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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. 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. 30 wondrous films in 2 screenings from the future stars of our animation universe.
This is the first of two student programmes, the second programme screens afterwards at 9pm find out more
Ennui – Timothey Delhaize, Alexis Maerten-Lammin, Gabriel Richaud & Aurélia Tron, France
Five strangers are stuck in deep boredom. When their imaginations are unleashed amazing things happen.
2020 5 min
School: Pole 3D
Space – Zhong Xian, UK
Half of an Apple – Xiaolin Zhou, Japan
Two children are diligently doing their homework whilst their mother prepares a little treat for them.
2020 4 min
School: Tama Art University
3:45pm – Alisha Liu, USA
Unconscious Projections – Maddie Branagan, UK
A descent into the worlds of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung and the analysis of dreams.
2021 6 min
Beer Boys – Jane Gorelik, USA
Three school kids think that drinking beer will turn them into men.
2020 4 min
School: Rhode Island School of Design
Stuck Together – Masa Avramovic, France
A bus full of loopy passengers gets stopped by a customs officer who is dissatisfied with the bribe he has received. The passengers join forces to continue their journey.
2020 4 min
School: La Poudriere
Walking while Falling – Elisabeth Jakobi, Germany
A woman tries to keep up to speed but life throws her off balance. Based on the Laurie Anderson song.
2020 2 min
Flying Squirrel and the Pyrotechnician – Momoka Kato, Japan
A delightful tongue-in-cheek throwback to 1920’s anime. Bonkers flying squirrels challenge an equally bonkers female pyrotechnician to a duel.
2020 5 min
School: Tama Art University
Carried Away – Jean-Baptiste Escary, Alo M. Trusz, Manon Carrier, Etienne Fagnere & Johan Cayrol, France
Mum is dead and her two sons have to carry out her last wish – to bury her body in the forest.
2020 5 min
School: MoPA School of CG Animation
You are Not a Kiwi – Maria Saveleva, Estonia
Mr. Notakiwi wants to merge into the community. Is society ready to embrace him and his song?
2020 6 min
School: Estonian Academy of Arts
Jeijay – Petra Stipetic & Maren Wiese, Germany
Two people try to repress the slow but inevitable decay of their relationship. Feeling isolated in their own little home, the happy facade of their love life comes crumbling down.
2021 8 min
School: Kunsthochschule Kassel
Ciervo – Pilar Garcia-Fernandezsesma, USA
An emotionally haunting and visibly beautiful experience. The story of a young girl who holds violence, submission, and independence in an uneasy balance as one morphs into the other.
2020 10 min
School: Rhode Island School of Design
How Were You Born? – Danielle Kimchi, Israel
Kindergarten children respond to the question “How were you born?” with some surprising and entertaining answers.
2020 3 min
School: Shenkar College of Design
Avant Card – Stella Raith, Germany
A dizzy visual explosion of techniques, styles and playful references to films over the last century. A figure on a postcard in a postcard stand becomes increasingly discontented when no-one wants to buy him.
2020 5 min
School: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
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Event supported by Film Hub London, managed by Film London. Proud to be a partner of the BFI Film Audience Network, funded by the National Lottery.
