Anima # 1-4 – Vaco Diogo (Lisbon, Portugal)
Anima # 1-4 is a mash up of four different experimental animations that finish a cycle of creative work. The film explores interior sensations and emotions from intra-uterine memories to growing shadows, ghosts and chaos that emerged in a context of generalized anxiety. Instead of trying to give solutions to problems the film expands a space of mystery through screen awareness. 2024; 3 min.
This is a Story Without a Plan – Cassie Shao (Pasadena, California)
A short animated film about two people and an explosion. 2024; 8 min.
Claire Facing North – Lynn Lukkas (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Claire returns to Iceland, a place she visited decades earlier, to tend to a difficult task. While on the road she meets Iris, a young aimless hitchhiker, and together they connect and collide as they struggle to come to terms with the realities of their lives. 2023; 90 min.