Note that this program is geoblocked and only available in Canada. Step into a world of animated wonder with this short film program. A curated collection of the most exceptional animated shorts that graced the competition stage at SPARK ANIMATION 2024. Experience the artistry and innovation of both emerging talents and seasoned animators in this unforgettable journey.

Dan, a space billionaire, celebrates his birthday in his private space station when a cake accident ruins the party. After aiming for the stars, it’s hard to come back down to earth.

Space Dan

Locked in a room with a fan, a Bird teaches a Little Bird how to fly, even though he has no wings. The appearance of a mysterious briefcase will ruin Bird's plans, and will reveal to Little Bird an unexpected possibility of escape.

Steps to Fly

In the middle of nature, at the base of a cliff, two campers, intrigued by outside noises, cross the deserted landscape, lamp in hand. Cracking, trickling and other sounds give life to these places, home to a silent fauna, almost invisible, but still very present. This film was drawn and animated alone on a single sheet of paper as a performance.

Silent Panorama

In a devastated post-disaster world, Fen, a directive and violent young woman, takes part in a clandestine dragon race. While it may seem natural to use force to control these savage beasts, the many obstacles she faces force her to question her methods…

Spurs Out!

In a mansion for retired monsters, Millie the nurse goes from room to room to take care of her patients' very specific needs.

Hellscare Mansion

A little girl reads herself to sleep. As she dozes off, the physical world starts melting into an alternate reality where the contents of a book rule over the laws of physics.
Ana has to escape being swallowed by the overwhelming accumulation of printed knowledge and find her own space in a world where nothing is what it seems.

Ana Morphose

Yunta, a boy born with wings, is enshrined as Curato, a living god in the tribe. One day, while living in the name of protection, a girl with prosthetic legs, "Hala," falls into the tent. Yunta heard about the world outside the tent from Hala, and the more he spends time with Hala, the stronger Yuta wants to fly.

Curator

The son, frustrated after not being able to find a job for 5 years, becomes a "Kangaroo tribes man" and lives in his father's pouch like a parasite. Now conflict between father and son is blowing up…

Kangaroo Boy

Have you ever wondered where your second sock disappears? This movie will reveal the shocking truth that they don't want you to know. Follow Sue, local loco, in her quest for socks and answers.

Socks

At the edge of a dusty road, an abandoned dog desperately tries to return to his owner. Injured and unable to survive in the shadow of his melancholic memories, he will find refuge among forgotten pets hidden in the waste of humanity.

The Dogs' Highway

The world of a busy artist is suddenly turned upside-down when his designs start coming to life. Struggling to find a balance, he realises that blindly pursuing his passion has its drawbacks.

Drawn In

"kawauso" means Japanese river otter.
One day, a girl meets a Japanese river otter. They try to communicate, but it doesn't go well. This is because the Japanese river otter is already extinct and cannot interact with the girl. By depicting the Japanese river otter, which is said to have gone extinct in 2012, this short film presents an opportunity to reconsider what the modern society has sacrificed.

kawauso

After an unimaginable future war, there remained a vast amount of fatal radiation and uncontrollable AI military robots. The conflict between flesh and machine unfolded amidst the apocalypse. It was a cruel game from which there was no escape, but some had different thoughts... To die in the battle, or to abandon the human identity – that was the question.

Blood Machine

Levi, a young girl with special powers, faints while running away after damaging her village from being unable to control her bursting powers. When she wakes up, she finds herself on the deck of a large ship with both her arms turned black. She had lost her powers from the uncontrollable outbreak back in the village.
The ship happens to be the home of a group of diverse sailors led by Captain, who suggests that they take Levi under their roof. Levi is disheartened when she realizes that she does not know how to do anything apart from using her powers. However, she soon learns to do many things herself with the help of the sailors. One day, as Levi gradually gains back her powers, Captain suddenly disappears. Levi and the sailors set off on a journey to find their missing Captain as they recall the clues he had left behind.

Leviathan

A brave mouse in a cinema packed with cats is trying to twist a seemingly repetitive film, where a cat is chasing another mouse in hamster wheels.

Conceived to save mankind, Mucida was sent to the hostile and desert lands of an alien planet to evolve and grow.

Mucida

The story of Kim Rina, who sees ghosts under the influence of her mother who is a shaman, solving the case.

The Exorcist, Kim Rina

In a massacred village, a part of the inhabitants is kidnapped by strange creatures.
Only survivors, Cal and Vidalia decide to search for them.

Vidalia

Bear Ung and Raccoon Young are colleagues who joined the company at the same time. Every year, all employees go on hibernation leave during the winter. However, at some point, Raccoon Young stopped taking hibernation leave and became entirely focused on work. Bear Ung doesn't understand Young's behavior but starts to feel conflicted as he sees Young rapidly climbing the corporate ladder. Gradually, the workplace atmosphere shifts towards not taking hibernation leave. Eventually, Ung decides to give up his hibernation leave and continues working, only to find himself becoming increasingly exhausted and worn out.

Hibernation

A determined woman on a divine mission to create her own people, using a unique ability to produce clones of herself. Loosely inspired by the story of the Congolese heroine Kimpa Vita.

Dona Beatriz Ñsîmba Vita

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