Animation Domination

The Flypaper Spectacular
Directed by Luke Liberty
USA | 8 minutes | 2023

FLORIDA PREMIERE. A free spirit, with time to burn.

Kamathipura
Directed by Aayushman Pandey
India | 7 minutes | 2023

FLORIDA PREMIERE. Named after Mumbai’s decaying red light district, “Kamathipura” follows a nervous virgin as he makes a pilgrimage of sorts to a much-vaunted temptress in the area. But the mythical seductress has other plans in store.

Lost in the Sky
Directed by Simon Öster
Sweden | 12 minutes | 2023

EAST COAST PREMIERE. In a strange galaxy, a small rescue robot dreams of becoming a hero, but in his search for survivors, he makes a dark discovery, leaving him with a devastating choice.

La Melodia Torrencial
Directed by José Luis Saturno
Mexico | 7 minutes | 2023

FLORIDA PREMIERE. A town suffering a long drought entrusts its destiny to a wandering musician who has the power to bring rain with his accordion’s music.

No. 8 Reporting
Directed by Aljosha Kilmov, Matthew Lyon
Canada | 18 minutes | 2023

SOUTHEAST US PREMIERE. Citizens from a well-fed, fenced off city can only venture beyond the “safety” wall on the government’s official train system. A team of investigative reporters set out to explore what’s beyond this region, but instead discover a horrifying secret no one thought possible.

Skinned
Directed by Joachim Hérissé
France | 15 minutes | 2023

FLORIDA PREMIERE. In an old building lost in the middle of a swamp live two strange women, Siamese twins that are connected by one leg.

The Undertaker
Directed by Sergei Kibus
Estonia | 13 minutes | 2023

FLORIDA PREMIERE. A gloomy and silent undertaker doesn’t have much of a laugh. One day he makes a joke and invites his dead clients to a housewarming party. The joke turns out to be his last one.

VRDLK
Directed by Sam Chou
Canada | 13 minutes | 2023

FLORIDA PREMIERE. A traveling diplomat is caught in a snowstorm and forced to take shelter with a poor Serbian family. When the family warns him of “beasts” that hunt in the night, he is quick to dismiss their fears as superstition and fairy tales — a mistake he may not have a chance to make twice.

Vulvine Reine d’Extase
Directed by Clémence Andre
France | 7 minutes | 2023

INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE. A Queen languishing in a desert kingdom falls in love with Death with whom she begins a carnal relationship. This morbid union becomes an obsession for her; an obsession that will lead the Queen to her end…