
Emma De Swaef
Directing
Biography
Emma De Swaef is an independent filmmaker and stop-motion animator based in Antwerp, Belgium. She creates films together with Marc James Roels.
Known For

Across different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy.
The House

A stuffed rabbit leaves the care of a child to pursue an adventure.
Doudou

Nicky breaks both of his feet, and asks his cousin Carlo to stand in for him during a footballmatch. But when Carlo is picked up on the day of the match, he gets in the wrong car.
Carlo

Forced to return to his naturist roots, Willy bungles his way into noble savagery.
Oh Willy...

In 1885, Africa is a succulent cake destined to be wildly divided and everyone wants a piece. A disturbed European king, a Pygmy working in a luxury hotel, a successful but lonely businessman, an enslaved porter, a young army deserter, a ghostly clarinetist. Some benefit from colonialism and greed. Others suffer racism and violence.
This Magnificent Cake!

A man and his small, irascible puppet friend receive a parking ticket while shopping and must take the bus home.
Parking Ticket
In a clearing, within a community of hypersensitive gnomes, a gnome suddenly gives birth to a baby, but has no idea how to care for it...
Gnomes

Naked, on the back of a sheep, soft office worker Willie rides trough the forest. His body is still in the office, but his mind wanders between dangerous flowers, li-los and an imaginary friendship for a soft sheep.
Soft Plants

Two friends fighting dirty
Fight!

The Garden Ape enthusiastically explores a wild city garden.
The Garden Ape

A man and his small, irascible puppet friend search for parking in a busy city.
Stress Man

A small creature made of sugar cubes awakens in a forest and wanders the world.
Sugarman

A young soldier's fear during an artillery attack becomes an unbearable wait followed by a swift, horrific end.