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...]
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...]
The Box
This powerful short film is about the Syrian civil war — a reality of contemporary life, and a component of the present migrant crisis. A small boy plays in a box in his room with his pet cat as fireworks go off outside. However, the fireworks change … [Read more...]
Regeneration
This one-minute long short film was created via the Abingdon Film Unit, a small organisation that works with a school in the UK to produce professional quality short films. The premise is simple: a stop-motion sequence of hand-drawn pencil … [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...]
Iz Dubine [Out from the Deep]
This Croatian short film is made in stylish and eccentric stop-motion. A group of residents in a block of flats in an area of the city can see each other as they go about their lives. When one of the residents finds a book of old photos, the music … [Read more...]
Outremer [Overseas]
An elderly person lives in a beautiful cottage by the beach and passes time painting the sea beyond the window. Unbeknownst to this person, a boy hides in the cottage. The boy is sent into a panic by the pictures of the sea. He runs from the house … [Read more...]
Le Trop Petit Prince [Pipsqueak Prince]
It’s a beautiful day, and the Pipsqueak Prince notices that there’s a dirty mark on the sun. This short animation by Russian-French filmmaker Zoïa Trofimova follows the Prince as he endeavours against all odds to clean the sun As the sun sets and … [Read more...]