by Juan Pablo Zaramella
2011, Animation, 1', Argentina
digital
An original and particular moving night at the opera.
Produced by JPZtudio
AUDITION 
by Udo Prinsen
2011, animation, 6 min, The Netherlands
HD, no dialogue
Inspired by Auschwitz prisoners, the film tells the story of a father and son imprisoned in a death camp. The son is auditioning for the camp's orchestra to improve his chances for survival. A firing squad will decide whether he is admitted. His father listens in from a distance.
Website Audition
AUDIOTOUR 
by Stephane Kaas
2010, comedy, 4 min, The Netherlands
HD, english
A young girl visits a 17th-century arts museum in Amsterdam and decides to take the audio tour. The girl is struck with surprise when the voice that guides her takes on a life of its own...
BEHIND THE WALL
by Elbe Stevens
2010, Comedy, 5 min, the Netherlands
HDcam, no dialogue
In the wilderness Jeff encounters a deserted Wall. When Jeff notices noises coming from the other side, he is determined to find out what is happening behind the wall. However, it remains to be seen whether this curiosity turns out to be a good thing …
THE BIRTHDAY SURPRISE 
by Danne Bakker
2010, animation, 4 min, The Netherlands
video, no dialogue
Grandfather gets the surprise of a lifetime on his birthday.
BLOKES
by Marialy Rivas
2010, Gay, 15', Chile
35mm / HD, Spanish
 
Santiago, Chile, 1986. Luchito, a 13-year-old boy, masturbates while he obsessively contemplates Manuel, his 16-year-old neighbor, whom he can see standing by a window in an adjacent project building. Oblivious of the gaze of his precocious voyeur, Manuel discovers his sexuality with girl from the neighborhood. The window turns into an erotic cinematographic world that awakens a curiosity in Luchito, with disastrous repercussions for Manuel.
Best Fiction, Curtas Vila do Conde 2010 , Portugal
WATCH TRAILER HERE!
BYE
by Tamar van den Dop
2011, drama, 10 min, The Netherlands
HD, dutch
Through the eye of his camera, Jonathan sees how grown up people deal with the death of his father and say their last goodbyes to him. Maybe he could postpone this farwell.
Produced by IJswater Films
THE CALM AFTER THE STORM
by Harrie Verbeek
2011, drama, 9 min, The Netherlands
HD, dutch
When Anna is told her boyfriend was killed during a Tsunami, her heart and the time stands still.
Produced by Armadillo Film
THE COW WHO WANTED TO BE A HAMBURGER
by Bill Plympton
2010, Animation, 6 min, USA
HD, No dialogue
Watch Trailer!
"The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger" is a children's fable about the power of advertising, the meaning of life and ultimately the test of a mother's love.
1st Prize, Animation, Delray Beach FF, Delray Beach FL
Grand Jury Award, Best Animation, Florida Film Festival, Maitland FL
Best in Show, Citrus Cel Animation FF, Jacksonville FL
Atom.com award - Best Comedy Animated Short, L.A. Comedy Short FF
1st Prize, Animation, BeFilm Underground FF, New York, NY
Excellence in Sound, ASIFA-East Awards
Mention Speciale du Public, Narkolepsy Short FF, Grenoble
Audience Award, Short Film Animation, Woods Hole FF, Woods Hole MA
Outstanding Animated Short, Flagstaff FF, Flagstaff AZ
Golden Cowbell, Best Independent Animation, So
Dak Animation Festival, SD
DIAMOND DANCERS 
by Quirine Racké/Helena Muskens/Nicole Beutler
2011, dance, 9 min, The Netherlands
HD
A large group of line dancers travels to Amsterdam in a white tour bus to perform a flash mob in front of the Royal Palace at Dam Square. A flash mob is usually a surprise performance by young people, but now it is a group of elderly dancers who enjoy showing themselves to the passers-by and turn the expectations of the growing audience upside down.
FATA MORGANA
by Frodo Kuipers
2011, animation, 4'20" , The Netherlands
Digital, practically no dialogue
Burning in the desert sun, Eduardo - a lemonade seller with a small stand - is fighting the urge to drink his last and final bottle of refreshing lemonade..
Produced by Illuster
THE FLYING HOUSE
by Winsor McCay and Bill Plympton
1921-2011, Animation, 7'30 min, USA
HD, English
Watch Teaser!
After eating a rarebit at a party, a woman has a strange dream in which her husband converts their home into a flying machine to escape having to pay the exorbitant interest on the mortgage, on a flight that takes them around the world and to the moon.
"The Flying House" is a "re-imagining" of Winsor McCay's 1921 short, "Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: The Flying House.". Bill Plympton cleaned, removed all imperfections, and colored each frame using reprints of Winsor's color comics as a guide. By recording the voices of Patricia Clarkson & Matthew Modine he was able to remove the balloons and intertitles and replace them by their voices. A completely new soundtrack was added as well.
FOR OBSERVATION
by Eche Janga
2011, drama, 10 min, The Netherlands
HD, dutch
One and a half years after their relationship ended, two young parents spend a night together in the hospital where their 4 year old son has been taken in for medical observation. The night shows that they still have feelings for each other. However, it turns out that life has led them to separate paths.
Produced by IJswater Films
GET REAL!
by Evert de Beijer
2010, Animation, 12 min, The Netherlands
35mm, no dialogue
A high school girl is addicted to a computer game that protects a sexy female mega singer agaisnt all kinds of attacks. That way it 'scores' her love.... But the addiction costs him a lot...
Produced by Cinété Filmproduktie
GUARD DOG "GLOBAL JAM"
by Bill Plympton & many others!!
2011, Animation, 6 min, USA
Digibeta/HD, No dialogue
Watch works in progress!
In a bold, never-before-attemp-ted experiment, the "King of Indie Animation" has invited animators from around the world to re-create one shot each from his Oscar-nominated short, "Guard Dog".
LUMINARIS
by Juan Pablo Zaramella
2011, Animation, 6'20", Argentina
digital
In a world controlled and timed by light, an ordinary man has a plan that could change the natural order of things.
Watch TRAILER!
Produced by JPZtudio
NOISE 
by Jan Doense
2011, black comedy, 10 min, The Netherlands
HD, dutch
5:04 am. A woman lies awake because the neighbours are quarreling. Her husband doesn't care. Finally she makes a phone call. An expression of horror registers on her face.
SMALL 
by Sanne Vogel
2011, fiction..., 7 min, The Netherlands
HD, dutch
Noortje, a 12-year old girl, experiences her first massage ever. She is not prepared to feel the hands of a stranger on her skin yet.
Produced by IDTV
SPRING
by Hong Khaou
2011, Gay, 13', UK
HD, English
Spring is about a young man, Joe, seeking to discover his sexual boundaries with a stranger. Joe is seeking an immediate sexual thrill, while Tim wants something more psychological. Two very different needs, but sought within the same space. Rightly or wrongly, Joe decides to venture down an unconventional path where he finds moments in equal measure that repel and excite him profoundly. The film shows how we can let ourselves be used and what we are capable of inflicting on others. The encounter is full of little ritualistic intimacies that will shape Joe’s life - and his life will never be the same again.
SELECTED FOR SUNDANCE & BERLIN 2011
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SUGAR
by Jeroen Annokkeé
2010, Comedy, 8 min, The Netherlands
35mm, dutch
SELECTED FOR CLERMONT-FERRAND 2011
When Bert's sexy neighbour pops in to borrow some sugar, a regular situation with a potentially sexual outcome turns instead into his worst nightmare.
Produced by Lev Pictures
AWARDS:
Clermont-Ferrand 2011: Audience Price & Best Comedy "Fernand Raynaud"
Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival: Méliès d'Argent, best short film
Film Festival Emden: Best Shorts Film
Salento Finibus Terrae: best direction & best Main actor
Lenola Film Festival: 1st price international competition & best screenwriter
Mas Sorrer: Audience prize
Dutch Film Festival: best scenario
Sitges: Best European Short Film
etc. etc.
SUMMER BUMMER
by Bill Plympton
2011, Animation, 2 min, USA
Digital, No dialogue
A man about to go swimming imagines what horrors cold be lurking deep in the waters of his backyard pool.
WAITING FOR SAILOR
by Bill Plympton
2011, Animation, 30" sec, USA
Digital, No dialogue
Waiting for her sailor to return home, a woman on a cliff watches closely as a ship approaches.
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