ANIMATION Shorts Festival - Best of North America - May 29/30 event
Animation, Independent, Short Films
See the Full Lineup of Films:
A TRACE, 5min,. USA
Directed by Julietta Zamora Lam
A 3D Animated Shortfilm in which a young girl learns to shed her guilt about her absent father.
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https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-a-trace
LARRY'S BIG IDEA, 2min,. USA
DIrected by Burton Rocks
Larry’s Big Idea tells the story of an imaginative boy who uses science to invent special batting gloves for his Little League game. The animated short is the first cartoon produced by internationally-recognized scientist and author, Dr. Lawrence Rocks.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-larrys-big-idea
SHAPESHIFTER, 1min., USA
Directed by Kyle C. Johnson
Mr. Hand navigates an abstract shifting landscape of money and taste.
https://www.instagram.com/notdjnoyez/
HUNGER, 3min., USA
Directed by Enrique Pilozo-Liuxander Ricardo Silva
In a society where everyone lives inside their own little world, someone dares to break the status quo.
CIRCUS BREAKERS, 2min., Canada
Directed by David Convery
Join Potato the Chicken and Frittata the Egg on a thrilling carnival adventure that takes an unexpected turn! When they find themselves in a retro 2020s carnival powered by gasoline, they engage in an epic competition to see who can turn off more stuff and end up taking things a little bit too too far!
SWAMPS, 1min., Canada
Directed by David Convery
Bello takes a mystery trip through the wood wide web and lands in a swamp - nature's water treatment plants.
POLLINATOR HIGHWAYS, 2min., Canadaa
Directed by David Convery
Frittata and Rocket Pants head to the big city to check out some green highways: Pollinator Highways! Pathways of flowers and greenery planted to make it easier for pollinators to get around in urban spaces
The Future Chicken Today Show: Animal Superpowers, 11min., Canada
Directed by Jayson Thiessen
Potato wishes she could be a superhero like the ones in her comic books but doesn’t know what superpower she has. Wildlife conservationist, Aneeshwar Kunchala, joins the show to talk about animal superpowers and inspires us all to become heroes by observing, connecting, and protecting the beautiful creatures around us. After saving an Inch Worm, Potato realizes she has so much to offer as a planet protecting chicken. Circuitree agrees – Potato has a big heart, and reminds her of all the ways she has connected and protected the animals on the farm through the years. Sometimes the BEST superpower is kindness and Potato, our optimistic hero, has that in spades.
LES BONS MOMENTS, 2min., Canada
Directed by Jasmine Carpentier
Les Bons Moments is a non-narrative film inspired by the feelings of well-being and nostalgia we can feel through our lives. Whether it's during the most insignificant events or the most trivial. Whether it's a birthday, a good memory with a loved one or just the joy we share with our four-legged companions, Les Bons Moments brings warmth to our hearts when we need it the most.
https://jasminecarpentier.wixsite.com/jazz-carpentier/le-bons-moments
BLIND DATE, 2min,. Canada
Directed by Jasmine Carpentier
In a world where we feel forced to fit certain criteria, Blind Date represents someone's journey through self-acceptance in a minimalistic way. No gender or sexual identity is represented. Only ones true self, love, care and acceptance