Animation Shorts
Forms collide in this assorted collection of visual storytelling.
Back From the Ink: Restored Animated Shorts
A collaboration between Seth MacFarlane and Martin Scorsese’s Film Foundation, this restoration unearths lost classics from animation’s Golden Age.
Canard
Ducks, dicks and lactating tits collide in this stop-motion nightmare about the anxieties of infertility.
The Concierge
In this sparkling anime comedy set in a vibrant alternate world, the customer is always right – but they’re never human.
A Crab in the Pool
On a scorching summer day, two siblings are reminded of their mother.
Emperor
An interactive and surrealist voyage into the mind of a father experiencing aphasia.
Father's Letters
The true story of Professor Alexey Wangenheim, who writes hopeful letters home from a Gulag in Stalinist Russia.
Flow
A menagerie adrift on a boat must work together to survive a catastrophic flood in this animated wonder arriving from Cannes Un Certain Regard.
Flower Show
Victorian-era high society’s stifling views of women are shown in full bloom.
Ghost Cat Anzu
This unconventional and delightfully wacky anime conjures a rotoscoped dream world as a grief-stricken girl befriends a giant bipedal cat spirit.
Gigi
Aquatic and amphibious imagery act as motifs for a young woman’s recollections of her life.
Golden Age of Iranian Animation, 1965-77
A showcase of Iranian animation, from the early efforts of Western-educated filmmakers to award-winning shorts produced by government agencies.
Hurikán
In this Annecy Audience Award winner, a simple errand turns into a comic Sisyphean ordeal.
In the Shadow of the Cypress
When a beached whale runs ashore, a father and daughter disagree about its fate.
kajoo yannaga
Follow the Companion Sky Spirit through a virtual walk on Country: emerging from subterranean soils to the ground level, ascending to meet the clouds.
Lasting Impressions
Plunge between the brushstrokes of impressionist artworks in this 3D spectacle that honours their daringly modern beauty.
Magic Beach
Ten animators adapt Alison Lester’s children’s book, crafting a magical mixture of live action and animation destined to become a family favourite.
Matta and Matto
At the Hotel Vaip, where machines simulate human contact, guests pay a high price.
Memoir of a Snail
Sarah Snook lends her voice alongside Kodi Smit-McPhee, Magda Szubanski, Eric Bana and Jacki Weaver in the second claymation feature from Adam Elliot.
The Memphis Chronicles: Water's Edge
Step into an otherworldly cityscape representing humanity’s collective subconscious.
MIFF x Peninsula Hot Springs: Magic Beach
Ten animators adapt Alison Lester’s children’s book, crafting a magical mixture of live action and animation destined to become a family favourite.
The Most Precious of Cargoes
Best Director Oscar winner Michel Hazanavicius crafts a stirring Holocaust fable – the first animated film to screen in Cannes competition since 2008.
Opening Night Gala - Memoir of a Snail
Sarah Snook lends her voice alongside Kodi Smit-McPhee, Magda Szubanski, Eric Bana and Jacki Weaver in the second claymation feature from Adam Elliot.
Pigsy
A lazy, self-absorbed porker becomes an unlikely hero in this wild and wondrous sci-fi riff on the Chinese classic Journey to the West.
Queer Utopia: Act I Cruising
Bear witness to an ageing queer man’s recollections as he reconstructs his life from memories that are slowly fading away.
Shé (Snake)
A violin student’s competitiveness manifests as grotesque, nightmarish creatures.
Shadowtime
Join a mysterious guide through a double world that straddles time periods, realities and scales of matter.
Taiwan With a Twist
Two XR works – one portraying the trap of greener pastures, the other framing the body as landscape – present novel takes on the here-and-now.
The Tree's Home
A striking allegory on the maternal instinct to sacrifice reminiscent of classic fairytales.
