BAUPROBE(2023)

Hit and Run(en)

A satirical film about modern British politics and tactics of distraction.

Pilots on the Way Home(et)

Having suffered the loss of their plane, three pilots inexplicably find themselves stranded in the middle of the desert. While following the perilous and unpredictable course that will ultimately lead them home, they fall prey to visions and must confront the siren call of their own strange fantasies. With Pilots on the Way Home, Priit and Olga Pärn (Divers in the Rain) have created a new, satirical meditation on male-female relations. The film tackles masculinity and the male psyche with the same pointed sense of the absurd that has marked Priit Pärn's previous films. Pilots on the Way Home is also a journey through time and space, and to the universal sources of artistic eroticism. Olga Pärn is a master of the art of animating sand, giving Priit Pärn's unique line drawings a warm and subtle texture reminiscent of etching. Her work is perfectly matched to the impassioned beats of this tale. - Written by NFB

Cockroach(ja)

My name is a “cockroach”. I was called that from childhood.

Lamp Life(en)

Bo Peep explains what happened to herself and her sheep between the events of Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 4.

A Family That Steals Dogs(en)

Strange experiences lead a grieving artist to reconsider his identity and beliefs in this meditation on grief, family and mental illness.

Buffalo Milk Yogurt(en)

In Buffalo Milk Yogurt, a collaboration with Corey Fogel, a man experiences a nervous breakdown in a gourmet supermarket while a woman practices yoga in a display of fall decorations.

The Oven Sky(en)

The Oven Sky (2011) is set in a quickly gentrifying neighborhood where newcomers pressure a longtime resident to turn her yard filled with lawn ornaments into a dog park. This animation features music by Rachel Mason.

Rotten Pumpkins(en)

A woman dreads attending a Thanksgiving dinner.

Carnival(en)

Revelers mingle, drink, and dance at a street carnival.

The Writer(nl)

A medieval writer attracts the attention of Death itself while he writes his stories. Soon Death enters a tale he is creating and attempts to kill his main protagonist.

Garden Party(fr)

In a deserted rich house, a couple of amphibians explore their surroundings and follow their primal instincts.

All Souls Carnival(en)

Len Lye usually timed his films with great care to match their soundtracks, but for All Souls Carnival, he and composer Henry Brant worked separately, preferring to see if the score and visual track would synchronise by chance. Lye also experimented with a new Direct Film technique, drenching the filmstrip in colourful paint and marker pen.

Blade Runner: Black Out 2022(en)

This animated short revolves around the events causing an electrical systems failure on the west coast of the US. According to Blade Runner 2049’s official timeline, this failure leads to cities shutting down, financial and trade markets being thrown into chaos, and food supplies dwindling. There’s no proof as to what caused the blackouts, but Replicants — the bio-engineered robots featured in the original Blade Runner, are blamed.

Nocturne(de)

At night the forest creatures gather to gamble, putting their innermost valuables at stake.

Strings(es)

María's routine at school is altered by the arrival of a very special child. Soon, they become close friends.

Dark Mixer(ja)

Iwasaki’s ink oscillates like an evil lava lamp that might actually be alive and its progression into more and more disturbing images create an impressive sense of dread in a film that is basically just some pencil drawings on a blank background. (Film School Rejects)

Time Takes a Cigarette(en)

A photo animation of a woman standing in a cube. Through the windows of the cube, we see an aquarelle dune landscape. To the music of the pop song Time Takes a Cigarette, the woman smokes a cigarette as the camera makes a 360° rotation.

Girlfriend(ru)

A short Russian animated film about a man and a fish.

Pendulum(ja)

An intense short movie showing a turbulent marriage. The wife is always smiling. The man gets angry time and again.

Croak x Croak(ru)