Toronto Animation Film Festival 2021

Student Shorts (Shorts 5)

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Everything Pizza
A bear orders too much pizza.
The Box Assassin
A pizza delivery boy finds himself in the middle of a clash between a gangster boss and a legendary assassin who the boy has unknowingly delivered instead of pizza.
The Hotline
Trapped working a dead-end job, Erika fears there is no light at the end of the tunnel, until her environment puts her metal fragility to the test.
Behind The Scenes
Fjord, a battle-hardened hunter, prepares for his most glorious fight yet - the client.
We're All Gonna Die
Things are heating up on the playground! Danger is near, and one anxious little velociraptor has taken up an impossible task: convincing the local idiots of their impending doom.
Sunshower
Residents at a drought-stricken dystopian town invoke a mannequin for help.
7 Ways To Upgrade Your Brain
A peculiar guy tries to upgrade his brain with the help of an invisible voice. But strange situations arise when he fails to follow basic instructions.
Breaker Point
Jamie’s always been a huge horror fan despite their young age. However, as they explore the depths of their house during a power outage, the horrors in their mind might prove to be a lot more than they’re ready to handle.
Shi Yang
Undefeated for 20 years, relentless pirate queen Cheng Shi Yang finds herself at the mercy of an enemy who forces her to reconsider her past and her choices.
THE ALIEN NIGHTMARE
Mike, Bob and Frank land on Earth for a scientific expedition. A routine mission for these aliens, but this time, everything won't go as planned...
La Bestia
A young mexican smuggler and a little girl travel illegally on top of a cargo train, called La Bestia, to get to the USA.An injury transforms his perception of the journey.
Scattershot
3 kids get a job packing up someone’s house, and accidentally wreak havoc when one of them gets possessed by a haunted demon skull.
Mime Your Manners
An arrogant man berates a mime. As a consequence, he is transformed into a mime until he learns to treat others how he would like to be treated.
The portrait of a boring man
Collection of memories, impressions and dreams of an apathetic and sociophobic man, who have insomnia
The Train Ride Home
A young woman and her father set out in hopes of catching up with each other.
My lil' Bud (Flower)
A story about a giddy girl and her dying flower, which made her commit an unforgivable theft.
Copy of Q & A with Directors from Student Shorts (Shorts 5)
Stay tooned after Shorts 5 for an up close and personal Q & A Session with the Directors.
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The only thing that's better than going to college for cartoons is having your grad film part of TAAFI! Witness a smattering of the greatest graduate cartoons from around the globe. We've got the TAAFI Golden Ticket winners from Sheridan and Seneca, plus films from Ringling and a few from Gobelins, School L'image. So many great films that a few leaked out into the other blocks as well. Catch them all! Oh look out, there’s a Squirtle behind you!



Films Include:


Everything Pizza | David Amberg | United States | 0:02:21 | USC Animation


The Box Assassin |Jeremy Schaefer | United States | 0:02:41 | Jeremy Schaefer


The Hotline | Christina Taratufolo | Canada | 0:04:52 | Seneca College


Behind The Scenes | Amy L. Wright | United Kingdom | 0:00:42 | Students from University of Hertfordshire


We're All Gonna Die | Tali Lawrence | Canada | 0:05:21 | Seneca College


Sunshower | Attila Fekete | Hungary | 0:09:15 | Budapest Metropolitan University


7 Ways To Upgrade Your Brain | Brecht De Cock | Belgium |0:02:53| LUCA School of Arts


Breaker Point | Sam Van Rootselaar | Canada | 5:00 | Seneca College


Shi Yang | Mikhal Bak | France | 0:03:42 | Ecole Georges Méliès


THE ALIEN NIGHTMARE | FRANCOIS HEISER | France | 0:06:05 | BRASSART


LA Bestia | Marlijn van Nuenen, Ram Tamez, Alfredo Gerard Kuttikatt | France | 8:00 | Gobelins, l'école de l'image


Scattershot | Jade Smania | Canada | 0:04:20 | Sheridan College


Mime Your Manners | Skyler Porras | United States | 0:03:20 | Ringling College of Art and Design


The portrait of a boring man | Vasiliy Korepanov | Russian Federation | 0:07:10 | Saint-Petersburg institute of cinema and TV


The Train Ride Home | SVA Computer Art | United States | 0:02:05 | School of Visual Arts BFA Computer Art


My Lil' Bud (Flower)| Maksymilian Rzontkowski | Poland | 0:03:13

Stay tooned after Shorts 5 for an up close and personal Q & A Session with the Directors.

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