Wed 22 Jan 2020
Jonathan Swift Theatre, Trinity College Dublin
Free Admission
Incubation
A lonely girl runs away from home, and she is trapped in a time loop when she touches the magic egg. Her soul wakes up again in the room and she finally sees herself dead in the boat.
Director – Bo Zhang, Yunxi Guo
USA & China // Live Action // 5 mins
Paper Boats
Why can’t Rahel bring herself to sign her artwork? The visit of her high school academic triggers memories of why she is haunted by her surname, yet would not consider changing it.
Director: Gonzalo Guajardo-Fajardo
Ethiopia & United States // Live Action // 15mins
Memory Foam
This short video art piece provides a glimpse of contemporary bed culture, and reveals how our hidden emotional experiences, attachments, memories and nostalgia find their place among the physical components of a bed.
Director – Martyna Dubicka
Ireland // Experimental // 6 mins
Midair
A young boy follows a black balloon around his neighbourhood on the day his father passes away.
Director Biography – Zhaoxin Liu
China & USA // Live Action // 10 mins
Archie’s Bat
Archie’s Bat is a story about a lonely young boy who is surprisingly given the chance at friendship when his path crosses with an injured bat.
Director: Shannon Egan
Ireland // Animation // 2mins
Prey
As an ancient eastern proverb described: “a mantis hunting the cicada unknowingly falls prey to the eyes of an oriole.”— the most vivid view of natural cycle in human societies is best seen through lens of karma on a microscopic scale.
Director: Sun, Jing
China // Animation // 5mins
The Beekeeper
Deep in the heart of a bamboo forest, a paternal bear watches over Mae, a spirited young girl that he is raising. Sustained by the collection of beehives that the bear tends to, the two live together in peaceful harmony.
Director: Robyn Conroy
Ireland // Animation // 6 mins