Short Docs 1

When no footage exists of a true story, the art of animation can help visualize it. The short documentaries in this program all use animation to help bring a real story to life. Sometimes existing material (like an audio recording) forms the basis for the animation. But what these films have in common is that they all tell real-life stories that otherwise might have remained unseen.

Showing in this program

Bach-Hông

Elsa Duhamel
France, 2019
18 min.

Jeanne was born in 1959 in Saigon. She enjoyed a privileged lifestyle, protected from the war between North and South Vietnam. Fascinated by horses, Jeanne rode a mare called Bach-Hông. But on April 30th 1975, the communists stormed the city.

Bathroom Privileges

Ellie Land / Rupert Williams
United Kingdom, 2019
5 min.

Tagline

Three stories of denied access and exclusion, bringing to light societies views on disability, gender and race in the most intimate spaces.

Synopsis

Stories of unexpected interactions and awkward moments, Bathroom Privileges is a short animated documentary looking at some of the difficulties people face accessing public bathrooms.

Through a series of recorded interviews with contribut

Just a Guy

Shoko Hara
Germany, 2020
14 min.

JUST A GUY is an animated documentary short film about love. Three women share glimpses of their affection, attraction and relationship with Richard Ramirez: A serial killer and rapist they contacted after he was convicted in the 80s. Through their perspective, we revisit exchanged letters and emotions that are as obsessive as they are hauntingly familiar.

Maalbeek

Ismaël Chandoutis
France, 2020
16 min.

Sabine is looking for a missing image: a day that has left its mark forever and that everyone remembers but her. But maybe this absence is what allows her to move on with her life?