The Synthetic Age
In a city where people consume cartoons, a dog reconciles with its old friends, and together, they try to escape from humans.
Directed by Dimitris Armenakis
Length: 8 min.
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Framed Shorts: Late Night Insanity Reels
Dive into audiovisual madness!
A metal-rock music video made in stop-motion? An erotic comedy about carrots? Or how about a horror film about an unexpected trip to the hospital? Late Night Insanity Reels is a bizarre collection of wacky short films that can go in any direction! One thing is for sure: with Late Night Insanity Reels, you'll experience animated films that make the most of this incredibly cool medium! You have no idea what crazy experiences await you, so come trip out with us.
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Agenda
Thursday 7 May
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Geometries of Time - The Cockroach
A man comes home at night and steps on a cockroach: it is the beginning of a long agony that influences the surrounding world.
Directed by Francesca Ferrario
Length: 4 min.
Closing Hour
A young woman working the night shift runs into a monster... Is it her ex-boyfriend or a literal monster?
Directed by Tim Smink
Length: 9 min.
Cosmic Crash
When an otherworldly being crashes near a lab, chaos is unleashed.
Directed by James Smith
Length: 2 min.
Dollhouse Elephant
We all live in our own little worlds, without any concerns for others... Until our actions impact our neighbors.
Directed by Jenny Jokela
Length: 11 min.
Via Crusis
Carnal pleasures condemned within us.
Directed by Juan Lucas Neira
Length: 3 min.
Praying Mantis
A mutant praying mantis seduces and preys on men out of desperation to save her child.
Directed by Joe Hsieh
Length: 18 min.
TV Entreaberta
A woman is abducted to the insides of her TV, where she is tormented by some sort of cartoony American host.
Directed by Mateus Compart
Length: 8 min.
Charli and the Wolf
After facing a series of hurdles, Charli longs to no longer feel anything. He moves to the mountains and becomes a shepherd.
Directed by Gwenaëlle de Ville
Length: 6 min.
You Are Not Part of the Cake
Ping confronts the Man, her girlfriend Lala's homophobic and aggressive father. To save herself, she kills him and makes him into a cake.
Directed by Ting-Jui Chen
Length: 5 min.
Look Said the Dog
An ordinary family that no longer communicates. Each creates a bubble where their problems intensify, forgetting what truly matters and what surrounds them.
Directed by Matis Inserra
Length: 3 min.
Framed
May 7, 8, 9 and 10, 2026
A festival bursting with animation films, master classes and talks by local and (inter)national creators. Whether you're a diehard animation fan or just curious, Framed is the place to be!
