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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 of a girl sitting on an airplane with her knees pulled up to her chest.

Paradaïz

  Matea Radic

  Canada     9 minutes

Synopsis

In her first film, Canadian artist and animator Matea Radic imagines an impossible return. Paradaïz follows a young woman as she travels back to a city still unstable with the conflict she fled. Blending her own memories of leaving Sarajevo as a child in the early 1990s with a droll sense of humor and a quirky animation style peppered with archival photos, Radic offers an atypical portrait of displacement.

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

  

 No Dialogue 

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A colorful painted image of three chidren standing with their heads together in front of a door in a striped hallway

Dollhouse Elephant

  Jenny Jokela

  Finland     11 minutes

Synopsis

In this swirling flight through a busy apartment building, each resident navigates the unintended consequences of their neighbors’ attempts to find equilibrium. Animating with acrylic paint on paper, Jenny Jokela creates eccentric characters and their vibrant homes in a delightful exploration of the self within a community.

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

  

 No Dialogue 

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An illustration rendered in muted pastels depics a woman's hand gently lifting the lip of a white dog with a black nose

Ordinary Life Futsu no Seikatsu

  Yoriko Mizushiri

  France, Japan     10 minutes

Synopsis

Yoriko Mizushiri’s gorgeous short lulls the viewer into a dreamy tactile world. A meditation on the beauty of simplicity led by a graphic design that seems at once exacting and soft, Ordinary Life calls attention to the present moment.

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

  

 No Dialogue 

Media

Film Credits

  •   Emmanuel-Alain Raynal, Pierre Baussaron, and Nobuaki Doi
  •   Yoriko Mizushiri
  •   Yoriko Mizushiri
  •   Yoriko Mizushiri, Sumi Mizushiri
  •   Kengo Tokusashi
  •   Miyu Productions, New Deer
  •   https://www.miyu.fr/production/en/an-ordinary-life-2/

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Shorts 9: Family Friendly Animation

  Various

  Brazil, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, U.S.     66 minutes

Synopsis

Clever animated shorts from across four continents appear in this delightful family program full of polar bears, empty cans of tuna, and beloved grandparents. Presented as a relaxed screening and recommended for cinema-enthusiasts ages 8 years and older.

An empty tuna can and his kitchen friends battle an evil package of spaghetti in Tsuna the Empty Can – Meatball and Spaghetti. In Pow! Jake struggles to keep playing video games while his family attends an intertribal gathering. On the Mat Outside My Door is a poem to an intrusive and ultimately loveable rat. After losing his grandfather, Mundinho meets a whale who lessens his grief in Yore Gramps and the Whale. Snow Bear follows the adventures of a polar bear who must make a new friend in his changing environment. A long car trip made worse by bickering parents shifts into an epic adventure in Are We There Yet? Lily asks “What could be scarier than the meanest teacher in school? ” A teenage boy finds common ground with his grandfather during their weekly visits in Wednesdays with Gramps.

  

 English, No Dialogue, Portuguese, Swiss-German 

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