Sydnie Baynes
Borrowing the style of Soviet animated propaganda, a reflection on the complexities of materialism and conspicuous consumption in the Black community.
Paul Williams
Let’s take a break and follow Amy to meet her friends, to find her courage and confidence. A warm and soothing fairytale with a simple, even childlike style.
Niles Atallah
An amphibious humanoid yearns for the sea amidst the ruins of a dying world. Live action, dance, sculpture, and stop-motion animation combine in a dreamlike structure liberated from convention.
Huang Yun-Sian, Raito Low
As the conflicts and frustrations of our times intensify and multiply, are we losing sight of what matters most? A visually splendrous detour into deeper reflection.
Michael Granberry
A multitude of creatures entertain at a royal banquet, but the aristocrats soon go too far in their cruelty. A hilarious, horrifying black-and-white delight, fashioned entirely from recycled materials.
Leong Jo
Dream versus reality. Persistence versus abandonment. In the game of life, what is the right choice? There’s no correct answer, ultimately.
Gary George Clotario
The myth of the two lakes of Bulusan Volcano on Luzon Island, told from the perspective of the monstrous Mampak, instrument of the true villain’s treachery, animated in a shadow-puppet style.
Yeonhoo Kim, Sugyeong Shin, Sumin Lim
She’s cute, she’s sassy—and she can see dead people! In this candy-coated tale of poetic revenge, young exorcist Kim Rina is called to investigate the haunting of a high school dormitory.
Koji Yamamura
The first in a series of animated shorts pairing filmmakers with writers finds award-winner Koji Yamamura (DOZENS OF NORTHS) adapting a story by Hideo Furukawa.
Tina
A young animator feels trapped between a difficult sequence, a tight deadline, debilitating self-doubt, and a deranged director. One of the four short films from Toho’s GEMNIBUS VOLUME 1 anthology.
Tsz-wing Ho
A kaleidoscopic, polychromatic fugue concocted by Hong Kong’s Ho Tsz-wing, a specialist in mesmerizing geometric abstractions, fortified by the propulsive music of Errol Leung.
Fei Chen
The red capsule is the key to a desirable world, no matter if it is colourful and vibrant, or only black and white. Everyone, even the underdogs, would fight for a different life.
Yôko Kuno, Nobuhiro Yamashita
Karin’s been left in the care of Anzu, a good-natured lout who happens to be an immortal ghost cat. A sympathetic slacker variation on an anime staple, the supernatural summertime coming-of-age.
Takeshi Yashiro
A melody carried on the wind captures the curiosity of a tiny woodland imp. Shot outdoors using natural materials, a charming stop-motion celebration of seasonal renewal and rustic resplendence.
Gerald Potterton, Robert Verrall, Arthur Lipsett, Derek Lamb, Jeff Hale, Kaj Pindal
Maggie Zeng
A young woman’s troubling memories manifest first as physical irritation, then as phantasmic monsters.
Tomoyuki Niho
Conflicts are brewing in the miniature model city created by a godlike lupine sculptor, in the first taste of director Tomoyuki Niho’s distinctive new animation project.
Tatsuya Oishi
An elusive trio of anime films resurrected as a single feature, an avant-garde, neo-gothic nightmare spattered with splashes of teen sex farce, dynamic battle scenes, and copious quantities of blood.
Ziqi Zhu
A bride and a corpse, a crew of masons in weird costumes, and a mysterious organization called Hoofs are all in search of something…
As the bride’s identity is slowly revealed, connections between different forces become clear. Her unique power has the potential to end all conflicts, yet it also ignites a war.
The war is about to break out. It seems everyone is fighting for a common goal, yet are driven by their own desires. However, there’s always a price to be paid…
Jihye Yang
The social drama of real-life high school intersects with the eerie mysteries of a baroque fantasy realm in a ten-minute animated tour de force without a word of dialogue.
Soma Michiko
When two very different teenage girls cross paths, a friendship—however fraught and fragile—begins. A resonant reflection on the bonds that girls build, introducing a new anime director to watch out for.
Veerapatra Jinanavin
Bangkok-based Riff Studio launch their new franchise, rebooting the mighty mythological epic the Ramayana as an animated cyberpunk space opera with a Thai aesthetic and powerhouse mecha battles.