Animation Without Borders – Matinee Special – May 17th 2pm
Experience bold and inspiring stories from across the globe—where inclusivity, culture, and creativity take center stage.
*Some themes may be too intense for children under 13.
Experience bold and inspiring stories from across the globe—where inclusivity, culture, and creativity take center stage.
*Some themes may be too intense for children under 13.
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When I'm With You
An emotional tale of how the enduring love between a young boy and his grandfather bridges the gap between generations.
Director: Kanja Chen Country of Origin: Canada
Length: 3:53 Minutes |
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Sanchi's Decision
Sanchi, who had just graduated from high school, participated in a graduation trip organized by his teacher. Unexpectedly, an accident made the trip develop in an unpredictable direction.
Director: Yorick Cao
Country of Origin: China
Length: 7:00 Minutes Student Film |
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Country of Origin: Finland
Length: 3:00 Minutes |
Daddy is a Bully Boy
Daddy is a Bully Boy is inspired by an original piano composition by my daughter, Seela, complete with cheeky lyrics mocking me. This animation blends reflection, nostalgia and whimsy, exploring my occasional irritations towards my family while celebrating visual creativity and freedom. Influenced by Paul and Linda McCartney's song Monkberry Moon Delight, I aimed to create something less structured and freer than my recent projects.
Primarily a traditional 2D animation, Daddy is a Bully Boy also incorporates personal family videos and audio recordings to add a genuine, relatable touch, making it feel more real and personal. The flip book-style animations were created on paper using black markers and felt-tip pens. Adobe Photoshop was used for basic image enhancements, and Adobe Premiere for final editing. Some footage was re-shot using my smartphone to mimic the raw, grainy quality of old home movies from decades ago. I cherish human error in creative work, and one of my main goals was to create a timeless, old-school animation that is visually diverse and engaging. Directed by: David John Graham |
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Counting Calories
A perfectly fit girl is subjected to harsh comments and peer pressure, sparking an eating disorder. Forced into meal plans and starvation by her bulimia, which is characterized as an internal monster critiquing her every mistake, she grapples with her fluctuating weight and unhealthy appetite. In the digital world, eating disorders are becoming increasingly popular and normalized, influencing younger and younger kids to glorify a skinnier body.
Directed by: Renee Shi Country of Origin: United States
Length: 1:08 Minutes Student Film |
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Girls In Real Life Situations
Sam, Lexi and Jane spend the first day of Eighth Grade plotting a scheme to get the ultimate lunch table. Their plans unravel when Katy, a preppy, sixth-grade TikTok influencer, beats them to the coveted spot. May or may not be based on real life events.. Here's my thesis film from CalArts!!
Directed by: Ofre Sparrow Vaknin Country of Origin: United States
Length: 6:24 Minutes Student Film |
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Every Day, Something New
A retired teacher and grandmother wakes up on the first day of school, which also happens to be the first day of her retirement; she begins another day of the American experience.
Directed by: Ed R. Gutierrez Country of Origin: United States
Length: 3:46 Minutes |
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The Painter of Flags
The Painter of Flags helps the greatest leaders in the world so that he can “show their ideals high” until the day he realizes what they are really doing with them.
Directed by: Etienne Husson Country of Origin: France
Length: 4:24 Minutes |
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Glimmer
This film is dedicated as a gift to all the children around the world who are about to start school. As you grow, you may encounter dangers, you may come across people or things that harm you, and you may face pivotal decisions on your path in life. To transcend yourself, to overcome yourself. One must move forward with courage, remain calm and composed in the face of difficulties and dangers. Difficulties and dangers are real, but fear is not.
Directed by: Bo Zhang Country of Origin: China
Length: 11:21 Minutes |
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52 Hz
Chain, a young boy who used to be able to follow his passion, playing guitar, was stuck by his deep traumas. After accidentally meeting Arthit, a boy who share the same passions, Chain start to see things from different angles.
Directed by: Bharadee Limviriyakul Country of Origin: Thailand
Length: 4:37 Minutes Student film |
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Anthropocene
This animation is a gentle reminder to human beings.
Is the nourishment of nature something we should take for granted? Do we often ignore the most basic questions? The continuous turmoil in the world in recent years makes us sad and prompts us to reflect! The collective desires of human beings walk independently like giant beasts, and the individual falls into value confusion and is hopeless. What is it that we really cannot lose in our hearts? Can we calm down and think about it seriously? Directed by: Yun-Sian Huang, Raito Low Country of Origin: Taiwan
Length: 10:43 Minutes |
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Human-Faced Cockroach
The film is set in the remote and desolate countryside of Northwest China, where the protagonist broke the legs of a strange, human-faced cockroach and tried to kill it , but the cockroach is picked up by the student passing by and revered as a new god of the village, and the protagonist is captured by the new god's followers to serve as a sacrifice for all their desires.The main idea of the story is to express that the backward and feudalistic crowd is always more easily incited, more lilkely to judge others and sacrifice them for an absurd reason in an attempt to obtain some ilusory blessings, and in the end, the illusions of their desires are just like showy but ephemeral alters, which will eventually collapse and vanish into thin air , like smoke in the fire.
Directed by: Yinxue Li Country of Origin: China
Length: 7:10 Minutes Student Film |
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Pripyat Horse
‘A sparrow flies swiftly in through one door of the hall, and out through another…. Even so, man appears on earth for a little while; but of what went before this life or of what follows, we know nothing.’ Bede
A moment for mourning, for a friend, for the earth. Directed by: Sally Patricia Pearce Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Length: 2:00 Minutes Student Film |
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Sphere Supreme
Follow Arama, guided by a mystical pomegranate tree, meeting a mysterious man. Along the way, Arama faces parts of himself, slowly putting together the puzzle of his identity. But before he is able to put everything together, will he manage to keep himself in one piece?
Directed by: Hasan Pastaci Country of Origin: Belgium
Length: 5:02 Minutes Student Film |
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Tiger (72000 BC - 2059 AC)
As generations pass, the ever-growing burden of climate change is passed to the young generations, until it finally bursts. A young girl innocently asks about an animal from the past, a "tiger", and is met with the existential truth of her existence. This generational hot potato is ignored and mindlessly added to without any thought of its consequences.
Directed by: Renee Shi Country of Origin: United States
Length: 1:50 Minutes Student Animator |
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THE FOREST OF THE HONEY BEES
Isabelle is a violinist-beekeeper in the Ouessant island. She protect her bees and she inspire her daughter with stories and legend about honey bees....
Directed by: Erwan Le Gal Country of Origin: France
Length: 20:00 Minutes |