Indie Memphis Film Festival 2020 presented by Duncan-Williams, Inc.

Aniexpialidocious (Animated Shorts)

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14 films in package
Re-Education of the Senses
"There’s nothing to see here; now, look directly at the screen." An experimental vision of Bauhausian hypnotherapy orchestrated by sentient technology.
Ladder (#10)
Three black figures are trapped in a strange claustrophobic place...
Metro6
In a world where the culture of convenience has all but replaced human interaction, Zak discovers the true value of community during an epic, hilarious bus ride.
Everything You Need To Know About Pierogi
A short explainer video outlining everything one may need to know about pierogi, and a great deal of other things.
GRAB MY HAND: A Letter to My Dad
Camrus Johnson's gift to his grieving father and a message to all to cherish every second you have with loved ones while you still can.
We Got a Problem with Groundwater
Based on the poetry of Noah C. Lekas, 'WE GOT A PROBLEM WITH GROUNDWATER' is a surreal animated tale through the history and mindset of the horrifying working conditions of the American Midwest, as one man begins to realize his fate may very well lie in the notebooks his factory produces on a mindless day-to-day basis.
Regeneration
"Regeneration" is about old historical buildings being renewed into flats, corporate buildings and shopping centres in London. Now imagine them with arms and legs.
Harvest
The protagonist of Harvest is a grasshopper. In the early autumn, insects in the garden scramble for food. These small and tenacious creatures have experienced the blessings and hardships of spring, summer, and autumn but now they have to race against the clock to be fully prepared to survive the winter.
Sad Beauty
When mankind causes its own demise, what could bring consolation?
The Abandoned Block
A useless, damaged, abandoned block of marble after years of neglect emerges out of obscurity to become one of the greatest works of art.
Closed captions available
The Wonderful World of Tomorrow
A Utopian dream of a girl who wants to believe in the optimistic future of progress and society.
I Am He Who Created Himself
Joining with his shadow, the first god creates himself, the progenitor of humanity.
Talk to Your Plants About Uplift Experiences
A multispecies dance as an imploration for humankind to acknowledge the experiences of other lives before a long night falls over us all.
Aniexpialidocious (Animated) Shorts Q&A
A conversation with the directors. Moderated by Madeleine Wall (Associate Programmer, Indie Memphis).
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The protagonist of Harvest is a grasshopper. In the early autumn, insects in the garden scramble for food. These small and tenacious creatures have experienced the blessings and hardships of spring, summer, and autumn but now they have to race against the clock to be fully prepared to survive the winter. The whole film, with no dialogue, highlights the roles’ emotional expression, action design and rhythm control by showing the strife among insects in a garden which depicts the "law of survival", thus reflecting the profound philosophy of nature.


Harvest, the first 8K Chinese ink animated short film, has made multiple innovations in production technology, the audio-visual language of animation, artistic expressions and animation performance. Harvest is for the first time combines the techniques of "meticulous brushwork + freehand brushwork" in ink painting with 3D animation and 8K imaging technology. It integrates innovative ideas into Chinese traditional ink painting, thus producing new contents and forms through the combinations of different elements.

  • Year
    2019
  • Runtime
    5 minutes
  • Language
    Chinese
  • Country
    China
  • Director
    Sun Lijun
  • Screenwriter
    Fan Beilu
  • Producer
    Li Huixin