Shorts 6: We’re All in This Together

70 minutes
Shorts 6: We’re All in This Together

Abstract and at times psychedelic investigations into human connection, travel and being lost (in translation).

This program screened as part of KLIK Amsterdam Animation Festival 2018

Showing in this program

Aérobie

Aérobie

  • Bastien Dupriez
  • France, 2017
  • 3 min.

On a velodrome track, a cyclist is getting into his race.

Augur

Augur

  • David Doutel / Vasco Sá
  • Portugal, 2018
  • 15 min.

A harsh winter freezes the surface of a river, close to a house where two cousins live. Immersed in the cold wind that rises that day, the rudeness of their relationship grows, reaching its limit.

Blue Hands

Blue Hands

  • Diyala Muir
  • United Kingdom, 2018
  • 3 min.

In an abstract journey about grief and denial a woman tries to escape the ghosts of her past, but they catch up to her on a night-bus to Nowhere.

Engine of Progress

Engine of Progress

  • Sasha Svirsky
  • Russia, 2017
  • 3 min.

A trippy animated video for Russian rap-star Oxxxymiron featuring Ka-tet.
The song about perfectionism in art and life. Ones are controlling the roll of the Engine of Progress, others are just its passengers.

F I N K E L : “w / o”

F I N K E L : “w / o”

  • Sanni Lahtinen
  • Finland, 2018
  • 4 min.

A subway train through the confused mind of someone who just can't let go.

Mamoon

Mamoon

  • Ben Steer
  • United Kingdom, 2017
  • 6 min.

Told entirely using projected animation onto polystyrene film sets, Mamoon follows the story of a mother and her infant child who are forced to leave their home when mysterious, dark shadows envelop the light in which they exist. As her own light begins to fade, she is forced to use a strange red light to save her child.

Marfa

Marfa

  • Myles McLeod / Greg McLeod
  • United Kingdom, 2017
  • 8 min.

A town on the borderlands of Texas. A place out of time. A desert where strange lights dance in the night sky. A mecca for lovers of minimalist art. A landscape of lost horses, freaks and food trucks. And then there’s the giant lemon.

Night Walks

Night Walks

  • Lizete Upite
  • Latvia, 2018
  • 5 min.

Tonight, Anna and her dad have decided to walk home through the forest. Anna
takes a torch and dad lights it up for her. The silent forest is as enchanting, as it is
scary and the bright flame as protective as it is blinding.

RIPPLE

RIPPLE

  • Mor Israeli
  • France, 2017
  • 4 min.

A winter afternoon at the swimming pool...

Wildebeest

Wildebeest

  • Nicolas Keppens / Matthias Phlips
  • Belgium, 2017
  • 19 min.

Going on a safari is a dream for many. For middle-aged couple Linda and Troyer, it turns into a horribly real adventure when they get left behind in the wilderness.