Representing a range of animation styles and techniques, this block of animated short films showcases the work of exciting and talented animators from around the world.

An imaginative surrealist journey of young Jay Jay and his mother Edie. Their inner city dreams are illuminated by the New Moon accompanied by magic of Aretha Franklin playing on a summer's eve on a transistor radio in a backyard in West Philadelphia.

New Moon

An imaginative surrealist journey of young Jay Jay and his mother Edie. Their inner city dreams are illuminated by the New Moon accompanied by magic of Aretha Franklin playing on a summer's eve on a transistor radio in a backyard in West Philadelphia.

Parent and daughter Neal & Hannah discuss Neal's gender transition that began at age 62. Fluid transitions and animated memories depict the evolution of their relationship and Neal's personal milestones.

My Parent, Neal

Parent and daughter Neal & Hannah discuss Neal's gender transition that began at age 62. Fluid transitions and animated memories depict the evolution of their relationship and Neal's personal milestones.

Featuring three different visual styles, one for each participant, this animated documentary relays the story of three BIPOC folks who self-injure, then find new ways to cope.

Inner Wound Real

Featuring three different visual styles, one for each participant, this animated documentary relays the story of three BIPOC folks who self-injure, then find new ways to cope.

A daydream about a cornucopia of sweet treats meanders into a reflection on the building of a settler colonial empire.

"We'll have ice cream after."

A daydream about a cornucopia of sweet treats meanders into a reflection on the building of a settler colonial empire.

The tooth-mouse moves quietly in the darkness of people’s homes. The nature of his works compels him to hide from humans. But all this secrecy unleashes in him an existential thought: “how can something exist if no one ever sees it?”

When you wish upon a star

The tooth-mouse moves quietly in the darkness of people’s homes. The nature of his works compels him to hide from humans. But all this secrecy unleashes in him an existential thought: “how can something exist if no one ever sees it?”

Performing a choreography of resistance, a scaffolded amalgam of body pieces tries to remain whole in an environment programmed to disassemble it. A film about appearing "racially ambiguous."

Hospes

Performing a choreography of resistance, a scaffolded amalgam of body pieces tries to remain whole in an environment programmed to disassemble it. A film about appearing "racially ambiguous."

Every day, a father and his son jump with a parachute from their vertiginous cold house, attached to a cliff, to go to the village on the ground where they sell the ice they produce daily.

Ice Merchants

Every day, a father and his son jump with a parachute from their vertiginous cold house, attached to a cliff, to go to the village on the ground where they sell the ice they produce daily.

A malfunction at a CIA press event causes a Predator drone installed with an ethical AI personality to go rogue as it attempts to understand its purpose in the world.

Drone

A malfunction at a CIA press event causes a Predator drone installed with an ethical AI personality to go rogue as it attempts to understand its purpose in the world.

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