Shakespeare adaptations, Steven Soderbergh collaborations and a bunch of new animated series' set for our screens. A round-up of all the projects in development from our Short of the Week alums
Nothing and no one can wake Princess Betty in this playful riff on fairytale conventions.
Beginning life back in 1995, when it was originally envisioned as a one-off short film event, the Encounters Short film and Animation Festival has developed into one of the world's leading lights in showcasing short films and their talented creators. A qualifying festival for the Academy Awards and a gateway to the BAFTAs and the Cartoon d'Or, if you're a short film buff and within reach of Bristol in the UK, then Encounters is a gathering you'll certainly want to be a part of.
A first love is corrupted as a man recalls his affair with a beautiful circus contortionist in this stop-motion animation of wooden mannequins.
Against a tellingly hypnotic factory backdrop, a refugee encapsulates the global immigration crisis in his own wrenching words.
A retired Russian assassin attempts to relive happier memories through his favorite childhood cereal.
Stryka is an awesome reptile woman from another planet who does heists and odd jobs with her (literal) partner in crime, Callen. But she has a secret–she’s been stealing with somebody else.
In October 2012 a mysterious map collector passed away, and the maps were given to the Los Angeles Public Library, doubling their collection in one day.
