Anim’est Turns 20 and Serves Erotica
Anim’est International Animation Film Festival teams up for its 20th anniversary with Jakub Spevák, Fest Anča’s programme director, once again to curate the Erotica programme—a section where animation gets hot, political, and bold.
Titles in collection
-
About the diversity of sexual manifestations.
- Abstract
- Experimental
-
We follow a day in the life of Tanya, a curious woman who has developed a taste for non human lovers. This time her bedroom experiments result in the manifestation of a beautiful giant slug. Has she finally found the formula for total perfection? If so, can such a thing survive in this gnarly world full of freaks and beefs?
- Drama
- Comedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
-
Ava enters the sauna for the first time. She is overwhelmed by the nudity, her thoughts, and the physical sensations. The other guests go about their routines. With the rising heat Ava starts to relax. Finally, she melts away and dissolves into complete ecstasy.
-
Tired of being talked at by men, a woman takes a sensual trip with unusual friends.
- Drama
- Romance
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
-
In the lovers’ relationship, it seems like that we’re going on a vacation to each other’s heart from our own individuals’ lives.
-
Through snakey dildos, setting boundaries and a journey through a mind bending forest we follow Siro’s quest for self discovery.
- Drama
- Romance
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
-
The quarantine brings difficulties in sexual satisfaction in and some confusing feelings around vegetables.
- Drama
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
-
A troubling moment in the balminess of a summer in the countryside. While gardening, a young man sees his mother as a woman for the first time.
- Drama
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
-
Short animated puppet probe into endless self-love, freely drawing on the ancient myth of Narcissus. Whoever wants to love others needs to (after) love each other
-
Tom is living in a world where he doesn’t feel that he belongs, torn between staying or searching for a better place. On his last day, Tom decides to give all of his plants away to the ones he loves, without knowing that they already have a secret plan for him.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
-
In this animated fairy-tale Filly, a lesbian fairy with nimble fingers, seduces women by day dressed as a boy. But at night something strange happens and soon half the population of Whatsit Village are eagerly queuing up.
-
When i lived in Montreal it was the first time id seen adult cinemas around in years (there was one really close to my studio at the time), an would often see guys when walking past go in there hiding there faces in shame, when it really shouldn’t be like that. i asked a few people i know over the last year about how they would feel about masterbating with other guys or having group sex when other guys are involved, an some had very angry hateful homophobic reactions to it which took me back a bit. so i made a animation celebrating that when it comes to any sexual fun your into or curious about, if it feels good between everyone who’s involved, do it and have a good time.
- Comedy
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
-
Days Off is a short film, an homage to the puppet and city. By combining puppet animation and live action it builds a certain strange kind of reality, a reality that is based in the real world. It is an audiovisual testimony using the language of surrealism, satire, parody, irony and gallows humor, a dark mirror reflecting today’s world.
-
A naughty musical sexual education short for siblings.
- Comedy
- Musical
- Experimental
-
An in-depth technical analysis on Fruit
-
A young woman enjoys, in ignorance of the world around her, until she reaches the limit of her own self-esteem.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Abstract
- Experimental
-
Klimax explores the topic of female masturbation in order to redefine the already negatively connoted image of the female sex and thus strives to create new aesthetic associations of femininity. Our main protagonist, Barbie, undergoes a process of transformation. Like Alice in Wonderland, she is immersed in a magical world, a place of allure and delight. It is a fantastic place that leads her to change little by little to free herself from her stiffness and oppression. Klimax is meant to show how unique and beautiful every woman’s body is.
- Experimental
- Abstract
-
The film follows a woman’s mythological journey into a dystopian world, where she encounters various characters and undergoes a personal transformation. The film’s aesthetics draw on nostalgic images and pop culture references from the late 20th century, focusing on a female perspective and introspective exploration of identity.
-
Life on a conveyor belt seems great for Sushi and his Topping friends. But as he begins to contemplate his existence, Sushi wonders if there’s more to life than pimping himself out to savage consumers.
-
Cool Cat invites you! To join the world of Pussy Love. Enjoy a show of lust and laziness! The claws are sharp, the soda is sparkling and the fur is getting wet. Romance is kitsch. But even the most jaded cat can still be lost for love.
-
After meeting through a game of locker room towel tag, two funky clay dudes discover the musicality of their butt cheeks. Inspired, they are transported into a 1980s music video fantasy.
- Comedy
- Experimental
-
In Blue Lips, Philippe Hamelin was interested in using CGI as a reconstructive tool – in this case to reconstruct a lover’s memory. The story comes from a collection of accounts told by strangers who the artist met on dating sites in 2008. The memory takes form through matter, objects, movement and the senses. In the animation, human mechanisms and machinery are placed in parallel while the apparatus of narrative mechanics is explored. There is a crossover between the human being’s interior movement (feelings) and their movement in space. The dramatic expectations too often linked to representations of love between two men are derailed.
-
A very short stop-motion film about a menstrual tampon preparing for a date.
- Comedy
- Romance
- Experimental
-
A Coming of Age sci-fi film about lost and found.
- Drama
- Experimental
- Abstract
-
In the heart of a dark forest, two silhouettes meet, attract and repel each other in an explosive bridal parade. “Hold Me Tight” is a bittersweet romance
- Drama
- Romance
- Abstract
- Experimental
-
The blurb: Caroline and Rasmus are in a mess. They have not had sex for four months. To Caroline’s great dismay Rasmus believes the answer is to be found at the local swingers club, and Caroline reluctantly agrees to go with him to the club in an attempt to save their relationship.