2016 Animated Short Films
Second To None
Director: Vincent Gallagher
Writer: Vincent Gallagher
The world’s second oldest man hatches a plan to claim the top spot.
The Treehouse
Director: Adan Díaz de León R
Producers: Adan Díaz de León R
Writer: Adan Díaz de León R
A story about holding on to our dreams. Molière is the son of a strict luthier who wants him to play a string instrument just like him. One day at the market, Molière discovers a new instrument: The trumpet. He realizes that playing the trumpet fills his heart with joy, but his father isn’t as happy about it as Molière, who will do whatever it takes and won’t let anyone interfere in his path of playing the music he loves, even if his biggest obstacle is his own father.
Borrowed Time
Director: Lou Hamou-Lhadj
Producers: Amanda Deering Jones
Writer: Andrew Coats, Lou Hamou-Lhadj
Keep Moving Forward.
Eden
Director: Cyril Chevtchouk
Early 20th century, in a France devastated by an industrial cataclysm, two men are going on an expedition. They will eventualy make a discovery that will change the mankind’s destiny
Squirrel Island
Director: Astrid Goldsmith
Producers: Astrid Goldsmith
Writer: Astrid Goldsmith
A stop motion sci-fi action thriller about squirrel apartheid. Following Dot, a lone renegade grey squirrel, trapped on a hostile and mysterious red squirrel island. Teaming up with an extremely reluctant acorn partner, she uncovers a horrifying secret red squirrel plot. Can Dot and Mr Acorn survive Squirrel Island?
Clouds
Director: Diego Maclean
Producers: Diego Maclean
Writer: Diego Maclean
A man sees images in clouds.
Green Light
Director: Seongmin Kim
Producers: Haejung Suk
Writer: Seongmin Kim
A story about a girl and a robot soldier thrown into the worst situation brought up by the misuse of highly-advanced science technology, trying to restore the land it used to be.
Red Point
Director: Motahareh Ahmadpour
Producers: Motahareh Ahmadpour
Writer: Motahareh Ahmadpour
Cast: Motahareh Ahmadpour
Look and see the wonderful city...with heart and mind....
The Story of Percival Pilts
Director: Janette Goodey
Producers: John Lewis
Writer: Janette Goodey, John Lewis
While playing on stilts as a child, Percival Pilts declares that he'll never again let his feet touch the ground! He stays true to his word and compelled ever higher, he builds his stilts so tall he no longer fits into normal society. A whimsical story about living an impractical life based on a childhood promise.
The Sleepwalker
Director: Theodore Ushev
Producers: Dominique Noujeim, Galilé Marion-Gauvin, Theodore Ushev
Writer: Theodore Ushev
A surrealist journey through colors and shapes inspired by the poem Romance Sonambulo by Federico Garcia Lorca. Visual poetry in the rhythm of fantastic dreams and passionate nights.
The Lost Letter
Director: Kealan O’Rourke
Producers: Mike Keane, Brian Willis, Stephen Smith
Writer: Kealan O'Rourke, Will Collins
Cast: Narrated by Kate Winslet
The Lost Letter tells the tale of a young boy as he prepares his neighbourhood for Christmas. That is until he confronts the one lady who doesn’t want the holiday to come at all. The determined boy does all he can to bring colour to her dreary world, only to discover the truth behind her lack of Christmas spirit.