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Some of the best contemporary animation from around the world, including bizarre experimental work and fresh retellings of classic stories.

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Welcome To TwisterSauna Tango
(Country: Canada; Director: Diego Maclean; Writer: Billy Collins; Cast: Winston Rekert)
Pondering the possibilities of what awaits us at the end of our lives. International Animation 1.
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(Country: UK; Director: Simon Cartwright, Jessica Ami Cope; Writer: Simon Cartwright, Jessica Ami Cope; Cast: David Bunting, James Caroll)
A man and a mechanical bear head to an observatory to confront his past. McLaren Animation 1.

(Country: UK; Director: Stephen Irwin)
Helpful advice on what to do to survive a nuclear attack. McLaren Animation 2.

(Country: UK; Director: Stewart Comrie; Writer: Stewart Comrie)
Colliding with the dusty window of an abandoned guest-house, an unwitting bird fails to realise the curious horror lurking within. McLaren Animation 2.
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(Country: UK; Director: Tom Judd; Writer: Tom Judd)
Using synthetic biological technology, a young man grows his own action hero. McLaren Animation 2.
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Atomic HubbubNASA: A Volta
(Country: Mexico; Director: Juan José Medina; Writer: Juan José Medina; Cast: Angel Lopez, Alfredo Sanchez)
An old man walks through the desert checking his traps for food, but something else is stalking him. International Animation 2.

(Country: UK; Director: tokyoplastic)
A fluffy kitten dreams of rampaging through a city. McLaren Animation 1.

(Country: UK; Director: Jens Blank; Writer: Caroline Bruckner, Jens Blank; Cast: Stephen Mangan, David Morrissey, Katherine Parkinson)
The complicated story of a love triangle between a walrus, a seal and a lobster who visit the same sauna. McLaren Animation 1.

(Country: US; Director: Bill Plympton; Writer: Bill Plympton)
Children's fable about the meaning of life. International Animation 1.

(Country: Switzerland, Poland; Director: Marek Skrobecki; Writer: Marek Skrobecki)
A young poet falls in love. International Animation 1.

Save Our BaconThe Henhouse
(Country: France; Director: Julien Dexant; Writer: Julien Dexant, Alexis Ragougneau)
A bitter old poet lives in a closed poetry shop and struggles to find inspiration. International Animation 1.

(Country: Estonia; Director: Kristjan Holm)
Trouble brews in an infant school class. International Animation 1.

(Country: UK; Director: Joseph Pierce)
A family portrait session reveals underlying jealousies. McLaren Animation 2.

(Country: UK; Director: tokyoplastic)
A kitten dreams itself into an action movie. McLaren Animation 1.

(Country: UK; Director: Nikita Diakur)
A moody animation from the perspective of a fly observing someone's home. McLaren Animation 2.

The Art Of DrowningThe Silence Of Sons
(Country: UK; Director: Elena Pomares)
A hungry fox finds shelter from the city and the rain in the Hen House Cafe. McLaren Animation 1.

(Country: Germany; Director: Angela Steffen; Writer: Angela Steffen)
An animation about a small girl who discovers a whole world inside a leaf. International Animation 2.

(Country: Japan; Director: Sunao Katabuchi; Cast: Mayuko Fukuda, Nako Mizusawa, Ei Morisako, Manami Honjo)
Inspired by her grandfather's stories, a little girl has fantastic dreams about the town where she lives.

(Country: Poland, UK; Director: Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay; Writer: Stephen Quay and Timothy Quay, based on the short story by Stanislaw Lem.)
An automaton disguised as a beautiful woman develops unexpected feelings whilst on a mission to assassinate a prince. International Animation 1.

(Country: UK; Director: Jana Prchalova; Writer: Jana Prchalova)
When one day the sun fails to rise as expected, Mondo becomes determined to discover its fate. McLaren Animation 1.

Mother Of ManyThe Moon Bird
(Country: UK; Director: Myles McLeod, Greg McLeod; Writer: Myles McLeod, Greg McLeod; Cast: Ophelia Colver, Rachel Ferjani)
An orphan girl takes on a sorceress with the help of her magical feathered friend.

(Country: UK; Director: Emma Lazenby)
An animated film about a midwife who helps to bring lots of babies into the world. McLaren Animation 1.

(Country: US; Director: Logan with art by The Date Farmers; Cast: N.A.S.A. Music Project featuring voals by Sizzla, Amanda Blank and Love Foxxx)
A drug deal goes awry. International Animation 2.

(Country: South Korea; Director: Ming Sun-ah)
Four seasons pass in the Demilitarized Zone in Korea. International Animation 2.

(Country: Russia; Director: Maria Mouat)
A man, a woman and a dog experience unexpected animated adventures. McLaren Animation 2.

ParaphernaliaMai Mai Miracle
(Country: Croatia; Director: Marko Meštrovic)
Haunted by strange dream figures since childhood, an isolated man undertakes a dangerous experiment, sleeping less and less, with unexpected results. McLaren Animation 2.

(Director: John Williams)
Atari struggles with his useless robot, but his real struggle is more complex. McLaren Animation 1.

(Country: France; Director: Matthieu Van Eeckhout, Mark Eacersall)
A ventriloquist butcher finds himself in conflict with his pig puppet. International Animation 2.

(Country: Ireland; Director: Alice Lyons, Orla McHardy; Writer: Alice Lyons, Orla McHardy)
Animated film-poem about the subversive force of art and the renewal of poetry in the whispery language of Polish. International Animation 1.
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(Country: US; Director: Dustin Grella; Writer: Dustin Grella; Cast: Devin Grella, Dustin Grella)
Stop-motion animation confronting the memory of the artist's younger brother killed in the Iraq conflict. International Animation 2.

What Light (Through Yonder Window Breaks)Lebensader
(Director: Karn David)
Abstract film about story. McLaren Animation 2.

(Country: Germany; Director: Vera Lalyko; Writer: Vera Lalyko; Cast: Dabrowka Kolodziejski)
A physiotherapist fixes up clients to the tune of the tango. International Animation 1.
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(Director: Steve Warne)
As food runs low and tensions run high on the slopes of Savage Mountain, something sinister is at hand. McLaren Animation 2.
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(Country: UK; Director: Peter Baynton; Writer: Peter Baynton, Davey Spens; Cast: Simon Callow, Warren Clarke, Jim Johnson)
A farmer needs ten more pigs in a hurry, but the only one he has turns her snout up at prospective suitors. McLaren Animation 2.

(Country: US, Czech Republic; Director: Ben Richardson, Daniel Bird; Writer: Ben Richardson, Daniel Bird)
Slamdance animation winner sees an egg and an apple build competing broadcast towers that vie for the attention of a transistor radio. International Animation 1.

The Polish LanguageThe Tail Gunner
(Director: David Lea, John Williams)
A group of shadow characters embark on a strange adventure. McLaren Animation 2.

(Country: France; Director: Joanna Lurie; Writer: Joanna Lurie)
When a tree falls in a forest, two subteranean inhabits go on a journey of discovery. International Animation 1.

(Country: Poland; Director: Magda Osinska; Writer: Duncan Barret, Magda Osinska)
A hoarder manages to obtain a precious cupboard in impoverished Eastern Europe, but the cost may be higher than he imagined.

(Country: UK; Director: Todd Setter, Dean Wright; Writer: Todd Setter, Dean Wright)
A window-washing duel. McLaren Animation 2.

(Country: France, UK; Director: Max Hattler; Writer: Max Hattler)
Synchronised soldiering meets Busby Berkeley McLaren Animation 2.

The Cow Who Wanted To Be A HamburgerThe Newly Coming Seasons
(Country: UK; Director: Victoria Mather)
A mysterious girl turns a man's carefully ordered life upside down. McLaren Animation 1.

(Country: UK; Director: Petra Freeman)
Animation inspired by a childhood tale of eels. McLaren Animation 1.

(Director: tokyoplastic)
The first instalment of their "microEPIC kitty kitty series". McLaren Animation 1.
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(Country: UK; Director: Iain Gardner; Writer: Iain Gardner)
A fox has a life after death experience. McLaren Animation 1.

(Country: Sweden; Director: Jonas Odell; Writer: Jonas Odell)
In 1977 West German terrorist Norbert Kröcher was arrested for having planned to kidnap the Swedish politician Anna-Greta Leijon. Among the people arrested during the following raids was Kröcher’s former girlfriend ‘A’. This is her story. International Animation 2.

Stanley PickleThe Silence Beneath The Bark
(Country: UK; Director: Owen Rixon; Writer: Owen Rixon)
An old man makes up a bed-time story for his three grandchildren... but things get wild in the Old West when they start to join in. McLaren Animation 2.

(Country: UK; Director: Sarah Wickens; Writer: Sarah Wickens)
Sunlight cast through a window breaks free and takes on a life of its own. McLaren Animation 2.

(Country: Canada; Director: Nick Cross; Writer: Nick Cross)
Animated satire exploring oppression and rebellion. International Animation 2.

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