Shorts Program 3: Animated World

Running time: 88 mins

Cinequest?s animated short collections have always pushed the envelope, whether through the stories told or the technology used. This year continues to push that envelope with films from around the globe that will make you gasp, laugh, and ask yourself ?How did they do that?? In Life on a Limb a lumberjack and a tree face the consequences of being stuck in a waiting room together while Inquisitive Snail proves that even a snail can make a point. Taking three years to complete this claymation epic, Run explores the space and time of separation?separation that the characters in Chainsaw wish came much sooner for them. Animated World presents ten highly entertaining, engaging short films that will make you ask for more.

Chainsaw - dir. Dennis Tupicoff (Australia)
Chicory and Coffee - dir. Dusan Kastelic (Slovenia)
Glance Back - dir. Ray Downing (United States)
Inquisitive Snail - dir. Flemish Beauty (Canada)
Kaleidoscoptics - dir. Janel Bauer (United States)
Lies - dir. Jonas Odell (Sweden)
Life on a Limb - dir. David Chai (United States)
Our Wonderful Nature - dir. Tomer Eshed (Germany)
Run - dir. Melanie Mandl (United States)
Slaves - dir. David Aronowitsch, Hanna Heilborn (Sweden)
Part of Shorts Program 3: Animated World. A move back in time to once again gaze upon the noble face of our 16th president. The digital recreation of the face of Abraham Lincoln marks the first time…
Part of Shorts Program 3: Animated World. An inquisitive snail digs up the dirt on the inhabitants of a small town only to realize that a shell full of secrets can be a very heavy load indeed.
Part of Shorts Program 3: Animated World. Based loosely on a classic childrens' book, one girl journeys through the uniquely chaotic world inside of a demented kaleidoscope.
Part of Shorts Program 3: Animated World. Three perfectly true stories about lying.
Part of Shorts Program 3: Animated World. Irreconcilable enemies, a tree and a lumberjack, are stuck in a waiting room together. Inevitably, conflict ensues. Will they end up burying the hatchet, or…
Part of Shorts Program 3: Animated World. The mating habits of the water shrew like never seen before.
Part of Shorts Program 3: Animated World. Separated by a vast distance, a couple is forced to face their fears of spiders and loneliness.
Part of Shorts Program 3: Animated World. An animated documentary about Abouk (9-years-old), and Machiek (15-years-old). Like thousands of other children they were taken by government sponsored…
Part of Shorts Program 3: Animated World. Moving between fact and fiction, Hollywood and Spain, past and present, ?Chainsaw? is a chain of stories about romance and celebrity, machismo and chainsaws…
Part of Shorts Program 3: Animated World. A wife has always made Chicory (a cheap substitute for coffee) for her husband without his knowledge. To him, it is the best coffee in the world.