Chaos
WAR & JULIUS
Los Angeles, United States

A simple trip to refill the parking meter becomes an illustration of life's chaotic nature, as this film's central character pulls everything but change from his pocket.
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Color Robot
Jan Mathias Steinforth / mateuniverse
Berlin, Germany

An artificial being spits out colorful streaks that echo the hues of an urban landscape, and eventually merge with it to become part of a new environment.
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Dark Forest
Santiago Sierra
Melbourne, Australia

In an otherworldly forest setting, the elfin protagonist of this film gathers insects that reveal unusual visual secrets, and then discovers their place of origin.
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Defective
Nando Costa
Boston, United States

Images of the benign, the violent and the puzzling are combined in unusual and thought-provoking ways in this exploration of unfinished thoughts and impressions.
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Imagine
Christian Debney
London, United Kingdom

If a powerful force that had created the human race was watching its history, what might it do to end the violence people inflict upon each other and the planet?
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Ink Blot Seduction
Patrick Longstreth
Washington, DC, United States

The filmmaker's imagination takes the shapes from a psychologist's ink blot test on an exploration of seduction and the feminine form in this digitally animated short.
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Strolling On the Moon
Mayoli Benítez/Bernardo Hernàndez
Mexico, d.f, Mexico

As a 1960s television audience watches the lunar landing, the reality of an event that changed a generation may not be quite what it seems.
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The Four Seasons
Friend of a Friend Studio
Los Angeles, United States

Based on the paintings of 16th-century Italian artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo, this film animates a portrait as its subject ages with the passing of the seasons.
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The Future Box
Morgan Christie
Sydney, Australia

In a city scene from a century ago, a young boy receives an unusual box from a stranger, and then seeks to avert the impending disaster that its images foretell.
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