The Wheel Turns by Sang Joon Kim

Frogs, trains and people collide in the dystopian parable The Wheel Turns by New York-based filmmaker Sang Joon Kim. 

Chulyen, histoire de Corbeau (Chulyen, A Crow's Tale) by Cerise Lopez and Agnès Patron

A very unusual but still challenging and mesmerizing film. Watch (mature audiences only) the French animation short Chulyen, A Crow's Tale by by Cerise Lopez and Agnès Patron. 

10 Belgian Animation Shorts To Watch In 2020

Vassilis Kroustallis reports on Anima Festival 2020 and selects 10 Belgian animation shorts to watch in 2020.

Sounds Good by Sander Joon

Sander Joon presens online his animation short Sounds Good, where a boom operator is trying to record the sound of mushrooms.

HIdeous Henk by Junaid Chundrigar

Hideous Henk is a Dutch animated pilot directed by Junaid Chundrigar. It is made for (young) adults, and is about a little ugly Chihuahua who gets adopted, making his life surprisingly worse than before.

Stay Home: 5 Indie Animation Shorts Talk About Our Own Place

You need to stay home. 5 indie animated short films that investigate our relationship with one of our basic needs: being at home, safe, protected and loved.

Kukuschka by Dina Velikovskaya

Following the sun is a personal journey, but what happens if you have a kid to accompany you? Dina Velikovskaya beautifully explores contrasting desires in the puppet animation short Kukuschka.

Bloomers by Samantha Moore

UK animation director presents her animation documentary shorts Bloomers on a Manchester garment factory. Watch the film and read her interview.

Ayam (Days) by Sofia El Khyari

A travelogue of women in cut-out animation takes place in the short animation film Ayam (Days) by Sofia El Khyari.

Urban Sphinx (Esfinge Urbana) by María Lorenzo Hernández

A street art project that turned into an animation short. Here's the presentation of Urban Sphinx directed by María Lorenzo Hernández, and produced by Enrique Millán.

Wade by Upamanyu Bhattacharyya & Kalp Sanghvi

In a version of Kolkata, India rendered unlivable by sea-level rise, things take a dark turn when a family of climate change refugees is attacked by a tiger on the flooded streets. Here's the new 2D animation film Wade by Upamanyu Bhattacharyya & Kalp Sanghvi (Ghost Animation).

The Orchestra by Mikey Hill

Sometimes love is all around music. Here's the animation short The Orchestra by Australian animation director Mikey HIll.

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