Hugh (2007)

Mime Your Manners

Mime Your Manners is an animated shirt film about an arrogant man is given a taste of his own medicine when he's transformed into a mime and in order to be freed must grow to be a better person

Windup

A father tries to stay connected with his unconscious daughter through music. He plays a windup music box and hopes she can hear it while fighting with his own emotions to stay strong. Meanwhile, his daughter follows the melody in her dreams and looks for a way back.

Tulku

Papoo, an old fisherman from a remote island, catches a 'Tulkou' in his fishing net and takes it home, hoping they will become friends. The old man, thrilled by the changes due to this presence, doesn't see that this very different creature, perishes...

Uninvited

When met by a stranger, sometimes the unexpected make for an unlikely friend. Animated entirely in Quill, VR animator Nick Mansur captures suspense and heart within a minimalist world.

La Fuente de La Princesa

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The Girl and the Hunter

It’s raining. A small village is in big trouble due to the incessant tears of a young girl.

John of the Moon

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Miller, You're Sleeping

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Clown

Follow a little toy clown, thrown away with a load of old discarded toys, as he goes on a journey to find a new loving home for himself and his friends.

In the Light of the Moon

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Loop

In this society each human being repeats the same action over and over again, in this society each human being repeats the same action over and over again, in this society each human being repeats the same action over and over again, in this society each human being repeats the same action over and over again.

Der kleine und das biest

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Nikita the Tanner

Nikita, a simple craftsman, is fighting the Gorynych Serpent.

Us Again

In a vibrant city pulsating with rhythm and movement, an elderly man and his young-at-heart wife rekindle their youthful passion for life and each other on one magical night.

My Family

A student must do his homework, writing a story about his family. As the boy was watching a program about animals, he inadvertently added fantastic facts, such as the number of a million people, and described special feature of relatives using phrases that inform about the different birds and animals. The writing, of course, turned out to be funny and ridiculous.

A Fish with a Smile

Moving story about a lonely man who finds solace and company in his pet fish.

The Hunt

Short Russian animated film. The boy comes to the hunting shop considers trophies and imagines that he is in the African savannah.

Fears

A short graduation film from the Vancouver Film School about our fears.

Duel Personality

Each having submitted his challenge card to the other, Tom and Jerry meet in a field to duel, using as weapons swords, pistols, bows and arrows, cannons and slingshots.

Cassette Girl

In a futuristic world where militaristic robots known as the “Media Police” have outlawed entertainment and banned outdated media formats, a young woman and her robotic companion aim to recover vintage content stored on video cassettes and battle their evil robot overlords to protect “obsolete” media from being lost forever.

Sum of its Parts

Sum of its Parts is about hidden forest creatures who come to life when they hear music.

The Cock and Boyar

Based on Russian folk tale "The Little Magic Mill"

The Phantom Ship

Uncle Beans and the kids are off to visit a haunted ship ('The Phantom') trapped in the ice, hoping to find pirate treasure. They encounter all manner of ghosts and goblins, but eventually find what they've been looking for. When Beans tries to warm up by throwing some chairs in a stove and lighting it, he thaws out a pair of pirates that chase the trio around. They treasure-seekers are eventually forced back into their plane and they decide to fly away.

Apple and Strawberry

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Paracusia

A woman alone in a small flat is carrying out her daily housework when she starts hearing sounds from the other side of the wall. The neighbor's's undecipherable doings are slowly invading ...  »

Love Soldiers

A woman's mythological journey into a dystopian world.

Dirty Paws

A man handles his boyfriend's monthly change at the full moon with grace and tenderness. And silver chains.

The Year of the Radio

Mexico in the 90s. Alex, a 7 year-old boy and his little siblings are left in the care of senile Aunt Lola while their mother works as a host on a radio station. Alex misses his mother and along with his siblings, they listen to his mother’s show every night, building strange imaginary worlds through the stories they hear, the news, the radio soap operas and the religious influence of his great-aunt.

The Glutton

Gulosus (the glutton), is an alluring yet disturbing view of gluttony in contemporary culture. The film is in stop motion, with one photo being taken every 6 seconds, and contains over 130 individual sound effects and foley sounds. The piece draws from the compositions of traditional vanitas paintings and photography. It was also heavily influenced by a genre of youtube called 'Mukbang' (korean for 'eating show'), where people consume mass amounts of unhealthy and idealistic foods for viewers to watch. All of these elements came together to form an opinion on greed and vanity through a relatable but confronting menu. Influencing artists: PES Jan Svankmajer Reynold Reynolds Chen Fei Achievements: BUFTA Bond University awards - nominated best overall film - nominated best director - winner best experimental - winner best sound design Artexpress exhibitions at - Margaret Whitlam gallery - virtual gallery VX - Maitland regional art gallery

The Bread

A newly-baked bun in a bakery tries to avoid getting eaten.

Fly

Fly is the story of a bird that has a deformed wing that prevents it from migrating. Abandoned by his flock, he sinks in despair. Everything changes the day Pio-Pio appears. This defenseless chick gives him joy and a sense of purpose in life. Until one day destiny makes him do things that he would't even do for himself, such as flying.

The Lion with the White Beard

An animated film based on the tale of Tonino Guerra, telling the story of the once famous circus duet - the lion and its owner, the story of how the famous lion Amadeo performed in the traveling circus of Signor Peretti.

The Red Trinket

The story of a crazy passion and an heinous crime is also one of the first depictions of homosexuality in Portuguese literature.

Nevada

In this stop-motion animated comedy, a young couple's romantic weekend getaway is interrupted by a birth control mishap.

Firefighter

He wanted to put out everything that smoulders, smokes or burns. Even the Sun! Until he flared up himself... from love.

The Balcony

Matt, a lonely mid 20's man, goes out to his balcony and has a brief connection with someone across the way.