Cardiff Animation Afternoons: Dare (15)

Mon 1 January 0001 - Sun 31 October 2021

Various | 79’ | 15
Will you DARE to sit with us in the dark and spend the afternoon watching a deliciously curated collection of disquieting animated short films? If you’re looking for cheery musical numbers, talking animals going on adventures and innocent princesses trying to find true love, these films aren’t for you. The gritty and absurd films in this intoxicating programme will leave you feeling unsettled, questioning your very existence, and have you begging for more by the time it’s all over.

You’re Fit
UK | 3’ | Lydia Reid
Blue hot-pants, pink skin, and a lot of love. You’re Fit explores what actually happens in the gym in a humorous and sexy way.

R.A.S.
France | 5’ | Lucas Durkheim
For months now, a group of five young soldiers have been stuck, bored, on a mission in the middle of the Afghan mountains. One day, during a support mission, the routine is finally broken.

That Makes Two of Us
UK | 5’ | Tim Hawkins
An ageing aristocrat finds himself with unexpected, and unwanted, company when he vomits up his doppleganger.

Dogs of the Planet
Chile | 4’ | Antonio Villamandos
It’s the XXII century, humans have left the planet without trace. Meanwhile, the world’s dogs have started to work on their own revolution.

Imbued Life
France | 3’ | Ivana Bosnjak Thomas Johnson
A film about a young woman’s connection with the life force of nature. She uses her talent for taxidermy to ‘restore’ the animals to their natural habitat.

Sh_t Happens
Czechia | 8’ | Michaela Mihályi, David Štumpf
The caretaker exhausted by everything, his frustrated wife and one totally depressed deer. Their mutual despair leads them to absurd events, because… shit happens all the time.

Police
UK | 9’ | Ed Smith
An ageing policeman is haunted by his past trauma.

Dogs
Hong Kong | 3’ | Benjamin Berrebi, Jakub Bednarz, Diego Cristofano, Théo Lenoble, Mohammad Babakoohi, Karlo Pavicic-Ravlic, Marthinus Van Rooyen
A young Polish partisan flees from the Warsaw Uprising.

4:3
UK | 5’ | Ross Hogg
Separate projections combine, unifying, becoming whole.

Dream Cream
Canada | 5’ | Noam Sussman
An elderly couple are addicted to a psychedelic face cream.

You Died
UK | 2’ | Sam Shaw
You’ve kicked the bucket. This handy video will help with that.

Coyote
Switzerland | 10’ | Lorenz Wunderle
A coyote loses his wife and children from an attack of wolves. Anguished by human emotions he’s trying to process the experience. Besides grief and delusion, evil takes up more and more space.

Prices:

£6 / £4

This film screening is unreserved seating.

You’re no longer required to book in ‘bubbles’.

For your comfort and safety, we’re selling at a reduced capacity so you can continue to observe social distancing, although this isn’t always guaranteed.

COVID safety: We have a number of measures in place to ensure that your visit is enjoyable and as safe as possible. Find out more here.