A showcase of animated shorts from around the world including the United States, Ireland, Canada, Egypt, Norway/Sweden, and Germany. This package highlights the imagination, and creativity that define contemporary animation on the world stage.
THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS
In this haunting fable, a sorrowful girl is forced to learn how greed turns love into something far more dangerous.
WEDNESDAYS WITH GRAMPS
When a teenage boy visits his grandpa at a mundane assisted living facility, he comes to find that they have much more in common than he thought.
HYPERSENSITIVE (HYPERSENSIBLE)
The turbulent and surrealistic journey of a young woman struggling to rebuild her “self” in defiance of the social norms that tell us to repress our emotions.
RETIREMENT PLAN
At apathy with his life, Ray dreams of the beauty and joy he will find in retirement.
GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL
A child’s innocent play takes an odd turn, as experts ponder if our biggest concern for humanity’s future is artificial intelligence or human stupidity.
UNE FUGUE
Sister remembers that Brother had dark eyes, hair like her own, shoulders as fragile as a bird’s wings, and that he knew the way to the river by heart.
OVARY-ACTING
A thirty-something woman has to decide whether she wants to be a mother after unexpectedly giving birth to her reproductive organs at her sister’s baby shower.
DETLEV
A constantly freezing man's life begins to crumble after a stranger sees him indulging in his bizarre daily ritual.
MY BROTHER, MY BROTHER
A split narrative recounts the memories of identical twins Omar and Wesam.
A SPARROW'S SONG
A widowed air raid warden in World War II struggles to overcome her grief and rediscover joy—until she finds a dying sparrow she hopes to save.
