Circo Animato 2021
Fantasia’s annual showcase of amazing animated short films from around the world returns with over a dozen dazzling offerings, marvelously multifarious in in tone, technique, and perspective. This year’s selections, five of which are world premieres, come from France, Japan, South Korea, USA, Taiwan, Spain, and right here in Canada. From inner journeys to outer-space travel, with the musical dimension a major consideration, CIRCO ANIMATO 2021 is guaranteed to mesmerize aficionados of fine animation. – Rupert Bottenberg
Ouroborus
Chloé Forestier
Something’s got everybody down these days.
Wayback
Carlos Salgado
Despite great hazards and even greater distances, an interplanetary traveller strives to fulfill his mission.
Upcycling
Anne-Lou Graoww, Song Hayoung Elaine, So Hi-jeong, Oh Sun-kyung, Satoe Yoshinari, Yoo Kaitlen Haeun
Six directors, from South Korea, France, and Japan, pass along their perspectives on eco-friendly actions.
Hakkori
Aya Yamasaki, Jason Brown
Tato and Bere bring offerings to a harvest deity, but things do not go smoothly.
Pimple On The Nose
Davide Di Saro
A phantasmagoric free-fall that will freak you out.
Girl In The Water
Shi-Rou Huang
No matter what is left, time can change everything.
Ménage à Trois: Flour, Eggs And Sugar
Choi Michelle Yun-jeong
The right recipe for animation innovation.
Le Sourire De La Courgette
Lucas Ansart
A young woman has second thoughts about the harsh but effective agricultural practices of her cat-man boyfriend.
Enochia
Noémie Bevierre
Perils await a heavenly creature tasked with safeguarding the souls of the fallen.
Blink In The Desert
Shinobu Soejima
The troubled transformation of a young ascetic, as told by the director of THE HOUSE RATTLER (Fantasia 2019).
Megalomania
Kim Eun-seo
An aching, exquisite voyage into the machinery of the mind.
Misery Loves Company
Lee Sasha
A beautiful musical moment of adolescent angst.
Sunbelly
Jordan Speer
A canine cosmonaut’s courageous efforts have kaleidoscopically colourful consequences on a planetary scale.