BlackFace: The Sacred Legend (2009)

Despertar

Nico and Thomas are childhood friends who were separated. Years later, at the beginning of their adult lives, they meet again and feelings from the past resurface, causing them both to face personal dilemmas. This is how, between dreams and disagreements, Nico and Thomas reflect on life, themselves, and love.

Home of the Heart

Omid is an Iranian immigrant who came to France with his family. One evening, in the street, he is attacked and stabbed in the heart. But Omid gets back up! At the hospital, the diagnosis is blunt: he has no heart. Did he leave it behind in Iran?

A Game with Stones

In this early stop-motion film by Czech surrealist Jan Svankmajer, a device consisting of a clock, a pendulum, a faucet and a bucket enacts a series of events whenever the clock chimes.

Reducing Creme

Willie Whooper, doused in reducing creme, shrinks to the size of a mouse and is chased by a cat throughout a house. Finally Willie returns to normal size and angrily covers the cat in reducing creme. The cat now shrinks to mouse size, and gets a black eye from the mouse he habitually torments.

Santa Pac's Merry Berry Day

As Pacworlders excitedly decorate for Berry Day, Pac is saddened about missing his parents as he receives a picture ornament of them from his Aunt Spheria. The teens reminisce of their childhood Berry Day as they enjoy Christmas eggnog. Since Berry Day is one of the happiest days of the year, Betrayus launches a plan to get rid of the day by capturing Santa Pac and his Round Deer and to possess the gifts and Berry Day decorations. All Pac wants for Berry Day is to see his parents Sunny and Zac and is overjoyed when they arrive. But, his parents tell him they want to see the tree of life in the secret location which is forbidden. Are these Pac’s real parents or are they a trick from Betrayus and Dr. Slimestein? Let’s hope Berry Day can be merry after all.

Myosis

Myosis is the constriction of the iris which decreases the diameter of the pupil. It is an unconscious phenomenon which can be triggered by an intense light, fear, or the effect of epiphany.

Batman: Strange Days

Celebrating Batman’s 75th anniversary, DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation have debuted this new animated short for the cultural icon.

Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore

Winnie the Pooh and friends decide to throw a birthday celebration for gloomy, old Eeyore.

Cloudy Day

In a world where drought is everywhere, a little village survives thanks to a machine that turns clouds into drinking water. Unfortunately one of the village inhabitants will make the cloud take flight.

Groovity

Bobby, a young space guardian is finally assigned to an exceptional mission. This clumsy hero is going to have to face his fears in order to avoid catastrophe.

sfumato

Derived from an installation, an asymmetrical orchestration of "motion paintings" pushing the limits of abstraction in the digital age.

Alter Ego

On the Tanua Island, the shaman announces the approach of the Nagol Ritual. Sowa, a young dreamy Melanesian, has to honor her father and the ancestral traditions. But she doesn’t feel ready to face the consequences of this challenge.

Mon Ami Charly

A ten-year-old girl disobeys her mother to join her friend Charly.

Crash Testing

A car crash test dummy makes a flipbook to express the existence of itself.

Birth

Amina, a young woman (17) is pregnant and afraid to give birth. For a consolation and advice she goes to older women but their stories scare her even more.

MAN

An animated short film looking at man's relationship with the natural world.

Piston

A man in a wheelchair finds himself pursued by a policeman on a motorbike.

Chimborazo

The people of the volcano Chimborazo hike for hours to gather nearby ice. This age-old tradition and the population’s livelihood is threatened by increasing climate change.

Barbarous Mexico

Eight tales based on the most brutally terrifying Mexican traditions and legends, an anthology of haunting stories woven into the fabric of the Mexican culture, some told through the centuries and some new, but all equally frightening. Bogeymen, trolls, ghosts, monsters, all brought to life. Time for Aztec sacrifices. This is the Day of the Dead.

Grow Home

A plant, neglected by its new owner, will possess the latter's body to find the one it considers its mother.

Dodudindon

Film produced as an opening short for the 2009 Annecy International Animation Film Festival (FIFA).

The Lighthouse

In a boat graveyard a conflictive relationship between two neighbors takes place: a lighthouse keeper and a mermaid. The lighthouse keeper guides the boats towards safe waters while the mermaids tries to sink them.

Good Morning

Follows a woman as she becomes fully awake.

Meow or Never

In a madcap musical, a catstronaut travels the galaxy looking for the meaning of life when she encounters a space pup eager to help - but only gets them into trouble at every turn!

My Dear is Tender

Four ogres meet in a restaurant, run by trolls, where they are accustomed to having a feast.

Peach Melba

Two unusual people make contact in German at a London coffee house.

The Sensational Cat-Man

A stylized cartoon inspired by 1940s comics, featuring a detective raised by a tiger who moonlights as a superhero.

Peel

In a hidden place, the daily routine of a retirement home unfolds as time seems to stand still. The penciled residents come to life on paper. Some are active, others rest or follow a fixed schedule that repeats each day: medication, meals, games… Around them, machines are flashing, caregivers are busy and crucifixes remind them of the death that lies in wait. Time fades away and a forest stretches out nearby.

Polygamy Gone Wrong

Sister wives living on a secluded ranch decide to plot revenge against their abusive husband.

Misgivings

Olly wakes from a blurry night into a surreal world, but can he make the right choice and escape back into reality?

Witcher – Mines of Eeclor

Fan short film in the world of Witcher. Witcher in the North visits the ravaged town of Thoduras to help the locals battle a monster in the mines. But not all is as it seems.

Mower Minions

The Minions need to raise $20 to purchase an as seen on TV banana blender. So they take up lawn mowing at an old folks home, with hilarious antics!

Forward, Comrades

A young girl who treated her pets as comrades and liked to play with construction blocks, experiences her life changing after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Porky's Poppa

We take a tour of Porky's Poppa's farm, to the tune of Old MacDonald. After meeting several animals, "on this farm, he has a mortgage" which he frets over, particularly since Bessie has stopped producing milk. Poppa orders an Acme milk producing robot, and the beast vs. machine battle is on.

The Mice Will Play

The mice are on the loose after hours in a doctor's office, playing with the various pieces of medical apparatus. Susie Mouse is caged for research until her lover Johnnie frees her. A mouse orchestra plays a swinging wedding song. But throughout, a cat is stalking...

The Bear That Couldn't Sleep

Barney's settling in for the winter. But water leaks, a loose shutter, a noisy fire, a teakettle left on, and some stray embers all get in the way, and Barney also locks himself out. And that's just the beginning.

Foxy by Proxy

Bugs is provoked by a pack of foxhounds and their hunters stampeding over his hole, so he gets out his Halloween costume from last year (a fox suit) and sets out to lead the dogs on a merry chase. The stupidest of the dogs, whose objective is to cut a fox's tail off, becomes his main victim; Bugs tricks him into chasing a train instead. He eventually tricks the dog pack into running off a cliff, but the stupid dog ends up with Bugs' tail.

Eye for an Eye

A one-eyed pirate captain tries repeatedly to win a treasure, always with a new team of one-eyed pirates like him.

Stage Fright

The Two Curious Puppies wander into a theater and run afoul of a trickster magician's rabbit, a playful seal and an intimidating little bird.

The Timid Toreador

The bull makes short work of the matador, and then turns on Porky, a tamale vendor who wanders into the ring accidentally. But then he makes the mistake of actually eating most of Porky's extra hot tamales.

Holiday Highlights

Blackout gags about the holidays. New Year's (the baby speaks to us). Valentine's Day, Washington Day, etc.

Snubbed by a Snob

A young horse says hi to little donkey Spunky. But the horse's mother pulls him away, saying we don't associate with that kind. Spunky makes a few more overtures, and eventually they set off on a chase, running across a bull from time to time. The horse stops to eat a lot of apples and drink far too much water; this leaves him too bloated to move much at all. The two continue to anger the bull, which gives chase; Spunky saves the colt, and they all live in harmony.

The Early Worm Gets the Bird

A determined bird goes out early to hunt for a worm and the bird gets into trouble.

The Frog Pond

In Ub Iwerks' The Frog Pond, many frogs are singing and having a good time until a big bully frog takes some food and basically orders a house built on his lily pond.

A Star Is Hatched

Emily the chicken lives in Hickville but dreams of Hollywood. Her chance comes when director J. Megga-Phone happens to drive past and gives her his card.

The Cat's Tale

The mouse, tired of being chased by the cat, convinces him there's no reason for it, and that the cat should talk to the dog and convince him too. The talks are not successful...

Meet John Doughboy

Porky introduces a newsreel of wartime spot gags, including a spoof of the RKO Pictures logo, and caricatures of Jack Benny and Rochester.

Two for the Zoo

Gabby is forced to take care of a strange animal called a Kango.

Porky's Bear Facts

Porky Pig works hard on his farm all year. On a neighboring farm, a bear lazes around and allows his animals to be idle. The winter comes, and he has nothing to eat.