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Indigo

Indigo

Directed by Amanda Strong
Canada  |  2014  |  9 min
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Hand-crafted, stop-motion figures come to life in this dreamlike tale inspired by Native mythology, in which a confined woman is liberated by a grandmother spider while opaque memories are projected in an effort to restore her spirit as life nears its end.

Miss Todd

Miss Todd

Directed by Kristina Yee
UK  |  2013  |  13 min
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My Strange Grandfather

My Strange Grandfather

Directed by Dina Velikovskaya
Russia  |  2013  |  8 min

Dina Velikovskaya is a student at the Russian State University of Cinematography who created a beautiful stop-motion film. Although puppet animation wasn’t very popular in her native country, she created My Strange Grandfather to tell a beautiful tale. It depicts a little girl who is embarrassed by her grandfather. He is an inventor with eccentric habits like collecting trash, however his abnormal pastime becomes something magical.

Pauls Opa

Pauls Opa

Directed by Ove Sande
Denmark  |  2007  |  min

Paul is an inventor and wants to fulfil his biggest dream—he wants to have a grandpa like every other child. So he builds himself one and does things with him he would never dare do on his own. Paul explores his surroundings with his magical invention. When he’s forced to accept that his grandpa can’t replace a real one, a little miracle happens.

The Intergalactic Space Adventures of Cleo and Anouk

The Intergalactic Space Adventures of Cleo and Anouk

Directed by Celeste Koon
Canada  |  2015  |  14 min

When an accident lands her best friend Anouk bed-bound in hospital, 9-year-old Cleo, takes it upon herself to out do modern medicine and fix her by taking her on an intergalactic adventure in her homemade washing machine box spaceship. The world can be a tough place. So sometimes you need to escape it entirely.

The Invention

The Invention

Directed by Giovanni Granada
Columbia  |  2013  |  20 min
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Mónica has made it clear, she wants to be just friends…  Feeling sad, Danny starts working with his friend Andrés in their workshop on a new invention. A big challenge for 12 year olds boys: to solve the  magic of photography and the mysteries of love. On a golden afternoon in 1976 they  discover the power of friendship and love. It all starts with a magnifying glass, a small flashlight and a broken heart…

THE STORY : EL INVENTO  is a story inspired by events in the life of Giovanni Granada, writer and director of this short film, and his friend Nicholas Bright.  The two friends, young inventors in 1976, who not only constructed the invention depicted in the film, but also spent long days and sleepless nights devising ways to approach their platonic loves. That was the year they discovered photography and their lives changed forever.

The Maker

The Maker

Directed by Christopher Kezelos
USA  |  2012  |  6 min
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