18 Years Old and I Think I'm Having a Heart Attack(2018)

Inside(cs)

The animated documentary shows a day in life of a person suffering a mental illness called anorexia nervosa. It is an intimate insight into the mind of an anorexic, who must somehow interact with raw reality.

Cabaret Crusades: The Secrets of Karbala(en)

The crusades come to life in Egyptian artist Wael Shawky’s beautiful Cabaret Crusades. Inspired by the writings of Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf, Shawky’s film trilogy explores the horrors of the medieval holy wars in the Middle-East – from an Arab perspective. With a cast made up entirely of puppets, the third part, The Secrets of Karbala (2014), centres on the period between the 7th and 12th centuries, covering the crusades as well as a dispute between two Islamic sects. Beautifully made of handblown Murano glass, the puppets have amazing expressive power, making the scenes full of violence, repression and torture all the more awe-inspiring.

Sentimento(es)

Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond(en)

Retrospective looking at the revolutionary computer-animated feature film Toy Story.

Run Wrake's Guide to Animation(en)

Run Wrake is an English filmmaker, animation director, and music video director. He studied graphic design at Chelsea College of Arts before completing a master's degree in animation at the Royal College of Art in London. In this interview for the BBC's Channel 4, he describes some of his films, their inception, and their production. He also comments on technological and cultural developments that have changed how animated films are produced and perceived.

Accordion(en)

Exploration of the connections between sex, love and technology.

Collision(en)

A soundtrack of nature gives way to motors and machines, then an explosion, followed by sounds of explosions and gunfire. On the screen are images as if in a kaleidoscope - of red, white, and blue shapes and of black and green shapes. Islamic and U.S. patterns appear and disappear. Is the collision one of dissonant colors, shapes, and images? Is warfare inevitable?

No Room for Gerold(de)

Three roomates, a rhinoceros, hippo and a wildebeest, must confront their crocodile roomate Gerold about his poor habits.

The Art of Drowning(en)

Ponders the possibilities of what awaits us at the end of our life.

Rain or Shine(en)

Rain or Shine takes the viewer on the comic journey of young Ella who’s keen to show off her swishy new sunglasses, only to be dogged by a persistent raincloud whenever she puts them on. The viewer has a direct impact on the pace of which the events unfold, depending on where their focus lies at various points throughout the film.

Light(en)

Documentary about eating disorders among professional climbers

Shyness(en)

This animated short is a parody of the Frankenstein story. Dr. Frankenstein creates a monster only to find out that his creation is too shy to go out and frighten anyone. The good doctor and his malevolent assistant Trevor try to find ways of helping their creation overcome his condition.

Petits herois(fr)

Geist(en)

A tragic tale of a shipwrecked and injured fisherman as he searches for signs of life on the island where he was stranded leading to a dark secret.

Floyd Norman: An Animated Life(en)

Animator. Storyman. Troublemaker. At 80 years old, see how Disney Legend Floyd Norman, the first African-American animator at Disney, continues to impact animation and stir up "trouble" after the company forced him to retire at age 65.

Xi Bai Po: Wang Er Xiao(zh)

A 13-year-old boy whose parents are killed in the Second Sino-Japanese War finds vengeance as a key player in the village resistance.

Destiny Manifesto(en)

An exploration of the visual and psychological parallels between the American western frontier and the conflict in the Middle East.

Hasan Everywhere(en)

Hasan Everywhere is an animation which broaches the subtlety of a relationship between a man and a woman who bear the passports of enemies, to sympathetically deal with the subjects of death, grief, lost opportunity; but mostly it seeks to demonstrate the possibility of friendship triumphing over the deepest of rifts between two people. In that regard it is most unusual among the standard fare of animated shorts.

The Making of a Color Animation(ja)

A short documentary on the making of Noburo Ofuji's Katsura-hime.

The Tail of the Monkey(en)

After an organ grinder's monkey grabs a little girl's lollipop with his tail, the musician explains why monkeys are so clever with their tails.