Rosa is a 90-year-old Nonna who is looking to teach someone about her Italian recipes. She starts developing a loving bond with a robot named TOTO while teaching it how to make spaghetti. Unfortunately, things go wrong when Rosa’s granddaughter gives the robot a software update. Rosa is the real-life Nonna of filmmaker Marco Baldonado and TOTO is an ode to her traditions. It is a sci-fi short about love, language family and technology that serves as a warning to people about losing special family traditions.

TOTO

Rosa develops a loving bond with a robot after teaching him her Italian recipes, but things go wrong when her granddaughter gives the...

An ancient tale of the healing power of four mysterious stones on Waikiki Beach – and the legendary transgender spirits within them. Long ago, four extraordinary individuals of both male and female spirit brought the healing arts from Tahiti to Hawaii. Beloved by the people for their gentle ways and miraculous cures, they imbued four giant boulders with their powers. The stones still stand on what is now Waikiki Beach, but the true story behind them has been hidden – until now. Narrated in an ancient Hawaiian dialect, KAPAEMAHU brings this powerful legend back to life in vivid animation, seen through the eyes of a curious child.

KAPAEMAHU

A beautiful tale of four mysterious stones, where they came from, the people who looked up to them, and the magic they hold.

MY FATHER THE MOVER is the winner of the 2020 CIFF Best Documentary Short Film Award. Alatha is bound by the loss of her mother and seems unable to break free from her pain. With the help of her father The Mover, she slowly begins to join his dance classes and starts to heal her broken heart. Using a unique type of African electronic "Gqom" dance, Altha's father helps kids in the township of Khayelitsha, South Africa, to transcend the grips of poverty, drugs, and abuse and realize that if they work and dance hard they can be whoever they want to be. MY FATHER THE MOVER invites you on an exploration of Gqom dance and movement to ignite your own sense of freedom while introducing you to the crucial work of Stoan Move Galela and his United Township Dancers.

MY FATHER THE MOVER

Using a unique type of African electronic "Gqom" dance, The Mover is helping kids in South Africa transcend the grips of poverty and...

In Lisbon, a German married couple are about to get aboard the legendary n°28 tramway, but how should you react when the brakes let go and embark you on a vertiginous race... with a baby on board. This young filmmaking team from Supinfocom Rubika School in Valenciennes, France has crafted a fun and quirky animated film for the whole family that would feel at home in the Pixar/Dreamworks filmography.

A family fun adventure that focuses on a couple that need to stop a runaway tour bus with broken brakes and a baby...

After the parking authorities threaten to ruin their summer of freedom because of too many parking violations, a group of four teens come up with a plan to save their summer. This fun teen heist short is full of laughs, drama, and action that is sure to keep everyone entertained! OPERATION: CLEAN SLATE is the directorial debut from resident Calgarian actor Jayson Therrien (Z, CIFF 2019 &amp; CHOKESLAM, CIFF 2016).

OPERATION: CLEAN SLATE

When their summer of freedom is threatened, four teens hatch a plan to break into city hall and destroy their parking violations records.

Pizza delivery drivers Honeybear and Fishlips are given an overwhelmingly large number of pizzas to deliver in one night. Not only do they have to deliver all of these pizzas, but each one of the deliveries are in different dimensions. INTERDIMENSIONAL PIZZA PUSHERS is a quirky and fun student film that has a mix of different animation styles to help create the funky universe.

INTERDIMENSIONAL PIZZA PUSHERS

Two delivery drivers are given the task of delivering a large number of pizzas in one night. The catch? Each pizza needs to...

Maryam is a 10-year old girl from San Francisco on a mission to save suffering pigeons, with a love that borders on obsession. Since she sees pigeons differently than most, their lives are worth saving to Mayam. However, because of her love for pigeons, she is consequently bullied at school. This coming of age story is a beautifully immersive and vulnerable portrait that would feel at home in a Harmony Korine film. PIGEON GIRL sensitively and intimately observes Maryam’s daily life, exploring how a young girl teaches others about what it means to care. Director Whitney Legge's artistic touch can be seen as a cinematographer in FRIDA, also programmed at this year's festival.

PIGEON GIRL

Maryam sees pigeons differently than most and makes it her mission to save them from disease. This immersive short follows Maryam as she...

A young girl at a postal office discovers a sprightly elderly man who happens to be a magician. The man loves practicing his magic but never has an audience, until the little girl arrives. He is able to put on a spectacular show that inspires her to follow her dreams through magic, leading to an unforgettable experience. TO GERARD is a beautifully animated film from Dreamworks Studio that will surely be in the conversation for Best Animated Short at the Academy Awards.

TO GERARD

In this Dreamworks Studios short, an elderly man loves practicing magic but never has an audience, until a little girl sees him perform...

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