Films in official competition at the SPARK ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2020.

A wheelchair dreams of one day being fast like a racing car. One night, the wheelchair decided to race in the hospital hallway with its friends. This unique race used a bandage to mark the starting line, and the sound of a heart rate device for the starting race signal. Will the wheelchair be able to fulfill its dream tonight?

Beyond the Line

After his alcoholic father's death, a young man decides to sell the last memory of him — his taxi. No 3D software was used in the making of this short film. Everything was "tradigitally" drawn, animated and painted.

Memories for Sale

When an astronaut ponders on the quietude of space, he comes upon a startling self-realization. The truth is written in the stars, but what will he uncover?

The Quiet

A fisherman is left alone on the shore of a dried out sea. He is stuck in the past until a sandstorm overtakes him and redefines the meaning of his existence.

Dry Sea

At the dawn of the Chinese Robotic era, in a world where robot-human symbiosis and educational pressures collide, Yining, a young schoolboy learns to cope with the rigors of family pressure and mechanical success.

Mechamorphosis (械化)

There is a boy who is playing a role-playing game (RPG) in the internet cafe and has reached the level 20 of the game. He wishes his character to be a magician, but the character desires to be a warrior. His character keeps losing challenges against the boy, that even causes constant errors. Then she faces her last one chance to be a warrior, and both are not willing to let each other win.

Play On

Two Oni burst into a tidy Japanese room. However, Red Oni is more interested in creating origami, against Blue Oni's wishes. Soon, Red will discover the challenge that is making origami.

Onigami

When his grandchildren are fighting in the yard, PopPop retells a story from his own childhood to teach them a lesson.

Put a Stick in It

Holly tells the story of a woman coping with a new reality after enduring a life-altering medical procedure that leaves her unable to speak. She must now learn how to navigate the world anew, and come to terms with how each facet of her life has changed.

Holly

This is a story about a pickpocket, who wants to steal a wallet from a magician, but can’t get it because it is a magician’s pocket. In the end, he gets punished.

Tricked

It's a satirical digital pets rescue commercial.

Save The Digis

Just a Guy is an animated documentary film about love. Three women share glimpses of their affection, attraction and relationship with Richard Ramirez, a serial killer and rapist they contacted after his conviction in the 80's. Through their perspective, we revisit exchanged letters and emotions that are as obsessive as they are hauntingly familiar.

Just a Guy

A hungry fox hunts for food on a cold winter night. On the edge of the forest he discovers a small farm. He sneaks closer to steal a snack, unaware of the Tomten who guards the farm, and is caught red-handed in the hen-coop. When the Tomten sees how hungry the fox is, he decides to share his Christmas porridge with him, as long as the fox promises to leave the animals alone. But can an outcast fox trust anyone other than himself?

Reven og Nissen

„Lah gah“ lets us dive into sunny childhood memories, when a girl is singing and cooking with its father. An intimate moment, so simple. But they’re swept along by the wafting mass of dough into the emotional depths of loss and disappearance; Helpless, the child is trying to grasp what is not tangible.

Letting Go (Lah gah)

His feelings turned from sadness to gratitude just before her death.The emotion sprung up in his mind.He truly accepted everything she is.Love is as deep as sadness.

Accept

Kid tries to pull off an epic heist, but things quickly spin out of control.

That's My Boy!

An eccentric inventor Jaan is about to fulfil his dreams of flying high in the sky when the spirit of Leonardo da Vinci, the Renaissance luminary, joins him in his aspirations. However, towards the horizon where dreams and reality meet is heading Jaan's wife Liisa as an elegant winged creature, who has been neglected by Jaan's madness and ingenuity.

The Wings (Tiivad)

Yuan Yuan (Jackie), is inspired by her hero, the Monkey King. While play fighting outside, her older sister tells her that a storm is coming, and it is called the Hollow Monster! When the Hollow Monster arrives, Jackie loses her newest pet turtle, Lucy, in the middle of it. Her Baba is upset that she has lost her pet, and tells her to be more responsible. Jackie realizes that although she may be safe and sound, her turtle is not. So she decides to go after it, despite her Baba’s wishes. After a tumultuous journey, she finds Lucy. Using her own helmet, she shields Lucy against the Hollow Monster, and faces it! Using the powers of the Monkey King, she defeats the Hollow Monster and saves the entire town.

Yuan Yuan & the Hollow Monster

An instructive humorous tale about the power of kindness and mutual assistance, based on English traditions. In some parts of England and Scotland, the oldest apple tree in the garden was called the Apple Tree.

Apple Tree Man

Cyan is about a teenager who is half martian, half-human boy who struggles with his identity while trying to survive a day in high school

Cyan

A robot cares for a ship full of sleeping passengers on an interstellar voyage, and one day she discovers she is not alone.

Closed Circuit

The film tells the story of two calligraphy and painting masters who share the same interests with each other, but have not met for a long time.

10,000 Ugly Inkblots

When the richest of the bourgeoisie discovers that their oxygen reserves are dwindling, they will not hesitate to use their influence and blackmail capacity to restore them. He will use religious power to convince submissive and believing citizens that the consumption of this essential resource is a sin. In this way, they will be the ones who inflict the restriction on themselves, condemning in many cases to death those who are most disadvantaged, and whoever questions the veracity of such a statement will also be violently repressed.

Routine: The Prohibition (Rutina: La Prohibición)

In a futuristic city, a cyborg named Scott is riding the bus home when he comes to realize that the gift he is carrying might not be as good of a gift as he thought. He becomes set on buying some new jewelry, but along the way he faces some concerning obstacles. Why is his own face on a wanted poster?

Identity Crisis

Losing all reason to live, a man stands on the precipice of life and death.A man who feels like he has lost all reason to live. As he stands on the precipice of life and death, he faces an unexpected situation that may just save his life.

Redemption

Strange is an autobiographical story told in a visual journal style, a glimpse into an autistic author’s life exploring friendship, trails and the use of unique coping strategies.

Strange

Standing still in front of the open window, a woman stares at the dark clouds that obscure the sky. Immobile, she fights against the remembrances of the past.In the clouds, a passionate embrace appears.

Embraced

Lilas and Amber, two young girls of Vietnamese origin that were adopted and educated in France, go back to Vietnam. Amber, the big sister is just there for tourism. Lilas, the little sister, is euphoric and hopes she'll find a part of herself in Vietnam. For that reason, she really wants to visit the orphanage they both came from. The sisters have an argument about it, and Lilas runs off on her own. She gets lost in Saigon and feels attacked by the city, that suddenly feels so foreign and seems to be rejecting her. She finally sees the orphanage she was looking for, tries to get to it, in vain, and falls into despair. Her big sister finds her and they make up. Lilas finds her stability back and realizes that even though she doesn't have roots, she has a sister who will always be there for her.

Disoriented (Désorientée)

Eliott is a 13 year-old boy, forced to follow his mother through teleportations out of her control. But, will his love for her be enough to bear the weight of their relationship?

Agape

Sho, a young Shiba Inu, learns about the ancient tradition of sacrifice from his sensei, a wise and disciplinary figure. According to legend, their kind must send away one of their own to appease the angry Gods outside their walls.

Gatcha!

Deep into her dreams, Ava wanders through the mysterious walls of her childhood dollhouse.

3 Murs & un toit

Nora is a young woman living alone on a cloud connected to a village below by an endless ladder. She wishes she could get down, but she’s paralyzed by fear.

Castaway

In a run-down part of town stands a small theater, owned by an eccentric old man. His spectacle The Mechanical Dancer is a sight to behold, although it has seen better days. We follow him and the strange cast of characters he encounters in the running of his show, and as a series of crimes unravel over three acts, we see how each character's fate will change after one perilous night...

The Mechanical Dancer

A hero arrives back home from a party, pours himself another drink, checks emails, and starts to get hallucinations — mostly superpower ones. After discovering a handful of powers, the hero wakes up in his bed the next morning with a very bad hangover and thinks that this is the end of the nightmare... but no — he still possesses powers.

Ivan Dorn 'Wasted'

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