No. 10: Mirror Animations

Fantaisie érotique

Strange Beasts

A new augmented reality-game is developed that allows you to create and grow you own pet. But how far are people willing to go to live in a fantasy environment of their own creation?

Island of Mistakes

A short animated film about poor student Kolya Sorokin, who is dragged by two swans to the island of errors. On the island, incorrect solutions cause a lot of problems for Kolya. These trials force the hero to approach his responsibilities in a different way.

Oasis

A boy is afraid to leave his oasis because of the spirit waiting for him outside.

Printed Rainbow

A matchbox collection unites a lonely woman and her cat.

Red Light Train

Young stewardess works in a luxury, long – distance train. Its destination is Paris. Travellers are mostly couples on their way to the capital of love. Stewardess becomes the unintentional witness of their quiet intimacy and intensive tenderness. Overwhelmed by her own loneliness and her burning need of love and being loved, she becomes to watch the lovers closely, in the more and more obsessive way.

Taiga Tale

Based on an Evenki folk tale. Two ingenuous taiga muddlers are going to move to new places. The Fox pretends to be their friend and seizes their boat with their belongings.

Tri meshka khitrostey

About an artful Fox who gets caught in snare while stealing grapes, and uses her wits to escape. Based on a Ukrainian folk tale.

The Boy from Napoli

The tale of the poor boy Ciccio, the magic globe and the Blue Fairy, who defeated the wicked witch and returned the globe to people that fulfills good wishes.

Groot's First Steps

Following the events of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1,” Baby Groot is finally ready to try taking his first steps out of his pot—only to learn you have to walk before you can run.

The Little Guy

Groot discovers a miniature civilization that believes the seemingly enormous tree toddler is the hero they’ve been waiting for.

Groot's Pursuit

Groot investigates a spooky noise that’s been haunting the Quadrant, which leads to an intense dance off.

Groot Takes a Bath

Everybody needs some alone time to relax and wash up, but things go quite differently when you’re a Flora Colossi toddler.

Magnum Opus

Groot sets out to paint a family portrait of himself and the Guardians, only to discover just how messy the artistic process can be.

The Circus

In the vestibule of a hospital room, a young boy waits to see his dying mother. The clamor and spiralling movements of bodies around him intensify, forming a grotesque circus—a cacophonous circle that pushes the child back, depriving him of one final touch of his mother's hand. Using rotoscoped drawings suggestive of charcoal sketches, as well as 3D and object animation techniques, The Circus compels viewing with its unsettling realism. Colour is employed metaphorically to subtly express the promise and the memory of maternal affection. Nicolas Brault's highly personal film, suffused with poetic modesty, casts a poignantly sincere gaze on the heartbreak of a child facing the fearful, mysterious experience of his mother's death.

A Small Stream

Based on Yan Wenjing's "Song of Little Streams." A young girl's long blue dress floats in dance for a while, then melts into the water and turns into a stream. Its name is Little Stream.

Dentist

A satirical take on dentistry.

The Wizard in the Woods

In a mystic wood, a supernatural storm traps a lone wizard's powers in a mysterious well, forcing him to wait out the storm, and meet a new friend.

El Triste

On the backstage of a marionette show, El Triste, a poorly crafted marionette, is going through an existential crisis and decides to do all it takes to prove to himself and his fellow poppets that he is valuable but, as in life, not everything turns out the way he expected.

Dog and Cat

A dog wants to buy a new hat from his local tailor (who is a cat). A story about why cats and dogs dosen't like each other.