After the official opening of the festival, and before the start of the MIFA, the atmosphere is one of relaxation and budding friendship or reinforced by the sharing of a common passion. Festival-goers, authors, passers-by crossing paths, the inevitable ticking of time passing around the animation.

Keep Walking

Stop-motion animated short produced as a film student graduation project at the Gobelins Animation School of Paris by Carlo Vogele,  class of 2008, leading to a career as a character animator at Pixar. It was selected as the winner of the Best Graduation Film award the following year at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.

For Sock's Sake

Two robots meet in a city and engage in a street battle with hiphop music and break dancing.