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Our annual survey of abstract and experimental animation. Animators working in this field employ every technique from hand-drawn ‘musical scores’ all the way across the scale to high definition, computer assisted image making. These 13 short films share a pure love of animated movement and an artist’s eye for filling the screen, harnessing colour and creating non-narrative imagery.
Enough – Andy Sowerby, UK
An intimate portrait of personal thoughts and limiting beliefs seen through the inner workings of the mind.
2020 2 min
Dialogue – Tak Him Chan, Hong Kong
A perfect symmetry of geometric shapes and symbols set to the lush electronic sounds of Lux Prima.
2020 2 min
Whisper, Rustle – Maureen Zent, USA
Sand, pebbles, flower petals, oak bark, leaves, gravel, sponges, seeds, egg shells, a rotting log. Order gives way to chaos. Chaos generates ferment. Ferment spurs fecundity.
2021 5 min
White Bat – Dirk de Bruyn, Australia
White Bat is a virus dripping from the roof of your skull. Its violence and racism peppers your body through denial, numbness and avoidance where it festers.
2020 12 min
Jung and Restless – Joanna Priestley, USA
A dreamlike synchrony of sound and image that uses patterns and mandalas to explore the poetics of psychoanalyst Carl Gustav Jung.
2021 6 min
For Tashi – Jiayue Cecilia Wu & Rebecca Ruige Xu, USA
Computer programming generated visuals and the sound of the ancient Asian instrument Kongho describe the highly personal journey that a woman goes through when losing her baby prematurely.
2020 7 min
Hand – Ho Tsz Wing, Hong Kong
A dizzy array of hand gestures, geometric shapes and abstract patterns combine to create a surreal journey, set to ‘Sekktortjek’ by Mads Lindgren.
2021 5 min
Soup – Karolin Twiddy, Germany
Into the microcosm – a parallel world with its own laws, and possibilities, a world invaded by many blue particles.
2021 8 min
Good For You – Kim Ilhyun, South Korea
A whirling dervish, a wild and ecstatic dance. All you see and all you hear will ultimately be good for you.
2021 6 min
Para Meters – Jon Gillie, UK
A meditation on the dissolution of boundaries between the human form and its surrounding environment.
2021 2 min
Anemone Temple – Justyna Pazdan, Poland
A dreamy interpretation of an underwater world, where deep-sea organisms have developed unusual forms and characteristics.
2020 2 min
Endless Forms Most Beautiful – Meredith Binnette, USA
A data driven exploration into the universal capacity for growth.
2020 5 min
Liza – Bastien Dupriez, France
A mesmerising slice of audiovisual eye candy set to the glorious tune by George Gershwin.
2020 2 min
Our Funding Partner
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.
