The premise of this short film is a dog and a cat that share the same body: although this sounds complicated, it is a clever use of the visual wordless form, clearly depicting a sense of identity ambivalence that all can relate to. The dog and the … [Read more...]
La Carotte Géante [The Giant Carrot]
Boldly coloured and cleanly cut computer animation depicts this tale of a family with a giant carrot growing in the vegetable patch. It is only through teamwork that the family are able to uproot the giant carrot. Even the pets join in: the dog, the … [Read more...]
La Grande Migration [The Great Migration]
Although this film is one of the oldest works in the corpus, produced at the end of the 1990s, it is a great example of how to treat a sensitive subject (migration) with allegorical good humour. The film follows a flock of birds migrating to a warmer … [Read more...]
Sombras [Shadows]
Everyone has a shadow. In this picturebook, everyone’s shadow displays their true desires. A policeman begins his day, but his shadow wants him to stay in bed. He misses his train, but his shadow just manages to board it. The use of the shadow to … [Read more...]
Balbúrdia [Shambles]
This is a warm, rich tale about having too many toys. A young boy lives in a very messy bedroom cluttered full of toys. He ignores the mess, and it grows and grows, until suddenly it takes on a life of its own. The boy is chased out of the bedroom by … [Read more...]
Šuma [Shuma]
This beautiful short film was produced at the Estonian Academy of Arts in Tallinn. A woman travels across a flooded landscape from her sunken house and meets a tree with a face. They become friends and share an apple. From the attic of her house, she … [Read more...]
Super Grand [Super Big]
A giant in a superhero cape arrives in a city on an island and scares all the tiny citizens. Although he tries to show benevolence by helping the citizens, they remain afraid of him. A volcano on the far side of the island begins to belch smoke as an … [Read more...]
Taps
Matthew Gravelle’s clever and aesthetically superb short film manages to communicate themes of solidarity and inclusion even though the main characters are a set of creaky kitchen taps. The three taps, lined next to each other, make a musical … [Read more...]
Thaumatrope, the 2 Sides of Life
This film will provide viewers with a way to create their own thaumatrope: a scientific toy created in the 19th century where a piece of card is spun so that the images on either side of it blur together. This brief, sixty-second short film made at … [Read more...]
