“Unamerican” – Dead Sara
A music video representing a bunch of classic American moments like a cheerleader picture in the living room, hypocrisy on tv shows, Americans loving guns etc, ready to be unamericanized.
Shorts 10: Refuse & Resist
70 minutes
Confront perceptions of self and normality in this zeitgeist-inspired program.
This program screened as part of KLIK Amsterdam Animation Festival 2018
Showing in this program
An Instant
A young woman relives a moment of the past with her father and decides to change something in the relationship to her daughter.
Egg
A woman is locked in her home with an egg, which she is both attracted to and scared of.
She eats the egg, she repents. She kills it. She lets the egg die of hunger.
Egg is a poetic short film based on a small yet significant moment of director’s own life. It portraits a moment of shame, defeat and yet of victory.
Facing It
As a man anxiously awaits a meeting in the local pub, he is forced to explore his own difficult memories and relationships in an evening that will leave him changed forever.
III
Middle aged woman and man meet in a waiting room. Slowly, they get closer. He helps her take off her heavy, black fur coat that covers her naked body. That's how the game between them begins: they keep seducing and exposing themselves. Their hands reach inside their bodies in which organs resemble floral forms.
Intimity
As she is showering, dressing, putting on her make-up, a woman bares her soul. She speaks of her fears, her complexes, and the process of accepting – even loving – herself.
Opening Night
Look within. Then dance it out.
A man reflects on formative conflicts from his past with optimism, humor, and gratitude... with a musical twist..
Rex Orange County (feat. Benny Sings) “Loving is Easy”
Miniature Rex and Benny chill and perform together in stop-motion from their dreamy living room that comes to life in animation to the sound of their lovely tune.
The Humble Stonemason
A wealthy banker prides himself on his fortune, but is literally bored to tears with his life. One day he passes by the home of a humble stonemason who tells him he is quite content with his freedom, his rock and his early morning cup of tea."But how can one live without gold?" exclaims the banker, sure that the man shares his love for gold!
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Vertigo
While having an exciting summer swim and diving one after another in the water at the foot of a cliff, the main character is unexpectedly separated from the rest of his group of friends by an unsurpassable edge of the cliff and amplified experience. An animation inspired by phenomenon of acrophobia, fear of heights.
