First Bloom (USA)
dir. Tingting Liu
4.5 min
First Bloom tells the story of the budding love between a eunuch servant and a princess in ancient China.
Clean Slate
dir. David Opdyke (USA)
2 min
Antique postcards tell a haunting tale of claustrophobia.
Hybrids (France)
dir. Florian Brauch, Matthieu Pujol, Kim Tailhades, Yohan Thireau, Romain Thirion
6.5 min
When marine wildlife has to adapt to the pollution surrounding it, the rules of survival change…
End Credits (USA - AL)
dir. Ian Bondurant
2.5 min
Two filmmakers argue over who had the most creative input on their film over the end credits.
TrailerBeebox (USA)
dir. Cable Hardin
2.5 min
A tale of agriculture and ecoculture.
Dr. Mantis (USA)
dir. Brandon Mikolaski
3 min
Dr. Mantis is a practicing psychotherapist but a full time praying mantis. Often, she doesn't know where one ends and the other begins.
Ontario, Quebec & Me (USA)
dir. Richard O'Connor
3.5 min
Flying in the rainy season, a romance.
The Secret Life of Art (USA)
dir. Catherine Mosier-Mills
4 min
What if art came to life at night?
Down Escalation (Japan)
dir. Shunsaku Hayashi
7.5 min
Falling down, it feels ecdysone is filling up its body. Delving into the deeper layers of itself, the flesh is melted down in the shell until the form is no longer.
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Black Dog (USA)
dir. Joshua Tuthill
15 min
Two brothers must deal with the sudden loss of their parents during the space race of the 1960's.
TrailerUnexpected Discoveries (USA)
dir. James Mabery
3 min
A young fellow stumbles upon an ordinary flashlight that allows him to explore other places.
After All (Australia)
dir. Michael Cusack
13.5 min
A man cleans out his childhood home remembering past conversations.
Everything Changes (USA)
dir. Geoff Marslett
6 min
The film is a stream of 1089 individual connected consciousnesses. This doodle spans 15 years and includes more than 33,000 individual drawings of ink on paper.
A Drawing (USA)
dir. Brad Condie
5.5 min
A young boy misses the chance to say goodbye to his dying Mother. Through a deep desire he wills himself to try to see her again.
What's That In The Ground? (USA)
dir. Wally Chung
2.5 min
When you want one thing, sometimes you get the complete opposite or something worse.
Infestation (USA)
dir. Cable Hardin
1 min
They are everywhere and often hard to get rid of.
I Had Too Much to Think Last Night (USA)
dir. Kevin Webb
1 min
A visual stream of unconsciousness flows from the bottles of last night's revelry into the mind's eye.
Halbo's Hat (USA - AL)
dir. Julia Fleisig
1 min
After receiving her grandfather's hat, a young girl embarks on a memorable journey.
Dull Hope (USA - AL)
dir. Brian Ratigan
3 min
Suppressed memories reach a boiling point. An animated tale of longing.
SHAHKBOY (USA)
dir. Jake Peckar
5 min
Shahkboy is a typical New England high school kid, doing drugs and getting busted for graffiti. Oh, and Dad’s a Great White.
A Lost Waltz (USA - AL)
dir. Ian Bondurant
.5 min
A short animation visually representing the loss of a significant other.
Undiscovered (USA)
dir. Sara Litzenberger
3 min
“Undiscovered” explores the real reason there are no good photos of Sasquatch--not because he's secretive, but because he's un-photogenic.
