International Competition Block 3 - SEAF 2024
Sunday, October 20, 2024 - 3:00 PM - MICA Falvey Hall Theatre
Sunday, October 20, 2024 - 6:00 PM - TU Van Bokkelen Hall Theatre
Runtime = 82 minutes
Q&A with animators in attendance after the screening
Go to this Eventbrite Ticket Link
On the Eventbrite site - Select Sunday, October 20 for your chosen date. Then click the orange tickets button and find this specific event to reserve a seat for this screening at either MICA or Towson.
$12 for individual tickets / $80 for all-access festival pass (gets you into all screenings/events of the festival)

International Competition Block 3 is contemplative, funny and stunning with animated short films from 7 countries. Rollerblading indoors, be careful with the floss, erotic nature, the rat race, a dying man's last syllable, oh Fumbleton, cosmic mourning, dreaming cats, battling colors, boob sweat, clothing disrupted, Jesus, fighting to remember, and a meditative road trip.  
Nothing to Expect
Director - Franz Impler
Country - Germany
Time - 3:28
Isolation leads to strange mental states. It's a journey though the circling thoughts of the lonely protagonist, which eventually merge with reality.
Flossing Mishap
Director - Jaime Rodriguez
Country - United States
Time - 1:16
A sneeze while flossing leads to...  ...oh no...
Tiger Lily Mountain Pass
Director - Nate King
Country - United States
Time - 5:18
Tiger Lily Mountain Pass explores nature as a space of queer erotic encounter. King animates his likeness in multiple forms, with focus on compositing hand drawn line-work in a transforming stream of consciousness, at once the pursuer and the pursed, the heartbreaker and the heartbroken. It is an examination of searching, longing, and unrequited queer love. This film is made with frame by frame animation, pencil on paper and digital coloring.  
Commute
Director - Mark Mendoza, Adrean Tolosa
Country - Philippines
Time - 1:00
Experience Metro Manila's daily commuter frenzy, navigate the crowded metro system and find solace and camaraderie from the monotonous hustle of the urban rat race.
Extremely Short
Director - Koji Yamamura
Country - Japan
Time - 5:18
A man sets out in search of the shortest thing in Tokyo, which turns out to be a single syllable uttered by a dying man. . . . The first installment in a series of animated shorts called "Bungaku Bideo" (Literature Videos), Koji Yamamura's Extremely Short translates into film a powerful story by Hideo Furukawa, read by the author himself.
Wander to Wonder
Director - Nina Gantz
Country - Belgium
Time - 13:20
Mary, Billybud and Fumbleton are three miniature, human actors who perform in an eighties kids TV series called “Wander to Wonder”. After the creator of the series has died, they are left alone in the studio. With their slowly decaying costumes and growing hunger, they continue to make increasingly strange episodes for their fans.
Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying
Director - Natalie Baird & Toby Gillies
Country - Canada
Time - 7:00
Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying is a short meditation on love, grief, and imagination. The hand-drawn animated documentary was created through a collaboration between mother, elder and narrator Edith Almadi and filmmakers Natalie Baird and Toby Gillies. This poetic piece celebrates life and the transformative ability of art to elevate and transcend us. Through vivid drawings and Edith’s simple yet magical words, the film explores our enduring bond with loved ones who have passed. In honouring her son’s life within the cosmos, Edith’s artworks embody colours, shapes and metaphors that remind us of the timeless power of love, gravity, and grace until our final breaths.
Gemini
Director - Jamie Steele Griffiths
Country - United States
Time - 6:41
Sarah and her two cats go about their separate lives. The cats have strange dreams about their desires, and Sarah develops an unshakable paranoia that something is wrong with them. Sarah's paranoia bleeds into her social life, and her two cats have their dreams come true.
Lines
Director - Martin Schmidt
Country - Germany
Time - 4:09
An aggressive battle unfolds between red and dark blue. The borderlines between the colors vibrate with tension as they fight for their lives.
Boobee Cheet Sheetz
Director - Adrienne C Fowler
Country - United States
Time - 2:29
Can't beat the heat? We've got your back, erm, chest!
Society of Clothes
Director - Jeong Dahee
Country - France
Time - 15:07
When morning arrives in Society of Clothes, shirts and pants step outside the closet, transforming into living entities. In the world of the film, everyone exists solely as clothes, wandering into the streets bodiless and faceless. But the routine of this strange place is disrupted one day when a human child with flesh and bones appears, turning their everyday existence upside down.
The Second Coming
Director - Antonia Neatby
Country - Canada
Time - 1:39
A devout woman confesses her sins. 
Noggin
Director - Case Jernigan
Country - United States
Time - 7:10
No sugarcoatin’ it, you’ve got brain damage from multiple sclerosis. Your memories are fading so gather everything left in that noggin, like paper and ink and photos and love of course. Start with the foundation and don’t give up! Soon you’ll have a palace.
Detours Ahead
Director - Esther Cheung
Country - Canada
Time - 7:45
A road trip traces a transition of grief to acceptance through valleys, junctions, and detours. It is a meditation on solitude, and articulates my shifting relationship with place.