By pushing the boundaries of creative expression, these shorts prove that a film drawn isn&#39;t solely for kids. Animated films can even show us worldviews in ways traditional filmmaking cannot.

This poetic animated short explicates a child's views on femininity.

White Sateen

In this glitched out exploration of the universe, a baby figures out a goat is the key to unlocking life's mysteries.

A Goat's Spell

Hanna rediscovers herself as she blossoms as an artist in a foreign land.

The Shadow of My Life

A lonely little girl shares her daily life with illness.

Confusion will be my Epitaph

In a world where you can rent everything from vending machines, a young woman dreams of being a guitarist.

A Guitar in the Bucket

A Hong Kong widower receives a ghostly visitor.

The awakening of the insects

A magnetic storm is approaching the solar system and will turn daily life on its head.

Botanica Exotica

The personal is political in this poetic tale of an elderly community.

The House of Loss

A Walt Whitman poem becomes a dazzling audiovisual collage.

Once I passed

A group of brave Ukrainian kids fight for peace against Russian occupiers.

Star Hour - Peace for Ukraine

Narrative Shorts: Outside the Lines

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