A celebratory showcase of some of the year’s brightest and best animated shorts. If you’re looking to sample the animation ecosystem in all of its multi-coloured, variously shaped glories, there’s no better place to begin.
Films — by Country
- Afghanistan
- Aotearoa New Zealand
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- India
- Iran
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Latvia
- Luxembourg
- Mexico
- North Korea
- Palestine
- Peru
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tahiti
- Taiwan
- The Netherlands
- Tunisia
- UAE
- UK
- USA
- Uruguay
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
South Korea
![Animation Now! International Programme #3: Asia Animation Review](/assets/resized/sm/upload/77/1s/og/fs/Go%20To%20City%20Ele%20-%20Wenyu%20Lee-0-520-0-390-crop.jpg?k=6baa20980a)
Animation Now! International Programme #3: Asia Animation Review
Eye-grabbing animations from China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore make our first ever survey of new work and indie talent in the region an Animation Now! highlight.
![Animation Now! International Programme #5: Dark Hearts](/assets/resized/sm/upload/ba/2r/rk/91/Life_with_Herman_H_Rott-004-0-520-0-390-crop.jpg?k=efc0afd697)
Animation Now! International Programme #5: Dark Hearts
Psychic freak-outs, scuzzy behaviour, inscrutable creepiness and scathing satire are celebrated in this short-film showcase of animation’s dark side.
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The Handmaiden
Agassi
Based on Welsh novelist Sarah Waters’ Fingersmith, this outrageous and lusciously erotic thriller from the director of Oldboy transposes a Victorian tale of sex, duplicity and madness to 1930s Japanese-occupied Korea.