Closer is a jagged existential animation about how the perspective to life can change. It tells the story of an old artist, broken by his difficult memories. It is an animated short film made by one person about closeness, love, acceptance and healing.
A stubborn young metal musician meets her idol, hoping he will become her mentor. The good news: he wants to include her in his next project. The bad news: it's not what she was expecting.
Shahin and Bahram, two high school classmates, must pass their final exams to avoid mandatory military service in Iran. They decide to steal the exam questions. Along the way, they face events and choices that will be a turning point in their friendship.
“Civilized” means “big spender” in Greenlandic. Using this Indigenous language insight, the film meditates on the connection between climate change and overconsumption.
Kakizaki Yuji’s period film is not like the jidaigeki films we are used to. While it deals with themes of seppuku, duty, and loyalty to one’s masters and the shogun, we see very little in terms of action. Instead, the film focuses on the inner thoughts and struggles of the protagonist—who is ordered to perform a ritual suicide—his wife, and their entire household, all leading up to the final moment.
One animator, a.k.a. the cook, with a smashing recipe. A few characters, a.k.a. the ingredients, with the mind-blowing idea to rebel against their creator.
A collection of voicemails and memos, considering the humor, absurdity, and melancholy in one-sided conversations, lost messages, and missed connections.
The documentary film Halli addresses body-related commentary and its impact on people's body image. Anonymous stories are set in a swimming hall, where we see a variety of body types. Finnish swimming hall culture respects body privacy. In the film, we follow stories from the women's locker room to the pool, highlighting the experiences of different generations and the body image challenges they face, reflecting the trauma passed down from one generation to the next.
A woman struggling with depression receives a package from her mother of her old Magic 8 Ball she loved playing with as a child. Throughout the day, she begins to consult the Magic 8 Ball on her decisions of taking her medication, eating, and sticking to her promise of going out with a close friend. As time carries on, she can't seem to take this thing called life anymore and grapples with the choice of ending it all. In the end, she decides that this decision is too much for her to make alone and leaves it up to the 8 Ball.
Three best friends, Gyu-bin, Yu-hyeok, and Dong-hyun, get stranded on a deserted island after an accident during their trip. The three of them stay positive and work together to survive. But gradually, they start to keep an eye on each other.
Seven Dawns explores the restlessness inherited from the artist’s estranged Romani ancestry in South West England. The seven dawns symbolise fleeting opportunities for escape, framed within the duality of home as both sanctuary and confinement. Captured on a Super 8mm cartridge, using a hand made lens and developed by hand, the film’s fragmented, spectral imagery evokes the fractured nature of history, memory, longing and place.
A contemplative exploration of identity, moving beyond Western frameworks to reimagine our relationship with language, selfhood, and the intricate bonds between people and place.