TITLE “Fisher”
CREDITS Yoram Benz
STUDIO/SCHOOL Independent
SYNOPSIS "Ostracized by his village for being different, Fisher is a lonely being who lives in a small cabin at the edge of the sea. His world is turned upside down one day when in a twist of fate, he is forced out of his comfort zone and thrust into a journey of self discovery.."
TITLE “Everything I Can See From Here”
CREDITS Sam Taylor and Bjorn Aschim
STUDIO/SCHOOL The Line
SYNOPSIS "A game of football turns deadly as an uninvited player joins in.. "
TITLE “Tiny Nomad”
CREDITS Toniko Pantoja
STUDIO/SCHOOL CalArts
SYNOPSIS "A scorpion hating scorpion slaying mouse passes out in the desert, and finds himself revisiting his childhood days through a mirage. Our tiny nomad slowly remembers his origins, and what had shaped him the way he is now.."
TITLE “Doraemon at the 2020 Neo-Tokyo Olympic Games”
CREDITS Aleix Pitarch
STUDIO/SCHOOL Independent
SYNOPSIS "A tribute to Katsuhiro Otomo, Tatsuyuki Tanaka, Koji Morimoto and all the great artists involved in Akira.."
TITLE “Phantom Limb”
CREDITS Alex Grigg
STUDIO/SCHOOL Independent
SYNOPSIS "In the aftermath of an accident a young couple learn to deal with phantom pains.."
TITLE “Star Wars TIE Fighter”
CREDITS OtaKing77077
STUDIO/SCHOOL Independent
SYNOPSIS "Empire’s TIE fighters and the Rebel Alliance’s X-wings fight each other in an epic space battle"
Star Wars TIE Fighter is an impressive short anime created by Youtube user OtaKing77077. The song, ‘Born to Lose’ by Sleigh Bells, was added by another user; it appears as thought the original version of the short was taken down.
TITLE “Red River Bay”
CREDITS Rémi BASTIE, Nicolas DEHGHANI, Rachid GUENDOUZE, Maxime MARY, Jeremy PIRES
STUDIO/SCHOOL Gobelins
SYNOPSIS "In a dirty bayou a ''redneck'' is trying to get out of the daily rut of his life by creating. It seems to be quite dangerous.."
TITLE “Beyond the Sea”
CREDITS Marthe Delaporte, Christine Shin, Chloé Nicolay, Guillaume Dousse and Cyrille Chauvin
STUDIO/SCHOOL Gobelins
SYNOPSIS "A young irish boy falls asleep on the Giant's Causeway, just before boarding a ship destined for new discoveries.."
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