SHORTS 1: In My Secret LifeAnimated shorts that dare to externalize our internal dreams.

Bunkers After finding an ancient golf course in the jungles of San Francisco, the worst golfer of the year, Starlo Von Sourdough, discovers he can recover the treasure of eternal life during the Covid-19 global pandemic. But first he’s got to learn the rules of golf…and in particular…Bunkers.

Bunkers

Metro6&nbsp; Today is an important day for Zak, but everything is going horribly wrong. During his adventurous bus ride, Zak goes through a deeply personal metamorphosis. Below the comedic surface lies a warning for all of us to not lose the importance of human connections. As Zak becomes more socially aware and appreciative of his diverse community, so do we.

Metro6

The Parrot Lady The Parrot Lady is inspired by a true story. The film works as an artistic interpretation of a woman's life who chose to live on the streets with her parrots, afraid of dying alone in her home.

The Parrot Lady

GNT To Nikki’s surprise, she has thrush. Who knew you weren’t meant to be wet 24/7? While Tammy is busy being caring and inclusive, Glenn makes it her mission to get thrush and reign true as Queen G again. It can’t be too hard - she wears exclusively activewear! How far will Glenn go to conquer the clique, and social media at large?

The Ephemeral Orphanage A group of tattered paper dolls daydream alternate realities and surreptitiously explore the hidden lives of their strict and secretive caregivers. Hijinks ensue and discoveries are made as the characters live out their childhood fantasies. Created with found paper dolls cut from a 1920’s newspaper and found in an attic, the film explores the adults attempt to dictate what girls learn, and the children’s talent for discovering forbidden knowledge.

The Ephemeral Orphanage

The Wind&nbsp; The rigidity of a historical fact rolls by like clouds, or maybe like cloud-computing. Digital landscapes like desktops, trash cans, and cursors flatten the sensation of what tangibly remains: the invisible pleasure of wind on skin.

The Wind

Arachnarche&nbsp; A doll faces her fears when a spider invades her dollhouse. However, something far more terrifying lies beneath the surface.

Arachnarche

Each and Every Night Since childhood, Lea has been seeing ghostly deer looming around her. Now that she is in a relationship with Maud, the visions are getting worse. How can she prove to her girlfriend, and to herself, that this is a real problem to be dealt with? Co-presented by <a href="http://frameline.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Frameline</a>

Each and Every Night

Sad Beauty&nbsp; In a heavily polluted world, a young woman mourns the disappearance of animal species. When she falls ill due to a bacterial infection, nature appears to send her a message in her hallucinations.

Sad Beauty

Disappearing Pathways Disappearing Pathways is a meditation on what it feels like to both belong and not belong within a community. The voiced narration explores issues of metal health, in relation to hallucinations, dreams, addictions, and family entanglements. We all carry baggage that is inherited through family and how we maneuver through the world is tied to both upbringing and genetics. Who we are is shaped by the past. Family history inevitably repeats itself as we strive to both maintain traditions while also attempting to embrace individuality and break the cycle of our ancestors. Throughout the animation, we use symbolism involving our interactions with nature, representing the passage of time as well as shifting notions of importance. Culturally, plants can be both coveted or undesirable simply by virtue of perspective. When dealing with categorization, our first question was: when does a plant become a weed? And then we began to think about how the symbol of the weed could be used to examine our own role in society. When does a “human” become a weed? Is this tied to how we navigate and understand community and communication? In relation to metal health, when does a thought become a weed in one’s mind? Disappearing Pathways is our poetic exploration of these questions, and an examination of how perspectives can shift depending on where you are standing.

Disappearing Pathways

Shorts 1: In My Secret Life Q&amp;A

Shorts 1: In My Secret Life Q&A

Short Film Programs Introduction by shorts programmer Joshua Moore.

Short Film Programs Intro

SHORTS 1: In My Secret Life (plus Q&A)

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