One day, then another, a worker in an automated factory does his job and forgets his past.
The factory fails. Accuses. He runs away.
One day, but then another, the man sees through his memory to a disconcerting reality.
Mac is concerned about her childhood friend 'An' ignoring her. Then, due to an accidental incident, she is possessed by ‘An’ and experiences a strange incident.
With crisp music, vibrant colours, and a brisk tempo, animator Che Meiyi deconstructs “The Night Revels of Han Xizai”, Gu Hongzhong‘s painting about the luxurious nightlife of a minister from the Tang Dynasty, reimagining a traditional tale from a modern perspective and posing the question: how would the ancients have partied in the present day?
Concordia University’s graduating class of 1975 (and with them, the dubious hairstyles of a half-century ago) gets chopped up and tossed around in an eerie stroll through the corridors of memory.
During a day of games for his elementary school’s students, Minsu wins a giant, sugary snack. It’s more than big enough to share, but sharing has never been something selfish Minsu does. Perhaps a hallucinatory journey towards personal improvement might help. A simple yet important life lesson, wrapped in strange and delightful exercise in daring design idea.
A trapped bird, a mountaintop sunset, a painting in a museum—a picture-perfect poem without words, part of the ORIGINAL SHORT ANIME DAISAKUSEN! series of micro-shorts, a collaboration between Mainichi Broadcasting Service and celebrated anime studio Science SARU (INU-OH, STAR WARS: VISIONS, SCOTT PILGRIM TAKES OFF), this one co-directed by studio’s president and co-founder, Choi Eunyoung.
On a scorching summer day, I transform into an extraordinary knight among the ordinary, donning an astonishing outfit and riding a handsome horse. Maintaining my composure, I ensure no one can see my exhaustion. When the light turns green, I'll dash towards unknown adventures—starting with the gas station!
Beset by countless royal suitors, a princess declares that she will only marry the king who rules over all the others. Adapting with exquisite style a very dark fairy tale from the works of Canadian author L.M. Montgomery (Anne of Green Gables!), U.K. animator Anna-Ester Volozh adds a further layer of feminist subversion to a story that’s already a challenge to patriarchal conventions.
Witness an innocent little lizard be subjected to thousands of years of technological development in a continuous morphing transition. From a stone wheel to a barrage of factory products, Redevolve snaps nature out of its tranquil state to show us the wonders of high-paced productivity and the toll that industrialization has had on our ability to take things slow and simmer under the sun.
A little covetous breeze makes a pretty melody blowing in the wind. The story of a mysterious journey of tiny creatures intertwine through the hommono wilderness.
A man is in line to use the restroom, but the apocalypse begins and buildings start collapsing around him. He runs for his life in search of safety and a proper place to relieve himself.
A 3D animated short film that takes viewers on a bittersweet journey. It presents a story of a person hiding their queer identity from their parents at different stages of life. The film highlights the struggles faced by the queer community as they grow up and explores the fantasy of queer spaces with queer phenomenology.