The 19th Annual Animation Show of Shows

For the first time ever, the ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS, featuring the best animated short films by students and professionals around the world, will be available on Vimeo. This special online presentation offers viewers an unprecedented opportunity to see the “best of the best” on their own computer screen.

Four editions of the ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS  comprising a total of 56 short films, will be available for viewing on Vimeo. The programs include the Oscar nominees “We Can’t Live Without the Cosmos,” “Weekends,” “One Small Step,” “Pearl,” and “World of Tomorrow, as well as an incredible array of other award-winning films that range from the profound to the hysterically funny.

Created by men and women of all ages from 20 different countries, the short films in the ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS highlight the universality of shared ideals and remind us of the indomitability of the human spirit. Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to enjoy what Oscar-winning director Pete Docter described as “some of the best shorts produced by some of the best filmmakers working today, doing things that can only be done in this amazing medium.”

The 19th Annual Animation Show of Shows (theatrically released in North America in October 2017)

“An exceptional program that starts off strong and only gets better as it goes, the 19th Annual Animation Show of Shows overflows with charm, while containing more provocative observations about the nature of existence than most prestige feature films." John Defore, – The Hollywood Reporter

These 15 exceptional and inspiring animated shorts from around the world present compelling ideas about individuality, civil liberties, and our place in society and in the universe. Thoughtful, profound, and often very funny, this compelling and entertaining collection includes a newly restored version of the acclaimed classic short “The Hangman.”

• CAN YOU DO IT (Quentin Baillieux)
• TINY BIG (Lia Bertels)
• NEXT DOOR (Pete Docter)
• THE ALAN DIMENSION (Jac Clinch)
• BEAUTIFUL LIKE ELSEWHERE (Elise Simard)
• HANGMAN (Paul Julian & Les Goldman)
• THE BATTLE OF SAN ROMANO (Georges Schwizgebel)
• GOKUROSAMA (C Frère, A Gal, Y Meignien, A Mertz, R Migliorelli, R Salvini)
• ISLAND (Max Mörtl & Robert Löbel)
• UNSATISFYING (Parallel Studio)
• MY BURDEN (Niki Lindroth von Bahr)
• LES ABEILLES DOMESTIQUES (DOMESTIC BEES) (Alexanne Desrosiers)
• OUR WONDERFUL NATURE: THE COMMON CHAMELEON (Tomer Eshed)
• CASINO (Steven Woloshen)
• EVERYTHING (David OReilly)

(The on demand version of The 19th Show does not contain "Dear Basketball" featured in the original theatrical release.)