Animated Shorts: From Around the World

Animated film from around the globe.

  • 90 minutes
  • If the Dogs Don’t Speak…

    Directed by Toritse Ogbemi-Daibo

    3:40 • Canada

    Three house dogs entertain a stranger into their home.

     

    Joko

    Directed by Izabela Plucińska

    15:45 • Czech Republic, Germany, Poland

    Joko is a young man who supports his entire family with his tanker job. When he receives the strange request to carry someone on his back, an absurd experience follows.

     

    feelslikeimfallinginlove

    Directed by Raman Djafari

    4:22 • United Kingdom

    A pair of lover/friends/soulmakes travel between worlds and forms always finding each other. Set to Coldplay's music and expressed through 15 styles of animation by 15 animators from across the world.

     

    Bridge -My Little Friends-

    Directed by Kazuyuki Ishihara

    9:30 • Japan

    Mugi is deeply saddened by the loss of her dog. Jin, the next door cat, resolves to heal her sadness.

     

    The Little Ancestor

    Directed by Alexa Tremblay-Francoeur

    11:12 • Canada

    On a windswept hill, in a place still young and devoid of all life, an ancestral house builds and then rebuilds itself over time. Based upon the Bossé House in Chicoutimi.

     

    Escape: The True Story of Morris Schnitzer

    Directed by Hector Herrera

    20:52 • Canada

    Based on a true story, Morris Schnitzer must assume a false identity to survive and escape Germany. Now, he must try to regain his name.

     

    Maidens of the Ripples

    Directed by Michiko Soma

    16:58 • Japan

    In a quaint port town, two 17-year-old girls forge an unusual friendship. They must find the courage to confront the world's imperfections as they navigate life's challenges and conflicts.

     

    The Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess

    Directed by Anna-Ester Volozh

    6:33 • United Kingdom

    A princess’s impossible demand sparks an endless war until a mysterious suitor emerges. Based on a story by L.M. Montgomery.

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We produce the nationally recognized Sidewalk Film Festival; organize a wide variety of educational programs for filmmakers and hold other events that create interest in and enthusiasm for independent film. To expand on this work and better serve our mission we have opened the Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, a two-screen independent movie theater in the heart of Birmingham’s historic theatre district.