The UK graduate Julia Pott presents a  tender (but with thick strokes) short film about ageing and leaving things behind. Watch Belly.

Beakus Studio in London creates a short, torch relay film about the London Olympics - but the main player here is a vermin.

The UK director Dave Prosser attended Seoul's International Animation Festival, and made a short film called Mountain. Watch the film.

Diving straight into the of experimental animation terrain, the short film Why can't you just see me by Eleni Tomadaki unfolds the riddle of invisibility as a decadent flower.

Watch an inventive, and brain-worthy little film: Je m' appelle Nathan (My name is Nathan) by Benoit Berthe.

7 directors tell a romantic death story between a skeleton, a woman and a dog. Watch  Le fantôme de l'apéro.

Cornelius Joksch presents a short story about disappearance and oblivion: Where are you?

Anu Laura Tuttelberg presents a stop-motion film about flies and birds, which is as eerie as it sounds. Watch Fly Mill.

Benjamin Renner presents his César-nominated, La queue de la souris (A Mouse Tale). Watch the film.

Elpida Panourgia looks for the meaning of companion in her film, The Teammate. Watch the film.

 Bastiaan Schravendeel and Polder Animation present a film where narrative inventiveness matches visual charm: Now you know it anyway.

Sometimes visual deficiencies become a challenges for animators. Read the info about and watch the  Astigmatismo film, now Annecy-selected.

Blik by  Bastiaan Schravendeel from Polderanimation, Netherlands presents a moving love-story between a young boy and his older girl next door. Watch the film.

Watch the philosophical-ethical tale about bird life and death by Michael Piazza: Under a big tree.

A French graduation film, Let the sun come in by Charles Lemor attains drama and beauty.

A very short haunting film from the Paris and London-based studio, Domestic Infelicity. Watch Into the Dark Trees.

What happens when the inner conflict in you becomes a version of the Evil Queen mirror? Watch the relentless Réflexion by Yoshimichi Tamura & Planktoon.

A touching story between two unlikely friends from Pavel Soukup. Watch the black-and-white film.