Total run time: 85 minutes
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La Bicyclette et le vélo (Cycle or Bicycle)
Dir. Roxane Campoy (Paris, France)
New England Premiere
You’re born either a bicyclist or a cyclist, and that distinction is is almost political - even between a long-married couple.
13 min, Gouache painting, 2D digital animation
Waiting for the green
Dir. Saule Matvienko (Moscow, Russia)
International Premiere
A chance meeting, trunks reaching for freedom, and love that only requires a short stop.
4 min, 2D animation
도돌이표 (Cycle)
Dir. Seulgi Moon (Seoul, South Korea)
US Premiere
Love across generations, symbolically connected by a seesaw.
7 min, 3D animation
La petite fille à la pomme (The Little Girl with the Apple)
Dir. Rose Denis (Saint Gilles, Belgium)
US Premiere
Ten-year-old Lou could really use a snack to help her forget the memories of the afternoon at the pool.
5 min, 2D animation
Rock Song
Dir. Jadwiga Ligęza (London, England)
US Premiere
A rolling rock gets hurt, picks up some cracks along the way, and slowly figures out how to heal.
6 min, Stop-motion animation
Plat de résistance (Mealitancy)
Dir. Zinia Scorier and Marie Royer (Brussels, Belgium)
US Premiere
Activists use food as a tool in their anti-consumerist struggle.
12 min, 2D animation
Las manzanas no flotan (Apples Don´t Float)
Dir. Marina Castañón (Mexico City, Mexico)
US Premiere
An alcoholic prostitute is trapped in a life of disillusionment and yearns for intimacy, forming an unusual bond with an apple.
9 min, Digital 2D & 3D animation
Ab mala usque ad ovo (From the Apple to the Egg)
Dir. Nadiia Pliamko (Tallinn, Estonia)
World Premiere
A re-examination of the Expulsion from Paradise, as a Neurotic journeys through self-rejection to transform somatic trauma into a gift of unconditional love.
6 min, 3d animation, traditional art collages, motion capture
After A Whale
Dir. Kate Jansone (Riga , Latvia)
US Premiere
A girl meets a killer whale in a swimming pool. Being with him awakens her, but nothing in this world is eternal.
5 min, 2D digital animation
Signal
Dir. Emma Carré & Mathilde Parquet (Brittany, France)
New England Premiere
A musical about an astronomer scanning the cosmos for signs of extraterrestrial life. Absorbed in her mission, she loses touch with those around her, to the point that reality itself fades away from her.
17 min, Stop-motion animation