Suit Up!
Director – Jiamin ”Kino” Wu
(United States)
Duration – 2:05
A sleeping superhero is abruptly awoken by an emergency phone call in need of his expertise—a monster is invading the city. In the morning rush that ensues, our hero equips himself with the gear needed to save the day. As he and the monster begin to face-off, it’s only then that he realizes he is woefully ill-equipped with the wrong suit. He is bewildered. Our hero is wearing his wife’s magic girl costume and he has no idea how to use it…
The Witch & The Baby
Director – Evgenia Golubeva
(Russian Federation)
Duration – 4:45
An ageing witch needs a baby for a spell to make her young again. But when she brings home an infant princess things don’t go by the plan.
Nestling
Director – Marat Valerievich Narimanov
(Russian Federation)
Duration – 6:35
The story of a friendship between a lonely old man and a helpless nestling, confronted by a group of ignorant boys from the same neighbourhood, stylized as a film of the ‘60s.
My Tagalong
Director – Jerry Wang
(Canada)
Duration – 6:40
A story about two Gemini brothers’ journey on the earth. The Older brother wants to enjoy the trip himself, but his younger brother always follows him and makes a lot of troubles.
Listen Papa!
Directors – Olga Poliektova, Tatiana Poliektova
(Russian Federation)
Duration – 13:00
Here’s a letter of a boy’s hate and love for his father, telling all that had once been kept unspoken.
Heat Wave
Director – Fokion Xenos
(Greece)
Duration – 7:13
In the midst of a searing heat wave, two little children find a way to cool everyone down! A playful stop motion short film animated in a hybrid technique between cut out, claynimation and thousands of replacements pieces.
Robert The Robot
Director – Jonathan Irwin
(United Kingdom)
Duration – 4:00
In the near future, the problem of domestic errands will be solved by artificially intelligent cleaning droids. Every home will have at least one. This short tells the story of an old cleaning droid – a ROB 9000 domestic model – as he passes a boring Tuesday alone in an empty house, waiting for his owners to return. By focusing on the robot’s self-awareness, loneliness and dog-like love of his owners, we have created a beautiful tone poem that makes people feel sympathy for a humble hunk of metal.
ECHO
Director – Barzan Rostami
(Iran)
Duration – 7:07
The story of echo is about understanding and perception of wildlife and environmental abuse and its consequences on human race…