Life doesn't come with a manual, even for gods themselves. Watch as God - as a single parent - struggles on his 'project', how Atlas has all the trouble in the world carrying, euh, the world and how Yin and Yang search for their creator. Life as a human isn't so bad, is it?

This program screened as part of Kaboom Animation Festival 2020-2021

Showing in this program

Atlas

• Aike Arndt
• Germany, 2011
• 8 min.

Atlas is sentenced by the Olympian Gods to hold up the sky above the earth - a heavy punishment with unforeseen consequences...

Ham Story

• Eliška Chytková
• Czech Republic, 2012
• 5 min.

My story is about imagination. About the imagination which has been chained for so long, and set free with so much strength.

Mythopolis

• Alexandra Hetmerová
• Czech Republic, 2013
• 11 min.

A cute reimagination of Greek mythology. A small minotaur, his Mum Medusa, a Cyclops delivery and the neighbours the Grey Sisters live their lives and solve their problems in today's world. Medusa really does have serious dating problems, who knew?

Poor God

• Matt Abbiss
• United Kingdom, 2003
• 2 min.

When God is depressed, a priest turns to Him for a chat. He seems to loath our human thirst of killing each other. A simple one-cut line-drawn animation about existential despair.

Spotting a Cow

• Paul Driessen
• The Netherlands, 1983
• 6 min.

Dutch director Paul Driessen crafted an intriguing line-drawn story in which spots come to life. Manipulated by their originator, they are ushered to their final destination in a neat black-and-white display. 

Tales From the Multiverse

• Magnus Igland Møller / Mette Tange / Peter Smith
• Denmark, 2020
• 7 min.

God is a single parent and amateur programmer. He’s working on project ‘Earth’ but never seems to get a break from the kids. One day though, he finally gets a breakthrough.

The God

• Konstantin Bronzit
• Russia, 2003
• 4 min.

Even a God might have to reincarnate to get rid of a pesky fly.

Une Bien Brave Bête

• Antoine Guex / Berardo Gonzalez
• Switzerland, 1997
• 8 min.

The Lord and the Devil are in Paradise, playing cards. The Devil, in the process of cheating, drops one of his cards onto the Earth. He sends his faithful dog to retrieve it.

Yin

• Nicolas Fong
• Belgium, 2017
• 10 min.

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