Animated Shorts 6
70 minutes
This compilation of animated shorts presents a selection of the magnificent works we received for this year’s international competition. Presenting the work of both professional and student filmmakers, this program serves up an entertaining, eclectic mix, showcasing a wide range of styles, techniques and themes.
This program screened as part of KLIK Amsterdam Animation Festival 2017
Showing in this program
Fishy
The story of Fishy explores the relationship between a father and son through an uncanny life threatening situation where the father learns to accept his son for who he is after walking in his shoes... or heels, rather.
Funky Fleece 2: Fully Wooly
The knitted realm of Mochimochi Land goes all out when it's sheep shearing season! This stop-motion animation features fashion-forward gnomes, magically color-changing sheep, and funky beats that they all dance to.
It is what it is
The film examines the relationship between men and women through a dark story of a couple living in an isolated town next to a forest.
Overrun
Overrun, tells the story of an ant who is plunged into a dark and cold place. We follow it’s journey through this seemingly disturbing and dangerous, yet fascinating world and its quest to escape.
Slide of Life
A magic lantern operator takes you on an animated trip through a vast collection of old lantern slides.
Commissioned by Sarah Dellmann, who digitized the slides from various collections.
SOUTH FOREST
The Gaza Strip is at war. A little girl feeds the deprived, helpless animals in an abandoned zoo. Suddenly, an air raid strikes.
The Wrong End of the Stick
Malcolm Fetcher is a neurotic, middle-aged teacher lost in a dull marriage with his wife of twenty years, Beverly. As he faces an identity crisis, he is forced to express a deep, hidden desire...
Yin
Surrounded by several couples, a god becomes bored, because he is on his own and jealous of the others’ happiness. He breathes out, creating a whirlwind of molecules, which resolve into a flat disc. In its centre is a spinning axis, a single mountain. The creator places various elements on the disc to complete his work. He installs Yin and Yang, the man and the woman. The two of them try in vain t
Yokoso boku desu 4~What is ”Yokoso boku desu”?~
This is the 4th music and animation series titled “Yokoso boku desu” (Welcome it’s me). This series consists of three songs. “Let’s Coritsu”(Be isolated), a song wising for an isolated situation to be connected, “Yoko is Naive”, a song by a mysteriyous woman who has been waiting for something for a long time, and “Kosokoso Bokudesu”, where an earthworm boy, a senior guy, and others extend their ow
