Directed by Jaryl Lim

Produced by Kew Lin Qinzhi

Written by Jiwei Xu

In a world where manta rays and moray eels roam the skies freely, and everything anybody wants is transported by catapult-delivery, birds have seemingly lost their foothold. Or have they? One pigeon, Einstein, decides that it's high time birdkind took to the skies. He executes a variety of absurd methods to try to fly, while his companion, Fred, just skives, seemingly unfazed by anything. In the end, Einstein comes close to success, but was it really worth the effort for such a seemingly easy task for a bird?

HD, Singapore, 2008, 6 minutes

Written and Directed by Kevin Watkins

Produced by Natasha Lunn, DP Ben Starkman

An inquisitive garden hose in search of adventure discovers that the grass isn't greener on the other side - in fact there isn't even any grass...

Normally stop-motion animation is a painstaking process that requires hours, if not days to create a single second of film. Going against conventional wisdom, Kevin Watkins and his team have brought a garden hose to life in a brooklyn backyard. This unique film is believed to be the first stop-motion project on this scale, shot entirely outdoors using natural light.The effect is a mesmerizing, hyper-real film that touches the hearts of everyone who watches it.

Stop Motion HD, US, 2008, 12 minutes

http://www.hosefilm.com

Directed by Adrian Watkins

Synopsis:

Pollinator is a short 3D animation exploring universal themes of rejuvenation, symbiosis, significance, conception and mortality. It adapts Buddhist concepts to give the audience a privileged experience of a mythic event

2007, 2 minutes, UK

Directed by: Thomas Klieber

A little eerie gothic tale about love, fear and death.

4 minutes, 2007, Germany

Directed by Teun van der Zalm and Daan Verbiest

Produced by Lilly de Haan

A city is growing towards the future, from abstract to stylistic

4 minutes, 2007, The Netherlands

Directed by Mohammed Aqeel Ahmed and Krissy Josephides

This is a story about a struggle for acceptance. The film follows AI, an alien, as he tries to find acceptance in this world. A visual effects short film, made a documentary/day-in-the-life style

3 minutes, 2008, UK

Directed, Produced and Written by Eric Wagner

Spider's Walk is the story of a lonely spider that crawls through an attic window on a dark and stormy night. Insider he discovers an old children's book illustrating human behavior. He then notices a rag doll lying limp on the floor nearby. Feeling adventurous, the spider cuts the spine of the doll and burrows his way inside. The doll suddenly rises to its feet and slowly stumbles off to explore new worlds.

4 minutes, US

Written, Directed and Produced by Maria Vasquez

An average joe is betrayed by the person he loves most.

2 minutes, 2007, Canada

Directed by Once Were Farmers

Synopsis:

This Is J03 is live action/ 3D animation about J03, an 8bit digital man stuck in our 21st century analogue world searching for a way home.

Once Were Farmers, Country: UK

Written and Directed by Jean- Julien Pous and Pierre Prinzbach

Switch, it's a methaphysical thought about time. It's the destiny of humanity through a character and its different choices, materialized by doubles of himself

5 minutes, Hong Kong

Written, Directed and Produced by Mayec Rancel and Jose Soto

5 minutes, 2007, Spain

In a strange universe crossed by destructive meteors, heart shaped planets wander alone, eternally. But in the very rare occasion, coincidence or fate brings an encounter with a tea, and from it springs life, springs an eternal story. A story which is many stories. A story whose end is the beginning. It is life. It is Substantia.

Written, Directed and Produced by Charles Zambrano

2007, 3 minutes, US

Pretty Life is the psychotic love story between a caged creature and customer at a carnival freakshow.

Written, Directed and Produced by Sooyun Jang

2008, 2 minutes, US

The story is about an old street musician who wants to be famous and loved as a violin player. One day, when the old man is sad, somebody comes to him and gives him an elixir. The elixer gives the person who drinks it a power to attain his/her desire in exchange for the one most important possession he or she owns. The old man agonizes whether or not to drink it or not, but he succumbs to the temptation. He drinks it and then...

Written by Adam Reynolds, Kevin Wisdom, Nathalie Tousnakhoff

Directed by Danny Robashkin and Matthiey Roussel

In L'amie De Zoe (Zoe's friend) A new girl comes to Zoe's planet with her family from a distant and different planet. Zoe immediately bonds with Maho and they become best of friends. Through the hardships of being different Maho is supported by Zoe and they make the best of any situation. After many adventures together Maho's family decides to move back to their Red planet, so Zoe is left only with her best friend's Teddy, and her memories, late at night she dreams of someday visiting her friend

Directed by Kristian Labusga

Written by Anja Hartmann, Kristian Labusga, and Stephan Schaefholz

2 minutes, Germany, 2007

The animation Morula was produced by Anja Hartmann, Kristian Labusga and Stephan Schäfholz at the Stuttgart Media University. With a focus on music visualization and an clear graphical look the animation shows the progress of growing up and discover the world in an abstract way. The story was divided in three parts, birth-childhood, teenage and grown-up. Looking for metaphors for the different stages of life the three periods were feeded with abstract pictures and surroundings.

Besides the audiotracking for the music visualization the technical focus was the use of motion capture data for the character and camera movement.

Written, Directed and Produced by Joaquin Baldwin

2 minutes, USA

An origami tale of a skillful paper folder who could shape the world with his hands

Written, Directed and Produced by Joaquin Baldwin

4 minutes, USA 2008

A voodoo doll must find the courage to save his friends from being pinned to death.