Athleticus: Gym Keeper
Athleticus: Gym Keeper
And Yet We Are Not Superheroes
And Yet We Are Not Superheroes
Ties
Ties

Screened as part of NZIFF 2020

Animation for Kids 8+ 

Curated

On your mark, get set, it’s time for a whole lot of animated brilliance from all corners of our big wide world. Join us for metaphysical musings and reflective moments, laugh-out-loud gags and a load of animal antics – it’s your annual wintery fix of animated inventiveness and imagination.

71 minutes

Athleticus: Middle-distance Race 2017

Director

2 minutes

Competitors are taking off from the starting block and giving it everything they have – but one contestant looks a little out of place.

Cloudy 2018

Mr Gnome just wants to sunbathe in peace – if only that stupid cloud wasn’t in the way! Fortunately, he has a banging good plan.

Maestro 2019

Director

2 minutes

A group of wild animals performs their nocturnal opera.

Things You Could Do With Extendable Arms 2018

Director

Italy / UK
2 minutes

Imagine if you could bring a whole new world within your reach.

Athleticus: Synchronised Trampoline 2017

Director

2 minutes

Hippos watch the perfect performance of two slick seals, but will they measure up?

Matches 2018

Director

11 minutes

Seven-year-old LS shares his dreams, fears and hopes, while inventive stop-motion matchsticks bring his visions to life.

Ties 2019

Germany / Russia
8 minutes

A young woman leaves home but remains super connected to where she’s from, in the very first film created completely with 3D pen.

Athleticus: Training Room 2017

Director

2 minutes

What will be revealed when overexcited young flamingos work out on new treadmills?

Heatwave 2019

Director

UK
7 minutes

In the midst of an insane heatwave, two kids find a way to cool everyone down.

And Yet We Are Not Super Heroes 2020

Director

Belgium / France In French with English subtitles
12 minutes

Pocked-sized philosophers share their thoughts as they map a contemplative path to growing up.

Athleticus: Gymnastic Rings 2017

Director

2 minutes

An athletic flamingo does his best in front of a critical jury.

Away 2019

6 minutes

While one man thinks he’s living on an ice floe, everyone around him finds he's a supermarket distraction

Emily 2018

Looking back at her life and all the flowers she’s shared, Emily reminisces about the people she’s met and the choices she’s made.

Athleticus: Gym Keeper 2017

Director

2 minutes

As an elephant tidies an empty gym, he entertains his champion dreams.