‘Lagarto’ by Miguel Jiron

Traveling to Nicaragua with his family, a young boy finds the world a weirder, scarier, and more difficult place. And filled, stuffed, and absolutely teeming with iguanas.

‘Home Sweet Home’

A house escapes from its suburban foundations and sets off on an epic journey.

‘Pivot’ by Louis Morton

A music video created with 2,000 drawings, a few dozen branches, 2 lights, 1 camera and 1 computer.

‘Unicorn Blood’ by Alberto Vazquez

Two teddy bears go hunting unicorns, their favorite prey. Unicorns have tender flesh and blueberry-flavored blood which the bears need to stay cute-looking.

‘Dumb Run’ by Caleb Wood

A collection of ideas too half-baked to stand alone, amassed towards no pinnacle of expression.

‘How to Make a Paramount Record’ by Kelli Anderson and Daniel Dunnam

A handmade video that recreates the inner workings of the defunct Paramount Records factory (where records by artists like Blind Lemon Jefferson, Louis Armstrong and Charley Patton were pressed in the 1920s and ’30s). The video is made entirely from paper atop a plywood set.

‘Synesthesia’ by Michel Gagné

In the summer of 2013, composer Gheorghe Costinescu commissioned artist Michel Gagné to create an animated abstract visualization based on his 1973 work, “Dots, Lines, and Patches for recorded electronic sounds”. This film is the result.

‘Aug(de)mented Reality 2’ by Marty Cooper

Using a unique animation technique involving traditional animation cels and his iphone 5s, Marty Cooper (aka Hombre_McSteez) turns everyday life into an odd creature-infested cartoon universe.

‘Sausage’ by Robert Grieves

The idyllic market square of two artisan stallholders is invaded by a slick fast-food vendor, set to steal all their customers.

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