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.
Screened as part of NZIFF 2020
Animation for Kids 8+
Athleticus: Middle-distance Race 2017
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
A group of wild animals performs their nocturnal opera.
Things You Could Do With Extendable Arms 2018
Imagine if you could bring a whole new world within your reach.
Athleticus: Synchronised Trampoline 2017
Hippos watch the perfect performance of two slick seals, but will they measure up?
Matches 2018
Seven-year-old LS shares his dreams, fears and hopes, while inventive stop-motion matchsticks bring his visions to life.
Ties 2019
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
What will be revealed when overexcited young flamingos work out on new treadmills?
Heatwave 2019
In the midst of an insane heatwave, two kids find a way to cool everyone down.
And Yet We Are Not Super Heroes 2020
Pocked-sized philosophers share their thoughts as they map a contemplative path to growing up.
Athleticus: Gymnastic Rings 2017
An athletic flamingo does his best in front of a critical jury.
Away 2019
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
As an elephant tidies an empty gym, he entertains his champion dreams.