Selected from 60 graduate showreels this is a look at the best student work 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.
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400MPH (Paul-Eugène Dannaud, Julia Chaix, Lorraine Desserre, Alice Lefort, Natacha Pianeti & Quentin Tireloque, France)
In the Bonneville salt flats, a chimpanzee named Icarus tries to reach the ultimate speed of 400 MPH, thought to be impossible for land vehicles.
School: Supinfocom
2019, 5min
My Mother’s Eyes (Jenny Wright, UK)
A story about motherhood and loss in an abstracted world of childhood memory.
School: Central St Martins
2018, 5min
Medium Rare (Luca Cioci, USA/Italy)
Functional and aesthetic values in recurrent, yet questionable domestic scenarios.
School: CalArts
2018, 5min
Mr Wolf (Jincao Li, China)
What’s the time Mr. Wolf?
School: East China Normal University
2018, 5min
I Am Here (Sorrel Milne, UK)
Four women talk about their experiences of dealing with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in this heartfelt, moving documentary.
School: Kingston University
2019, 2min
Selfish (Po-Chien Chen, Canada/Taiwan)
A chef notices a group of special guests. He decides to serve them a variety of signature dishes.
School: Sheridan College
2019, 2min
Gravity (Matisse Gonzalez, Germany/Bolivia)
In a tiny town gravity is constantly changing. Rosa, being pulled up and down by the light and the heavy days, has to find something to grab on to.
School: Baden Würtemburg
2019, 10min
In Memory (Amit Miretzky, USA)
A slowly undulating and moving depiction of the loss of a parent as told by three children.
School: RISD
2018, 3min
Nestor (Joao Gonzalez, UK)
Nestor, a man with several obsessive-compulsive behaviours, lives in an unstable houseboat which never stops oscillating.
School: Royal College of the Arts
2019, 6min
Forget-me-Not (Katarina Lundquist, Denmark)
When a lifelong friend departs, a stubborn old man has to face his inner fears in order to restore peace to his mind.
School: The Animation Workshop
2019, 7min
Cha (Lok Tsoi, UK)
A power struggle between mother and daughter. Should she drink tea or something else?
School: Goldsmiths
2019, 2min
Trois Francs Six Sous (Clémence Ottevaere, Florence Blain, Louise Leblond, Varoon Indalkar, Morgane Ladjel & Hugo Valdelièvre-Rattier, France)
During World War 2 a French Farmer hopes to see life again in the eyes of his mother who has been in a vegetative state since her eldest son disappeared.
School: Supinfocom
2019, 7min
Synchronicity (Michelle Brand, UK)
People come, people go – Yet everyone is moving in the same direction. By sharing time, space and movement, we overlap and create a bigger picture.
School: Royal College of the Arts
2018, 4min
Critical Update (Brogan Jones, UK)
In a future world where everyone is constantly plugged in via AR visors the lines between what is real and what is not have become blurred.
School: Central St Martins
2019, 6min
In Her Boots (Kathrin Steinbacher, UK/Austria)
While her granddaughter is visiting, Hedi embarks on a hiking journey to the Alps, revealing the reason for her devoted attachment to her hiking shoes.
School: Royal College of the Arts
2019, 6min
