Animals

On her Masterclass “Unsung Women Heros of Animation”, the well known Animation Journalist, Nancy Denney-Phelps reflects why there is so few women in the animation industry, even though almost 65% of all animation students are female and why we all know the Fleisher Brothers and Walt Disney, but with a few exceptions, the women who blazed the animation trail are almost unknown to us. Denney-Phelps is a distinguished animation journalist and a well-known guest in many Animation Festivals. She writes an animation blog to the Animation World Network – AWN.

• Documentary
• Making of
• Non-narrative

by Naomi van Niekerk, Naomi Van Niekerk

An adaptation of the poem ‘My mamma is bossies’ written by Jeanne Goosen. A melancholic poetry film in black and white with sand and silhouettes. About the loss of a mother and a flawed relationship between daughter and child. Inspired by Jeanne Goosen’s eponymous poem, recited by the well-known South-African actress Elize Cawood, to the aria O mia babbino caro from Puccini’s opera Gianni Schicci, in a legendary performance by Maria Callas (1955).

• Drama
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Paul Fierlinger, Sandra Fierlinger

My Dog Tulip is an animated film about the true account of a middle-aged man’s adopting an Alsatian dog he named Tulip.

• Drama
• Tragicomedy
• Bio-pic

by Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook

To save her father from death in the army, a young maiden secretly goes in his place and becomes one of China’s greatest heroines in the process.

• Comedy
• Pre-school

The Moomins are back, just like you remember them! The third season is all about adventures and obstacles won with curiosity, enthusiasm and a great dollop of humour. Watch this behind the scenes video.

• Comedy
• Fantasy
• Family
• Making of

by Roos Mattaar

Story of the relations between the bird and its creator and the bird’s desire to explore the world outside.

• Drama
• Fantasy
• Experimental

• Family
• Making of
• Fantasy

Marika Makaroff, creative director and executive producer at Gutsy Media on building a new animated world based on Tove Jansson’s original stories.

• Drama
• Adventure
• Family
• Making of

by Verena Fels

At the edge of society, a cow tips the balance of destiny with quite some impact…

• Comedy
• Tragicomedy
• Non-narrative

by Svetlana Filippova

A film based on the short story by Boris Shergin Mitya’s Love. The story of how Mitya was looking for his love. The film uses images of Russian avant-garde artists Mikhail Larionov, Natalia Goncharova and masters of naive art Pavel Leonov and Lyubov Maykova.

• Drama
• Tragicomedy
• Abstract
• Experimental

by Yuriko Noda

For some reason, little sparrow Chunko has her head always shaking. She doesn’t know why, and can’t stop it either. Except for that, she can move like other sparrows, and she wants to dance with them.

• Experimental
• Musical
• Comedy

by Thomas Szabo

MINUSCULE revolves around the day-to-day existence of insects which are presented in burlesque situations, with a fair amount of philosophical contemplation thrown in. A cross between a Tex Avery cartoon and a National Geographic documentary!

• Comedy
• Family

by Hugo Caby, Zoé Devise, Antoine Dupriez & others

Two polar bears are driven into exile due to global warming. They will encounter brown bears along their journey, with whom they will try to cohabitate.

• Drama
• Tragedy
• Adventure

by Akifumi Nonaka

Shun regretted this. He still can’t understand why he was playing with these four who are not really friends, nor actually people he likes. The unbearable heat and the heavy atmosphere at the shrine deepen Shun’s depression.

• Drama
• Tragedy
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Nils Skapāns

A boy wins a new toy in a claw machine – an ordinary Martian doll. It turns out that things are not that simple, the boy finds himself on Mars and he has to fight with a whole bunch of the Martians.

• Comedy
• Fantasy
• Sci-Fi

by Alice Saey

People should be happy. Even this Egyptian goose, who tries to cast a spell on us with a seductive dance. Its gracious and clumsy movements captivate us. But it’s not the only one to master the dance.

• Drama
• Music Videos
• Abstract
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by The Brothers McLeod, Greg McLeod, Myles McLeod

A town on the borderlands of Texas. A place out of time. A desert where strange lights dance in the night sky.

• Documentary
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Tom Schroeder

Marcel survives the bird flu, alcohol, sleeping pills and his son Max. Though blinded in one eye, he remains the King of Tervuren. Greek tragedy as acted out by Belgian roosters.

• Drama
• Tragicomedy
• Experimental

by Chintis Lundgren

Manivald is a fox in his early 30s. He is still living at home with his mother. One day a young hot wolf called Toomas comes to fix the washing machine. A love triangle develops between the three of them. Things get out of hand and Manivald realizes that it is time to move out.

• Drama
• Comedy
• Tragicomedy

by Illogic

Deep into a forest, a gathering of wild animals start a nocturnal opera, conducted by a squirrel.

• Musical
• Comedy
• Family