“An inversive allegorical mythos worthy of Plato’s cave.” – F3 Film Magazine Japan Animation Magnified City When a magnifying-glass-human wanders in ruined city, he finds a photo of a beautiful city, but he accidentally burns the photo by observing it. Meanwhile, a secret society of projector-humans plot to recover the ruined city by using the…
“A compelling and disturbing prophesy, imagining human distrust of interactive programming.” – F3 Film Magazine Japan Narrative NEO PORTRAITS Takumi is a junior-high student who lost his mother three months ago. Her memories have been ported into an interactive avatar, but Takumi is distrustful of the technology. Director Profile GAZEBO Director Bio : Born in…
Lifetime Achievement Award for Animation “A wry masterful opus of rotoscopic alchemy.” – F3 Film Magazine US Animation Notice of Rejection The protagonist appears to be unmoved by historical barbarism and societal injustice – until rejection hits home – then it’s a different story. After multiple failed applications, he decides to see if rejection can…
“A transcendent and richly dimensional odyssey.” – F3 Film Magazine Japan, US Animation, Narrative The Old Young Crow In the twilight of his life, Mehrdad, now an elderly man, reminisces about his transformative journey from Iran to Japan, a poignant journey that began in the wake of his mother’s passing when he was just a…
“A smart and vivid tribute essay.” – F3 Film Magazine US Documentary Pose Right There (A Ver Ponte Ahí) Revisiting a family album and an opportune trip lead to a revelation. Director Profile Flor Marmolejo Director Bio : Cinema student Flor Marmolejo is a first time filmmaker at San Francisco State University. In August 2022…
“An artful insight of symbolic dreamscape.” – F3 Film Magazine USA Experimental snails A dream about my mother and snails that my daughter interprets for me. Director Profile Dorothea Braemer Director Bio : Dorothea Braemer is a filmmaker and Assistant Professor in media production at Buffalo State University.
“A dynamic composition that challenges expectations through elemental variation.” – F3 Film Magazine USA Animation, Experimental Specs 3 Our camera pans across rectangular zones of color. What happens if we increase our speed and indulge diagonal trajectories? Inspired by a painted wall in San Francisco, this abstract animated short plays with shifting chromatic shapes, and…
“An adroit paradox of presenting the incomprehensible.” – F3 Film Magazine UK Experimental Documentary These Were Not Simple Deaths Features Lilian Black OBE discussing her father, Eugene Black, the only member of his family to survive the Holocaust. Lilian discusses their families subsequent visits to Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camps 40 years later. Director Profile…
Best Animated Film “If a film could be a friend, we’d want this one.” – F3 Film Magazine US Animated Documentary How To Lose Weight and Look Great An autobiographical animated short about being diagnosed with a life threatening case of brain cancer, trying to make sense of a world where people don’t seem to…
Jury Award “To watch this film is to expose oneself to the primal conjurings of mythic parallel surrealities.” – F3 Film Magazine Mexico / Canada Experimental Narrative Concertina An interlocking magical realism that jumps between parallel realities as two sets of brothers discuss their dreams of one another. Director Profile Gabriel Gonzalez Acosta Director Bio…
