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WIND LINES, 13min,. Spain
Directed by Janire Etxabe
As soon as I tried vertical dance, I knew I wanted to keep doing this. At home, in the mountains, flying, hanging. In a incessant search for the indefinable feeling.

https://www.dimegaz.eus/portfolio-item/haize-l...

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EXCHANGE OF FIRE, 5mmin., USA
Directed by Rose Elizabeth Sutton
A love poem on the concept of equations and the element of fire.

https://www.rosesutton.com/
https://instagram.com/roseesutton

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A showcase of the best Animation short films from around the world in the last year. (This is an encore presentation from the in-person festival on January 16th at the Carlton Cinemas in downtown Toronto.)

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FLY AWAY, FROGGY BOY, 8min., Canada
Directed by Mia Lobo
Fly Det...

A lovesick teenager tries to rekindle her relationship with a past boyfriend by inviting him to a surprise party, only to discover the harsh truth behind their romance and the love lives of the guests.

Director Biography - Katherine Costal

Katherine Costal is a writer and filmmaker from Toronto...

Question & Answer session after festival screening with filmmakers from the January 2025 Animation Festival at the Carlton Cinemas, in downtown Toronto, Canada.

Filmmakers on stage:

FLY AWAY, FROGGY BOY film
Director: Mia Lobo
Voice & Sound Artist: Kyle Testa
Producion Manager/Layout Lead: Mi...

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KITE, 6min,. Canada
Directed by Jerry Trieus
A short film about a dancer on a mission to experience flight. The journey is disappointing and filled with challenges. The result is a transformation as the dance artist finds strength through perseverance and ultimatel...

VOETRY, 28min., Canada
Directed by Affrica Spence
This project captures the depth of filmed day to day moments, and the poetic confessions within them. Each rendition of spoken word poetry paints the picture of individual poets through a series of intimate stand alone short films. Characters expl...

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BOTTOM-FEEDER, 14min., USA
Directed by Brandon D. Hill
A reformed criminal must confront the demons of his past to save his estranged daughter from old sins and prove his innocence.

https://www.instagram.com/bottom.feeder.film/

STEEL MOTHER, 16min., USA
Directed ...

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out of control, 16min., Switzerland
Directed by bellopropello
Machines and robots take care of almost all human activities. The world is automated, and meaningful individual employment isn't possible anymore. A workforce simply is no longer needed – except for some...

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BLUE BLOOD, 12min., South Korea
Directed by Hye won Lee
A world where blue blood is Replicant,
Seogyo and his art teacher Tae-woo stay in the art room after school and practice, then cut their hands with a carving knife.
Seogyo tries to deceive Tae-woo as if he is ...

THE MULTIDIMENSIONALS, 90min., USA
Directed by Ewa Pirog-Rojas
"The Multidimensionals" tells the beginnings of STAR ENVOY, an unacknowledged Defense Intelligence Agency Operations Group assigned to protect US interests among the galactic community via specialized "ambassadors" whom are alien hybr...

ENDGAME, 6min., Netherlands
Directed by Laurens Neels
Endgame explores the slow unraveling of a relationship through intimate, improvisational choreography. Two dancers move between passion and conflict, leaving unresolved tensions in their wake. As the cycle repeats, emerging obstacles turn thei...

ONE, TWO..., 18min., Spain
Directed by Verònica Font
A portrait of people dancing, of gesture, of the body, of pleasure, of emotion... A collage of image and sound in which locations in Barcelona act as a stage and the rhythm of everyday life as a counterpoint.

http://veronicafont.com/
https://...

THE MOMENT, 7min., Canada
Directed by Craig Wrobleski
A poem about resilience and strength as a path to peace. The film follows one woman's extraordinary journey.

https://instagram.com/cwrobleski

EXCHANGE OF FIRE, 5mmin., USA
Directed by Rose Elizabeth Sutton
A love poem on the concept of equations and the element of fire.

https://www.rosesutton.com/
https://instagram.com/roseesutton

nor any memories of the turning backs, 15min., Turkey
Directed by Ahmet Mete Balyan, Zeynep Su Topal
[poem_body_memory_voice]
none of them belong to each other and all of them belong to themselves an accumulation over the years// a practice of relating** on love, migration and mourning

http://m...

WIND LINES, 13min,. Spain
Directed by Janire Etxabe
As soon as I tried vertical dance, I knew I wanted to keep doing this. At home, in the mountains, flying, hanging. In a incessant search for the indefinable feeling.

https://www.dimegaz.eus/portfolio-item/haize-lerroak/
https://www.instagram.c...

FAZA, 14min., Poland
Directed by Weronika Frycz-Zeme?ka
"PHASE" is a story about a young Ukrainian living abroad, a tale of an intense life, extreme choices, and the thin line between the pursuit of freedom and the perilous consequences of poor decisions. The film paints a portrait of youthful re...

CHAMBERS STREET, 8min., USA
Directed by Scott Dempsey Keenan
A young man, shadowed by the ghost of his ex-girlfriend, spirals into the loss of the relationship.

http://scottdkeenan.com/chambersstreet
https://www.instagram.com/scottdkeenan/

AFTER COMA, 2min., South Korea
Directed by Soo Hyun Kim
This film is composed of 7 poems that take the viewers into the journey of spending the last moment with the loved one as a views of both people who leave and who is left. Each poems are represented with symbolic image and sound.

BLEED, 3min,. USA
Directed by Nico Van Den Berg, Ilana Armida Simone
BLEED is a sci-fi horror film depicting the archaic infringement of women's reproductive rights today by religious & government establishments. In a not-so-surreal depiction, Ilana Armida is bound against her will in a focus gro...

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THE SUSCEPTIBLE, 4min., Canada
Directed by Luis Dion-Dussault
During a contract, a hitman is upset that his partner forgot his birthday.

VOID, 12min., Greece
Directed by Ayman Al Aboud
A man finds himself in a dark and unknown place. He's completely surrounded by ...

THE VALUE OF WATER, 16min., USA
Directed by Carter Considine
Spirit Lake, Iowa

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-value-of-water