Animated Shorts 5

75 minutes
Animated Shorts 5

A small-town pig dreams of the big city. A small boy dreams of a big fish. An old lady dreams of winning the lottery and a factory worker dreams of breaking loose — you’ll find all sorts of dreams in this collection of animated shorts, but there are some nightmares as well. Just ask the three dead Wreckers.

This program screened as part of KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival 2015

Showing in this program

9, chemin des Gauchoirs

9, chemin des Gauchoirs

  • Lyonel Charmette
  • France, 2015
  • 13 min.

Cable cars converted into houses, how fascinating... The shepherd makes sure that nobody’s there, ties his goat to the quay and gets into a luxurious « bathroom cabin ». Vacillating between this unexpected comfort and the ground, he will starts feeling at ease, until he meets the place’s real occupants.

A Long Holiday

A Long Holiday

  • Caroline Nugues
  • Belgium, 2015
  • 15 min.

This summer, Louise discovers for the first time the joys of the camping by the sea with her parents. With her father, she collects precious treasures having belonged, to a siren. He tells her the story of a siren who cannot sing and does not find her place in the society. The holidays last more than usual and Louise discovers the history of the siren might be the one of her father.

Bingo!

Bingo!

  • Patrick Schoenmaker
  • The Netherlands, 2015
  • 2 min.

The seclusive retirement home Avondrood is a depressing end station. Fortunately, feisty elderly Gerda has one spark of joy: the weekly Bingo night. When she is one blank short of winning the game and the tiny ball suddenly disappears, she starts an absurd search for it in which she is willing to go to extreme lengths in order to get the outcome of that night's bingo game.

Go to City Ele

Go to City Ele

  • Wenyu Li
  • China, 2015
  • 9 min.

The film is about discrimination!A story about a little pig who comes from the "P town" go to the metropolis--"City ELE" where the elephants live.

J and the Fish

J and the Fish

  • Cécile Paysant
  • France, 2015
  • 9 min.

On his island J dreams to go away on the back of a whale. The problem is he only has one small yellow fish...

Splintertime

Splintertime

  • Rosto
  • The Netherlands / France / Belgium, 2014
  • 11 min.

“Zip up! And let’s dance to the sound of breaking glass.” A band of sleepy spirits in an ambulance runs out of road. The third in a series of musical films featuring Thee Wreckers.

Stripy

Stripy

  • Babak Nekooei / Behnoud Nekooei
  • Iran, 2015
  • 3 min.

All the workers in a factory have been instructed to paint stripes on the boxes. The work is getting done in the usual mundane way, until one of the workers decides to paint the boxes differently.