Lei Chen: Brush

Short film “Brush” can be deemed as a metaphor of artists’ destination. The story is about an old artist trying to draw a horse, as his last masterpiece. In his illusion, he crashed into the canvas and entered the space of paper. He began to draw in the air. At the end of the story, the artist gave his own life to the horse. In 2006 this film was included in SIGGRAPH Electronic Theatre, which is a great honor in 3d animation field. So far it was the second time that Chinese animation ever entered this theater.

Kurt Kuenne: Validation

Composer turned filmmaker Kurt Kuenne’s short film Validation is “a fable about the magic of free parking.” Bones star TJ Thyne stars as Hugh Newman. You are the best.

Jossie Malis: Bendito Machine

A modern animated tale about power, religion, sex and money.

Ann Xiao: Waking Up Inside the Fish

Ann Xiao is originally from Beijing, China, where she was a trained architect before moving to London in 2003. For many years she had her comic stories regularly published in magazines and books. After graduation from The University of Arts London in 2004, Ann has been directing for animated short films, music videos and commercials, whilst she's an active illustrator and curator for exhibitions. Her style has been described as "architectural space meets the surrealistic dreams".

Michael Dudok De Wit: Father and Daughter

A father says goodbye to his young daughter and leaves. As the wide Dutch landscapes live through their seasons so the girl lives through hers. She becomes a young woman, has a family and in time she becomes old, yet within her there is always a deep longing for her father...