Animation is especially suited to analysis of all sorts. It probes bodies, investigates movement and questions nature. Animation breaks down the world, love and desire. . .  and ultimately the unconscious. (TRT 64 min)

PROGRAM

Body Besieged A favorite of San Francisco audiences, Kelly Sears (Devil’s Canyon, The Drift) returns with this racy homage to ladies who exercise (Kelly Sears, USA, 5 min)

Kid 606: Mr. Wobbles House music maven Kid 606 animates the beats (Joel Trussell, USA, 5 min)

Kroak “Partie de Peche” Grunts and groans produce an unexpected bounty for ice fishers (Julie Rembauville, Nicolas Bianco-Levrin, France, 3 min)

Mixed Bag A bag of money is the catalyst for this study on the all-too-familiar push-me/pull-you dynamic inherent in all relationships (Isabelle Favez, Switzerland, 7 min)

Mobitel Mania In which technology is fetishized in such a modular way (Darko Vidackovic, Croatia, 5 min)

Radostki When people love each other, anything can happen (Magdalena Osinska, Poland, 11 min)

The Rains Simple and beautiful rainfall in the city (David Coquard-Dassault, Canada, 7 min)

The Spine The therapist is in. Master animator Chris Landreth delivers another tour de force of imagination and wit (Chris Landreth, Canada, 11 min)

What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks The rhythms of the sun deliver constantly changing compositions in a typical room made wonderful (Sara Wickens, England, 5 min)

Wings and Oars A former pilot trips back in time and through his life (Vladimir Lesciov, Latvia, 5 min).

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