These are our six recommended Asian short films from the ANIMAC International Animation Film Festival of Catalonia, taking place from February 15 – 18, 2024 in Catalonia, Spain.

Bergamot by Yanqi Liang – China | 2023 – 7 minutes

Buddha’s Hand, another name for the fruit also known as fingered citron, explores the binary mother-daughter relationship as it shifts and grows. Buddha’s hand and human hands are similar but different, opposite but compatible, which reflects the mother-daughter relationship: resembling but refusing to resemble, contradicting but sticking together, pulling apart but connecting. (ANIMAC 2024)

Cloudy by Joshua Pereira – Singapore | 2023 – 7 minutes

While avoiding a conversation with his mum, Elliot encounters a peculiar little creature! (ANIMAC 2024)

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Fur by Zhen LI – USA | 2022 – 7 minutes

A crush gone mouldy explained in a disturbing short film that combines different techniques. (ANIMAC 2024)

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I Am a Horse by Chaerin Im – Korea, Denmark | 2022 – 8 minutes

A feminist rendering of a Korean birth dream through the tin-foil lithographic imagining of a mighty she-horse. (Mubi)

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It’s Dance Time by Qiushu Li – UK | 2023 – 4 minutes

An intimate conversation between two schoolgirls during a group dance between classes in which they talk about changing bodies and the experience of UFO sightings. (ANIMAC 2024)

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Welcome to 8th Street by Yoo Lee – USA | 2023 – 7 minutes

As newcomers attempt to settle into their New Jersey neighbourhood on 8th Street, some odd encounters have them questioning their decision to move. But that all changes when a wild turkey shows up on their block. (ANIMAC 2024)

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