Selected from 60 graduate showreels and almost 30 countries this is a look at the best student work and first professional films from all around the world – the first step on the animation ladder for these talented filmmakers, and the first time their wild and wonderful imaginations have been unleashed. Best of the Next Programme 2 screens just after this one at 9pm. You can buy tickets for both screenings for just £12 + booking fee.
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Less Than Human (Steffen Bang Lindholm, Denmark)
In the aftermath of a zombie outbreak, the zombies have been cured and exiled to secluded camps.
6min, 2016
Hypertrain (Etienne Kompis & Fela Bellotto, Switzerland)
A cat and a child move elegantly between speeding trains and cross dimensions and planes only to encounter one another again in space, motion and time.
4min, 2016
Closed Visit (Jade Evans, UK)
How would you cope if you could only see your son from behind a screen? An exploration of isolation, separation and loss.
2min, 2017
Black Sheep (Rosalie Benevello, France)
In the middle of the mountains in a glass cube live a father and his son. A sheep arrives and breaks the solitude.
9min, 2016
Little Wonders (Triet Le, Vietnam)
Simple memories, beautifully portrayed.
2min, 2016
City Lights (Jessica Lester, UK)
The city is alive. A journey through Central London at night.
3min, 2016
In your Hands (Delphine Delannoy, Lisa Baillon, Tsu-Ning Lai, Atiyyah Lallmahomed, Gwenaël Renaud & Daphné Westelynck, France)
When red crystals begin to mysteriously appear all over a mans’ body his sickness begins to have an effect on the outside world.
8min, 2017
Remember How We Used to Play? (Matthias Cuciniello, UK)
A boy’s weekend visit to his estranged father.
5min, 2017
Scent of Geranium (Naghmeh Farzaneh, USA)
A poignant autobiographical tale of a journey from Iran to the USA.
5min, 2016
Immersion (Lalita Brunner, Switzerland)
Tommy goes swimming in a pool filled with his anxiety.
3min, 2016
Lead in the Head (Aurore Peuffier, France)
A wolf is hunted and brought back to a village as a trophy. But the wolf is not dead and the bullet in its skull has repercussions on its psyche.
8min, 2016
Help! Dying! (Noah Malone, USA)
A beguiling tale of foot-sucking and a cop-killer.
5min, 2016
Elsewhere (Junyi Xiao, USA)
Security over risk? Or freedom over obedience? And at what cost?
6min, 2017
Cacophony (Ai Hsuan Shih, USA)
A girl escapes the harsh sounds of the urban environment to find solace in her inner world.
2min, 2016
Contact (Katy Wang, UK)
Stranded on a distant planet, a lonely astronaut sends out a signal in search of human contact.
7min, 2017
