CHICAGO Animation Shorts Festival
Today's Film Festival
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18m
THE FIRST TEAR, 8min., South Korea
Directed by Bo Kim
On a distant ark carrying thousands of robots, Unit 7 begins to question the purpose of their endless journey. When the crew arrives on a world filled with life, a single unexpected moment changes everything.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/the-first-tear-audience-feedback
LITTLE RED, 2min., USA
Directed by Talia Fidler
A troubled young woman alone on the subway is stalked by a shadowy wolf determined to keep her afraid.
https://www.instagram.com/littlered_film_2026/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/little-red-audience-feedback
IVY, 4min., USA
Directed by Will Bradley
An astronaut explores a vast, empty world. On her journey she is stalked by a spindly robotic creature. She comes across a castle which contains a network of information transfer which runs on an infinite army of rabbit-like creatures capable of running faster than light. In order to escape her stalker, Ivy grabs onto one of the rabbits and falls into an endless void underneath the world.
https://www.instagram.com/slog_dawg/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/ivy-audience-feedback
A Riverside Quartet, 3min., USA
Directed by Channing Christ
A stop motion short following four creatures as their paths intersect for but a moment at the riverside.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/a-riverside-quartet-audience-feedback