Animated Shorts 7

70 minutes
Animated Shorts 7

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

Grand Slam Ovalie

Grand Slam Ovalie

  • Laurent Kircher
  • France, 2016
  • 13 min.

Here in Ovalie, the men live for the 'third-half' of rugby - leaving their women to the burden of running all the domestic affairs. But the lovely Sheila, returning to her home town from Paris, isn't too happy about the situation...

Popsicle

Popsicle

  • Tzu-Hsin Yang
  • United States, 2017
  • 5 min.

A pair of siblings — sister and brother struggle to deal with the loss of their mother after a stressful funeral. As they try to piece their lives back together, flashbacks of a street vendor treat emerge from a distant childhood memory...

Pussystudents

Pussy

  • Renata Gąsiorowska
  • Poland, 2016
  • 8 min.

A young girl spends the evening alone at home. She decides to have some sweet solo pleasure session, but not everything goes according to plan. A cute animated short about masturbation.

Rascalsstudents

Rascals

  • Jasmine Elsen
  • Belgium, 2016
  • 5 min.

What if your window is your view. Would you like it to be clean or would you cover it? Do you have a choice? 'Kastaars' is about our own illusions about out there, hidden in our own world, about seeing and being seen.

Running Lights

Running Lights

  • Gediminas Siaulys
  • Lithuania / India / Finland, 2017
  • 11 min.

The unfortunate death of a wild rabbit turns into a remarkable experience for children who find his body and bury it in a sand box. Dozens of magical creatures start leaving him and merge with nature.

Superperson

Superperson

  • Philip Watts
  • Australia, 2017

A citizen needs rescuing. Luckily there’s a superhero on hand. He just needs somewhere to change into his costume.

The Burden

The Burden

  • Niki Lindroth von Bahr
  • Sweden, 2017
  • 14 min.

A dark musical enacted in a modern market place, situated next to a large freeway. The employees of the various commercial venues deal with boredom and existential anxiety by performing cheerful musical turns. The apocalypse is a tempting liberator.

Tip-top

Tip-top

  • Alla Vartanyan
  • Russia, 2016

People are freezing at the bus stop. No worries, everything’s tip-top!

Whale Heart

Whale Heart

  • Robert Allen
  • Denmark, 2016
  • 7 min.

Silas lives in an isolated whaling town, toiling for months in the harsh and bloody trade on which he and his community depend. However, in order to be capable of killing the creatures whose bone and blubber pay his wage, he has developed an ungodly method for extracting his emotions. The time has now come for his only son to be initiated into the grim and dangerous whaling life, and Silas must be