Insomnia International Animation Film Festival (Фестиваль "Бессонница")

Insomnia International Animation Film Festival

Фестиваль "Бессонница"

Also known as: Инсомния, Международный фестиваль анимационных фильмов «Бессонница»

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The 12th International Insomnia Animation Film Festival in Russia awarded its Grand Prix to the Lebanese film "Crow Man" by Yohann Abdelnour. Other winners included "Architect A" from Korea, "It's Jus…
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The Insomnia International Animation Festival in Russia has announced its 2024 lineup, featuring 191 films from 35 countries. This diverse selection showcases a wide array of short animations, includi…
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Two Trams

Svetlana Andrianova

Two Trams Every day two city trams, a mother and her son named Klick and Tram, leave their depot…

Dead Reckoning

Paul Wenninger, Susan Young

Dead Reckoning A man rides around Vienna's Ringstrasse boulevard and into the city, where he falls on…

Dandelion

Elisa Talentino

Dandelion Two dancers perform the bourrée, an old Occitan courting dance, drawing close and turning…

Frodo Kuipers

Bullet Time In a desolate Old West village, two cowboys face each other in a classic shootout, but…

Shock Therapy

Bali Engel, Matthieu Landour

Shock Therapy Jim is afraid of everything. To confront his fears, he brings all the things that…

The Ogre

Laurène Braibant

The Ogre An insecure giant avoids eating because he fears revealing his ogre-like nature and…

Cop Dog

Bill Plympton

Cop Dog In the sixth film of Bill Plympton's Guard Dog series, the dog takes a new job sniffing…

Airport

Michaela Müller

Airport Routine movement through an airport becomes increasingly tense as security checks and…

Inaudible

Gints Zilbalodis

Inaudible After losing his hearing, a musician struggles to adjust to everyday life.

Negative Space

Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata

Negative Space A son recalls how learning to pack a suitcase became a way of connecting with his father.…

Gyros Dance

Piotr Loc Hoang Ngoc

Gyros Dance Two mice live and work together in a kebab bar in a crowded, sunlit city. While he…

The Boyg

Kristian Pedersen

The Boyg An abstract animation explores the Boyg, the elusive force in Norwegian folklore that…

Manivald

Chintis Lundgren

Manivald As his 33rd birthday approaches, Manivald is an unemployed fox living with his…

Fishes, Swimmers, Boats

Dmitry Geller, Andrey Koulev

Fishes, Swimmers, Boats An animated interpretation of Paul Éluard’s poem ‘Fishes’ explores the relationship…

Deer Flower

Kangmin Kim

Deer Flower In the summer of 1992, a young boy named Dujung is taken by his parents to a farm in the…

My man (Octopus)

Stephanie Cadoret

My man (Octopus)A young woman returns home, changes into a swimsuit and sinks into her flooded apartment,…

Strange Fish

Steven Subotnick

Strange Fish A meditation on blind evolution.

Double King

Felix Colgrave

Double King A lone king travels through a world where animals and plants have their own monarchies,…

High Summer

Josselin Facon

High Summer A disturbing moment on a calm summer's day in the countryside: while gardening, a young…

Nocturne

Anne Breymann

Nocturne In a forest at night, strange creatures gather for a game of dice, wagering mysterious…

Life Cycles

Ross Hogg

Life Cycles Will we continue to let events pass us by uncontested, or will we decide to break the…

Ten to the Minus Forty Three Second

Clément Courcier

Ten to the Minus Forty Three Second An Instant in the universe: a few seconds above in space, a few minutes here below for a…

The Unnatural

Marcos Sánchez

The Unnatural A girl, a man and a monster wander through the dark.

Jungle Taxi

Hakhyun Kim

Jungle Taxi A taxi driver carries an unwelcome passenger through a nocturnal jungle to a man lying…

Comeback WOOL E

Sumanta Ghosh

Comeback WOOL E An unborn girl eagerly imagines meeting her mother, who is knitting a sweater for the new…

Corp

Pablo Polledri

Corp An animated satire explores ambition, labour exploitation, pollution and corruption…

Big Bag

Daniel Greaves

Big Bag A traveller struggles to leave home with an enormous backpack that keeps throwing him off…

Hedgehog's Home

Eva Cvijanović

Hedgehog's Home A hedgehog lives peacefully in a forest and values his modest home above all else. His…

Our Wonderful Nature - The Common Chameleon

Tomer Eshed

Our Wonderful Nature - The Common Chameleon A hungry chameleon waits on a forest branch, snapping up the insects that pass within…

The Little Bird and the Caterpillar

The Little Bird

Lena Von Dohren

The Little Bird and the Caterpillar A little bird tries to protect the leaves of his maple tree from a hungry caterpillar.…

The Evil Sorcerer

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Alexandra Lukina

The Evil Sorcerer An ageing sorcerer tries to make a beautiful woman miserable with his magic. His spiteful…

Mamie

Janice Nadeau

Mamie Mamie lives in Gaspésie in a house that faces away from the sea. When the old woman…

Branded Dreams

Studio Smack

Branded Dreams An animated dream becomes a landscape shaped by a familiar brand. The film imagines…

To Build a Fire

Fx Goby

To Build a Fire A trapper and his dog cross the frozen Yukon in the depths of winter. As the cold…

Cold Coffee

Stéphanie Lansaque, François Leroy

Cold Coffee Saigon, Vietnam. After the death of her mother, a young girl is forced to abandon her…

Youpla

Oerd Van Cuijlenborg

Youpla An abstract experimental animation film which explores the abstractions and imagination…

Dead Horses

Marc Riba, Anna Solanas

Dead Horses A boy flees a remote rural community with his family as war approaches. Along the way,…

Black Box

Isabel Herguera, Izibene Oñederra

Black Box A moving truck arrives at the Igueldo Lighthouse, where a woman lives with her…

Au revoir Balthazar

Rafael Sommerhalder

Au revoir Balthazar In this wordless animated short, the scarecrow Balthazar hears something enticing in a…

Among The Black Waves

Anna Budanova

Among The Black Waves A film based on an ancient Nordic legend that says the souls of drowned people turn into…

Nighthawk

Špela Čadež

Nighthawk A police patrol finds a badger lying motionless on a dark road. When the officers try to…

Hurry Up

Margot Reumont

Hurry Up A crowd of fruit rushes aboard a metro train. When the journey pauses, the passengers…

Love

Réka Bucsi

Love Changes in gravity and light transform a distant planet and draw its inhabitants…

Super 9

Rim Sharafutdinov

Super 9 A surreal animated fantasy explores life and death through the chaotic visions of an…

Analysis Paralysis

Anete Melece

Analysis Paralysis Overwhelmed by his thoughts, Anton visits a park in search of a chess partner more…

Sparrow Duet

Steve Socki

Sparrow Duet Abstract shapes and pastel textures move in playful pairs, echoing the hopping and flight…

Batfish Soup

Amanda Bonaiuto

Batfish Soup A family visit grows increasingly tense as eccentric relatives, broken dolls and a…

The Empty

Dahee Jeong

The Empty A man spends time in a woman's room, playing small games with the memories that gather…

Loop

Samantha Moore

Loop Scientists in Serge Mostowy’s laboratory describe how they imagine the assembly of…

Down by Love

José Corral Llorente

Down by Love Martin has never cared about anyone but himself. After meeting Irina, a young Russian…

It Is My Fault

Sha Liu

It Is My Fault An experimental animation follows a mind under pressure from rigid rules, moving through…

Casino

Steven Woloshen

Casino An abstract, hand-drawn animation turns the rhythms of a casino into a lively dance of…

Beside Oneself

Karolina Specht

Beside Oneself A woman notices something strange happening to her partner. As her image of him clashes…

Hi Stranger

Kirsten Lepore

Hi Stranger A clay character greets the viewer in an intimate, gently awkward monologue.

Lindy Hop

Stuart Pound

Lindy Hop Footage of dancers at the 2013 International Lindy Hop Competition in Washington, D.C. is…

A Very Polite Story

Merry Carousel · Issue 43

Maria Bystrova

A Very Polite Story Two English gentlemen cling to their good manners as everyday encounters descend into…

Grandma with a Croc

Merry Carousel · Issue 44

Mikhail Safronov

Grandma with a Croc A boy is bored on the subway while his father and the other passengers stare at their…

The Sled

Merry Carousel · Issue 45

Olesya Shchukina

The Sled A young squirrel discovers an abandoned sled in a snowy forest. Although the squirrel has…

Doll’s Letters

Natalia Grofpel

Doll’s Letters After a little girl loses her favourite doll, a postman invents a story about its travels…

Big Booom

Marat Narimanov

Big Booom A clay-animated journey traces the history of the universe, Earth and humanity in a…