NEWCINEMA/ANIMATED+
Some stories can only be told through animation.
NEWCINEMA/ANIMATED+ celebrates independent animated films from around the world, where imagination has no limits and every frame is crafted with care. From hand-drawn worlds and stop-motion creations to bold digital animation and experimental techniques, every film is here because a filmmaker wanted you to see it. Discover stories that make you laugh, reflect, dream and wonder—proving that animation isn't a genre, but one of cinema's most creative forms of expression.
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Silent Frequencies (Netherlands) by Jikke Lesterhuis
Silent Frequencies is an exploration of the interaction between man and nature. The short animation pays homage to moss, a beautiful natural phenomenon often thought of as a weed in Europe, but worshiped in Japan. This allows the mosses to roam freely, resulting in an enchanting green carpet that...
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Lunch Break (Belgium) by Reinout Jan Swinnen, Bram Van Rompaey
Joe is a crane operator. This crane is made for lifting heavy things, Joe is not. He's an overweight middle-aged man stuck in a daily routine, in a confined space high up in the sky. Nothing much excites Joe, except for this one thing, this one moment which shines a dim light on his otherwise du...
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Stitch (United Kingdom) by Ailsa Madill
May falls apart and puts herself back together.
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Coline and Manuel (Belgium) by Sandrine Lambert
Coline and Manuel were born for each other. That was 51 years ago, in Herstal (a small Belgian town in Wallonia). Happiness was not given to them, but they learned to create it themselves. In their little house, located next to a busy road, they share joys and sorrows. Until one day, Manuel takes...
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Inside You (Ukraine) by Erik Sémashkin
A grape gets eaten. He then begins a long and perilous journey within the human body.
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Dear Nana (United States) by Han Nguyen
Dear Nana is a deeply personal work that reflects my own childhood memory of living as a queer kid in a small, conservative town in North Central Coast, Vietnam. It is made in memory of my maternal grandmother who passed away in 2011. She was the first person to teach me that there is no shame in...
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The Italian Gaze (United States) by Sandro Del Rosario
An Italian artist looks at his native country through an animated film made with thousands hand colored oil painted photographs. Created as a visual poem that bridges filmmaking language and visual arts, 'The Italian Gaze' portrays the intoxicating beauty of Italy that many visitors still get loo...
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Generation (UK) by Riccardo Fusetti
A brief journey through the human experience as seen by the eyes of an Artificial Intelligence.
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Ruined Arbor (Mohsen Namjoo) (Iran) by Kasra Yazdani, Golrokh Hemmati
Synopsis: Music is based on an old Iranian poem about a carpet weaver girl weaving a carpet under a ruined roof. Images have been photographed from different carpets of Iranian ethnicities. Running time: 00:02:00.
Selections/awards: Light Matter Experimental Film and Media Arts Fest, Internatio... -
When Cicadas Sing (United Kingdom) by Hoching Kwok
A woman packs away her granddaughter’s belongings after her granddaughter became a cicada and flew away one summer’s day. A film of adolescence, acceptance, and love.
Running time: 00:04:43