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Shorts 2: Animation

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

Autokar

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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.[…]

Shorts 10: Outré

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The creators of these shorts unabashedly follow their own singular visions into wildly new and weird territories.
Shown in profile against a dark background, a blond transmasculine person kisses another person made up to resemble the moon.

Once in a Full Moon

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In a stylish and sensual fantasy world, a young vampire falls in love with the moon. The two yearn to consummate their impossible romance, and when the vampire is offered a choice between his immortality and one night with the moon, he departs on a journey to join his beloved in the sky for one night of cross-species bliss.

This film screens as part of Shorts Program 10: Outré.[…]

An older man with a beard stands with his mouth agape and head tilted back. A woman stands next to him doing the same.

Last Dance

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Recently widowed at 75, Germain is struggling with solitude and overwhelmed by his anxious, overbearing children’s constant worry. Craving escape and determined to honor a long-kept promise to his late wife, he secretly takes her place in a contemporary dance troupe. Last Dance is a deeply-felt, tenderhearted portrait of enduring love.

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