Brooklyn Film Festival's Animation Selection Will Stream Online

The Brooklyn Film Festival- New York's longest-running competitive international film festival- is the latest event to take its 2020 edition online. BFF will offer all 140+ films streaming for free and will be accessible around the world- you'll just need to create a free account at the website. The films will be available from May 29- June 7.

As always, the festival line-up will include a selection of animated short films from around the world. There are shorts from countries including the US, UK, Japan, France, Hong Kong, Italy, Poland, India, Iran, New Zealand, Spain and Canada. All of the films except one will be either a world, US, NYC or East Coast Premiere- with the majority getting their first screening anywhere.

The films will compete in the category for Best Film, Spirit Award and Audience Award, as well as being eligible for awards across all categories including Best Director and Best New Director.

The list of films is below and you can find full descriptions of the films at the website.

Grab My Hand: A letter to my Dad

Dir. Camrus Johnson, USA, 5 min.

King of the House - U.S. PREMIERE

Dir. Zige Zhang, USA, 11 min.

Lursaguak: Scenes from Life- U.S. PREMIERE

Dir. Izibene Oñederra, Spain, 12 min.

Luz - WORLD PREMIERE

Dir. John Banana, France, 8 min.

Malakout - EAST COAST PREMIERE

Dir. Farnoosh Abedi, Iran, 10 min.

Metro - WORLD PREMIERE

Dir. Natalia Krawczuk Poland, 11 min.

Metro6 - WORLD PREMIERE

Dir. Geoff Hecht, USA, 8 min.

Miles - WORLD PREMIERE

Dir. Griffin Bajor, USA, 5 min.

Per Aspera Ad Astra - U.S. PREMIERE

Dir. Franck Dion, France, 11 min.

Pitch Black Panacea - WORLD PREMIERE

Dir. Tom Hardiman, UK, 7 min.

Portrait of Suzanne - U.S. PREMIERE

Dir. Izabela Plucinska, Poland, 15 min.

Prickley Jam - WORLD PREMIERE

Dir. James Cunningham, New Zealand, 6 min.

Shameless & More- WORLD PREMIERE

Dir. Fausto Montanari, Italy, 2 min.

Smiles - EAST COAST PREMIERE

Dir. Steven Bednar, USA, 11 min.

Stuffed - WORLD PREMIERE

Dir. Brad Pattullo, USA, 3 min.

Temps de Glace (Ice Time) - EAST COAST PREMIERE

Dir. Rachel Samson, Canada, 3 min.

The Bird - WORLD PREMIERE

Dir. Takehiko Yasui, USA, 5 min.

The Coin – N.Y. PREMIERE

Dir. Siqi Song, USA, 7 min.

The Masque of the Blackness - EAST COAST PREMIERE

Dir. Epoh Beech, UK, 13 min.

The Peak - WORLD PREMIERE

Dir. Satoshi Takahashi, Japan, 5 min.

The Sneeze of Love - WORLD PREMIERE

Dir. Kintan Chauhan, USA, 1 min.

Wade - WORLD PREMIERE

Dir. Upamanyu Bhattacharyya, India, 11 min.

Watchmaker at Times End - WORLD PREMIERE

Dir. Shaheen Sheriff, India, 5 min.

Wherefore Art Thou, Theo? - WORLD PREMIERE

Dir. Teddy Schaffer, USA, 5 min.

Why Z? - WORLD PREMIERE

Dir. Asher Horowitz, USA, 4 min.

Wuen - U.S. PREMIERE

Dir. Nicolas Lesaffre, Hong Kong, 10 min.