Animation Nation Shorts (March 19)

Dive into the filmmakers’ minds while we experience their artistic perspective in this collection of animated stories that will have you following a drunk pig through a city, a girl having tea with mummies as well as a dancing robot vacuum. 

Featured Films

Como si la Tierra se las Hubiera Tragado

Crónicas Azules

An experienced therapist manages to visualize the inner demons of a painter; however, she finds herself caught between empathy and envy, leading her to question her own identity in the process. (Dir. Miguel Anaya Borja/Mexico/7min)

Dolores

Dolores is a 7 year old girl who enters a forbidden corn field while playing, there, she encounters two corn husk mummies that want to play with her and a clay armadillo who's trying to catch her attention. (Dir. Cecilia Andalón Delgadillo/Mexico/9min)

Hurikán

In a wild Prague district, Hurikán rushes out to save his favourite beer stand from closure by fetching a new keg to impress the bartender he has a crush on. (Dir. Jan Saska /Czech Republic/13min)

Sandwich Cat

David lives alone with his kitty, Sandwich Cat.It seemed like an ordinary day, but an unexpected visit will lead him to a crucial reflection to humanity. (Dir. David Fidalgo/Spain/11min)

Tennis, Oranges

A robotic vacuum suffering from burnout quits its job at a hospital and sets out to find community and a greater purpose on a quiet street where two lonely rabbits are stuck in perpetual loops. (Dir. Sean Pecknold/USA/11min)

The Eating of an Orange

In a large manor house identical figures eat the same, move the same, look the same. But everything will change for one woman when she gets given an orange by an unknown figure. (Dir. May Kindred-Boothby/United Kingdom/8min)