A woman gets progressively stressed out from her daily routine.
A dead tree goes viral, attracting wildlife, a nature lover, and a crowd of online followers. Animated entirely outside, “WhateverTree” examines our connection to nature in the age of social media, screens, and selfies.
The tale of Derek, an office worker, as he struggles with the true speed of planet earth.
Red panda Retsuko, worked to the bone, unleashes her frustration in the form of death metal. Lately, though, she's found another joy—getting the most likes possible on her Instagram posts. In fact, it is said that social media attention can release endorphins. As Christmas falls upon the city, Retsuko's hunger for validation only grows, pushing her to find new ways to embellish and sugarcoat her otherwise drab life for the internet to see.
A normal office worker with a grand passion for his violin playing confronts the strings that have been performing his life’s symphony.
Donald takes a job as a gift wrapper in a department store.
A string feels overwhelmed by his tedious life, but finds comfort in a new relationship. It a stop-motion animation that has a run time of 2 minutes and 17 seconds.
Gene, a multi-expressional emoji, sets out on a journey to become a normal emoji.
This film suggests the usage of common sense to minimize the normal stresses and strains of everyday life.
To explore themes of solitude and our artificial online existences, filmmaker Anna Apter created this short film with the sole assistance of AI tools and her dog.
Rarity's friendship with Applejack is tested when Vignette Valencia hires her as her new designer for a theme park parade.
Perhaps it is time to let go of the illusion of certainty about where the screen ends and the outside world begins. A lonely restaurant patron, surrounded by people typing away on their laptops. Passengers in the metro, fixated on their smartphones. A pianist playing a virtual instrument. Through a series of eminently relatable everyday scenes, animator Jola Bańkowska comments on how our lives are shaped by digital technology.
A social media influencer named Orlong Spice is desperate for clout.
Two anonymous people, Bubble and Star, get to know each other in a chat room. Although they don't know each other's true identity, a close relationship develops between them. A movie about the search for friendship and closeness in a virtual world.
A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.
Julia, a lonely and ostracized teenager, is coming to terms with the disappearance of her best friend when she discovers a mysterious social media account called "The Family."
An examination of Israel and its society after many months of war, seen initially through the prism of viral social media posts - and exclusive interviews with the soldiers behind them. These posts, some shared millions of times, show soldiers humiliating bound Palestinians, ransacking their homes, joking as they detonate schools and whole districts, and laughing as they launch high explosive ordnance into densely-packed areas. The award-winning team behind this Basement Films production traveled to Israel to interview some of these soldiers, who proudly defended themselves and their videos, some expressing callous disregard for Palestinians in Gaza. Through additional interviews with Israeli radical groups, politicians, and media figures, the film reveals Israeli Jewish society in the aftermath of October 7th, gripped by a vengeance and hate that puts into question any possibility for peace.
Documentary and reflection about the effects of technology.
British social media star Danny Aarons headlines a huge X Series show inside Dublin's 3Arena, with KSI also performing a live concert involving special guests.
FBI agent Malcolm Turner goes back undercover as Big Momma, a slick-talking, slam-dunking Southern granny with attitude to spare! Now this granny must play nanny to three dysfunctional upper-class kids in order to spy on their computer hacker father.