Una Furtiva Lagrima, stop motion of a real fish's journey to dinner sung as (ironically happy) opera. Brilliantly witty, sad, and funny.
http://furtivalagrimafilm.blogspot.fr/p/making-of.html
Tram, http://www.michaelapavlatova.com/show/folder_anim/TRAM.html
Space Stallions, a mock 80's cartoon title sequence from film students in Denmark: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Otaq2tmNMM
Une Historie Vertebrale, a romantic comedy about an L-shaped man, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq2hPgSzIwg
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Aalterate, an abstract meditation on rebirth through an eclipse rendered in varying 2D and 3D styles http://videos.arte.tv/fr/videos/_aalterate_de_christobal_de_oliveira-6438028.html
Waiting for Her Sailor, http://www.annecy.org/edition-2012/festival/programmation/programme-fiche-film:f20121362
One Minute Puberty, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2pq-djrDBs
Bydlo, allegory of struggle and conflict through claymation--of clay people http://www.nfb.ca/film/bydlo_trailer
Koisuru Nezumi, a mouse falls in love with a cheese, with dialog seemingly translated through several languages and recited by a computer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGMOeg1-pQU
Hi-no-youjin, love, loss, and the danger of fire in a historical Japanese city. Clever combination of orthographic and linear perspectives http://www.annecy.org/edition-2012/festival/programmation/programme-fiche-film:f20121300
Second Hand, http://www.annecy.org/edition-2012/festival/programmation/programme-fiche-film:f20120830
The Centrifuge Brain Project, a seamless live action and animated faux science documentary http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kCFdVYojyg
Moya Iyubov, a beautifully rendered tale of unrequited love in Russia painted on glass, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq7nLVoaPX8
Tsukumo, reminiscent of Studio Ghibli, http://www.annecy.org/edition-2012/festival/programmation/programme-fiche-film:f20121338
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