17h00 | Centro Multimeios - Planetário
“The Dark Side of the Moon nscc” refers to the planetarium show created by the visual production company NSC Creative, which sets 10 tracks from Pink Floyd’s album to mesmeric 360° visuals for an immersive experience. NSC Creative collaborated with Aubrey Powell from Hipgnosis to create the visuals, which are a blend of futuristic and retro themes tied to the album’s themes of space and time. This show is presented in planetariums worldwide, offering a new, immersive way to experience the álbum.
Direction: NSC Creative
Production: NSC Creative
Music: Pink Floyd
United Kingdom 0:44:00 . 2023
18h00 | Centro Multimeios - PlanetárioA collection of three theatrical short animations which can be screened individually or showcased as a complete collection.
“The Creation Story” tells the tale of Ranginui the Sky Father and Papatūanuku the Earth Mother, and their many children plotting to separate them.
In “Rona And The Moon” we learn how Marama, the Moon, came to look the way it does in our southern skies today.
“The Great Waka” tells of the creation of The Milky Way with all its constellations, and how they have been used through the ages to guide Polynesian sailors navigating the southern seas.
These award-winning theatrical animat ions were created by OHU Domes and feature recordings of traditional Māor i instruments by Dr Richard Nunns, narration by Te Kohe Tuhaka, Tānea Heke, Rangimoana Taylor and sound design by Dylan Storey.
Light and Darkness, Earth and Sky – this is The New Zealand Māori Creation Story. Ranginui the Sky Father and Papatūanuku the Earth Mother, held each other in such a tight embrace that no light could shine through and their many children had to live in darkness. After years of struggle, Tūmatauenga and Tāne Mahuta plot to push their parents apart, while Tāwhirimātea fights back to keep them together, resulting in the creation of the world, and the three brothers becoming the Māori gods of war, the forest, and the winds.
This Award-winning animation was created by OHU Domes and features recordings of traditional Māori instruments, and showcases high-end creative storytelling for full dome screens.
Technical Director & VFX Supervisor: Frank Rueter
Creative Director & CG Artist: Matt Pitt
Co-producer & VFX Artist: Kara Vandeleur
New Zealand, Aotearoa . 0:06:52
‘Rona and the Moon’ tells the New Zealand Māori story of how Marama, the Moon, came to look the way it does in our southern skies today. We meet Rona in a quaint fishing village on the night of a full moon, as she prepares a feast for her family’s return from the great seas. Rona’s sharp temper, quick tongue and impulsive actions have life-changing consequences.
This Award-winning animation was created by OHU Domes and features recordings of traditional Māori Instruments, and showcases high-end creative storytelling for full dome screens.
Technical Director & VFX Supervisor: Frank Rueter
Creative Director & CG Artist: Matt Pitt
Co-producer & VFX Artist: Kara Vandeleur
New Zealand, Aotearoa . 0:05:36
This New Zealand Māori tale tells the story of how a fisherman, Tamareriti, created the Milky Way with all its constellations, and for the first time brought light to the Southern night skies. Look up from The South Pacific, and you’ll see his Great Waka canoe traveling across the sky. Find out how the Waka came to be there and how through the ages it has guided Polynesian sailors navigating the southern seas.
This theatrical animation was created by OHU Domes and features recordings of traditional Māori Instruments, and showcases high-end creative storytelling for full dome screens.
Technical Director & VFX Supervisor: Frank Rueter
Creative Director & CG Artist: Matt Pitt
Co-producer & VFX Artist: Kara Vandeleur
New Zealand, Aotearoa . 0:05:00
21h30 | Centro Multimeios - Sala António Gaio
12-year-old Ben has just hit puberty and suddenly his weight’s a problem – for him and for everyone else. The other kids bully him, his divorced parents don’t know what to do … Even the school nurse is worried about him. So, despite his love of food and his emerging talent as a chef, Ben decides to take drastic action. He starts to diet. Maybe that can turn things round. And even win the heart of Klara, the girl of his dreams … Finally, Ben will learn that what truly matters isn’t how you look – it’s how you feel.
Direction: Kristina Dufková
Production: Matej Chlupacek – Barletta Productions, Agata Novinski, Marc Faye . Novanima
Script: Petr Jarchovský
Original Score: Michal Novinski
Czech Republic, Slovakia, France . 1:20:00 . 2024 . Puppets
17h00 | Centro Multimeios - Sala António GaioThe workshop and films are made by Haneen Koraz, a stop-motion educator and trainer who, as an internally displaced person, lived at the refugee camp in Deir al-Balah. She is an experienced animator who has collaborated with various arts and culture associations working in Gaza. Her efforts especially focus on the empowerment of women and young children and youngsters.
Just as the family moves into their dream house, bombing begins. While the father panics and urges them to flee, the children come up with a clever solution. Made by 20 girls between 9 and 14 years old from Khan Younis, Gaza. The workshop film was made in cooperation with the Theatre Day Productions (TDP) in Gaza.
Direction: Coletivo
Participants: Tasneem Al-Hallaq, Shahd Hijazi, Sarah Al-Zatma, Wesam Arandas, Mai Noufal, Jawaher Arandas, Fatimah Al-Hindi, Randa Al-Hindi, Razan Al-Zaqazeq, Noor Al-Khatib, Farah Siam, Malak Ayesh, Saja Al-Hussaini, Soha Al-Sameeri, Raghda Abu Shaqra, Isra Al-Jabri, Sabeela Shaheen, Haneeda Shaheen, Mai Al-Sarafandi & Ayat Hamdan (students of one of the UNRWA schools in the Al-Amal neighborhood of Khan Younis).
Trainer: Haneen Koraz
Palestine . 0:04:53 . August 2024 . Cut Outs
Artistic souls are the same – they cherish creativity, they work passionately. Art is a code empowering everyone to celebrate their own identity.
Made by 24 children with hearing and physical disabilities in collaboration with a group of children without disabilities, aged between 9 and 12, from the camp in the humanitarian area of Deir al-Balah, Gaza.
Direction: Coletivo
Participants: Mohammed Madoogh, Mohammed Shalakh, Alma Al-Madhoun, Retaj Al-Sharif, Menna Abu Ajinah, Menna Jarad, Majd Jaradah, Jana Jaber, Khitam Al-Helo, Ahmed Fatouh, Majed Al-Sarhi, Alaa Sheikh Khalil, Jana Abu Oudah, Layan Fatouh, Aisha Jaber, Mohammed Abu Oudah, Abdullah Musleh, Yazan Al-Durra,Ibtehal Al-Dalu, Mounir Shaheen and Thuraya Abu Al-N
Trainers: Haneen Koraz, Nour A-Jawad, Shorouq Darwish
Palestine . 0:01:26 . October 2024 . Cut Outs
Contrary to fearful predictions, a young couple with hearing impairments has been living happily ever after, raising a joyful, healthy son.
Made by 10 women with impaired hearing aged between 18-35 years old in Deir al-Balah, Gaza.
Direction: Coletivo
Participants: Amani Al-Hawajri, Ayat Misran, Heba Abu Jazzar, Areej Al-Qarnawi, Nour Abu Rawida, Yasmin Saeed, Asmaa Abu Omra, Suha Abu Omra, Alaa Fatayer, Reem Thabet
Trainers: Haneen Koraz, Nour Abdel Jawad
Palestine . 0:05:38 . November 2024 . Cut Outs
A cunning mouse turns the already challenging life in the tent upside down, creating total chaos.
Made by 12 young women from the Kay La Nansa Camp in Deir al-Balah, Gaza.
Direction: Coletivo
Production: Faten Dawood, Ghazal Al-Fleet, Maryam Sabbah, Sarah Al-Attar, Aya Abu Namos, Lana Al-Fleet, Tawbah Al-Attar, Rania Khalil, Menna Allah Al-Fleet, Nadia Mahmoud, Asmaa Mahmoud, Sama Al-Attar
Trainer: Haneen Koraz, Hadeel Abu Hassanein, Suhair Abu Soweirih
Palestine . 0:03:21 . November 2024 . Cut Outs, animated objects
Palestinian animators living abroad have donated their films for one year to raise money for their colleagues—animators living and working in Gaza.
Who We Are
We are artists, animators, educators, festival directors, and curators united in our mission to offer concrete material support to our animation colleagues in Gaza—whose strength, creativity, and courage we are all in awe of.
Why We Support Haneen’s Work in Gaza
For children, stop-motion animation is more than just a technique—it is a window into their deepest thoughts and hidden fears. Through character movement, they do more than create scenes; they release their emotions into the world—expressing joy, anger, fear, and love with delicate adjustments to facial expressions and body movements.
They imagine how a character speaks, how it sounds, how it gets angry or happy, and then they translate those emotions into vibrant, living motion. With each frame, they weave stories drawn from their own experiences, making the inanimate speak and turning ideas into moving images that tell their own tales. Animation here is not just a skill; it is a new language of self-expression, a free space for profound artistic exploration.
As Haneen says, “I deeply believe that every person has the right to express themselves freely, and that art, making, and learning cartoon films is one of the means of free expression, audio-visually, for all segments of society. I try to change the reality, even if just a little, for the children and women in the tents.”
In Palestine, in the month of March, in the year of the Intifada, the land told us bloody secrets.
Direction: Basel Nasr, Colectivo Almasna
Palestine . 0:01:28 . 2024
The story of a child and his fish on their journey into the unknown, following the raid on the child’s town during the ongoing war ravaging his country. The short film captures the steps of this journey and its transformations, concluding as the child reaches the coast.
Direction: Rami Abbas
Palestine, Spain . 0:07:14 . 2024
The harsh symbolism captures the complexities of truth in Gaza, where nothing is straightforward or easily defined.
Direction: Amal Al Nakhala
Palestine . 0:04:38 . 2025
A woman’s journey to find strength within herself through her culture and heritage after the loss of her cherished paradise. As she witnesses the destruction of a beloved tree, a broad and unbreakable bond is illustrated through motifs of olive trees and tatreez embroidery in this heartfelt film about the unity of people and their land.
Direction: Dana Durr
Palestine, Netherlands . 0:05:00 . 2020
Awaiting a prison transfer, Walid receives a strange request in a mysterious whisper… The film draws inspiration from the story of Walid Daqqa, who resisted for 27 years in Israeli occupation prisons. The film tells of a crucial moment in Daqqa’s life, the meeting with a child no more than 12 years old who makes an unusual request: a cigarette.
Direction: Basel Nasr, Colectivo Almasna
Palestine . 0:04:50 . 2023
Wandering through the Worst Zoo in the World, a young boy Sami is looking for his foot ball. The boy finds more than that when he encounters the little tiger Laziz, who follows him on his quest to find a safe place to play. Against all odds, they become friends. But the remnants of war harbour danger.
Direction: Tariq Rimawi
Palestine, Jordan 0:08:12 . 2021
18h00 | Centro Multimeios - Sala António Gaio
In this short film, Norman McLaren employs the principles normally used to put drawings or puppets into motion to animate live actors. The story is a parable about two people who come to blows over the possession of a flower.
Direction: Norman McLaren
Production: Norman McLaren
Script: Norman McLaren
Music: Norman McLaren
Sound: Clarke da Prato
Canada . 0:09:52 . Oscar® Winner, Best Documentary (Short Subject) . 1952
17h00 | Centro Multimeios - Planetário “The Dark Side of the Moon nscc” refers to the planetarium show created by the visual production company NSC Creative, which sets 10 tracks from Pink Floyd’s album to mesmeric 360° visuals for an immersive experience. NSC Creative collaborated with Aubrey Powell from Hipgnosis to create the visuals, which are a blend of futuristic and retro themes tied to the album’s themes of space and time. This show is presented in planetariums worldwide, offering a new, immersive way to experience the álbum.
Direction: NSC Creative
Production: NSC Creative
Music: Pink Floyd
United Kingdom 0:44:00 . 2023
18h00 | Centro Multimeios - PlanetárioA collection of three theatrical short animations which can be screened individually or showcased as a complete collection.
“The Creation Story” tells the tale of Ranginui the Sky Father and Papatūanuku the Earth Mother, and their many children plotting to separate them.
In “Rona And The Moon” we learn how Marama, the Moon, came to look the way it does in our southern skies today.
“The Great Waka” tells of the creation of The Milky Way with all its constellations, and how they have been used through the ages to guide Polynesian sailors navigating the southern seas.
These award-winning theatrical animat ions were created by OHU Domes and feature recordings of traditional Māor i instruments by Dr Richard Nunns, narration by Te Kohe Tuhaka, Tānea Heke, Rangimoana Taylor and sound design by Dylan Storey.
Light and Darkness, Earth and Sky – this is The New Zealand Māori Creation Story. Ranginui the Sky Father and Papatūanuku the Earth Mother, held each other in such a tight embrace that no light could shine through and their many children had to live in darkness. After years of struggle, Tūmatauenga and Tāne Mahuta plot to push their parents apart, while Tāwhirimātea fights back to keep them together, resulting in the creation of the world, and the three brothers becoming the Māori gods of war, the forest, and the winds.
This Award-winning animation was created by OHU Domes and features recordings of traditional Māori instruments, and showcases high-end creative storytelling for full dome screens.
Technical Director & VFX Supervisor: Frank Rueter
Creative Director & CG Artist: Matt Pitt
Co-producer & VFX Artist: Kara Vandeleur
New Zealand, Aotearoa . 0:06:52
‘Rona and the Moon’ tells the New Zealand Māori story of how Marama, the Moon, came to look the way it does in our southern skies today. We meet Rona in a quaint fishing village on the night of a full moon, as she prepares a feast for her family’s return from the great seas. Rona’s sharp temper, quick tongue and impulsive actions have life-changing consequences.
This Award-winning animation was created by OHU Domes and features recordings of traditional Māori Instruments, and showcases high-end creative storytelling for full dome screens.
Technical Director & VFX Supervisor: Frank Rueter
Creative Director & CG Artist: Matt Pitt
Co-producer & VFX Artist: Kara Vandeleur
New Zealand, Aotearoa . 0:05:36
This New Zealand Māori tale tells the story of how a fisherman, Tamareriti, created the Milky Way with all its constellations, and for the first time brought light to the Southern night skies. Look up from The South Pacific, and you’ll see his Great Waka canoe traveling across the sky. Find out how the Waka came to be there and how through the ages it has guided Polynesian sailors navigating the southern seas.
This theatrical animation was created by OHU Domes and features recordings of traditional Māori Instruments, and showcases high-end creative storytelling for full dome screens.
Technical Director & VFX Supervisor: Frank Rueter
Creative Director & CG Artist: Matt Pitt
Co-producer & VFX Artist: Kara Vandeleur
New Zealand, Aotearoa . 0:05:00
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