Animation Dingle 2022 - Screening Programme

Animation Dingle 2022

Welcome Animation Dingle are delighted and excited to present here it’s short film selections for our 2022 festival. The selection of 103 short films is presented across 10 screening programmes and is representative of 20 countries and includes an incredible selection of animation work from Irish and International colleges as well as work from Professional individuals and Studios here in Ireland and around the world.

Screen Ireland and RTÉ’s Frameworks are strongly represented in our Irish Professional Programme.

We are delighted to continue our relationship with MIYU distribution and offer again in 2022 a look at the best works coming out of Europe and its colleges this year.

Our award nominations will be announced soon and we are delighted to now be a qualifying Academy Awards® and Student Academy Awards® Festival.

Thank you to each of our selectors this year for your insights and expertise in making this wonderful and eclectic mix of animated films for this, our 10th festival!

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The Selectors

Jennifer Alice Wright

Dean Hamer

Winner Best International Student Award 2021

Winner Best International Professional Award/ Director Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival

Mehrnaz Abdollahinia

Mark Cumberton

Master of Arts in character animation and animated filmmaking at Gobelins l’ecole de l’image.

Cliona Noonan

Irish Animator. Her work screened at Animation Dingle: Wet & Soppy 2021; Tuna 2020

Producer/ COO of JAM Media

Darragh Scott

Winner Best Writer, Best Animation, Best Music/Sound Design Awards 2021

Iobhar Stokes Rodriguez

Winner Best Irish Student Award 2021

Maurice Galway

Animation Dingle co-founder and Festival Director

Jemma Shorten

Part of the Animation Dingle Staff Team. A recent graduate of Animation, Visual Effects and Motion Design at Munster Technological University

Online Screening

Family Programme Available to view from 7th - 21st March Working from home and need a break from the conference? Or just looking for great animation for the whole family? Then this curated shorts programme is just what you are looking for… grab some Family Time... or just grab some ‘me’ time. Pop it on, sit back and get out the popcorn!

The Forty Foot

The Park Bench

The Fall

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 2.24 mins // Digital

United States // Colour // 2021 // 4.20 min // Digital Directed by: Rob Edwards

Canada // Colour // 2021 // 2.51 min // Digital

An animated experience, exploring the famous Forty Foot Bathing place on the south shore of Dublin Bay.

In a series of fractured images, we meet a young girl named Bella, who is scared and confused as she watches her mother care for her father in pain.

Leafie is a plucky little maple leaf who loves to groove. But when their latest performance takes an unexpected turn, the harsh realities of the season come crashing down.

Da Humbug

Step by step

Kayak

United Kingdom // Colour // 2021 // 2.18 min // Digital Directed by: Johnny Schumann

France // Colour // 2021 // 7.29mins // Digital

France // Colour // 2021 // 6.11mins // Digital

Directed by: Thēodore Janvier, Fanny Paoli, Emma Gach, Anabelle David, Julie Valentin, Claire Robert

College: Ecole des Nouvelles Images Directed by: Solène Bosseboeuf, Flore Dechorgnat, Tiphaine Klein, Auguste Lefort, Antoine Rossi

College: IADT Directed by: Patrick O’Callaghan

A heartwarming tale about a grumpy old man who dislikes Christmas but receives an unexpected gift that opens his eyes to the true importance of the festive period.

A little rain boot wakes up on a river’s side.

On her journey through the forest she would overcome any obstacles to find her way back home. On the road she faces many events that will make her grow.

Directed by: Desirae Witte

A father and his baby’s kayak outing along a peaceful river turns out to be a real family adventure.

Kid

Fetch

Space Race

China // Colour // 2021 // 5.49min // Digital

New Zealand // Colour // 2021 // 18.26 min // Digital Directed by: Sam Gill

United States // Colour // 2021 // 5.48 min // Digital College: Columbia College Chicago Directed by: Shane Dioneda

College: Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University Directed by: Yang Yu I don’t remember exactly when this kid came into my life. The kid had many bad habits. But by the time she left me, I began to miss her.

My Childhood Misbelief About Hedgehogs United States // Colour // 2021 // 1.39min // Digital College: School Of Visual Arts Directed by: Yulia Ruditskaya My childhood misbelief about hedgehogs and why I would never give a hedgehog sour cream.

On an isolated space station, when a man loses the will to live, his big hearted dog overcomes his own anxieties to save them both.

Live United Kingdom // Colour // 5.00 min // Digital College: Royal College of Art Directed by: Meg Dupont A biographical 2D animation following the realisation of a missed opportunity to make a connection with a relative after attending their funeral digitally during the pandemic.

Two competing Astronauts race to claim the moon for themselves.

Tobi and the Turbobus Germany // Colour // 2021 // 7.30 min // Digital Directed by: Verena Fels, Marc Angele You fly with no seat! That’s the rule in the Turbobus. To get one is a hard day job for a young wolf on his turbo-journey to find real friendship.

Online Screening

After Dark Programme Available to view from 7th - 21st March Each year our Festival Director pulls together a selection of curated programmes. Here you can experience animation works with some dark themes and ideas best viewed late…. and in the dark!

Soul Office

Claw Machine

Pottero

United Kingdom // Colour // 2021 // 10.25 min // Digital Directed by: Ryan Loughran

Spain // Colour // 2021 // 3.34 min // Digital

United States // Colour // 2021 // 10.00 min // Digital Directed by: Lindsey Martin

Soul Office is an animated comedy short film set in Northern Ireland, following the pursuits of two enterprising young criminals who bite the dust when an ATM robbery goes wrong.

Undeterred by their untimely demise, they come back as ghosts to get the job done albeit with a little more red tape than they’d imagined.

College: U-tad Directed by: Marcos Becerro, Andrea Clemente Rudy, a lanky and punky teenage boy, together with his innocent younger brother Alvin, visit an arcade in town where they waste all their money. Rudy vexed with not being able to get a plush in a claw machine for his “babe” so accuses it of being deceiving.

Rising in a Spiral

Posted No Hunting

Belgium/Portugal // Colour // 2021 // 2.43 min // Digital College: Universidade Lusófona; LUCA School of Arts; AALTO Directed by: Débora Mendes, Elmano Diogo

United States // Black & White // 2021 // 2.36 min // Digital Directed by: Alisa Stern

A journey that makes us question what is happening to our planet and what we can still do for it.

When a trail cam captures a frightening encounter in the woods, the scariest part is what you don’t see.

Pottero is a 10 minute, animated film based on family folklore and issues surrounding mental health, accessible healthcare and social mobility.

Why Do Butchers Close So Early?

United Kingdom // Colour // 2021 // 3.52 min // Digital Directed by: Inez Skilling It is the story of a butcher consumed by the horror of his trade. Yet, through the sinister monologue, can a different, perhaps even more unsettling tale be unpicked?

Muerte Murciélago

Depths of Night

Peek-A-Boom

Spain // Black and White // 2021 // 3.10 min // Digital Directed by: Carlos Saiz

Hong Kong // Colour // 2021 // 12.33 min // Digital Directed by: Step C.

Lebanon // Colour // 2021 // 5.25 min // Digital

“Muerte Murciélago” is the only child born in La Bahía. Used to living as an adult from a very young age, he will soon begin to imagine a future beyond the town limits.

How do you face these feelings in the past, present and in the future? It is as though the soul is broken into infinite pieces, but as long as we can survive, the Depths of night passes eventually.

Surrounded by her loving family on her birthday, an event occurs that shapes Mira’s life forever.

Florian Sweden // Colour // 2021 // 14.50 min // Digital Directed by: Gustav Bengtsson, David Bengtsson Florian is a young boy who escapes the abuse of a diabolical stepfather and instead settles in nature with his robot Vinnie, where he builds a hut to get away from it all, but something draws him back to civilization.

Directed by: Maya Zankoul, Toni Yammine

Online Screening

Environmental Programme Available to view from 7th - 21st March The Environment is at the foremost of every person’s agenda - it is not age related, it is for everyone. Our central themes for 2022 include Sustainability, and each year our Environmental Programme gives a voice to issues that are important to animators and the world. In some cases the work here simply explores how beautiful our environment is. Support this work and this extremely important programme.

Polar Bear Bears Boredom Japan // Colour // 2021 // 7.00 mins // Digital Directed by: Koji Yamamura

The Forty Foot

Little Boy Litter

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 2.24 mins // Digital

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 6.00 mins // Digital

College: IADT Directed by: Patrick O’Callaghan

Directed by: Jack McHugh, Conor McNally

A polar bear who is very bored with various marine animals in the deep blue sea.

An animated experience, exploring the famous Forty Foot Bathing place on the south shore of Dublin Bay.

Undermined

Pests

Germany // Colour // 2021 // 7.12 mins // Digital

France // Colour // 2021 // 6.30mins // Digital

Directed by: Matthias Kapuvari

College: EnsAD Directed by: Juliette Laboria

A severely ill detective, confronted with reckless fracking companies protected by a corrupt system, struggles with the question of how far he is willing to go to stop them.

In the heat of summer, children and wasps gather around the same meal, but sharing is not on the daily menu.

Propelled by a Candy Stick sugar rush, Little Boy Litter pedals and pilfers his way around the countryside in search of treasure among the trash that has been dumped in his locality.

In The Beginning Was Water Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 19.03 mins // Digital Directed by: Paweł Kleszczewski, Katarzyna Zimnoch “In The Beginning Was Water” is an animated movie which is our interpretation of Irish legends about origin of Shannon River and the myth about Salmon of Knowledge (Irl. bradán feasa).

Stereotype

When We Fell

Symfaunic

United States // Colour // 2021 // 11.00 mins // Digital Directed by: Nahyun Beak, Dahyun Beak

United Kingdom // Colour // 2021 // 4.03 mins // Digital Directed by: Ben Spooner, Morgan Twiston Davies

United States // Colour // 2021 // 7.37 mins // Digital College: University of Central Florida Directed by: Erin Bergin, Darby Kate Snyder

Landscapes gave way, a bird flew by.

A visual and musical collaboration that explores the wafer thin line between freedom and obliteration.

A young faun challenges the harmony of her forest glade when her new taste in music clashes with her brother’s teachings.

The war has settled down, but a conflict is still escalating.

Scream For Ice Turkey // Colour // 2021 // 4.02 mins // Digital College: T.C. Maltepe University Directed by: Emir Aytemür The Sun shines, ice melts A polar bear on its own A child cries out ah!

Online Screening

MIYU Programme Available to view from 7th - 21st March Each year we present a selection of work from MIYU Distribution. Curated by Maurice Galway, this special selection of work showcases some of the best animation being created in European Colleges today.

Thanks to The French Embassy of Ireland for their support

Pride of Lions

Kayak

The Soloists

Denmark // Colour // 2021 // 3.54mins // Digital

France // Colour // 2021 // 6.11mins // Digital

France // Colour // 2021 // 7.57mins // Digital

College: The Animation Workshop Directed by: Symeona Maria Kanellou

College: Ecole des Nouvelles Images Directed by: Solène Bosseboeuf, Flore Dechorgnat, Tiphaine Klein, Auguste Lefort, Antoine Rossi

College: Gobelins Directed by: Mehrnaz Abdollahinia, Feben Elias Woldehawariat , Razahk Issaka,Celeste Jamneck , Yi Liu

A father and his baby’s kayak outing along a peaceful river turns out to be a real family adventure.

In a small village ruled by ridiculous laws, three singing sisters and their dog rehearse for the Annual Autumn Festival. But an unexpected event will disrupt their plans.

The Uncertain Snow

Louise

Pests

France // Colour // 2021 // 6.56mins // Digital

France // Colour // 2021 // 6.16mins // Digital

France // Colour // 2021 // 6.30mins // Digital

College: Gobelins Directed by: Marion Boisrond, Marie-Liesse Coumau, Ada Hernaez, Gwendoline Legendre, Romane Tisseau

College: Gobelins Directed by: Constance Bertoux, Camille Bozec, Pauline Guitton, Pauline Mauviere, Mila Monaghan

College: EnsAD Directed by: Juliette Laboria

On the lookout for polar bears in the Arctic, a wildlife photographer realizes she may have missed more than a shot.

Louise, ballerina at the Garnier Opera in 1895, rushes home after a show but is stopped by a friend asking for money. Louise knows what to do in order to repay her.

An homage to a joyful, gay friend who passed away a bit abruptly. To give him a few more minutes and a proper goodbye hug.

In the heat of summer, children and wasps gather around the same meal, but sharing is not on the daily menu.

Step by step

Hold Me Tight

France // Colour // 2021 // 7.29mins // Digital

Belgium // Colour // 2021 // 6.06mins // Digital

College: Ecole des Nouvelles Images Directed by: Thēodore Janvier, Fanny Paoli, Emma Gach, Anabelle David, Julie Valentin, Claire Robert

Directed by: Mélanie Robert-Tourneur

A little rain boot wakes up on a river’s side.

On her journey through the forest she would overcome any obstacles to find her way back home. On the road she faces many events that will make her grow.

In the heart of a dark forest, two silhouettes meet, attract and repel each other in an explosive bridal parade. “Hold Me Tight” is a bittersweet romance.

Mom, what’s up with the dog?

France // Colour // 2021 // 7.09mins // Digital College: Atelier de Sèvres Directed by: Lola Lefevre Gwen is a young girl who just turned 11. As she discovers her sexuality, she catches her dog laughing.

Dissolution

Contretemps

Goodbye Jerome!

Belgium // Colour // 2021 // 8.11mins // Digital

France // Colour // 2021 // 6.49mins // Digital

France // Colour // 2021 // 7.44mins // Digital

College: KASK Directed by: Dries Bogaert

College: Gobelins Directed by: Laurine Baille, Gabriel Gérard, Lise Légier, Chloé Maingé, Claire Sun

College: Gobelins Directed by: Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet, Chloé Farr

Living with OCD, Anna has an organized routine. This balance breaks when her sister forgets a piece of instrument. To bring it back, Anna has to face a world out of her control in which her fears materialize.

Having just arrived in paradise, Jerome sets out to find his wife Maryline. In the course of his search, he sinks into a surreal and colourful world in which no one seems to be able to help him.

A society of pink creatures live on top of a tower in peace under one unwritten rule, ‘Wait your turn in line to the top’. But this all suddenly gets undermined when a citizen does not comply with this way of living.

Online Screening

Irish Students Programme 1 Available to view from 7th - 21st March From our open call for submissions, work has been carefully and rigorously selected to allow us to present to you the very best of Irish Student animators’ work this year. These are our Irish animators of the Future.

Sunride

The Forty Foot

Jagged James

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 4.20 mins // Digital

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 2.24 mins // Digital

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 5.54 mins // Digital

College: IADT Directed by: Deither Kirby Jay

College: IADT Directed by: Patrick O’Callaghan

College: Coláiste Dhúlaigh Directed by: Christian Stewart

‘Sunride’ is a linear narrative, short, animated film, that contemplates freedom from the perspective of cycling. Sunride goes through the point of view of a cyclist as they face obstacles whether emotional or physical.

An animated experience, exploring the famous Forty Foot Bathing place on the south shore of Dublin Bay.

A heartbroken boy is manipulated into getting back with his ex-girlfriend.

Mam’s Old Chair

Moving On

Play Truant

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 2.27 mins // Digital

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 3.14 mins // Digital

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 2.25 mins // Digital

College: Coláiste Dhúlaigh Directed by: Sheena Walsh

College: TUS Clonmel Campus Directed by: Emiliano Pineda Alvarada

College: TUS Athlone Campus Directed by: Shane McDermott

A film about repair, reuse, community and the joy that can be garnered from every day objects. The chance find of an old chair highlights how locally sourced, locally made goods can be repaired and reused across many generations.

A girl weighs up her past while packing for a move.

Finn is a rebellious teen who skips school to play in the local arcade. One day, his principal catches him and in an attempt to escape her, the two get distracted by classic arcade games along the way.

Roman Picante: The Hollow Isle

Roots

Shadows

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 5.14mins // Digital

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 4.45 mins // Digital

College: IADT Directed by: Ellen Hickey McCullough

College: IADT Directed by: Charlotte Connolly

Roots follows the narration of my father while he works in his garden, as he reflects on how he became so interested in gardening and his life growing up in Northern Ireland during its conflict.

Deep in a forest plagued by shadow and mystery, a dark creature has been leaving a fiery trail of destruction in its wake. However, a girl and her companion are giving chase, seeking to avenge her people...

The Click

The Guitar

The Late Shift

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 2.47 mins // Digital

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 4.57 mins // Digital

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 4.11 mins // Digital

College: TUS Clonmel Campus Directed by: Mary Smyth

College: IADT Directed by: Domhnall Cotter

College: BCFE Directed by: Dylan Yap

Within a beautiful, lonely landscape a character believes they are in control until the real power dynamic is revealed and they encounter their addiction in the form of a large snake. In the throes of darkness a light beckons and a struggle begins.

Shunned by her husband in favour of his guitar, a lonely housewife is forced to take drastic action...

A young kitchen porter named Dan, has been pushing back his dream of traveling to the Dragon Temple and becoming a kung fu warrior. This comes to head when his guilt manifests itself into a dragon.

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 3.55 mins // Digital College: LYIT Directed by: Matthew Donnelly Word renowend slueth Roman Picante, investigates a mysterious art theft on the island manor of Angels Folly ... what he uncovers will shake him to his impeccably dressed core.

The Space Between Us Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 2.22 mins // Digital College: Limerick School of Art and Design Directed by: Dara Darcy In a time where circumstances have forced her into isolation, a young woman navigates loneliness, melancholy and the uncanniness of human connections maintained by modern technology.

This is Why

Cracking the Code

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 3.28 mins // Digital

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 2.54 mins // Digital

College: IADT Directed by: Sean Roberts

College: BCFE Directed by: Robert Bowler

This is Why’ is an experimental animated short about inadvertent pressures of a young relationship, knowing what you want can be hard.

When a young Girl eagerly watches her father cook breakfast in their family-run Breakfast Bar she develops an insatiable passion for food and cooking, creating a strong wave of emotions and a desire to master the art of cookery.

Some Days

Shelly Banks

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 4.26 mins // Digital

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 4.43 mins // Digital

College: IADT Directed by: Jessie II Lopez

College: BCFE Directed by: Alex Hughes

Memories they come and go. There are memories that we cherish and some that we lose sight of. We long for that feeling, but bit by bit we soon forget. The unreliability of a memory, isn’t that enough?

As a lonesome sailor sits in a damp seaside tavern, love seems to be in the air. Many drinks later, the jukebox plays a familiar song- The wistful sailor, overwhelmed by the effects of alcohol, falls deeply in love with something he sees in the distance. A Fish.

Online Screening

YAOTY Programme Our Young Animator of the Year (YAOTY) asks budding animators to get creative and get serious about their own animation journey. Each year secondary school students from all over the island of Ireland are invited to submit their short animated films to our national YAOTY awards.

Each year a theme is given. This year they were asked to submit to the theme PLANET. PLAY. PAUSE. Any animation technique can be used, but the animation piece can be no longer than 1 minute. The winning student will be offered a work placement in JAM Media’s studios in either Dublin or Belfast and be presented with the YAOTY Award 2022.

Here are the YAOTY entries 2022….a wonderful 10 minute programme!

A History of Earth and Explosions

ANET-PLAY

Dreaming of Space

College: Gairmscoil Mhic Diarmada Directed by: Eoghan Bonner

College: Gaelcholáiste Phort Láirge Directed by: Síofra Bartels-Nic an Ghearr

A rogue, mischievous planet named Iocus-P41 plays havoc in the depths of the dark universe using a strange remote control he found in the cyber junkyard.

A young girl dreams of being an astronaut every second of the day, awake or asleep.

Harmony

In Orbit

Living in the Internet

College: Belfast Metropolitan College Directed by: Conor Conway

College: Lucan community college Directed by: Rianna Lyons

College: St Tiernan’s Community School Directed by: Sara De La Escuderos

In awe of a beautiful voice, how do you go about your day?

On two neighbouring planets, a new potential bond awakens a very old one. It’s not a very low key event.

It shows a user falling onto the internet, and submerge on the web after spending all night playing online.

Misfortune Teller

Planet Play Pause

Pandemic

College: Presentation Secondary School Tralee Directed by: Rabeea Jahangir

College: Mount Temple Comprehensive School Directed by: Max Hendrickson

College: Edmund Rice College Directed by: Lorcan Cusack

A woman stumbles across a strange fortune machine. Who is that man inside? What prophecies does he hold? And why won’t the curtains stay open long enough to find out??

All the plants and animals begin mysteriously exiting earth.

A students world is changed by the quarantines how he feels like an alien and how he wishes everything could just pause.

Planet.play.pause

Reminiscing

College: St Patrick’s Cathedral Grammar School Directed by: Siri Basani

College: Friends’ School Lisburn Directed by: Sophie Keers

College: Presentation College Carlow Directed by: Radek Latra A very brief journey through history, from the beginning of time to the end of it, using the one thing that unifies it all - explosions.

Video games are far too violent these days amirite lads.

Gry, who is travelling between planets, sees animals playing outside on a planet they pass and is reminded of events from their childhood.

Online Screening

Irish Students Programme 2 Available to view from 7th - 21st March From our open call for submissions, work has been carefully and rigorously selected to allow us to present to you the best of Irish Student animators’ work this year. These are our Irish animators of the Future.

Flotsam & Jetsam

Languor

NET.21

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 9.42 mins // Digital

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 8.00 mins // Digital

College: University of the West of England Directed by: Felix Surplus

College: IADT Directed by: Lisa McDonald

Ireland // Black & White and Color // 2021 // 2.01 mins // Digital College: IADT Directed by: Ross Maloney, Leah Merriman

During a bitter endless winter on Earth, Flotsam & Jetsam follows the journey of a robot, abandoned by the civilisation of people it once served, as it adventures through the frozen wastes and eventually an abandoned city in search of sanctuary and to find out if it is truly the last of its kind.

This project intends to visually describe detachment by exploring the realm of being where you are conscious but absent, bringing the viewer through levels of thought shown through four key environments: The Day, The Night, The Mire and The Nothing

An experimental short exhibiting a troupe of fishermen. We explore a maritime settlement through the subjective viewpoint of a single fisherman.

The Adventures of Mr Pineapple

The Castle of Baron Von Sükker

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 4.23 mins // Digital

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 4.41 mins // Digital

The Socks and Squimmy Show Epi. 1 - The Visitor

College: Ulster University Directed by: Jacob Matthess

College: TUS Athlone Campus Directed by: Derry Luttrell

A baby’s vivid imagination gives him a new friend as he takes on a journey to recover something lost.

A vampire awakens in his castle and begins his busy night of completely neglecting his duties as the baron of a struggling province.

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 4.38 mins // Digital College: LYIT Directed by: Eoin O’Kane Two peanut farmers experience a far out encounter with an extra-terrestrial being.

Where The Water Falls Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 4.00 mins // Digital College: BCFE Directed by: Matthew O’Keeffe A young tribal Amerindian boy is feeling left out when the older tribe members are preparing for a river fishing expedition.

Fisherman & Dog Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 3.28 mins // Digital College: LYIT Directed by: Dylan Butter A short animation about a treasure loving Fisherman and his loyal companion Dog. One stormy night they get washed up on an island inhabited by small mysterious creatures.

Circle in a Square

Catalyst

Alienated

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 4.20 mins // Digital

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 4.20 mins // Digital

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 3.03 mins // Digital

College: BCFE Directed by: Cillian Grant

College: Ulster University Directed by: Caitlin Gillespie, Patrick Gallagher, Matthew Kernaghan

College: BCFE Directed by: Robyn Coleman, Dayna Crossan

In a grey and dull world, Stan Pavlova still believes there is colour and wonder to be found.

Jake & Sidd: The Beast of Obsidian Peak Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 5.47 mins // Digital College: Ulster University Directed by: Katherine Catney, Dominic Fairley, Natasha Henry, Shannon McAfee, Sudipta Patra Comic book creators confont their own creation.

Every great change begins with one action. In the distant future, a fleet of drones descend upon a desolate city, enforcing an oppressive mission, to protect and serve.

And The Round Ocean Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 3.20 min // Digital College: Pulse College Directed by: Ciaran Patterson Deep-sea diver seeking for deep connection on the superficie.

In a tiny cafe in Dublin, a hardworking Alien barista is faced with more than an order, as she hustles to make coffees for two overly nosey customers.

Fairyfort Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 2.06 min // Digital College: Kingston School of Art Directed by: Sarah Devaney A stop motion film exploring childhood stories and the experience of dealing with miscarriage. A speaker tells us about fairyforts, structures in the Irish countryside and the stories and customs that grew around them.

Online Screening

International Students Programme 1 Available to view from 7th - 21st March Our open call for submissions is worldwide. Those selected for screening here are from the UK, France, Germany, Turkey, Israel, Canada and the US. This work is exciting and fresh and we are delighted to give you the opportunity here to view work from upcoming animators globally.

The Seine’s tears France // Colour // 2021 // 8.49 mins // Digital College: Pôle 3D Directed by: Yanis Belaid, Eliott Benard, Nicolas Mayeur, Etienne Moulin, Hadrien Pinot, Lisa Vicente, Philippine Singer, Alice Letailleur 17 october 1961, “Algerian workers” get down the streets to manifest against the mandatory curfew imposed by the Police prefecture.

The Dragon Head Tree United Kingdom // Colour // 2020 // 7.16 mins // Digital College: Royal College of Art Director: Jiaqi Wang This film is a fake documentary animation about a dragon. It’s about how she has been caught and been eaten. she was a magical creature from the ideal world.

Prince Edward

Timmy’s Monster

United Kingdom // Colour // 2021 // 2.37 mins // Digital

United States // Colour // 2021 // 5.25 mins // Digital College: Savannah College of Art and Design Directed by: Agnes Ho

College: University of the West of England Directed by: Hoching Kwok A girl relives what had occurred on August 31st at Prince Edward station, Hong Kong.

The film follows the journey of a boy named Timmy who is born the strongest and tallest out of his siblings. Immediately recognizing his own strength above the rest, Timmy expects his monster companion to share his same quality: the mightiest. To his disbelief, he ends up with the tiniest monster possible.

Scream For Ice Turkey // Colour // 2021 // 4.02 mins // Digital College: T.C. Maltepe University Directed by: Emir Aytemür The Sun shines, ice melts A polar bear on its own A child cries out ah!

Mom, what’s up with the dog?

France // Colour // 2021 // 7.09 mins // Digital College: Atelier de Sèvres Directed by: Lola Lefevre Gwen is a young girl who just turned 11. As she discovers her sexuality, she catches her dog laughing.

How To Survive The Heatwave And Stay Human Israel // Colour // 2021 // 7.48 mins // Digital College: Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Directed by: Ronni Shalev, Alon Sharabi It’s the hottest day of the year and Jerusalem is being devoured by a scorching heatwave! In the city center, three flatmates live in blissful ignorance under their air conditioner.

Epochal Juice

Home Remedy

Eating in the Dark

United States // Colour // 2021 // 6.20 mins // Digital College: Savannah College of Art and Design Directed by: Aly O’Neal

Canada // Colour // 2021 // 2.24 min // Digital

United Kingdom // Colour // 2021 // 9.05 mins // Digital College: Royal College of Art Directed by: Inari Sirola

What would you do if the most important moment of your life was your most embarrassing one? Kimathi will have to play it as cool as possible while he braves this moment in front of his new friends. A trippyn juice tells him he is about to be seriously embarrassed, and he refuses to face it.

Bored during a global pandemic, 10-yearold Pat struggles to entertain himself when suddenly an ad pops up on his tablet, offering him the “cure” to his problems: a free quarantine friend.

Through snakey dildos, setting boundaries and a journey through a mind bending forest, we follow Siro’s quest for self discovery.

Alone Together

Pirate Lesson

Circus In Town

United States // Colour // 2021 // 4.10 mins // Digital College: Savannah College of Art and Design Directed by: Zoe Chen

United States // Colour // 2021 // 6.02 mins // Digital College: Savannah College of Art and Design Directed by: Sofia Azpe

After a fight, a couple sit in their apartment in silence and battle their own anxiety within themselves.

A pirate father finds a battle as the perfect opportunity to give his son a driving lesson.

Germany // Colour // 2021 // 4.59 mins // Digital College: ifs internationale filmschule köln Directed by: Sebastian Kellermann, Robin Pfister

College: Vancouver Film School Directed by: Santiago Zorrilla Medina Luna

During a circus performance, Mary the elephant loses her balance and crushes the trainer. The accident damages the circus’ reputation and the circus director sees himself forced to punish the elephant. This is opposed by his deep friendship for the animal.

Online Screening

International Students Programme 2 Available to view from 7th - 21st March Our open call for submissions is worldwide. Those selected for screening here are from the UK, France, Germany, Australia and the US. This work is exciting and fresh and we are delighted to give you the opportunity here to view work from upcoming animators globally.

Kayak France // Colour // 2021 // 6.11mins // Digital College: Ecole des Nouvelles Images Directed by: Solène Bosseboeuf, Flore Dechorgnat, Tiphaine Klein, Auguste Lefort, Antoine Rossi A father and his baby’s kayak outing along a peaceful river turns out to be a real family adventure.

An Ostrich Told Me the World is Fake and I Think I Believe It Australia // Colour // 2021 // 11.18 mins // Digital College: Griffith Film School Directed by: Lachlan Pendragon A young call centre employee uncovers the flaws in his stop motion universe with the help of a mysterious talking ostrich.

Step by step

Space Race

France // Colour // 2021 // 7.29mins // Digital

United States // Colour // 2021 // 5.48 mins // Digital College: Columbia College Chicago Directed by: Shane Dioneda

College: Ecole des Nouvelles Images Directed by: Thēodore Janvier, Fanny Paoli, Emma Gach, Anabelle David, Julie Valentin, Claire Robert A little rain boot wakes up on a river’s side.

On her journey through the forest she would overcome any obstacles to find her way back home. On the road she faces many events that will make her grow.

Two competing Astronauts race to claim the moon for themselves.

Saint Android Germany // Colour // 2021 // 6.10 mins // Digital College: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg Directed by: Lukas von Berg It’s the future, Norman’s wife is dying. In these final moments, he calls for guidance - but it’s not what he asked for.

The Alan Ankles Experience United Kingdom // Colour // 2021 // 4.46 mins // Digital College: University of the West of England Directed by: Tom Cushing Alan questions the notions of notionality.

What does that mean? Well, you’ll just have to find out.

Luckyboy

Build Me Up

The Clearing

United States // Colour // 2021 // 11.06 mins // Digital College: Savannah College of Art and Design Directed by: Domenic Romano

United Kingdom // Colour // 2021 // 13.27 mins // Digital College: The National Film and Television School Directed by: Steve Lawson

United Kingdom // Colour // 2021 // 12.33 mins // Digital College: National Film and Television School Directed by: Daniel Hope

A millennial sock puppet tries to find his moment in the limelight as a musician in Boston.

100 years in the future, the Earth is tipped into a hostile new ice-age. Robot siblings Vera and Sprocket have just lost their creator. As they struggle to process their grief, they are left to survive the perilous world alone.

In a last-ditch attempt to save his failing marriage, Bill battles with his ego to re-woo Deb with his below-par outdoor skills and, quite frankly, shocking behaviour, until their last-ditch camping trip takes a VERY sinister turn.

Online Screening

International Professional Programme Available to view from 7th - 21st March This programme is a selection of work from around the world - UK,Germany, Israel, Pakistan, Japan, Canada and the US. Work here has successfully come through our selection process and nominated work will go forward in competition for Animation Dingle Award for Best International Short.

Black Slide

Affairs of the Art

Israel // Colour // 2021 // 11.12 mins // Digital

United Kingdom // Colour // 2021 // 16.20 mins // Digital Directed by: Joanna Quinn

Directed by: Uri Lotan

They Dance With Their Heads Canada // Colour // 2021 // 8.27 mins // Digital Directed by: Thomas Corriveau

Eviah, a young and timid kid on the brink of puberty and his best friend sneak into the Black slide, the most terrifying ride in Aqua Fun. There Eviah will gain insight to prepare him for events about to unfold at home.

Beryl’s back! One family’s eccentric obsessions with everything from drawing to pet taxidermy.

Stalker

Wylder

Swipe

Canada // Colour // 2021 // 2.27 mins // Digital

United Kingdom // Colour // 2021 // 4.00 mins // Digital Directed by: Jason Robbins, Mike Richter, Natasha Price

Pakistan // Colour // 2021 // 14.00 mins // Digital Directed by: Arafat Mazhar

Directed by: Ginny Jones A man follows deer prints through the snowy landscape of the Lake District, but the situation might not be as clear cut as it seems.

Based on a children’s book of the same name, Wylder is a story about a Boy, his Dad and the great outdoors.

A choreographer’s head is held captive by an eagle on an island. With a dazzling mastery of drawing, the film takes us into the sensitive world of an artist madly in love with dance.

A young boy addicted to iFatwa, an app that crowdsources religious death sentences, spends his days swiping on the lives of strangers as he attempts to get a top spot on the Ajar Board.

A Bite of Bone

Hold Me Tight

Japan // Colour // 2021 // 9.45 mins // Digital

Belgium // Colour // 2021 // 6.06mins // Digital

Directed by: Honami Yano

Directed by: Mélanie Robert-Tourneur

A little girl reflects on her last summer with her father at his funeral.

In the heart of a dark forest, two silhouettes meet, attract and repel each other in an explosive bridal parade. “Hold Me Tight” is a bittersweet romance.

Mortimer and the vanishings Germany // Colour // 2021 // 14.15 mins // Digital Directed by: Robert Scheffner The order loving Mortimer wants to know why things are disappearing everywhere in his neighborhood recently. When his lively and annoying sister Emma disappears, all Mortimer has to do to save her is the adventurous journey into the junk dimension.

Online Screening

Irish Professional Programme Available to view from 7th - 21st March This incredible programme is a body of work from the Irish animation industry. These films show us just how vibrant the industry is. In the face of a Global Pandemic our Irish Animation Industry is alive and well! Included here are the Screen Ireland & RTÉ’s Frameworks animations. From this programme will arise the winner of the Animation Dingle Award for Best Irish Short.

Fall of the Ibis King

Memento Mori

Nightlink

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 9.42 min // Digital

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 8.46 min // Digital

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 10.16 min // Digital

Directed by: Mikai Geronimo, Josh O’Caoimh

Directed by: Paul O’Flanagan

Directed by: Aidan O’Sullivan

The antagonist of a dark opera becomes increasingly unsettled following the unlikely return of the former lead actor.

In Victorian Dublin, a post-mortem photographer receives his latest subject, a recently deceased young woman, late one stormy night. And this encounter with the dead young woman will be unforgettable.

Set in Dublin after the pubs close. While telling God what he really thinks of him Ronan aggravates a bunch of Púca who were having a few drinks in a nearby dimension. From that point on, they do what they can to lure him onto the Nightlink to the afterlife.

Pork

Dagda’s Harp

Bardo

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 5.02 min // Digital

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 2.13 min // Digital

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 4.06 min // Digital

Directed by: Gareth Lyons

Directed by: Daniel Quirke

Directed by: Aisling Conroy

An omniscient Pig narrates a doomed relationship between the man who kills them and the woman who serves them as an inflight meal.

Awakened by the retelling of his story, Dagda appears to a group of children, but the result of his spellbinding music isn’t quite as scary as they thought

A woman questions her lifestyle choices when the travails of urban living are one day jolted into juxtaposition with a simpler way of life.

Lady Betty

Little Boy Litter

Hedy

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 7.25 min // Digital

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 6.00 mins // Digital

Ireland // Colour // 2021 // 11.07 mins // Digital

Directed by: Paul McGrath

Directed by: Jack McHugh, Conor McNally

Directed by: Andy B Clarke

The grisly folk tale of Lady Betty, the only female executioner in Ireland, as told by two old friends who can’t agree on the details.

Propelled by a Candy Stick sugar rush, Little Boy Litter pedals and pilfers his way around the countryside in search of treasure among the trash that has been dumped in his locality.

A savvy young homeless girl creates a robot as a surrogate for her departed younger brother.

Not everyone is happy with their partnership.

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