Sustainability

by Arjan Brentjes

In a heavily polluted world, a young woman mourns the disappearance of animal species. We see her go against the stream of the indifferent masses, and make daily visits to the museum of natural history to make drawings of the ever increasing number of extinct animal species. Her considerate character doesn’t protect her from a bacterial infection when a global pandemic strikes. When her health deteriorates, nature appears to send her a message in her hallucinations.

• Drama
• Tragedy
• Sci-Fi
• Experimental

by Laen Sanches

Welcome to the world of PLSTC, an undersea dystopia that submerges you in the disturbing reality of plastic pollution in our oceans. Through a series of graphically confronting AI-generated and hand-composited images of ocean creatures, this experimental animated film confronts you with the devastating consequences of our habits on marine life, and leaves you gasping for breath.

• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Jorn Leeuwerink

A group of animals hooks up a power grid to the socket-shaped snout of one big, sleeping pig. The animals use the pig’s energy for simple things at first, but soon they render themselves dependent on a city where every single thing – the useful and the useless – is automated..

• Drama
• Comedy
• Experimental
• Tragicomedy

by Nikki Schuster

Natural environment of Argentina. Hybrids composed of discarded refuse, insect wings, bones, hair and plant particles germinate within the nooks and crannies of rocks, tree hollows and cactus beds.

• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Nata Metlukh

An immigrant comes to the first-world country to paint a mural on the tallest tower. He tries to adapt to the new reality, but xenophobia and odd rules force him to go back.

• Drama
• Comedy
• Tragicomedy
• Abstract
• Experimental

by Simone Giampaolo

Only a Child is a visual poem created by over 20 animation directors under the artistic supervision of Simone Giampaolo, which gives shape and colour to the original words spoken by Severn Cullis-Suzuki at the UN Summit in Rio in 1992, a child’s desperate call to action for the future of our planet.

• Drama
• Documentary
• Experimental

The director interview with Natasha Cetner.

• Documentary
• Making of

by Michal Kaščák, Kriss Sagan

Spot for My Sme Les.

• Documentary

by Annapurna Kumar

Small pieces of information can be stored separately within a shared container. The most efficient containers can house multiple pieces of information in the same location, intersecting from different angles.

• Experimental
• Non-narrative

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 Marie Royer, Zinia Scorier

Through audio recordings taken in the field and poetic moving images, the film portrays activists who use food as a tool in their anti-consumerist struggle.

• Drama
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Adél Palotás

A robot with an old-fashioned incandescent lamp head is hiding in a city ruled by led lamp heads. When his secret is descovered he must run away. But where?

• Drama
• Sci-Fi
• Experimental

by Lazare Sié Palé

Global warming is on the news. What is global warming? What solutions do you propose?

• Documentary
• Comedy
• Tragicomedy

by Alissa Aubenque, Adrien Roche

The Green Animation Guide was released at this year’s MIFA and is the first international reference guide for sustainable practices in animation. It provides peer-driven actionable recommendations tailored to the specific needs of studios, producers and artists, enabling them to implement meaningful changes adapted to their realities. The guide is a collaborative effort led by Ecoprod, Green Film and Cine Regio with the support of several regional film funds.

• Documentary
• Making of

by Áron Gauder

Set in the present day, Native American protesters confront the crew of an oil pipeline project, just down the hill from the land of their ancestors. The grandfather evokes the ancient tale of their Creation myth, reminding all of us that the challenges facing humanity are universal, and that we need to find our place in the great circle of creatures.

• Drama
• Adventure
• Fantasy

by Moth Collective, Moth

Forest 500 is the world’s first ratings agency for rainforests. It tracks how key companies, investors and governments are performing in the race to remove deforestation from global supply chains. ‘Forest 500’ was produced for the COP 21 Climate Conference in Paris, 2015. It is the third film Moth has made for the Global Canopy Programme, a tropical forest think tank working to demonstrate the scientific, political and business case for safeguarding tropical forests as natural capital.

• Documentary

by Siqi Song

FOOD is an animated documentary that features interviews with a wide variety of eaters from around the world. Ranging from vegetarians, vegans, pescetarians to some seriously dedicated carnivores, the conversation raises many substantial issues about the environment and modern life. By pairing real interviews with stop-motion animation, the film presents a group of “edible characters” discussing themselves.

• Comedy
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Louis Morton, Lou Morton

On a remote island in the future people are preparing for an important mission.

• Sci-Fi
• Experimental

by Alessandra Boatto, Gloria Cianci, Sofia Zanonato

The Earth has succumbed to pollution, everything is submerged under a sea of dust. A woman survives with the help of an improvised raft and the food that she recovers from the city. She will finally land on an island.

• Drama
• Experimental

by Louis-Paul Caron

A woman, grieving for a future she’ll never know, travels into her dreams of science fiction and infinite cities. A new era, inspired by the past, takes place. A resilient and sustainable world, where the time goes slower and love lives longer.

• Drama
• Sci-Fi
• Experimental