The 2022 edition of Paris International Animation Film Festival (PIAFF) will start on January 19th and end on 23rd. This is the 14th edition of the festival, dedicated only to animated shorts. Find the program at this link. Competition Pro Processus de sélection by Carla Pereira (Spain) Noir Soleil by […]
A boy looking for his cat to the edge of time, where who’s dead disappears and who’s alive let fly. Childhood illusions dissolve on the wheat field and make landscape. SOGNI AL CAMPO is deeply fascinating. Drawn amazingly, it is refined, elegant, oneiric. The boy and his research of his cat […]
Lu and Wei live in a village in rural China. The young girls often go to the nearby river to play or fish with their fathers. The river has a special meaning for them because China’s one-child policy has led to some parents drowning their newborn daughters there. A poetic […]
We have previously published the shortlisted animated short films for the upcoming Academy Awards. One of the 15 chosen animations of the next Oscars, was awarded with a Special Mention in the Rex Category (animated shorts) at Amarcort Film Festival 2021… We are talking about Step Into The River (Dans […]
In Chick-fil-A’s first animated film, we meet Sam, a child eager to spend quality together time with her family. Thanks to a wise Timekeeper she encounters on her journey, she’s able to find the time with her family she’s been longing for. Cute and very short, THE TIME SHOP is a […]
“Dreams” tells the wanderings of a mother and her young daughter, survivors of a world devastated by the rising waters. In the middle of urban spaces where man is absent, they come to reconnect with nature. DREAMS is intense, ephemereal, necessary. After having watched the first time, the rapid pace […]
Four retired mountaineers reminisce and boast about the crippling injuries they sustained attempting to conquer a mythical mountain in their youth. Their nostalgic ramblings turn to horrors as their wounds seek to consume them. MOUNTAIN is the short film by Harrison Fleming which is homonymous for Mama Jerk and the […]
The Lost Letter tells the tale of a young boy as he prepares his neighbourhood for Christmas. That is until he confronts the one lady who doesn’t want the holiday to come at all. The determined boy does all he can to bring colour to her dreary world, only to […]
On the Academy Awards’ website were published the shortlists for 10 categories, including short docs, animation shorts and live action shorts for the 94th edition of the Oscars. As 82 animated shorts qualified for the category, 15 were chosen for the shortlist and will be voted by Members of the […]
Two explorers in search of a forgotten treasure disturb the romance between an octopus and its beloved. A very fun animated short! A scuba diver and a boat captain are trying to make some money. The thing is that it’s like the sea is rebelling against them. Their misfortune begins when […]
