Not Your Saturday Morning Cartoons
Comedy, Animation, Short, International |
2017 |
1hr 10min
CAST: Various DIRECTOR: Various
CAST: Various DIRECTOR: Various
1. SHMEAT
New Zealand | 6 min | Director Matasila Freshwater
Set in a dystopic New Zealand, where the struggle for food and resources takes a heavy toll on society, a peculiar scientist, LECTA, takes it upon herself to solve this crisis. Using biotechnology, LECTA procures human stem cells to help make a sustainable future, where “you are what you eat†is no longer a saying, but a lifestyle.
2. SRY BSY
Germany | 3 min | Director Verena Westphal
Sry bsy - no time for nothing. Not even for spelling in full the words “sorry†and “busyâ€... This digital 2D animation is about obsessions, compulsions and the pressure of keeping up with the challenges of modern working life.
3. SQUIRREL ISLAND
UK | 21 min | Director Astrid Goldsmith
A stop motion sci-fi action thriller about squirrel apartheid. Following Dot, a lone renegade grey squirrel, trapped on a hostile and mysterious red squirrel island. Teaming up with an extremely reluctant acorn partner, she uncovers a horrifying secret red squirrel plot.
4. THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RAT
UK | 6 min | Director Jan Julian Rospond
In the city shred by terror, a mysterious shape-shifting man strikes fear into the hearts of the citizens. A wild, innocent cat nearly falls victim to the strange monster, however he discovers his great secret.
5. TAVSAN KANI (RABBIT BLOOD)
Turkey | 5 min | Director Yagmur Altan
Just an ordinary day at an old mysterious Turkish country house where its residents have an extraordinary way of brewing tea.
6. THE KING
UK | 13 min | Director Frederic Casella
An ambitious kid sets up his first drug deal, but his plans are derailed by a chance encounter with a storytelling stranger in a launderette.
7. THE ITCHING
USA | 15 min | Director Dianne Bellino
In this handmade collaboration, a shy wolf tries to befriend a group of hip, party-loving bunnies but finds her body is in revolt.
Filmmakers in attendance.
