Narrowed down from an amazing 2000+ entries, this year’s survey of the best in animated short films covers the gamut from sumptuous painterly Russian styles to the most inventive and expressive CGI, including NZ-made Poppy.
Films — by Country
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Aotearoa New Zealand
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Croatia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Iceland
- India
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Korea
- Mexico
- Norway
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Russia
- Slovakia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- The Netherlands
- UK
- USA
Switzerland
North Face
Nordwand
“A mountaineering adventure more tense, more edge-of-the-seat suspenseful, than Touching the Void? Almost incredibly, this German drama, based on a true story [the Eiger, 1936], is that film.” — The Independent
SIGGRAPH Asia 2008 Highlights #1 – International Showcase
Graphic design and animation morph into a single artform in the best of recent International CGI shorts – narratives, ads, music videos – as selected from a 1000 entries at the prestigious SIGGRAPH Asia Festival.
Tulpan
A mesmerising, weirdly perfect blend of fish-out-of-water character comedy, ethnographic documentary and awesome landscape photography, Tulpan provides an unforgettable journey to the Kazakh steppe.