WoFF Glasgow Animation Shorts Programme

Däwit

Directed by David Jansen, Germany, 2015, 15m

An angel, a wolf child, a cat. The film Daewit, animated in the tradition of wood cut technique, tells the story of an abandoned child, who grows up with wolves after his mother rescued him from his violent father.

Aubade

Directed by Mauro Carraro, Switzerland, 2014, 5m

A black sun rises on Leman Lake. In a surrealist backlit scene, swimmers and birds witness the spectacle of the dawn, hypnotized by the music of a cellist.

Beauty

Directed by Rino Stefano Tagliafierro, Italy, 2014, 10m

The idea of Beauty is born by the challenge to describe the most important emotions that everyone can feel in their life, from birth to death, through fear, sexuality, pain and love.

Castillo Y El Armado

Directed by Pedro Harres, Brazil, 2014, 10m

Castillo is a young dockworker who lives in the coast between Brazil and Uruguay. On a windy night, he faces his own brutality on the line of the fishhook.

Last Dance On The Main

Directed by Aristofanis Soulikias, Canada, 2014, 3m

An animated documentary on the demolition of a row of historic buildings on Montreal’s St Laurent boulevard, also known as “The Main”, by politicians and building developers, and the resistance put up by the burlesque artists and the local community.

House Of Unconsciousness

Directed by Priit Tender, Estonia, 2015, 11m

A psychedelic drama about a chimney sweeper and a burning woman.

Luminaris

Directed by Juan Pablo Zaramella, Argentina, 2012, 6m20s

In a world controlled and timed by light, an ordinary man has a plan that could change the natural order of things.

Wrapped

Directed by Roman Kaelin, Falko Paeper & Florian Wittmann, Germany, 2014, 5m

How can a tiny organism change everything we know and make the difference between growth and extinction?

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Thanks to our partner festival MIAFF: Montreal International Animation Film Festival for selecting their best short films for this screening.