CAF 2022 SHORTS 7:
AFTER/DARK
Are you brave enough to stick around After/Dark? From the racy to the unsettling, the hair-raising to the eyebrow-raising, these short films will take you into the darker side of animation. Featuring a hide-and-seek game gone unnervingly wrong, ravenous spiders invading a dollhouse, a dystopian hunt, a gruesome re-telling of human history, and some raunchy salmon, these films are stone cold proof that sometimes, animation is definitely NOT for kids. Don’t say we didn't warn you…
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Ydych chi'n ddigon dewr i aros o gwmpas Ar ôl/iddi Nosi? O'r amheus i'r ansefydlog, y codi gwallt eich pen i'r codi aeliau, bydd y ffilmiau byr hyn yn mynd â chi i ochr dywyllach animeiddio. Yn cynnwys gêm guddio wedi mynd o chwith, pryfed cop rheibus yn ymledu i dÅ· dol, helfa dystopaidd, ailadrodd erchyll hanes y ddynoliaeth, ac eog gwyllt chwantus, mae'r ffilmiau hyn yn dystiolaeth iasol NAD yw animeiddiad weithiau ar gyfer plant. Peidiwch â dweud na wnaethom eich rhybuddio…
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HIDE
Dir. Daniel Benjamin Gray | Hungary | 0:11:00
Two brothers are playing hide and seek. One of them finds the perfect hiding spot… and never comes out. Life carries on outside.
CRAFTY WITCH
Dir. Laura-Beth Cowley | United Kingdom | 0:01:00
After years of prosecuting and torturing innocent women, Hopkins (the self-proclaimed Witch Hunter General) is about to get his just desserts at the hands or rather the magical finger of Winny.
MOM
Dir. Kajika Aki Ferrazzini | France | 0:09:17
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Set in a dystopian world, a young girl runs for her life while cameras broadcast the action. A declaration of love to the memories shaping our dreams for the future.
ARACHNARCHE
Dir. Emma Jordan | United Kingdom | 0:03:58
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Arachnarche tells the story of a doll who faces her fears when a spider invades her dollhouse. However, something far more terrifying lies beneath the surface.
MEMENTO MORI
Dir. Paul O'Flanagan | Ireland | 0:08:46
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A storm brews over Victorian Dublin as post-mortem photographer, Mr. Huxley, returns to his hallowed practice within the gloomy townhouse in which he resides.
THE CATALYST
Dir. Callum Angel | United Kingdom | 0:07:45
A young man is taken on a bizarre journey of self discovery full of colourful men and phallic imagery.
CUTIES
Dir. Theo W Scott | United Kingdom | 0:05:14
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A hand-drawn sequential telling of human history in all its horror and glory, culminating in our next evolutionary leap.
LITTLE MISS FATE
Dir. Joder von Rotz | Switzerland | 0:08:14
Little Miss Fate lives in a world driven by fate. When the opportunity arises, she slips into the role of the world leader. Unintentionally she creates a monster, which greedily wants to suck up all the love of the world. Overwhelmed by the rapid development, she loses control.
DIVINATION DAVE
Dir. Georgia Madden | United Kingdom | 0:07:05
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A crisp loving couch potato finds himself on a journey of accidental enlightenment when his favourite flavour of salty crisps runs out.
MR PETE & THE IRON HORSE
Dir. Kilian Vilim | Switzerland | 0:07:35
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The diligent soldier Mr. Pete does everything to meet the high standards of his baroness. To satisfy her insatiable lust for speed he shovels madly on her new iron horse's voyage.
POSTED NO HUNTING
Dir. Alisa Stern | United States | 0:02:36
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A terrifying encounter in the woods is captured on a trail cam.
SALMON MEN
Dir. Veronica L. Montaño, Manuela Leuenberger, Joel Hofmann | Switzerland | 0:06:06
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The salmon want to reproduce. While the salmon men are swimming upstream in a testosterone-driven race, the women at the source of the river indulge themselves in a fertility dance. But the roles aren’t set as clearly as the men expect.