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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Ant

Julia Ocker

Ant The ants are working together perfectly. But there is one ant who is doing everything…

Cat Days

Jon Frickey

Cat Days Jiro feels sick. His father takes him to see the doctor. She diagnoses a harmless…

The Theory of Sunset

Roman Sokolov

The Theory of Sunset On a dark winter night, a little man walks through a snow-covered forest. While everyone…

Nouvelle Cuisine

Manuel Reyes Halaby

Nouvelle Cuisine A chef who loves his job and is proud of the delicacies he prepares, he takes great care…

Film Director. Project Trust

Aleksandr Irinarkhov, Zoya Kireeva

Film Director. Project Trust In this animated documentary episode, film director Valeria Gai Germanika tells two…

Roberto Biadi

H A looping animated short built around the Latin palindrome "In girum imus nocte et…

Island

Max Mörtl, Robert Löbel

Island On a small island, a bunch of exotic creatures keep running across each other in a…

Manimals

Jihyeon Oh

Manimals A woman remembers her former boyfriends as animals. The film follows how each…

Toto Bona Lokua — Ma Mama

Katy Wang

Toto Bona Lokua — Ma Mama In this animated music video for the Toto Bona Lokua song Ma Mama, two lovers explore a…

Lagune

Hannah Letaïf, Mathieu Labaye

Lagune In an animated music video for the Belgian clarinettist Jean-François Foliez, a sphinx…

Whiteland

Ira Elshansky

Whiteland A gray plasticine man discovers himself in a glowing white room. He leaves traces, but…

(Fool Time) Job

Gilles Cuvelier

(Fool Time) Job Pedro has found a job in a time of economic crisis, which is good news for him and his…

Cyclists

Veljko Popovic

Cyclists In a small Croatian seaside town, the cycling season reaches its climax as the two race…

Dolls Don’t Cry

Frédérick Tremblay

Dolls Don’t Cry A man and a woman are making a stop-motion film in a small apartment studio: he animates…

Relax, It’s Probably Just a Parasite

Joel Benjamin

Relax, It’s Probably Just a Parasite A hypochondriac tries to understand what is happening to him after he wanders into the…

Ballerina

Steven Subotnick

Ballerina An angry ballerina keeps trying to dance while the coughs of an unseen audience interrupt…

Raymonde or the Vertical Escape

Sarah Van den Boom

Raymonde or the Vertical Escape Raymonde, a sixty-year-old owl-woman, lives alone on a remote farm, tending her kitchen…

Extrapolate

Johan Rijpma

Extrapolate A hand-drawn animation in which a line is extrapolated through a grid and the process…

Obon

Anna Samo, André Hörmann

Obon Akiko Takakura, one of the few people within 500 metres of ground zero to survive the…

Venus – Filly the Lesbian Little Fairy

Sávio Leite

Venus – Filly the Lesbian Little Fairy A lesbian fairy with nimble fingers seduces women by day, dressed as a boy, but at night…

(OO)

Seo-Ro Oh

(OO)A wordless South Korean animation that turns the sensations of rhinitis into comic visual…

Red Riding Hood Redux

Danijel Žeželj

Red Riding Hood Redux Little Red Riding Hood walks through a sun-scorched post-industrial landscape toward her…

With or without sun

Jean-Guillaume Bastien

With or without sun A short animated meditation on the gentle moments of summer and the clarity that comes…

Cadavre exquis

Stéphanie Lansaque, François Leroy

Cadavre exquis ‘Cadavre exquis’ invites to a visual, acoustic and odorous ballad through the wandering…

Boogie Stomp Pink

Stuart Pound

Boogie Stomp Pink A boogie dance performed by William & Maeva, found on the internet, is cut into vertical…

Impromptu

María Lorenzo Hernandez

Impromptu Impromptu is a hand-drawn animated journey to the origins of cinema through its forgotten…

From Pong to Doom - an animated ode to classic videogames

Robin Stam

From Pong to Doom - an animated ode to classic videogames A hand-drawn animated music video by Robin Stam that turns 48 classic video games into…

Weekends

Trevor Jimenez

Weekends A young boy moves between the homes of his recently divorced parents in 1980s Toronto.…

Late Afternoon

Louise Bagnall

Late Afternoon An elderly woman with dementia drifts through memories of her childhood, youth and family…

Vivat musketeers!

Anton Dyakov

Vivat musketeers!A brave musketeer sets out to rescue his beloved, saving everyone he meets along the way.

Electrician’s Day

Vladimir Leschiov

Electrician’s Day An electrician loses consciousness while repairing a power line beside a psychiatric…

Bus Stop

Nina Bisyarina

Bus Stop Sometimes you need to make a stop to see how beautiful the world is. Routine, annoying…

M.I.L.K.

Stefan Eling

M.I.L.K.A naturally rich island attracts settlers who compete for its resources. As their…

Catastrophe

Jamille van Wijngaarden

Catastrophe After a caged parakeet suddenly drops dead, Rodney the cat fears his owner's response.…

Mary and the 7 Dwarfs

Riho Unt

Mary and the 7 Dwarfs An elderly nun named Maria decides to pursue a dream from her youth after a lifetime…

About a Woman Who Wanted to Fly Away

Sasha Svirsky

About a Woman Who Wanted to Fly Away A woman in a Russian village dreams of learning to fly and escaping the burdens of…

Midnight’s Garden

Benoit Chieux

Midnight’s Garden A young couple playing in a moonlit forest enters a mysterious garden. As they wander…

Mark Lotterman - Happy

Alice Saey

Mark Lotterman - Happy An Egyptian goose leads a seductive dance on a pond shared by three flocks, each…

Simbiosis Carnal

Rocío Álvarez

Simbiosis Carnal A wordless animated journey through the history of desire and sexuality, from the first…

Papillons

Mauricio Leiva Cock, Andrés Gomez Isaza

Papillons After being diagnosed with cancer, Bea finds understanding through the metamorphosis of…

Panta Rhei

Wouter Bongaerts

Panta Rhei Like the beached whales he studies, introverted marine biologist Stefaan flees the ocean.…

Mermaids and Rhinos

Viktória Traub

Mermaids and Rhinos Eight-year-old Matilda's memories of her family appear as surreal visions: a grandmother…

Unexpected Discoveries

James Mabery

Unexpected Discoveries A young fellow finds himself stumbling upon an ordinary flashlight that allows him to…

The Night I Dance with Death

Vincent Gibaud

The Night I Dance with Death At a party with his friends, a young man takes a psychedelic drug. His initial euphoria…

Robhot

Donato Sansone

Robhot A domestic argument between two humanoid robots escalates into a surreal physical…

The Battle of San Romano

Georges Schwizgebel

The Battle of San Romano The violence of a battle unfolds inside a painting, with riders and horses in constant…

Yin

Nicolas Fong

Yin A jealous god creates a universe and places an androgynous creature that he separates…

Edge of Alchemy

Stacey Steers

Edge of Alchemy Edge of Alchemy is the third film in a trilogy examining the psychological terrain of…

Waaah

Sawako Kabuki

Waaah An animated short that synchronizes the irritation of a baby's cries with the frustration…

Ugly

Nikita Diakur, Redbear Easterman

Ugly A stray cat and an esoteric Native American chief are just about to restore their world…

Persistence of Vision III

Ismael Sanz-Pena

Persistence of Vision III A single photograph of Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Norway, becomes an animated dance…

Link

Robert Löbel

Link Two characters connected by their hair try to pursue different paths. Every movement…

Aérobie

Bastien Dupriez

Aérobie A cyclist begins a race on a velodrome track. Painted and scratched directly onto 35 mm…

Beebox

Cable Hardin

Beebox A bee and its hive reveal the pressures of modern agriculture and the need for change.…

The Escape

Jaroslaw Konopka

The Escape In a devastated world, a mother and son hover between life and death, trying to preserve…

Between The Lines

Maria Koneva

Between The Lines A love story unfolds through a shifting world of spots and stripes.

Cops & Robbers

Florian Maubach

Cops & Robbers During a game of cops and robbers on an old playground, Daniel begins to notice feelings…

Dacha, Aliens, Cucumbers

Katya Mikheeva

Dacha, Aliens, Cucumbers Aliens arrive at a Russian dacha and settle into its everyday life.

Hybrids

Florian Brauch and 4 co-directors

Hybrids In a polluted ocean, marine animals survive by fusing with the plastic waste and debris…

The Swimming Lesson

Tatiana Okruzhnova

The Swimming Lesson Based on the poem by Anna Ignatova "The Right Remedy". A red-haired boy playing on the…