2024

Animated Shorts

A celebration of the best in Animated short filmmaking from Australia and around the world.

Runtime

77 Minutes

Classification

Unclassified 15+

Settle in for a selection of delightful animation at AFF's Animated Shorts screening.

Featuring sci-fi robots, stop animation cats and tales of love illustrated in black and white – these Animated Shorts are sure to intrigue and entertain.

Film Credits

Year

2024

Type

Short

Program Strand

Animation & Shorts

Genre

Animation & Short

Screens With

A Crab in the Pool

Zoe and brother Theo are left to fend for themselves and the two children must try not to lose each other.

Director

Alexandra Myotte

Jean-Sébastien Hamel

Country

Canada

Runtime

11 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 15+

Alone

During a lengthy space voyage to a distant galaxy, a solitary maintenance robot diligently tends to the human incubators.

Director

Alex Weight

Country

Australia

Runtime

7 minutes

Rating

All Ages

Budō

On a lonely widow’s daily trip to the supermarket, she meets a stray cat, who then takes over her home.

Director

Alexander Toma

Amanda Aagard

Country

Sweden

Runtime

15 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 15+

Circle

A girl draws a circle on the ground. Passers-by step into it, one by one. Soon the circle is full.

Director

Joung Yumi

Country

Republic of Korea (South Korea)

Runtime

7 minutes

Rating

All Ages

Hurikán

Hurikán rushes to save his favorite beer stand from closure by fetching a new keg to impress the bartender.

Director

Jan Saska

Country

Czech Republic

Runtime

13 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 15+

Silent Panorama

Two campers follow their clothes as they float away on a stream in the Belgian Ardennes, then people disturb their peace.

Director

Nicolas Piret

Country

Belgium

Runtime

5 minutes

Rating

All Ages

The Bleacher

The disappearance of her sock at a local laundromat sends a fragile Rita over the edge.

Director

Nicole Daddona

Adam Wilder

Country

United States

Runtime

8 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 15+

The Car That Came Back from the Sea

Full of exuberance and frivolousness, six friends drive to the Polish Baltic coast and back in a small, dented car.

Director

Jadwiga Kowalska

Country

Switzerland

Runtime

11 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 15+

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