The Annecy International Animated Film Festival is widely regarded as the most important festival for animation in Europe. We are pleased to present a selection of the best shorts to have appeared in Annecy this year.

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KJFG No. 5 (Alexei Alexeev, Hungary, 2 min) Three forest animals practice their art. Lady on the Threshold (Jorge Dayas, Spain, 14 min) Captain Michael Alban arrives in France at the beginning of the 20th century. The House of Small Cubes (Kunio Kato, Japan, 12 min) A house of blocks sinks in the water. My Happy End (Milen Vitanov, Germany, 5 min) All dogs chase their tails, but this one catches it. Oktapodi (Julien Bocabeille, François-Xavier Chanioux, France, 3 min) Two octopuses escape the grasp of a stubborn cook. Portraits Ratés à Sainte-Hélène (Cedric Villain, France, 7 min) How does one construct Napoleon Bonaparte’s portrait? She Who Measures (Veljko Popovic, Croatia, 7 min) Are our desires our own or are they products imposed upon us? Skhizein (Jérémy Clapin, France, 14 min) A gigantic meteorite strikes Henri! He now lives 91 centimeters away from himself. Talented Mouse: “Catnip,” “Pest Controller,” “Oasis” (Leigh Hodgkinson, England, 5 min) The adventures of a mouse who makes prank phone calls. (TRT 69 min)

November 14, 2008, 8:30 pm, Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema
November 15, 2008, 1:45 pm, Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema