2D animation

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.

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.

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

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