Animation

As theorist Paul Wells notes, animation’s “metamorphic potential” allows it to destabilize fixed meanings, rendering complex themes—from environmental collapse to existential alienation—through allegory and whimsy. Animation, unbound by the constraints of live-action realism. It can thrive as a medium of radical imagination and ideological subversion. Ideologically, animation’s inherent artifice enables filmmakers to critique power structures, reimagine identities, and satirize societal norms with a freedom live-action often cannot risk.

This program showcases works that weaponize animation’s plasticity: some embrace minimalist design to distill human experiences into universal gestures, while others deploy hyper-detailed surrealism. Unlike conventional cinema’s reliance on photographic indexicality, animation revels in its constructedness, inviting viewers to question both the art form and the realities it mirrors.

KOMMERSOULS

Kevin Ledron (France, 9 min)

The story of two people litteraly stuck inside a commercial.

THE CANTEEN

Samuel Chapman (UK, 4 min)

A wonderful place called The Canteen welcomes a new customer.

DON’T SHOOT THE PRESIDENT

Niven Wilson (US, 5 min)

A comedian tries to tell a joke but reality warps itself to stop him. A pawn is chained by reaction until its mind escapes into delusion. Labor sacrifices its architects to the heavens and even wealth can’t save them. Adam and Eve fail to construct utopia because the future must be built with meat. Born into a strange and hostile world, an old man realizes he’s been inside himself all along. The god of death still lives.

KURT THE STREET LAMP

Sacha Schwarz (Switzerland, 6 min)

A sociopathic street lamp has his donuts stolen by the Uzbek mob. Filled with rage he plots to reclaim his stolen property.

LOSS

Sonya Umanski, Alika Levinson (Ukraine, 7 min)

A young girl enters a nightmare as a doctor’s action during anesthesia leads to a disturbing journey. Based on true events, the film explores her vulnerability to male authority.

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Animation

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