Nina Byrt
Australia, 2024
03’20” video, digital, 2D animation, colour, stereo sound
There's a killer on Lady Musgrave Island. Amidst the beauty of the Great Barrier Reef, where crystal-clear waters meet lush coral landscapes, a sinister force lurks, turning paradise into a nightmare. Nest is a 2D animated documentary horror that immerses viewers in a chilling tale where the vibrant reef, often celebrated for its life and beauty, becomes a backdrop for suspense and fear.
Hasan Pastaci
Belgium, Türkiye, 2024
05’01” video, digital, 2D hand-drawn animation, colour, stereo sound
Music: Yohann Brun, Anthony Touzalin
The character, Arama is on a transformative journey after receiving a seed from a mystical Kite Man. This journey into his own consciousness involves breaking himself into pieces, allowing him to reconstruct and to create a new version of himself. The short film gets its name from the Jungian term "Supra Consciousness." The sphere symbolizes this supra-conscious mind state, and the film's poetic execution invites the audience to discover it.
Social: @hasanpastaci
Lera Oleynikova
2024
03’36” video, digital, colour, 2D painting animation, stereo sound
The film is about ordinary and everyday actions, which little by little become catastrophic.
Social: @lera.oleynikova
SOCIALLY APPROVED POSITIONS OF BODY IN SPACE
NOW OR NEVER
GEMINI
STATES OF MATTER
Ezra Wube
USA, 2024
05’44” video, digital, stop-action animation, 2D painted animation canvas & glass, colour, stereo sound
This project strives to depict a collection of dreams by conducting contingent experiments with coded symbolic materials, exploring their possible influences. Developed concurrently, the short film portrays images and stories based on the artists dreams from two consecutive nights - 1st after consuming Ethiopian meal and sleeping on a Ethiopian flag pillow case and the 2nd after repeating the same ritual, but this time with USA. Dream fragments were voice recorded during short intervals of wakefulness throughout both nights. Painted scenes were documented while rotating the camera counterclockwise, inspired by the centrifugal scenes in the 2001 Space Odyssey, to destabilize the animation and remove gravitational orientation.
Social: http://ezrawube.net/
Jamie Griffiths
USA, 2024
06’41” video, digital, 2D hand-drawn pencil animation, colour, stereo sound
Sarah and her two cats go about their separate lives. The cats have strange dreams about their desires, and Sarah develops an unshakable paranoia that something is off about them. Sarah's paranoia bleeds into her social life and her friends begin to worry for her. Soon, the dreams of her cats come true, and finally Sarah is able to let go of her anxieties and embrace the duality of the known and the unknown.
Social: @jamie___steele
Marvin Hauck
Netherlands, 2024
06’55” video, digital, strata-cut animation, colour, stereo sound
Sound & Music: Giorgos Karamanlis
“States of Matter” is an abstract and experimental strata-cut animation crafted entirely from wax and paper. It invites viewers on a meditative exploration of materiality, textures, and movements.
Social: @mao_mentha
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