A wild tiger roams the city, a sheep escapes from a painting, a dead unicorn must disappear. The wilderness makes its way into homes and hearts.
Wild living, stories about growing up, the state of body and soul, and everyday madness are this year’s defining themes. Established schools from countries with a tradition of animation present themselves in their usual strong way, while brilliant newcomers broaden the spectrum in terms of geography and content. This results in fascinating insights into the politics and society of a wide range of cultures. Visual trips ranging from sensitive and humorous to satirically sharp round off the programme.
When Ray brings home a dead unicorn, his concerned mother asks him what happened. So, he tells her about the incredibly wild night he had with the unicorn.
The daily routine of a pedantic animator will unexpectedly change after finding a painting with a sheep.
It took seven days to create the world but it only takes a day to disrupt its balance.
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While avoiding a conversation with his mum, Elliot encounters a peculiar little creature. Together, they embark on a little adventure!
Thrown out of her mother’s place without even a pair of shoes, Gab tries to find a flat amidst the hurly-burly of the streets of Paris.
Toto the tiger escapes from the local circus, causing a commotion in the area. Despite being aware of his presence, a little girl living in a nearby city leaves her home on impulse.
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A fictional mythological story about the birth and death of our planet. The film shows things happening on the planet through the eyes of two naive god figures; a wild girl who has the power of creation, and a shy boy who has the power of destruction. This is not a fight between “bad” and “good”, but a game between two equals trying to find harmony.
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Two police officers wondering about life at the bend of a gas station. Three gangsters are preparing to avenge one of their friends killed by a rival gang through a bloody “drive by”. A child desperately tries to recover the controller of his console. The story of three groups of individuals which interweave in Compton, the suburb of Los Angeles, known to be one of the most dangerous cities in the world.
Diane, the King’s favorite courtesan, is held captive in the ,Parc Aux Cerfs’ but it is not the whole truth. She has only one desire. And it isn’t about sharing the king’s bed. She is desperate to escape her golden cage. One night, while the King has lowered his vigilance, she decides to escape.
The ordinary life of a small town in Colombia is interrupted by an extraordinary current of wind that lifts the book with which Taliana is studying. This phenomenon will be a revelation. ,Sin Alas’ is an experimental animation project, which reflects on the importance of education in rural areas, especially for the female population, through painting.
There is a herd of deer living in the forest. The hunters attack them and one of the deer is injured. After a while, the wounded deer gets better and wants to go back to his old life but he realizes that there is no going back. He has changed. The deer starts to migrate so that he can figure out his new self.
A young fly gets trapped on the fly trap in the stop-motion studio only to have the existential realization that it spent its entire life chasing after the wrong thing.
Morgan, a 50-year-old bushranger, decides to rob a bank. Under his porch, there’s a “wanted” sign with Morgan’s face on it, except his image is much younger. As Morgan enters the bank, no one’s here but a poor, terrified cashier.
A human carelessly throws a stone and kills a frog, but then the frog returns to life and takes revenge on the human.