The spaces we inhabit can be framed in a myriad of ways. These animated films describe the humor, confusion, anxiety and poignancy of the many places we encounter, often in the most exceptional ways. (TRT 61 min)

PROGRAM

The Adventures of Ledo and Ix A super-low-res existential comedy helps us ponder some of the big questions, like, Where am I? (Emily Carmichael, USA, 5 min)

Dark Island This cutout piece primarily uses puppetry, but it is included in this animation festival simply because it is beautiful (Jonas Mellgren, Sweden, 10 min)

Drux Flux The factory, the city, the war machine: Is this progress? (Theodore Ushev, Canada, 5 min)

Fleet Foxes: Mykonos Everyone’s favorite neo-folkies animate their heavenly harmonies. (Sean Pecknold, USA, 4 min)

Fly on the Window What does a fly see? (Nikita Diakur, England, 3 min)

Head Garden (working title) A world premiere of graphic novelist, illustrator and animator Lilli Carré’s newest insights into that most delicate of spaces—headspace (Lilli Carré, USA, 5 min)

Kroak “Retour aux ours” When you are way out there, alone with the elements, you should have this much fun (Julie Rembauville, Nicolas Bianco-Levrin, France, 3 min)

Lucky An ingenious look at the way one animates in real space with neon trails (Darcy Prendergast, Australia, 3 min)

Red and Blue The bombs come over here, and then they go over there, in the middle of this empty Cold War landscape. (Dusko Pasic, Serbia, 2 min)

Robes of War What happens to public space when women’s bodies become mobile weapons? (Michèle Cournoyer, Canada, 5 min)

Runaway What awaits us around the bend? (Cordell Barker, Canada, 9 min)

Sound-Shadows Ladies and gentlemen, we are surrounded by sound (Julie Engaas, Norway, 7 min)

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