Chirpy

John E. Goras | USA | 2001 | 12' |

| IFFR 2003

Chirpy is the classically animated story of a very small bird’s very big love for a very big horse. It is also a funny commentary on the way stories and imagery are bounded by genres.

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wüstenspringmaus
main programme short
‘The desert rat has for a long time been associated with new-world capitalism because of its inexhaustible energy.’
Pellet
main programme short
About a man, a woman and the deeper significance of an owl’s pellets.
U-SA-GUI
main programme short
Introvert and refined animation film. A perverted gourmet board game with two rabbits and a young girl.
The Frog Who Admired the Cow
main programme short
A contemporary reworking in animation of a fable by Aesop.
Blues Stories
main programme short
The Blues à la français.
American Pork
main programme short
The pig-rearing industry looked at in a realistic and hence not-very-comforting way.
Praise! Praise!! Praise!!!
main programme short
A life story, private obsessions, but above all cats – and then mainly cats’ eyes.