. 1...Aubade by Mauro Carraro | Switzerland | 5:27 A black sun rises on Leman Lake. In a surrealist backlit scene, swimmers and birds witness the spectacle of dawn, hypnotized by the music of a cellist. . |
. 2...If I Was God by Cordell Barker | Canada | 8:34 During his biology class frog dissection, a young boy fantasizes about having godlike powers and using them to deal with future life. . |
. 3...Panic! by Joost Lieuwma & Daan Velsink | Netherlands | 5:39 An anxious vacationer wonders if she left the stove on, and imagines a series of increasingly hilarious catastrophes transpiring back home. . |
. 4...An Object at Rest by Seth Boyden | USA | 5:44 Follow the life cycle of a giant stone across the millenia as it faces nature’s greatest obstacle: human civilizataion. 2016 NW Animation Fest – AUDIENCE CHOICE . |
. 5...Sunday Lunch by Celine Devaux | France | 13:58 A young gay man joins his boozy family for their weekly Sunday lunch. With wry wit he observes his aunts’ ridiculous questions, his mother’s sexual nostalgia, and the bittersweet love hidden beneath awkward silences. 2016 NW Animation Fest – BEST OF FEST . |
. 6...Johnny Express by Kyungmin Woo | South Korea | 5:27 A rocket ship package delivery service makes first contact with a microscopic civilization of one-eyed, purple aliens. . |
. 7...Stripy by Babak & Behnoud Nekooei | Iran | 3:36 The factory workers are supposed to paint straight black stripes on boxes… But one of them has other ideas. . |
. 8...Tsunami by The Animation Workshop | Denmark | 7:18 A tsunami survivor returns a monstrous and magical fish god to the ocean. . |
. 9...Afternoon Class by Seoro Oh | South Korea | 3:50 Drowsiness washes over a student during his afternoon class, and he desperately tries to stay awake. . |
. 10...DDWIWDD: Dan Deacon When I Was Done Dying by Dave Hughes, et al. | USA | 5:46 Nine luminaries of contemporary abstract/psychedlic animation take viewers on a mind-bending journey into the afterlife. . |
. 11...Snowfall by Conor Whelan | Canada | 4:48 A nervous young man attends a house party and makes a new acquaintance. A delicate, wordless story about fleeting love and mixed emotions. . |
. 12...The Orchestra by Mikey Hill | Australia | 15:00 In a world where everyone’s life is accompanied by a tiny orchestra, one resident of the Loving Arms retirement home always seems to strike the wrong note. . |
. 13...Mr. Madila by Rory Waudby-Tolley | United Kingdom | 8:37 Filmmaker & Best of the Fest alumnus Rory Waudby-Tolley shares his conversations with Mr. Madila, Spiritual Healer… Exploring the inner mind, the fabric of the universe, and the nature of reality itself, through the sacred art of animation. Oooooooh. 2016 NW Animation Fest – BEST STUDENT FILM . |