WdKA Graduation Shorts: Animation 2
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WdKA Graduation Shorts: Animation 2

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Be surprised by a diverse selection of new animated works that showcase what a new generation of animators has to offer.

Storyline

  • Love, Eileen by Michelle Möller & Leda Čačić. Short film. An alien species orders humanity’s execution. Eileen, an alien girl, was tasked with observing humans to pass the final judgement. After years of companionship, she finds herself torn between loyalty to her species and the blossoming love for the very people she was meant to judge. Advisory age: 12+
  • In Holes and Corners by Milo Jaremek. Film trailer. A man who collects pieces of the sky into picture frames gets confronted with a darkness that spreads and consumes, but a peculiar cube appears and leads him to a comforting place. Advisory age: 6+
  • Echoes of Comfort by Ela Jarosz. Short film. Comfort comes at cost – and it’s finally visible. A home where objects remember what we forget. The things we love, tell a darker story. Their voices begin to emerge and they refuse to be silenced. Advisory age: 12+
  • Ygara-Apé by Rebeca Cabral de Oliveira. Short film. Ygara apé is a short animated film exploring memory, saudade, and displacement through autobiographical storytelling. 
  • Welcome to Bel’Cerra by Amalia Iasmina Stanciu. Animated series pilot. You, the viewer, are suddenly transported into a world reigned by chaos, with only a sentient mushroom and a faceless narrator by your side. What could possibly go wrong? Trigger warning: Contains violence involving children. Advisory age: 16+
  • Wonder by Tina Fareghi. Short film. A grieving young girl gets lost and ends up in a strange fantastical world where she receives help from her lost one’s spirit to guide her home. Advisory age: 6+ 
  • Allospos (Αλλωσπως) by Venetia Theodosiou. Short film. When her grandfather falls ill and the well dries up, young Sofia must climb the mountains for water, facing her fears and finding her own way to restore life to her family. 
  • Graft by Freja Marie Thulstrup. Film teaser. Graft is a 2D animated horror short film of around 4 minutes. A girl, seduced by a monster, is consumed repeatedly as she gradually transforms and replaces it. The monster is a version of herself liberated from objectification– it is only muscle; it has no skin. She desires this, and in her lust, becomes both the objectified and objectifier. The cycle repeats when Girl finds herself in the monster’s place, looking at her figure once more. Trigger warning: Contains partial nudity, body horror, and implied sexual assault. Photosensitive content (flashing lights). Advisory age: 16+
  • Through the Flames by Emma Brittmann. Short film. After tragically losing her father to a dragon, Manon becomes obsessed with avenging his death through unhealthy means. When she meets Noah, a young girl who seems eager to aid her cause, she slowly starts learning there might be more to life than rage and revenge. Trigger warning: Contains depictions of self-harm. Advisory age: 14+
  • Seen by Leon Los. Short film. Quinty feels alone even when surrounded by friends. One night, they notice someone who seems to feel the same way and changes how they see everything. The moment is brief, and when that someone leaves, something inside Quinty shifts.