Why a Walk in the Park Can Save Your Life

by Emmanuelle Mohnblatt, Marie Deboissy, Sébastien Kirszenblat

Henry meanders through Wyrmlands, the remains of England consumed by the giant worm of capitalism. Amidst his despair, he recalls an act of kindness. As a child, innocent and loving, he saved an injured worm. Perhaps salvation is possible if he can reconnect with his inner child.

• Drama
• Music Videos
• Tragedy
• Fantasy
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Tom CJ Brown

Christopher embarks on a transatlantic voyage as a passenger on a cargo ship. A chance encounter with an Engineer under moonlight waylays his hopes of finding out what lures so many men to sea and sets him on a journey into solitude, fantasy, and obsession.

• Drama
• Romance
• Experimental

by Gaia Alari

The night is the place where characters move, and images rhythmically dissolve from faces to the night stars, in a smooth transition between images and words.

• Drama
• Music Videos
• Abstract
• Experimental

by João Gonzalez

Every day, a father and his son jump with a parachute from their vertiginous cold house, attached to a cliff, to go to the village on the ground, far away where they sell the ice they produce daily.

• Drama
• Fantasy

Joanna Quinn, whose acclaimed body of work includes the Oscar-nominated shorts Famous Fred, The Wife of Bath and her most recent film Affairs of the Art, speaks with Ben Mitchell of Skwigly Online Animation Magazine in an exclusive talk as part of the Linoleum Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival. Having achieved major success at the very beginning of her career with her multi-award-winning debut film Girls Night Out, Joanna has since become an inspirational figurehead to many in the animation world through the work of her studio Beryl Productions. In this talk Joanna will offer unique insight into the highs and lows of industry success and how she has navigated the emotional pitfalls that come with it, from grappling with feelings of failure against high expectations, balancing personal projects and professional commissions, to dealing with imposter syndrome, burnout, staying motivated when life gets in the way and the challenges the younger generation face in the current social media climate and the pressures to succeed that come with it.

• Documentary
• Making of

by Allison Brownmoore

Hand illustrated short animated film about young autistic girl at the heart of a quiet revolution.

• Drama
• Documentary

by Various directors

The Global Animation Community unites in solidarity with Gaza to form AC4PAL. AC4Pal was created to support the work of Haneen Koraz, an animator based in Gaza who has been running animation workshops with displaced children and women across the region. The project “To Gaza with Love: A Global Anijam” brings together 329 short films from over 50 countries, created by animators, students, and studios in a collective act of solidarity with the people of Gaza.

• Drama
• Family

by Bill Plympton

RICH AND BROKE (Official Music Video) by Jon Bellion

• Music video

by Camille Monnier

Under a scorching sun, Charlie is bored out of her mind and dreams of going to the seaside. But she’s forced to guard a seedy motel with her cousin Jess, who’s slumped in her deckchair. The two teenagers don’t get along and bicker at every opportunity. On the radio, the monotone voice of a collapsology researcher predicts the imminent end of the world.

• Drama
• Coming-of-Age
• Tragedy
• Abstract
• Experimental

by Joung Yu-mi

A girl draws a circle on the ground. Passers-by step into it, one by one. Soon the circle is full of people.

• Drama
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by hayang

Cozy fall night routine.

• No genre

by Matúš Vizár

A rescue mission to free chickens from a factory farm goes radically wrong, and a group of four activists is forced to escape into the inhospitable wilderness to experience a series of borderline situations and ethical dilemmas that lead to new insights, such as that nature is not a safe place for animals.

• Comedy
• Fantasy
• Experimental