Explore high school experimental and animated films from around the world including Iran, Romania, Malaysia, Turkey, Croatia, Norway, and the United States.

When a man returns home exhausted from work, his daughter picks up his laser pointer and uses her imagination to help him rediscover his passions.

Illumination

In the animated short film, Illumination, a burned out worker rediscovers his creativity.

Luisa watches the rain at her window sill. Her parents argue in the room next to her. Once the rain clears, she goes to the backyard to escape, and her imagination transforms her world from monochrome to color. She discovers this creature being bullied by a dragon, much like her parents' dynamic at home. But instead of fighting the monster, she gives it a gift: a flower. They become friends. Suddenly, her parent calls her back into the house for supper. When she arrives in the dining room, she hands her parents the flowers she picked while outside. They accept the flowers, transforming their world into color as well.

Luisa

Overwhelmed by the discord of her parents' arguments, a little girl, Luisa, uses her imagination to help heal her fractured family.

The puny Saplin, upon seeing the sorrow pervading his town, decides something must be done. He ventured through the woods encountering many a forest oddity. Just when the journey seemed hopeless he comes across just the thing to cheer up his town.

The Lights of Saplin Village

A puny Saplin goes on an adventure find something to cheer up his sorrowful village

Created within an animation workshop by 10 high schoolers for a song by Norwegian artist Ida Stein, the film follows the journey of a lonely boat with ups and downs, joy, solitude, and heartache.

The River

Created within an animation workshop by 10 high schoolers for a song by Norwegian artist Ida Stein, the film follows the journey of a lonely boat with ups and downs, joy, solitude, and heartache.

We invite you on a journey into the realms of the subconscious where you will question the nature of reality and perception. "Disappearing" is a short film that takes you into the realms of the subconscious and gives you the impression that, just like in dreaming, you have generated the images yourself, even though you don't know why.The film explores the claim of material reality, that matter is just a vibration of energy, that reality is not as we perceive it and that there is much more that we don't see.

Disappearing

We invite you on a journey into the realms of the subconscious where you will question the nature of reality and perception. "Disappearing" is a short film that takes you into the realms of the subconscious and gives you the impression that, just like in dreaming, you have generated the images yourself, even though you don't know why. The film explores the claim of material reality, that matter is just a vibration of energy, that reality is not as we perceive it and that there is much more that we don't see.

The final night is about a boy who wants to succeed at life and has read a book that guides him through a process that eventually doesn't succeed so he writes his&nbsp;own book to make money

The Last Night

Story is about a boy who wants to get rich

An animated journey about memories, sensory experiences, and the ways we connect with each other in a world rich with emotion and sensation. Inspired by meditative sensory exercises, this piece explores how we remember, feel, see, and are seen within our surroundings, with particular attention paid to the soundscape, which heightens the experience.

I REMEMBER, I FEEL, I SEE, I AM SEEN Overview Credits

An animated journey about memories, sensory experiences, and the ways we connect with each other in a world rich with emotion and sensation. Inspired by meditative sensory exercises, this piece explores how we remember, feel, see, and are seen within our surroundings, with particular attention paid to the soundscape, which heightens the experience.

A Carter Ace Music Video of the song "Frozen". A dreamlike rollercoaster of a man stuck between reality and illusion. Directed by Ryan Zreik.

FROZEN

Ocean Dream explores a dreamlike moments where a human drifts between the presence and absence of water.

OCEAN DREAM

Water exists — and it doesn’t. As for human, drifting in between...

Language Of The Universe

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