This program is not available to stream in UK and Iran. Proof that female filmmakers are a creative force to be reckoned with, this year’s collection of international shorts from female creators highlights the diversity of female animators. These brilliant self-contained creative feats beautifully capture all the fun and foibles of human nature.

This is a music video for the song that was a big hit in Japan in the 60's, covered by Kuricorder Quartet. Organisms dance vigorously along with delightful recorders.

Kuricorder Quartet 'Southpaw'

Fifteen years have passed and Roberto is still in love with his neighbour, but she prefers to hide ashamed of her body. With his art and an old clothesline as the only ways of communication, Roberto has a plan to push his beloved for face her monsters at once.

Roberto

A businessman tries to get back home after bus hour.

Mr RuRu's Adventure

A boy living a fast-paced, free-roaming life with his friends on the streets of Dublin doesn’t always have good choices to make.

Shergar

A father tries to stay connected with his hospitalized daughter through music. He plays a windup music box that she can hear in her dreams that help guide her the way back.

Windup

Ranger Megan Patel must uncover the mystery surrounding her brother’s death. But following his footsteps, Megan discovers a darkness she might not escape.

100,000 Acres of Pine (Hvor træerne blokerer for lyset)

With lush mandalas and dream images that unearth buried trauma, Jung &amp; Restless delves into the mythopoetic realm.

JUNG & RESTLESS

A short film featuring social awkwardness.

Awkward

An old Geisha’s life journey about identity, perception, relationships between Eastern and Western Culture, and circularity/dualism.

SIMULACRA

A boy chases a girl, who is moving away from her hometown, by bicycle in the rain. Splashed by a truck, he sees Kirin, the Sacred Beast bringing happiness, jumping out of the waves.

Kirin Group 'The Kirin'

There is a strong connection between parents and their child. A young woman leaves the parental home to see the world. But the world of her parents is so tightly connected with her that by leaving, she puts it at risk. It turns out that this connection can be also destructive.

Ties

Unsquare is a 2D animation about how society rejects people and/or things that are different from the “norm.” An individual whose personality departs from social norms will either cave to the social force and become normative, or maintain him/herself and accept the consequence of social abandonment. Even with such high stakes, the protagonist in Unsquare ultimately chooses to maintain his own authentic personality.

Unsquare

This is the story of Keith and Millie and how their love is going to be stronger than the monstrosity of her illness.

Through My Eyes (À Travers mes yeux)

Conversations about planetary destruction, global pandemics and the extinction of so many species, are never easy to start. The fact is, we are all complicit, simply because we have been born into a time of consumerism, avarice and blind searching. And, the only way we are going to make it through this terrifying time as a species, is if we work together in harmony with the planet rather than in opposition to it. The Ghastly Fowl takes a look at where we are now and where we could go from here, focusing on responsibility rather than blame. A stark, beautifully animated short story that peels away the layers of the human psyche in a countdown towards the end, which could also be the beginning.

The Ghastly Fowl

Roos lives, together with her snails, in a park. Like a small, very well organized system, a small microcosm. The only threat comes from some birds that like to eat snails. That is, until the arrival of two newcomers. While they fall in love, Roos feels attacked. She withdraws into herself and becomes aggressive to defend her way of life, to the point of hurting others. A film about dehumanization.

Carrousel

Set in the Bronx, in the era of 1950s McCarthyism, everybody wants to look the same. Michael a gay, twenty-something-year old mouse, hides his true identity while he works as a tailor.When Isaac enters the shop one day he offers the escapism and love Michael craves. In Michael’s confined apartment, he becomes tormented by the memories of Isaac’s tragic death. Michael’s memories and flashbacks are triggered when he notices Isaac’s jacket draped on the back of a chair. Haunted by the solace Isaac once offered, he struggles to come to terms with his loss.

The Fabric of You

People are living with their personality layers, and they take them to “Layeromat” just like their clothes. A young man who works in one of these “Layeromat” accidentally loses one of his layers. Despite his long search, he couldn’t find it. But through an inner revolution during his searching, he reaches a new understanding of his being.

Each Other (Yek Digar)

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Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Mothers of a Medium

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