A shipwrecked fisherman is led to a dark secret within this short thriller.
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A shipwrecked fisherman is led to a dark secret within this short thriller.
In a deserted rich house, a couple of amphibians explore their surroundings and follow their primal instinct.
this is probably my favourite unexpected visual for any of my songs. I’m so proud to know and work with the most talented people here, really. I’m gonna dance with my demons again.
A music video.
A music video.
A music video.
A snowball fight is fun for everyone! Because it’s sooo cold outside, a penguin has to think of something special to get its friends to join in the game.
Music video featuring sneakerfish.pdf
A young hopeful Knight reports for duty at the King’s court. Little does he know that slaying dragons might not be his biggest challenge.
A 10 year old boy, Imad, lives in a war zone. When he finds a bird with a broken wing, he brings it home and carefully nurses it back to health. This new friendship brings Imad joy, dreams, and strength. Imad learns to listen to his heart and finds the courage to choose a (new) future.
A life insurance company uses an AI algorithm to determine the risk of a new applicant. The subsequent denial sparks a period of introspection for the individual in question.
When a lifelong friend departs, a stubborn old man has to face his inner fears in order to restore peace to his mind.
Alula constantly runs away from home to explore a forest nearby much to her father’s chagrin. He drags her back home and orders her inside their house in a very authoritative manner.
In a world where people’s hearts are on the outside and exhibit the qualities of a pet, Mary loses her lovable Skip only to rediscover herself and learn what it truly means to “follow your heart.”
Three frogs are fighting over a tasty fly. But there is something the fly can teach them.
“It’s time!” Time for villagers to embark the seas for the funeral procession. They cross extents of water, as vast as dangerous, to escort their loved ones to their final destination – where the sea and the sky meet. When do we leave the world of the living?
The Arcadian atmosphere of a hazy underworld hosts unusual characters: an Illusionist, a Civil Entity, a Wooden Puppet and a silent, but dangerous Swordsmen. Their mysterious experiences are an allegory of the relationship between the now extinct tradition of European combat swordsmanship and the doctrine of pragmatic political action. Is the end of the allegory also a beginning of an instructive misunderstanding? The film is inspired by the motifs from the books Flower of Battle (1410) by Fiore dei Liberi and A Dialogue in Hell between Machiavelli and Montesquieu (1864) by Maurice Joly.
The music video for the song “I COULD NEVER LIVE WITHOUT YOU BY MY SIDE” by the Berlin based techno group FJAAK tells the story of one night in a Berlin techno club. Two lovers go on a drug induced trip with a fatal ending. During this trip they meander through different surreal spaces of their shared past and their distorted memories of those events.
Frustrated at being the only straight flamingo in a gay flock, our hero falls in love with a lady stork who flies by. Unable to convince her of his serious intentions, he isolates himself and endures an identity crisis. An intensive encounter inspires him to make a bold move.
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)