Pictures at an Exhibition

Sexy Sushi

December 2020 •Japanese

Life on a conveyor belt seems great for Sushi and his Topping friends. But as he begins to contemplate his existence, Sushi wonders if there’s more to life than pimping himself out to savage consumers.

The Danish Poet

February 2006 •Norwegian

A woman ponders over the strange coincidences that made her forefathers and -mothers meet and create the premises for her becoming the person that she is.

Before Before

October 2012 •English

This animation can be watched in 2D or using Chromadepth Glasses in 3D.

Move Mountain

October 2013 •English

A girl journeys through a vibrant, pulsing, macrocosmic landscape, but a precipitous incident compels her to venture up a mountain in an attempt to save herself. A story about illness, perseverance, and our connection to everything around us.

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Driving Dave Crazy

July 2013 •English

Ever wonder why Dave is always yelling, "Alvinnn!!!"? What does it take to really drive Dave CRAZY? Is it when Dave is about to say "I do" before the wedding and is then hijacked by Alvin? Is it when Alvin challenges Dave to a duel with water balloons for the hand of his teacher Miss Stone? Is it when Dave accidentally drinks the boys new shrinking potion and is suddenly the size of a peanut? Find out in this fun-filled musical adventure with your favorite troublemaker, Alvin!

Blood Tea and Red String

October 2006 •English

The aristocratic White Mice and the rustic Creatures Who Dwell Under the Oak battle over the doll of their hearts' desire.

Sweet Dreams

March 2008 •English

A cupcake escapes a city of sweets and is marooned on an island with vegetables where he learns to reform his destructive ways in this tasty stop-motion from the talented Kirsten Lepore.

The Drift

November 2007 •English

A mysterious disappearance on a late 1960s space journey entrances the nation. The ensuing search for the lost astronauts radically changes the nature of the country. This film reexamines the nature of our country's expansionist doctrines and the desire to push too far, too fast.

Karlsson on the Roof

September 2002 •Swedish

Lost and Found

February 2005 •English

Six young filmmakers from Central and East Europe developed shorts about the theme of 'generation'.

The Saint of Dry Creek

October 2015 •English

Patrick Haggerty grew up the son of a dairy farmer in rural Dry Creek, Washington, during the 1950s. As a teenager, Pat began to understand he was gay—something he thought he was hiding well. But one day, after performing at a school assembly, Pat learned that his father could see him much more clearly than he realized.

Blackout

May 2013 •English

Blackout is a short, animated documentary about the 2003 power failure in much of the eastern seaboard of the U.S and Canada for up to 4 days.

The Governance of Love

October 2013 •Polish

What if, instead of bombs, we dropped watermelons? Dreamy and hopeful, this animated short sweeps us up into a colourful world where layers of reality and creativity intersect. Our protagonist navigates through it all seamlessly, and in the process shows us the importance of imagination.

From Darkness

June 2002 •English

A lonely fisherman drifts into haunted waters in search of food and finds much more than he bargained for. Based on an Inuit folktale.

Genius Party

July 2007 •Japanese

The seven short films making up GENIUS PARTY couldn’t be more diverse, linked only by a high standard of quality and inspiration. Atsuko Fukushima’s intro piece is a fantastic abstraction to soak up with the eyes. Masaaki Yuasa, of MIND GAME and CAT SOUP fame, brings his distinctive and deceptively simple graphic style and dream-state logic to the table with “Happy Machine,” his spin on a child’s earliest year. Shinji Kimura’s spookier “Deathtic 4,” meanwhile, seems to tap into the creepier corners of a child’s imagination and open up a toybox full of dark delights. Hideki Futamura’s “Limit Cycle” conjures up a vision of virtual reality, while Yuji Fukuyama’s "Doorbell" and "Baby Blue" by Shinichiro Watanabe use understated realism for very surreal purposes. And Shoji Kawamori, with “Shanghai Dragon,” takes the tropes and conventions of traditional anime out for very fun joyride.

Mouseholes

July 1999 •English

Helen Hill remembers her grandfather just before his death (in part) by a metaphor involving him as a rapidly diminishing mouse.

Undertone Overture

September 2013 •English

'Tie-dye' film study. Psychedelic patterns and colours mix on the various materials then explode onto the retina. The 16mm material perfectly captures the details of the materials.

Glistening Thrills

September 2013 •English

A shiny otherworld of holographic reverie pairs dollar store gift bags and haunting resound, unfolding an effervescent melancholy in three parts. Mesmerising RGB bling-bling for the cinema, featuring compositions for bowed vibraphone by Elliot Cole.

Let Your Light Shine

September 2013 •English

Eye candy as a special treat. Let Your Light Shine is the ultimate Spectrum Short film, a photokinetic stroboscopic spectacle for spectacles. A work in the tradition of the absolute animation film of the 1930s, which requires prismatic glasses to achieve the maximum result.

How the Lion Cub and the Turtle Sang a Song

January 1974 •Russian

The Tortoise composed a song and the Lion cub learnt it by heart and they sang it together.