OPENS June 16 at 10:00 AM EDT!
Closing Program: All Countries
In-person
NOTE: After you RVSP, you will receive information or a reminder email, but you may or may not receive this right away. Please look out for it before the event! Each event may be different.
A discussion will follow each program to compare and contrast the films and the topics with special discussants:
Discussants
Adam Selo, Founder of Sayonara Film
Including a reception at the end of the program!
All films are subtitled in English, unless otherwise noted.
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The Breakdown
Italy, 2022, 6 min.
Director: Giulio Mealli
When a dysfunctional family's car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, their repressed grievances with each other bubble to the surface
공각 (Hole)
South Korea, 2022, 6 min.
Directors: Roh Heeyeon, Lee Chaerin
A young cook’s nervous hands are no match for a merciless chef, a hellish kitchen, and...a wily egg?
Hello Stranger
Germany, 6 min.
Director: Julia Ocker
An astronaut lands on an unknown planet. Everything is foreign.
Mudik
Indonesia, 3 min.
Directors: Andre Sugianto, Ardhira Anugerah Putra, Aditya Prabaswara, Calvin Chandra
As city dwellers, often we have forgotten the simple pleasures of watching life around us, often we were too absorbed by our gadgets. The road to our hometown was a time tunnel that eased us back into what we were supposed to be, human beings living life to the fullest, enjoying the moment with our loved ones. Nomination, Best Short Animation – Festival Film Indonesia 2018.
Cristal, Papel, Orgánico (Glass, Paper, Organic)
Spain, 2022, 3 min.
Director: Almudena Vázquez
Juan throws a pizza box into the organic waste bin, but he does not realize that the grease prevents their recycling. Patri begins to doubt his commitment to the environment. In which trash can is the oil thrown? And the batteries? And the toner? A tour of the Vallecas containers that will change their lives forever.
Dinar
Jordan, 11 min.
Director: Muawiya Al Omari
A young girl embarks to the city on a mission, roaming the streets and shops searching for and collecting scrap metal. All she needs is a single Dinar.
Auf dem Grund des Wäschekorb (On the Bottom of the Hamper)
Austria, 2021, 7 min.
Director: Adele Razkövi
This work reveals Austrian artist Adele Razkövi’s multifaceted approach: animation, painting, music, sculpture, literature and dance—a wide variety of disciplines flow into one another to create a polyphonic ode to an ordinary object.
Crutch
Oman, 2023, 5 min.
Director: Salim Taebb Alhasni
With a scene that focuses on the cultural values of respecting ones parents, Crutch teaches about the importance of being kind to oneself and those around you by not jumping to conclusions.
Hommage (Tribute)
France, 2022, 4 min.
Director: Guillaume de Mauroy
Marc is addicted to American movie stars and American action movies of the 1980s, re-enacting them in his living-room using whatever he can find to make-believe. His wife tries to reason with him, but is she different? Is Freedom living in one’s dream world?
Memory Memo
Japan, 2021, 3 min.
Director: Miou Hiruma
In this short experimental animation, a young woman has forgotten her keys and struggles to remember where they are.