All of Our Shadows
Synopsis:
In these times of uncertainty and anxiety the film follows a day in the life of a young teenage boy as he faces his fears and concerns. Will he be able to confide in his school mates? Are they going to help him or ignore him?
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Five friends, growing up in Berlin Spandau, experience the surreality of adolesence, with all its magic, emotion and adventure.
- Music Videos
- Experimental
- Fantasy
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The Brain Friends are an imaginary group of characters that live inside Yellow Guy’s brain.
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Musical
- Experimental
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In Antonin Niclass’s short film “Do Not Feed the Pigeons, ” a flock becomes a source of unexpected wonder for a group of weary travellers.
- Drama
- Tragicomedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
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The video for Pamphlets is a meditation on the feeling of being unfit, unlovable, not compatible and the manic anxiety and stress that this results in. Also, it is about the emergence from that state of mind through the embrace of uncertainty, insecurity and difference.
- Music Videos
- Abstract
- Experimental
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Two friends, lovers, soulmates, a pair of two, searching and ultimately finding each other. This pair traveling between worlds and changing forms, expressed through 15 styles of animation, by 15 animators from across the world.
- Drama
- Music Videos
- Romance
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Doubt is a short animated essay, which through voices of four different authors from various fields of art, the film describes all stages of creative process.The combination of every animation technique imaginable, from 3D to animation on a carpet tufting, can only be matched with an equally important rich soundscape and original music.
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In a quiet suburban neighborhood lives Mr. Badú, an octogenarian taxidermist with questionable skills. He’s madly in love with his neighbor, Mrs. Aurelia, who wants nothing to do with him. One day, Mr. Badú comes up with a great idea of how to win over the object of his affection.
- Tragedy
- Horror
- Experimental
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Parents often push their children to follow their steps. In this case, the father’s obsession with rally turns the kid into a car tire. Loosely inspired by the director’s childhood, Sierra takes us into the surreal car racing world.
- Drama
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The festival’s creative director Hämid Shajarian interviews the participants of the National Competition category of Animatricks 2021: Tove Johnson – Jumalolento by Juho Maurinen (2019), Left Behind by Minna Eriksson (2020), Rinse and Shine by Iiris Korjus ja Katariina Haukka (2021), The Things I Saw: Monday by David Graham (2020), Bad to the boner by Robert Lönnqvist (2021), Tiedänkö mitä etsin by Ylva-Lii Wahlström (2019)
- Documentary
- Making of
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Austrian animation director and media-artist Reinhold Bidner is working in the fields of animation, media art and games. In his Masterclass Encounters & Inbetweens, Reinhold talks about and discuss his artistic animated experiments in between various disciplines, formats and techniques. He will also present images and video excerpts. The session was moderated by Animatricks Creative Director Hämid Shajarian.
- Documentary
- Making of
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Confronted with doubt and feelings of emptiness, drunk with unhappiness and seeking to drown his sorrow, Barnabé experiences a curious metaphysical visitation; lightning strikes the spire of his church and a mysterious bird appears, forcing him to reconsider his life
- Drama
- Tragicomedy
- Experimental
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A ghost loses their memory after being struck by lightning. They meet Arthur, who tries to help them.
- Drama
- Tragicomedy
- Experimental