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Downfall
Enya's journey trying to make it as a dancer is hindered as her behaviours drag her downhill in this Lebanese student film.
New Directions
65 minutes
A programme giving a voice to artists from places where new and incredibly exciting things are happening in the animation industry.
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NEW! NEW! NEW! Yep, there is so much more than the filmmakers and the animation legacies you already know. This section celebrates the many, many voices that come from places where new and incredibly exciting things are happening in the animation industry. Channel your inner explorer and join us for a trip around the globe. Destinations: Réunion, Lebanon, India, Colombia, El Salvador, Singapore, Peru, Macau, and Armenia.
This program screened as part of Kaboom Animation Festival 2023
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Gromonmon
In Réunion, runaway slaves, gone to live free in the heights of the island, built a kingdom: the interior kingdom of the maroons. In this place borrowed from the invisible, they entered into connection with "Gromonmon". Telling the island's history, this 3D animated film is sure to educate you on a part of forgotten history.
Loose Threads
In this touching Singaporean story a grandma tries to recall the familiar stranger sitting next to her. With much difficulty and frustration, she weaves her hazy memories of the stranger together, only for her to forget them once again.
Modo De Vida: A Goan Sketchbook
Come along with animator Rohit Karandadi and discover what's life like in the state of Goa, on the southwestern coast of India. A quaint Goan life hides beneath its touristy facade. A Goa of sleepy balcaos, pushy fish-mongers and of pilot bikes flitting on boiling afternoons; of the blend of traditions and a penchant for slow life. An animated sketchbook film that explores this erstwhile Portuguese colony.
Mui
During a short bus trip, a young man and his elderly grandmother are confronted with horrible memories. Amidst grandma's usual nonstop nagging, it feels as if suffering will persist simultaneously in the past in the present. Coming from Macao director Weng Chon Wong, the film is a wonderfully weird mix of styles and emotions.
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The Rebel Radio That Brought Down a War Criminal
Get to know the incredible story of Radio Venceremos, an underground radio collective that fought US-backed fascism during the Salvadoran Civil War. In 1980, farmers and urban workers formed guerrilla groups to overthrow the dictatorship. A TED-Ed animation celebrating the rebel radio that brought down a war criminal.
The Sistine
You don't need perfect materials to achieve something truly great ... In poetic Colombian story Vincho, a street dweller, spends his time recycling and classifying waste produced in the city to use it for his creations. Under a bridge, he works on his masterpiece: The Sistine.
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The Song of Flying Leaves
Suna, a young girl, lives in a forest and sleeps in the leaves. One day, she meets a two-hundred-year-old man, who offers to pass on to her a hidden technique ... Armenian actress, writer, producer and director Armine Anda has crafted a beautiful meditative short with a teacher to remember.
The Sound of the Sun
Silvia, a young Peruvian woman, finds herself in a world that seems strange, distant even. She feels she doesn't belong. It's always been like this. But in front of a protest against sexual minorities, she is going to find out, even if the tide is stronger than her, she is not alone. A meaningful and queer student short weighing in on the values of tolerance.
