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Shorts 2: Animation

  Various

  Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Finland, France, Ireland, Japan, Portugal     90 minutes

Synopsis

Some worlds can only truly be conjured outside of physical reality. These eight thrilling shorts unfold in an inventive array of visual and narrative styles that come together to form a vibrant snapshot of contemporary animation. May not be suitable for all ages.

Paradaïz, an abstracted depiction of returning to Sarajevo, hums with absurdist humor and a real longing for home. This is not your Garden uses 3D scan data to capture a ghostly portrait of Bogota’s highland cloud forests, which are currently threatened by climate change and human development. One man’s plans for the future are laid out in Retirement Plan. Every resident chases their own version of happiness in the colorful apartment building at the center of Dollhouse Elephant. In the quiet sepia-toned countryside of Dog Alone, a young woman, her grandfather, and a nearby dog all confront loneliness. In dipolar bipolar, the internal life of a person managing bipolar disorder appears as pulsing, maximalist visions. As eight-year-old Agata boards a full bus from Poland to Belgium by herself in Autokar; she notices that those around her seem different. The present moment sits perfectly still in Ordinary Life.

 Chinese, English, French, No Dialogue, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish 

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An illustration rendered mostly in shades of green and white depicts a young girl with two braids walking through a forest.

Autokar

  Sylwia Szkiłądź

  Belgium, France     18 minutes

Synopsis

As eight-year-old Agata boards a full bus from Poland to Belgium by herself, she notices that those around her seem different. The magical realism of Autokar authentically recalls how strange and inscrutable the adult world can seem to children, lending the story a subtle humor and nostalgia.

This film screens as part of Shorts Program 2: Animation.

 French, Polish 

Media

Film Credits

  •   Christophe Beaujean, Jérémie Mazurek
  •   Sylwia Szkiłądź
  •   Jérôme Erhart
  •   Natalia Wolska, Anna Seniuk, Henryk Niebudek, Elżbieta Gaertner
  •   Barbara Drazkov
  •   Ozù Productions, Amopix, Vivi Film & Novanima
  •   https://www.miyu.fr/distribution/en/autokar-2/

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Shorts 5: Comedy

  Various

  France, Ireland, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, U.S.     87 minutes

Synopsis

Laugh away the woes of the world with this eclectic collection of comedies. From the absurd anxieties of wannabe filmmakers to the ridiculous delusions of the recently dumped, these stories are insightful, unexpected, and delightfully irreverent.

In Nervous Energy, two fiercely ambitious aspiring filmmakers make a pact to break up with their boyfriends to free them up for the next phase of their careers. In 1:10, a schoolyard tussle between two friends escalates when the kids’ self-righteous and macho fathers get involved. Heartsick follows Jess who, spiraling from a recent breakup, writes a detailed email to her ex about how well she is doing, with a few embellishments here and there. When Jamie finds a mysterious trombone case one night—the contents of which might change his life forever—he convenes an emergency meeting with his friends in Moonluck Wonton. In Duck Duck Goose, recently divorced Juju is pressured by her mother to make an impression as an eligible wife while attending a funeral. A couple is put to the test, literally, when they agree to participate in a joint therapy session that will be observed by an international panel of psychology experts in Exam.

 Arabic, English, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Swiss-German, Turkish 

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In black & white, a couple is in an argument. Between them are three people sitting on a couch, observing their conversation.

Exam Egzamin

  Jan Naszewski

  France, Poland     17 minutes

Synopsis

A couple are put to the test, literally, when they agree to participate in a joint therapy session that will be observed by an international panel of psychology experts. Proving that they’re the perfect couple by repressing all their real issues turns out to be more difficult than they planned.

This film screens as part of Shorts Program 5: Comedy.

 Polish 

Film Credits

  •   Jules Grange, Katarzyna Kuczyńska, Martin Jérôme
  •   Jan Naszewski & Agnieszka Mata
  •   Ola Gowin
  •   Jakub Burakiewicz
  •   Sebastian Stankiewicz, Agnieszka Matan, Piotr Polak
  •   Pawel Lipka
  •   KIDAM (Fr), Haka Films (Pl), Condor Films (Fr)

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