Twilight Park(2025)

Orchids, or a hemispherical bottom(en)

Orchids,… centers on an animated video in which Marten sets forth a sanitised and alluring world of free-floating and fragmentary objects. Excised from normal context and imbued with an impossible cosmetic sheen, these crystalline forms are conjured in colours that range from the surreally heightened to the deliberately banal. A line of toy-like objects – a train, a giraffe on wheels, a boat – trundles along on an impossibly turquoise plane. Parasitically followed by a swirling black fly, the unfolding narrative is one of production, consumption and saturation. Elsewhere, the naked human backside of the title (cropped and anonymous) is shown with a luridly-glowing orchid tucked between its buttocks. At points, the imagery takes on the semblance of a painting or diagram, both formulaic ‘analogues’ of reality, like the video itself, implying the knotty weight of a Cézanne still life.

Confusion of the Afternoon(zh)

Two boys play poker on a dull afternoon. As one boy inadvertently touches and makes eye contact with the other, it sparks a beautiful, imaginative dance.

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Two(en)

Marcel the shell is out of sight.

ATROPHIE(fr)

Delivery(en)

A person receives a delivery that ends up immoral.

Violet, Fisher of the Black Sea(es)

Violeta loves best fishing into the darkest depths.

Sugar Market Crash(en)

Tootsie and Taffy are competitive siblings who already fight for everything and have trouble sharing. While playing cards, they decide to make the game interesting by putting candy on the line.

The Goddamn George Liquor Program(en)

The Goddamn George Liquor Program was the first cartoon series to be produced exclusively for the internet.

Rudolph's Shiny New Year(en)

Rudolph must find Happy, the baby new year, before the midnight of New Year's Eve.

Hammam(xx)

Story of a two woman who goes to the hammam for the first time.

Strawberry Shortcake: Seaberry Beach Party(en)

Strawberry's friend Coco Calypso and her animal friends have a happy life on Seaberry Island. But someone keeps stealing the seaberries Coco harvests! As Strawberry and Coco try to find the thief, they discover a shy girl named Seaberry Delight, and a fabulous new friend! Then, Strawberry, Rainbow Sherbet, Blueberry Muffin, Coco and Seaberry become mermaids in search of hidden treasure. In the process they meet a real-life Sea Beast and try to undo a mysterious magic spell.

Bloody Date(ja)

Your first date becomes your worst nightmare...

PUSSYCAT(ja)

A pretty female cat gets into trouble. What's gonna happen?

Women's Letters(fr)

Vincent(en)

Young Vincent Malloy dreams of being just like Vincent Price and loses himself in macabre daydreams that annoy his mother.

Vodka Monster(en)

Vodka Monster is a story that reflects the trials of love, loss and the endurance of the human spirit to re-commit to live life once again.

A Horseshoe Crab Story(en)

A short time lapse stop motion animation of horseshoe crabs coming ashore on a midsummer's eve.

This Time Around(en)

The camera breathlessly traverses landscapes and whirls into abstraction, all the while eye-ing fanciful foreground objects of domestic life doing their own dizzy dervish choreography, until the hand of the artist reveals the true scale. Just out of camera view are Aaron’s hand-made rigs that guide the dynamic movement.

Penelope's Condition(en)

A reinterpretation of the Greek legend of Penelope, ”the most faithful of wives”, who waited 20 years for her husband Odysseus to return from The Trojan War. In this animation, the two of them are presented in a more modern setting. While Odysseus is busy exploring the universe in his space rocket, Penelope is stuck at home, taking care of the children, showing how traditional gender roles say men should work, while women stay at home.

Contrappassouno(it)

Short surreal stop motion animation by Niba and Matteo Giacchella