tweet
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
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
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
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
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
A young woman reminisces about her father.
Deadline
Directed by Idan Gilboa
Black comedy that explores the power balance between bureaucracy, death and feline devotion of the elderly.
COVID Dystopia
Directed by Thomas Thorspecken
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
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
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
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
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.
