Selected from 60 graduate showreels and 30 countries 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.
Stop-motion, drawn animation, collage, cut-out, CGI, clay, ink and almost every other technique these animators can dream up are all on display here. 23 wondrous films in 2 screenings from the future stars of our animation universe.
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CRAZY (Inari Sirola, UK)
A woman is erotically charged by a man’s chain necklace, but is she just crazy?
2019, 3min
Déjeuner sur l’herbe (Jocelyn Charles, Jules Bourges, Nathan Harbonn-Viaud & Pierre Rougemont, France)
A brilliant scientist sees his convictions crumble during a picnic at the lake.
2019, 7min
Bath House of Whales (Mizuki Kiyama, Japan)
In a small town somewhere in Japan, the mothers in the neighbourhood end their day at the public baths.
2019, 7min
Avec le Do de la Cuillère (Laurent Wassouf, Clément Crosnier, Edgard Cros, Theoline Chapas, Nolwenn Pétereau, Nedellec Anouk & Lucas Ancel, France)
A young woman finds herself alone in the kitchen washing up, submerged in the dishes. She begins to hear exotic sounds coming from the sink.
2019, 6min
Pile (Toby Auberg, UK)
Water then food. Agriculture then industry. Old then new. Critical then extra. Simple to complex. Concrete to abstract. Dirt to clouds. Real to unreal.
2019, 3min
Six to Six (Neta Cohen, Israel)
During lengthy sleepless nights, the familiar home surroundings of a new mother take on a dark, eerie appearance.
2019, 7min
Balance (Timothee Crabbe, Belgium)
Two acrobats find the perfect balance between lifting and flying, leading and following, until this fragile balance is turned upside down by an accident.
UK premiere
2019, 7min
Dutchgaria (Capucine Muller, Belgium)
A French girl has just moved to a country called Dutchgaria, but she is struggling with the strange language and trying to understand the locals.
2019, 12min
Ni Vu Ni Connu (This stays between us) (Leon Moh-Cah, UK/France)
Building, front view. A pot of paint is falling down. We don’t know where it fell from or how, but it will have repercussions on the neighbourhood and will leave clues…
2020, 8min
I, Alive (Louisa Lesage, France)
A dead man engages in a dialogue with himself in order to come back to life.
UK premiere
2019, 4min
Dream Cream (Noam Sussman, Estonia/Canada)
A bored elderly couple become addicted to a psychedelic face cream.
2019, 5min
