25-28 April 2024
SHORT FILMS
CARDIFF ANIMATION NIGHTS
We've been running Cardiff Animation Nights since 2014 - see where our story began, have a drink with us and watch great animation!
18+
(S) - Student film
HANDBOOK FOR A HAPPY SCOUT
Dir. Billy Huntington | UK | 2:29 (S)
Handbook is the story of young misfit Malcolm who wants to hang out with the cool kids.
CHAIR
Dir. Ludwig Camarillo/Cristal Buemi | Mexico | 2:14 (S)
The idea of how we perceive and interpret what we see, through the use of a chair.
CHIT-CHATTER
Dir. Aagje Van Damme | France | 2:50 (S)
Pigeons love to chatter. But do they always tell the truth?
M.E.
Dir. Alexandra Hohner | UK | 2:32 (S)
An animated documentary about an invisible illness also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
12 ZLOTY
Dir. Yael Reisfeld & Nofar Schweitzer | Israel | 1:56 (S)
In a Polish deli, a tough, introverted butcher gets carried away with a customer to a herring scented fantasy.
PLOPPENSTOPPEN - MELON FUN
Dir. Jane E Davies | UK | 0:50
On the fruit scale of fun, this is almost the most fun you will have. Probably.
HEART CHAKRA
Dir. Angela Stempel | USA | 7:23 (S)
Mae's life is routinely disrupted by the advice from her online crystal healer and her devotion to horoscopes.
COUNT YOUR CURSES
Dir. Lorène Yavo | Belgium | 8:30 (S)
Two roommates look for a replacement house spirit and a solution to their pest problem.
DISILLUSIONMENT OF 10PT FONT
Dir. Greg Condon | USA | 1:12
Animated on a vintage typewriter, words move to express their meaning.
WELCOME TO SHMEVEN 11
Dir. Dru Shaw | Australia | 5:05 (S)
A little alien boy goes to buy a slurpee from a wacky Sci-Fi 7/11, but a unicorn tries to rob the store and holds him as a hostage.
PUSH
Dir. Jennifer Kidd | UK | 2:21 (S)
A short about frustration and depression. A basic conversation is taken out of context and seen for what it really is.
THE LADY WITH THE HEAVY HAT
Dir. Eve Travers | UK | 2:49 (S)
An elderly lady, shares the reasons why she has worn the same heavy hat, day and night, for the last 30 years.
ART FOR LAWYERS
Dir. Rory Waudby-Tolley | UK | 8:58
Animated documentary made in collaboration with employees of Pinsent Masons, an international law firm in The City.
POWER
Dir. Dana Sink | USA | 2:23
An animated film intersecting machinery, life, and media.