Showcasing a variety of short animations from 2019 and 2020, this curated selection of 7 award-winning pieces from France, Belgium, and Portugal were chosen for their imaginative, colorful expression as well as their moving storylines.
Animation Fest is presented on International Animation Day, a global event that celebrates the art of animation.
The screening will be presented in two 45-minute long segments with a 15-minute intermission.
The festival is suitable for ages 13 and up.
This event is hosted online. All films are in French with English subtitles. This event can only be viewed in California.
This event is made possible thanks to the support of
PROGRAM
NUIT CHÉRIE
By: Lia Bertels. Country: Belgium
Year: 2019
Run time: 13 min 46 sec
Language: In French with English subtitles.
Production AMBIANCES…ASBL
In the middle of winter in the country of the Yeti, a bear cannot fall asleep. He’s thinking too much and is in the doldrums. A white monkey suggests going to eat some honey at his Aunt’s to change his mood.
SORORELLE
By: Frédéric Even, Louise Mercadier
Country: France
Year: 2019
Run time: 15 min
Language: In French with English subtitles
Three sisters have to face a cataclysm: the coming flood of the lands where they live by the Sea. Facing chaos, the sorority is disrupted and each one experiences the imminence of death in a different way internally.
À LA MODE
By Jean Lecointre
Country: France
Year: 2020
Run time: 8 min 40s
Language: In French with English subtitles
Production: 2.4.7. Films, Schmuby
In a kingdom tormented by fashion crazes, a queen and her court must always keep up with the new trend. If not, an abominable monster will consume them: The Ridicule.
** 15 min intermission
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GENIUS LOCI
By: Adrien Merigeau
Country: France
Year: 2019
Run time: 16 min 20 s
Language: In French with English subtitles
One night, Reine, a young loner, sees the urban chaos as mystical oneness that seems alive, like some sort of guide.
ON EST PAS PRÈS D’ÊTRE DES SUPER HÉROS
By: Lia Bertels
Country: Belgium, Portugal, France
Year: 2019
Run time: 12 min 13 sec
Language: In French with English subtitles
Production : AMBIANCES…ASBL, Animais, Luna Blue Films, La Clairière Ouest.
When you’re a child, there’s this tender moment when the boundary between fantasy and reality is shattered. Here is the testimony of these children between two worlds, to whom a voice was freely given.
EMPTY PLACES
By Geoffroy de Crécy
Country: France
Year: 2020
Run time: 8 min 30s
Language: No DIalogue
Completed before the global lockdown, Empty Places is an ode to the melancholy of machines.
LUZ
By: John Banana
Country: France
Year: 2019
Run time: 7 min 30 sec
Language: In French with English subtitles
Problems can cloud your vision, but the key to Cloudia’s happiness may be right under her nose.
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