 8 MIN
Having just arrived in paradise, Jerome sets out to find his wife, Maryline. In the course of his search, he sinks into a surreal and colorful world in which no one seems to be able to help him.
ICE MERCHANTS
João Gonzalez | 14 MIN
Every day, a father and his son jump with a parachute from their cold cliffside house to the village on the ground, where they sell the ice they produce.
MEAL ON THE PLATE
Chenglin Xie | 7 MIN
You are what you eat. In a world where people start to look like the thing they eat the most of, you can take this quite literally. When a newcomer prefers different eating habits, the visible consequences turn the world upside down.
PERSONA
Moon Sujin | 7 MIN
The process of being encroached by the persona.
SOMETHING IN THE GARDEN
Marcos Sánchez | 6 MIN
It’s nighttime in the suburbs and the stillness is interrupted by a strange presence, a creeping being that lurks in the dark.
ZOON
Jonatan Schwenk | 4 MIN
Small shimmering animals are in heat. A two-legged forest dweller encounters the lustful group. He and his companions snack on the little creatures and soon a feast begins.
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