This three-minute, stop-motion animation, uses handmade drawings and cut paper to create an enigmatic world, inhabited by the familiar and the extraordinary. Interweaving voices recite excerpts from Rainer Maria Rilke’s "First Duino Elegy", a wistful accompaniment to a lyrical meditation on mortality. Directed by Miriam Hitchcock (USA)
A wife loses her husband in a horrific crash. Normally people don't come back from the dead...except as ghosts. This is different because of 'The Programme'. One day there is a knock on the door. Written by Neil O'Neil (UK)
Set at the end of 1945, "The Haunting of Katherine Brohm", starring Katherine Bouchard, is a Hitchcockian/Film Noir style film about a wife, who while waiting for her husband to come home from World War II, finds companionship with another man. Her soldier husband, (Joey Dubb), already knows… Directed by Anne Paquette (USA)
How do you prove a suicide was actually murder when the victim was already suicidal? Written by Randy Zuniga (USA)
Strange events unfold in the City by the Bay when Assistant District Attorney Ariel Price encounters a disturbingly angelic murder defendant who seems to know everything about her. Directed by Seth Ashby (USA)
A brand new car that came cheap came with something else too. Directed by Ren Thackham (Australia)
Peter is a young man that loves to go out on hikes. One day he goes out on a hike at the local mountain to test out the new climbing gear. Everything seems fine until he suddenly slips and falls back into the ground. Directed by Andreas Langvatn (Norway)
One day a father heard a shocking story from someone and fell into the swamp of negative thoughts. His life eventually changed as his little daughter found Grace and Wisdom in the word of God. Directed by Yos Park (USA)
Marco is an Italian young teacher and has just arrived in Shanghai. He would like to learn from his colleagues how Chinese women behave in Shanghai. Directed by Gino Ceriachi (Italy)
This particular animation was made to show what it is like to create art with depression. People tend to idealize the "tortured artist", that when we at our lowest we create our best. Yes, the pieces we create can be beautiful, but to the artist (or at the very least myself) the piece holds those emotions. When we look at the work after it is done, all we can see are those low points. The audience may appreciate what has been created, but we only see the pain that inspired it. Directed by Kelsey Ward (USA)
This programme explores what it means to be BBC (British Born Chinese) by meeting three performing artists – a hip-hop musician, a dancer and a comedian – who express their dual identity through their creative artwork in the UK. Directed by Sherry Lu (UK)
