Yours Animatedly

Mates
Dir: Anna Lucía Alcalá Pérez
7 min | 2020 | Mexico | No Dialogues

This is a story about soul mates, and how a relationship – of any kind – isn’t black and white; it’s a life full of color. Sometimes just one person is enough for us to feel less lonely.

Robin and Ashley are two aliens on a secret mission to record and experience human life and culture. They get shocked by the gender stereotype norms in human society, and decide to return to their planet to find true freedom.

An Urban-Fantasy story about witches, zombies, love and overcoming the influence of toxic parents – a story of a young Witch from Tel-Aviv who gets into financial troubles.

In the dark night, a girl in an alley, has her gift back from a woman, which she didn’t want.

Two women find each other time and time again, loving each other through all their lifetimes.

Made entirely during lockdown by student artists, this animated film is a collective piece of art, dedicated to one of the most famous lyrical fragments that remain from the lesbian poet Sappho: fragment 147. To celebrate the fragment’s poignant reflection on memory and legacy – “Someone will remember us, I say … even in another time” – translations of these words were recorded in Bulgarian, Catalan, Cebuano, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, French, Galician, German by queer women from all over the world.

Jay rushes to get ready for another frantic day. Armoured against the sights and sounds of the City, he races against time until a chance encounter propels him into a strange watercolour world. Here, three Nudes reveal their truth and an enigmatic Professor directs time. But will Jay dare to expose himself in order to find the clarity and connection he seeks?

Nude Triumphant combines painting from life with experimental digital animation, produced during the Covid-19 lockdown with a community of Queer and intersectional life models and artists. The film encourages us to pause and reflect, discovering our unique identities in stillness, and building a healthier relationship with time and with ourselves.

Narrated in an ancient Hawaiian dialect and portrayed by vivid animation through the eyes of a curious child, Kapaemahu reveals the legend about the healing power of four mysterious stones on Waikiki Beach – and the legendary dual male and female spirits within them.