Political Animated Shorts
75 minutes
The short films from around the globe demonstrate how animation can tackle some of today’s most pressing issues. Animators from, among others, Serbia, Spain, the United States and Germany, address relevant, and sometime dangerous, topics like the Chinese cultural revolution, the border conflict between North and South Korea, poverty, indifference, and the history of the United States.
This program screened as part of KLIK Amsterdam Animation Festival 2016
Showing in this program
Estate
James – To My Surprise
Our powerful and beautiful animation for new music video by the band James and their latest track 'To My Surprise' directed by Kris Merc. Based on a concept by Not To Scale's founder Dan O'Rourke and Kris Merc the film is inspired by elements of anime, propaganda art, , and graffiti paintings, the video is loaded with imagery that reflects modern society in a hyper-real, borderline dystopic way.
Last Judgment
50 years ago, the Culture Revolution took place in China. This short story happened on that special time period, but can be more than that…
Like a Feather
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Mrs. Metro
A homeless guy gets off the train and accidentally leaves one of his bags behind. The rest of the passengers then realize that there is a human baby inside the bag. The baby cries and the passengers don’t like it, neither does the lady who makes the announcements.
No Offense
Oh Canada
In September 2015, three year old Syrian boy, Aylan Kurdi washed up on Turkey’s shores. This is his story.
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The Carnival
United Interest
The animated short film UNITED INTEREST is a reckoning with the turbo-capitalism and its brutal consequences. The animated 2D and 3D figures are the visual centerpieces of the film, mounted in an archive sequence of San Francisco dating back to 1906. In the beginning, the original black and white film sets the mood of change and freedom. On the rails of the, at that time, new cable car, a journey begins through the buzzing metropolis. Oncoming animated elements depict political and economic milestones in US history and gradually show the so-called American dream of success and social advancement turn into a farce. Greed, avarice and exploitation are the dominant elements that appear in a steadily progressing frequency, which in the end turns into a nightmarish finale of cultural self-destruction. The film is accompanied by a poignant soundtrack, whose composition provides the devastating rhythm to an excessive party, without any inhibitions or morals.
Who will pay the bill?
