INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED SHORTS - SPONSORED BY

TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 78 MIN

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CREATURE COMFORTS “MONARCHY BUSINESS”
UK, 2005, 9 MIN
DIRECTED BY RICHARD GOLESZOWSKI
US PREMIERE
Animals discuss the pros and cons of the Royal Family in this latest installment of inspired, stop-motion social satire from Aardman Animations, the creators of Wallace and Gromit and Angry Kid.


SAD DOG
THE NETHERLANDS, 2005, 2 MIN
DIRECTED BY CKOE (HANS VAN DE MEULENGRAAF)
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
A cute but lonely dog will do anything to make friends with a wary pigeon in this 2D (flash) computer animation.


OVERTIME
FRANCE, 2004, 5 MIN
DIRECTED BY OURY ATLAN, DAMIEN FERRIE, & THIBAUT BERLAND
SOUTHEAST PREMIERE
Dozens of Kermit-like creatures pay last respects to their deceased puppeteer in this stunningly beautiful, black-and-white CGI elegy.


FAUNA SUTRA
HOLLAND, 2004, 4 MIN
DIRECTED BY JOHAN KLUNGEL
SOUTHEAST PREMIERE/2nd US SHOWING
Animals have bizarre habits, including sexual ones. What if humans behaved like this?


A HALF MAN
CANADA, 2005, 5 MIN
DIRECTED BY FIRAS MOMANI
EAST COAST PREMIERE/2nd US SHOWING
Creepy stop-motion 3-D animation illustrates a troubling day in the life of a father who has literally been sliced in half—lengthwise.


BADGERED
UK, 2005, 7 MIN
DIRECTED BY SHARON COLMAN
FLORIDA PREMIERE
One of the 2006 Academy Award nominees for Best Animated Short Film, this is the highly amusing tale of a badger who just wants the world to let him sleep.


CITY PARADISE
UK, 2004, 6 MIN
DIRECTED BY GAELLE DENIS
EAST COAST PREMIERE
When Tomoko arrives in London to learn English, she discovers that the city can be both beautiful and surreal—a slightly scary yet comical place populated by creatures with strange walks.


CITOPLASMAS EN MEDIO ACIDO
SPAIN, 2004, 4 MIN
DIRECTED BY DAVID GAUTIER, IRENE IBORRA RIZO, & EDUARD PUERTAS ANFRUNS
SOUTHEAST PREMIERE
The terrible and hilarious consequences of a boring class are revealed in this clever stop-motion clay animation.


FALLEN
GERMANY, 2004, 6 MIN
DIRECTED BY PETER KABOTH
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
In this odd and strangely beautiful international award winner, two people are falling from a roof on a windy day. Yet the real story is about the city dwellers below who are gathering on the place of the expected impact.


REGEN (RAIN)
THE NETHERLANDS, 2005, 2.5 MIN
DIRECTED BY MICHAEL SEWNARAIN
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
Influenced by Paul Klee and based on the Dutch poem of the same name by J.H. Leopold, REGEN depicts an artist finding new inspiration in the rain drops on his window after a heavy downpour.


THE MYSTERIOUS GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORATIONS OF JASPER MORELLO
AUSTRALIA, 2005, 27 MIN
DIRECTED BY ANTHONY LUCAS
FLORIDA PREMIERE
A remarkable, Jules Verne inspired epic about a disgraced navigator on a doomed voyage, complete with an evil scientist and a monster that could benefit mankind. Rendered in a mostly monochromatic style with silhouette figures, this retro-futuristic tale is a 2006 Academy Award nominee for Best Animated Short.