Synopsis:
A classroom erupts into a war of words as students grapple with a seemingly simple prompt: what is the opposite of a gun?
- Director:
- Anna Samo, Lisa LaBracio
- Year:
- 2019
- Country:
- United States
- Running time:
- 5 min.
- Technique:
- Hand-drawn Animation, Mixed media, Stop Motion Animation
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producers:
- Sarah Kay, Bethany Cutmore-Scott, Stephanie Lo, Gerta Xhelo
- Animators:
- Anna Samo, Lisa LaBracio
- Script writer:
- Brendan Constantine
- Sound designer:
- Weston Fonger
- Editor:
- Alex Rosenthal
- Production:
- TED-Ed
- Distribution:
- TED-Ed
- Genres:
- Drama, Experimental, Non-narrative
- Tags:
- Educational, Surreal, Festival Darlings, Identity, Poetic, Transformation, Dreams, Non-violent
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- Sundance Film Festival, Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
-
Enducated
2020 7+ 7 min
by Xavia Chen
Once upon a time, there was a crawling tortoise. The tortoise was told that as long as it keeps going, it will reach the goal. But, why reaching the goal? The story is a reflection of the education system in Asia. High school students aimlessly pursue the one and only goal – getting into the perfect university. But what is next?
- Drama
- Coming-of-Age
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
-
Per tutta la vita
2018 16+ 5 min
by Roberto Catani
Through a journey back in memory, a woman and a man retrace the more important moments of their love story.
- Drama
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
-
Berry Sakharof – Yareach (Moon)
2016 16+ 2 min
by Amit Trainin, Tom Kouris
- Drama
- Music Videos
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
-
Stems
2016 13+ 3 min
by Ainslie Henderson
Puppet making made to make music.
- Drama
- Experimental
- Making of
- Non-narrative
-
The Game
2004 Adults 9 min
by Joanna Kozuch
The war is always made from the table, even a simple card fight can turn into a big war in the minds of fuzzy players. The Game is a cartoon of a model of government. Film combines action of actors with pastel-drawn animation.
- Drama
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
-
Bryan Away: The Lake
2020 16+ 5 min
by Qianwen Yu
Lake is liquid, inanimate, emotionless. Like blood flowing through a body, the water circulates and sustains, bringing life to its surroundings. In this video, life is continuously reborn through the raindrops, through the terrain and into the air. The beauty of this process is juxtaposed with the songwriter’s perspective, someone who is detached and yearning to feel the full breadth of human emotion.
- Drama
- Music Videos
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
-
Puppy Love
2019 16+ 3 min
by Chen I-Wen, I-Wen Chen
Apple, a puppy owner, has been miserably single for as long as she can remember.
- Drama
- Romance
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
-
Pining
2017 16+ 2 min
by Caibei Cai
An unobtainable feeling.
- Drama
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
-
Barbeque
2017 Adults 6 min
by Jenny Jokela
Barbeque is the visceral journey of coping with posttraumatic stress disorder by Jenny Jokela.
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
-
The Sexual Practice of Trees
2016 Adults 8 min
by Joshua Tuthill
A scientist sets out to discover the reproduction methods within the Plantae Kingdom.
- Drama
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
-
Tanzonk
2015 Adults 9 min
by Sasha Svirsky
A story about a soldier who fights in a global war between robots and humanity. Once he was injured and robot-woman helped him to get well. They fell in love but humanity as well as robots do not want to accept this love.
- Drama
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
-
Daniil Ivanovič, you are free
2011 16+ 6 min
by Petra Zlonoga
“Dear Daniel,
- Drama
- Experimental
- Non-narrative