Spanish

A woman sits in front of a microphone, an anxious expression on her face. Behind her, a group of women are out of focus.

Belén

When a woman is wrongly charged with infanticide, a court case brought to vindicate her ignites both outrage and solidarity in this riveting true story.
A group of people and a dog sit on a vast, empty beach. They hold bags and luggage, looking tired.

Sirât

After a young woman goes missing at a rave, her father and brother brave the arid Moroccan landscape searching for her in a world on the brink of collapse.

Shorts 2: Animation

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.
A computer-generated image depicts the outlines of a tree in a forest with tiny dots of light.

This is not your Garden

In this hypnotic short, new media artists Carlos Velandia and Angélica Restrepo use data visualization to document mist forests and páramos near Bogota, ecosystems that are facing existential threat due to human development. Mesmerizing particle animation derived from 3D scans recreate the natural spaces in skeletal relief, propelling the viewer on an engulfing journey through the regions. The film both captures the present and speculates about the future of these natural places.

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

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