A showcase of the best ANIMATION films in the world today.
AUDIENCE WINNERS:
Best Animated Short Film: What We Imagined
Best Experimental: dystopia
Best Visual Design: Cosmic Handshake
Best Story: Prayer of the Sea
Best Direction: Cats Cradle
dystopia, 9min., Switzerland
Directed by bellopropello –
Soap bubbles infiltrate a robotic armaments factory.
Subversiveness versus logical reasoning.
Who will get the upper hand?
https://instagram.com/bellopropello
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-dystopia
What we imagined, 3min., USA
Directed by Shubhavi Arya
In a magical park, two children meet across a divide — one fast like a cheetah, the other once feared. Through questions, sketches, and a desktop of dreams, they invite us into a story of transformation, truth, and imagination. Their message is simple but powerful:
https://www.whatweimagined.mykidsstudio.com/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-what-we-imagined-wildsound
Cosmic Handshake (Official Video), 8min. USA
Directed by Steven Wright Clarkson
This video is about unity. As a christian, I know I can learn something from just about everyone. Opening your heart to other countries and their people and customs undoubtedly bridges the barriers that this world needs so very much. No matter what religion, color, creed, race, sexual orientation, etc., we are all children of God. He loves each and every one of us immensely. He wants to form a strong relationship with every creation including us. Peace and Christ’s love to each of you, Steven
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-cosmic-handshake
Prayer of the Sea, 6min., Germany
Directed by Martin Gerigk
A composer recounts a dream from his youth that inspired the slow movement of his first string quartet, Prayer of the Sea. The dream, depicting a peaceful dissolution into the sea and wind, symbolized his future death. Decades later, rediscovering a drawing from the quartet’s premiere – perfectly capturing the dream’s essence – revived its emotions. Now older, he reflects on the dream’s message: a serene acceptance of life’s inevitable end.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-prayer-of-the-sea
Cats Cradle, 10min., Canada
Directed by Allyson Lorraine Glenn
Cats Cradle is inspired by the Greek myth Ariadne and her journey from Crete to Naxos. Like The Fates, she is associated with the symbol of the thread, which she uses to help Theseus kill the Minotaur. Central to Ariadne’s story is her deification, her transcendence from mortal to divine through a union with Dionysus. By revisiting this ancient myth, Cats Cradle invites viewers to reflect on how they navigate their own inner labyrinths of identity and transformation.
http://allyson.glenn@usask.ca/
https://www.instagram.com/allysonglennart/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-cats-cradle
The Town Without Laws, 3min., USA
Directed by Kiarra Angelique Moore
A rag tag trio of criminals are tasked by the devil, to hunt down an outlaw trying to outrun his debt.
https://www.instagram.com/nightielightie/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-town-without-laws
Mare in the Grass, 3min,. USA
Directed by Beza Solomon
Bryce, the coolest kid at Destiny Middle, is bound to win the school talent show. Mary, Mikey, and Stephen won’t stand by and let this happen.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-marie-in-the-grass
Gnomes of New York, 4min., USA
Directed by Shane Willett
New York is a busy city, everyone is always coming and going and never stopping. What if you stopped and took time to watch the city, carefully, around a secret world exists. Gnomes, they keep the city alive and thriving. Without them, New York would not be the same. [Process consisted of filming the entire project on a digital camera and creating plates to add in CGI]
https://www.instagram.com/ai_car_pool/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-gnomes-of-new-york
TROOP 13, 4min., USA
Directed by Alice Elizabeth Trisha Vogel
Troop 13 is a short horror stop motion comedy about a troop of campers who are out in the woods. The fire begins to die and one by one the campers go off to find wood and earn their fire-wood gathering patch but once they set off none return. The troop leader then goes off to get firewood on his own, and just when he thought he was safe he is met with the same fate as the campers.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-troop-13
Onion Dog, 7min., USA
Directed by Michelle Pozen
The story of an ordinary American dog.
Struggling to find his place in the modern world, he points his beak toward the Old West in search of purpose and meaning.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-onion-dog
PATCHWORK, 2min., USA
Directed by Karsyn Fletcher
A determined sprite builds a scarecrow to save her pumpkin, but when it grows too big, she must adapt in the face of change.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-patchwork
DYNAMICS, 14min., Netherlands
Directed by Teo Baehler,
DYNAMICS (Frozen Movements) is an experimental, dreamy and surreal stop-motion film, created using everyday materials. The film offers a visual reflection on transformations that emerge through the intuitive blending of dissimilar elements. The result is a non-narrative art film where fantasy, form and texture merge into a sensory experience.
https://www.instagram.com/teobaehler
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-dynamics
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