Shorts 4: Group Dynamics

85 minutes
Shorts 4: Group Dynamics

Expect assortments of the latest and greatest shorts from around the globe. These animation tapas are fighting for one of our coveted awards.

This program screened as part of Kaboom Animation Festival 2019

Showing in this program

{ Si So Mi }

{ Si So Mi }

  • Zhangxu Zhan
  • Taiwan, 2018
  • 5 min.

"The line between life and death is deeply imprinted in my childhood, I remember a vivid memory of noon sunny days, a bucket of water almost packed the edge of a half-submerged new mouse cage for freedom Until they are exhausted to get them inevitable death "

The music is German folk song “Ach wie ist's möglich dann” In Taiwan folk culture the song was often performed at funerals.

1 Meter/Hour

1 Meter/Hour

  • Nicolas Deveaux
  • France, 2018
  • 8 min.

Caught up in our human lives, we miss out on the amazing. On an airplane wing, a company of snails performs a wonderfully slippery choreography...

Daylight

Daylight

  • Amir B Jahanbin
  • United States, 2019
  • 3 min.

The meeting of the Sun and the moon.
3D animated music video for "Daylight" by brz

Elephant Music

Elephant Music

  • Robin Clifford Ellis
  • Finland, 2019
  • 2 min.

Ghost/Coin/Balloon/Elephant

Fill The Skies

Fill The Skies

  • Leonardo Beltrán
  • Chile, 2018
  • 4 min.

Disparan is a music video made in 2D animation by Niño Viejo Animation Studio, made for the
track that merged the Deftone’s vocalist as a second voice with the composition of Como
Asesinar a Felipes.
In a apparent Conflict Class topic, the video shows the routine of a worker and his strange
relationship with the nature, nature that must be destroyed by his hand, the cruel felling of trees
pushing

GYRE

GYRE

  • Florian Guibert
  • Belgium, 2019
  • 8 min.

GYRE is the official music video of Belgian trio PILOOT's latest album. It's an abstract 3D animated piece where physical simulation interact with traditional 3D animation technique to create its distinct organic look and blend with the music piece.

KIDS

KIDS

  • Michael Frei
  • Switzerland, 2019
  • 9 min.

An animated short exploring group dynamics. How do we define ourselves when we are all equal?

Sororal

Sororal

  • Frédéric Even / Louise Mercadier
  • France, 2019
  • 14 min.

Three sisters are facing an impending disaster: the imminent flooding by the Sea of the lands where they live. In the midst of such chaos, the sisterly union is shaken up and each of the sisters experiences the imminence of death, in their inner selves, in a different way.

Story

Story

  • Jola Bańkowska
  • Poland, 2019
  • 4 min.

In the age of omnipresent technology, where the virtual sinks into reality, a young girl observes the world via social media platform.

The Death Vendor

The Death Vendor

  • Jinkyu Jeon
  • Japan / South Korea, 2019
  • 5 min.

One day a boy encounters a street vendor who sells chicks.Even the boy knows these birds will die very soon. To his eyes, the man is selling none other than death itself.

The Spirits of Cairn

The Spirits of Cairn

  • Shinobu Soejima
  • Japan, 2018
  • 7 min.

The Spirits of Cairn imagines a state of limbo which is the destination of those who die in childhood. The protagonist feels remorse about having died too young, but the emotion is just an echo and he has no idea how long he’s been there, why he is there, or the source of his regret. His work of interring the many necks buried below the surface continues without end.