Animated Student Shorts 2

70 minutes
Animated Student Shorts 2

Bring on the dog shows (poodles playing the piano, anyone?), kids in bear pajamas, ladies waiting in line for the bathroom, and goldfish geishas! 

This program screened as part of KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival 2014

Showing in this program

Bears on the Road

Bears on the Road

  • Nadia Meezen
  • The Netherlands, 2014
  • 4 min.

Bears on the Road is a short animated film about Theo, who enjoys nothing more than driving around in his little yellow car. After a car crash, caused by a bear, he wants to get back to his old life, but his growing fear for the outside world stands in his way.

Deep Squeeze

Deep Squeeze

  • Ingo Raschka
  • United States, 2014

Beneath the waves, a submarine captain avoids the gaze of a sea monster.

Dreams & Tears

Dreams & Tears

  • Yuval Barbash
  • Israel, 2013
  • 5 min.

This is a story about an eight year old child, whose home is full of arguments between his parents, the unique ways that he finds in order to face his painful reality and the choices he makes through his path.

Grandma

Grandma

  • Karolien Raeymaekers
  • Belgium, 2014
  • 7 min.

A girl has to conquer her fear for her grandma who is deathly ill.

Half You Met My Girlfriend

Half You Met My Girlfriend

  • Nicolas de Leval Jezierski
  • Germany, 2013
  • 5 min.

Tormented by his ever-babbling girlfriend, the protagonist escapes into a fantasy world. Unfortunately, his colorful dream isn't HALF as wonderful as he had imagined.
“Half You Met My Girlfriend” is a dark comedy short about the clichés of the sexes.

Lady No. 4

Lady No. 4

  • Raffi Yaniger
  • Israel, 2013
  • 2 min.

A lady enters the ladies room and gets carried away into an endless choreography of self-criticism in front of the mirror following the other ladies. The film tries to present the absurdity of the society's impact on the individual, and it is an allegory for the internal need of liberation standing against the desire to get closer to the ideal of beauty.

Office Kingdom

Office Kingdom

  • Salvatore Centoducati / Eleonora Bertolucci / Giulio De Toma / Ruben Pirito
  • Italy, 2014
  • 6 min.

What the heck the clerk of a public office is doing, when she disappears for hours behind the counter with your urgent document in her hands? In a typical public office a customer waits for the approval of his document, but for the clerk to get it stamped will not be an easy task indeed. A look at bureaucracy from a different angle.

Oh My Dog!

Oh My Dog!

  • Chloé Alliez
  • Belgium, 2013
  • 6 min.

Somewhere near the hall of Brétigny-sur-Bizet, in front of a raging crowd, the most outstanding dogs face each other to measure their talents and strengths. Among them is Sweetheart, encouraged by the best and most noisy crowd. Will he triumph in this hard competition?

Oh Whale

Oh Whale

  • Joana Locher
  • Switzerland, 2014
  • 5 min.

The cat loves fish: fish is her live. Until she meets the whale, that sits on the beach. And then, suddenly she lives as a fish.

Out of Bounds

Out of Bounds

  • Viktoria Piechowitz
  • Denmark, 2014
  • 6 min.

Allan’s Asperger phobias and boundaries are challenged when he must brave the outdoors to save his only friend, a pet fish named Paul.

Something Important

Something Important

  • Nai Wei Liu
  • United States, 2014
  • 7 min.

Something Important is a 2D animation, which presents the filmmaker's personal journey of self-discovery woven as a tapestry of his memories. Liu uses an abstract montage style that combines hand-drawn elements with composited photo realistic scenes in tandem with music to express his life experiences filtered through time and remembrance.

The Rise And Fall Of Globosome

The Rise And Fall Of Globosome

  • Philipp Wolf
  • Germany, 2013
  • 5 min.

In the vastness of space, there's a a small speck of rock inhabited by the most peculiar lifeforms: Dark little dots that start to replicate fast and begin to show signs of intelligence.