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shareFrom a Trinidadian-American woman preparing a traditional dish to a rebellious factory worker dreaming in color in a black-and-white world, this collection of animated short films takes you on a thematically diverse trip.
In this program
Provisions
Directed by: Kheyal Roy-Meighoo | 5 mins
PROVISIONS is a short stop motion that draws upon the animate possibility of stop motion to articulate the liveliness of culture and memory. The film follows K, a young Trinidadian-American woman who lives on her own, as she prepares provision soup. K calls her grandmother for advice on how to make the traditional Trinidadian dish, and their conversation evolves into a conversation about community and how it feels to be a child of the diaspora.
Starborn
Directed by: Aneesa Patel, Leia Millard | 3 mins
When a star girl is born with uncontrollable powers, it is up to Earth and the other goddesses of the Solar System to help her control it.
Playing Around
Directed by: Mia Albanese | 7 mins
A larger-than-life playground becomes a little girl’s paradise. But after her new friends urge her to grow out of her playtime, she will do anything to stay.
Have You Eaten?
Directed by: Pavida Changkaew | 5 mins
A workaholic college student is working hard on her thesis. Running out of chips and ramen, she decides to cook a simple dish, Kao-Kai-Jeaw (Thai Omelet on rice), bringing her back to the warm bittersweet memories she was cooking with her papa.
The Boy from Lookout Mountain
Directed by: Christopher Flippo | 4 mins
A young woman reminisces about her father.
Deadline
Directed by: Idan Gilboa | 13 mins
Black comedy that explores the power balance between bureaucracy, death and feline devotion of the elderly.
COVID Dystopia
Directed by: Thomas Thorspecken | 4 mins
We might be done with COVID, but COVID is not done with us. A short animated film about humanities failed response to a deadly virus.
On the 8th Day
Directed by: Agathe Sénéchal, Alicia Massez | 8 mins
It took 7 days to create the world, it only took one to disrupt its balance.
The Sun is Bad
Directed by: Rachel Mow, Sum Yee | 3 mins
Set in Hong Kong during the late 80s, a temperamental girl tries to destroy the sun and stop it from melting her city using toys and whatever she has.
The Nectar Instead
Directed by: Yoo Lee | 4 mins
A young fly gets trapped in the fly trap in the stop-motion studio only to have the existential realization that it spent its entire life chasing after the wrong thing.
Worry World
Directed by: Jessica Patterson | 9 mins
In a regimented world of black-and-white, where all thought is on display, a rebellious young factory worker who dreams in color makes an unexpected connection.
