The Ugly Duckling

Mycelium

September 2014 •English

On a barren planet, a shaft of light suddenly splits the sky. The ground moves, the earth trembles, rocks shatter and rumble. Then the air mellows. After the stones hustle, a strange vegetation settles in. The rhythm speeds up and one discovers a fascinating universe.

Загадки звёздного неба: Неуловимый горизонт

May 1984 •Russian

Загадки звёздного неба: Вечное движение

June 1984 •Russian

Happy Birthday Younis

January 2013 •Arabic

Younis is a taxi driver, who has passed the age of retirement. He drives an old car, which has never disappointed him. Today is his birthday...

Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger: Transformation Lesson

March 2023 •Japanese

A Trip to Heaven

August 2020 •Vietnamese

During a peculiar bus tour to the Mekong Delta, the 50-year-old Mdm. Tam bumps into her high school sweetheart. She's hopeful for a chance at reconciliation, but he might not be.

The Legend of Little Mary Mint & the Twists

December 2008 •English

Produced for Glass Eye Pix as part of their 2008 Creepy Christmas Online Film Festival, in which each short was inspired by the inhabitants of a Christmas diorama advent calendar. Each filmmaker was assigned a specific date and given the props that were used in that window to use in their short. This is the seventh film in the series.

The Son

April 2012 •Spanish

Pedro is a 17 years old boy who attends high school as all the boys do. In the afternoon he and his friends mess around. What Pedro loves the most is mothers baked beans.

Hushtown

December 2004 •English

Ten year old Laura has to move to a new town where children are seen but not heard. Laura's plan to shake up the sleepy town backfires and she has to confront the fearsome noise warden alone.

Misgivings

August 2016 •English

Olly wakes from a blurry night into a surreal world, but can he make the right choice and escape back into reality?

迷影 - mei'ei (Ghost World 4)

August 2019 •French

Lost lights and shadows in a deserted cloister. The fourth instalment of the Ghost World Series, with music by Manuel Adnot.

Autism

July 2019 •Arabic

Autism by Salamtak, an awareness-evoking short cinema on how to discover and deal with autism.

But Milk Is Important

September 2012 •English

A man with social anxiety gets followed by a naive and clumsy creature. Terrified the man tries to escape, unaware that the creature is actually a helper with slightly unconventional methods.

FAMILY STORY

Invalid date •Indonesian

Based on the experience of the Director, this short film tells the story of a struggling family when a moment changes the family’s life. The mother figure becomes the light that moves the family to stay together.

Meat Days

June 2006 •Chinese

In a chaotic time of men eating men, A-e gets some human meat by selling her body…

Alarm

June 2009 •Korean

Snooze buttons, sunlight…the inescapable cacophony of alarm alerts: waking up in the morning is a battle between the present and the future state of mind. A dream-like war with yourself and other objects that seem to take a life of its own.

Runaway

April 2013 •English

Runaway is an animated short film about a misunderstanding between a man named Stanley and his treasured 1950s refrigerator, named Chillie.

Shiba San and Meow Chan

September 2018 •Chinese

Shiba San and Meow Chan, a hit children's show in which the two brothers act a dog and a cat respectively, has been sweeping through kids and thus bringing fame to the two. Though radiant on stage, they both have something on their minds. Shiba san has been secretly in love with a married man, while Meow chan miss his remarried mother and it confused him when she abandoned him. An journey later on will lead the two strays to confront their emptiness inside.

Zach and Matt Walk to School

January 2024 •English

Zach and Matt Walk to School is a rough pilot for a potential series on YouTube. It’s an illustrated comedy using real paper and pencil drawings to emulate the style of stick figure comics. Zach and Matt are best friends. On their walk to school they start getting into a small disagreement. Due to a series of misunderstandings, word quickly spreads amongst the entire school that Zach and Matt are on the verge of a one-on-one showdown. Now, they both need to figure out how they're going to avoid the impending fight.

O Black Hole!

August 2020 •English

A woman who can't stand the passing of time turns herself into a black hole. A thousand unchanging years pass inside her warm and dark embrace until, finally, the Singularity awakens inside.