Watch the new short film by Theodore Ushev, Nightingales in December.

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.

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

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.

Le Tableau (The Painting) by the French master Jean-François Laguionie can at the same time enchant the eye and capture the mind of the spectator.

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

Mariano Espinoza has constructed a vibrant reversal of the usual personal financial hardships. Watch Filipo.

 Read about and watch the Annecy-selected film by Julia Gromskaya, Fiumana.

 A student film by Giovanni Munari and Dalila Rovazzani elaborates beautifully on the dreary (and sometimes dreadful) subject of arithmetic.

}Watch the Oscar-nominated short film, The fantastic flying books of Mr. Morris Lessmore.

A Brazilian student film that shows that love can be blind, but never forgiving. Watch the short below.