In this fantastical story set amidst hides tough and tender, seven-year-old Sofía recalls the day she fractured her arm while being chased through the forest.
Rain in the Eyes
Film Tag: Animation
Mateo and the Cinema
A young boy gets help from his family committed to seeing his artistic talents gloriously unfold.
A Hole
A little girl longs for a playmate in the garden. Her efforts go unnoticed—until they finally take root.
Elena and the Shadows
Elena’s old neighborhood is empty and lonely until Félix enters her orbit and shows her how to access other universes.
Creativity Does Not Recognize Walls
Art knows no boundaries, as this lovely animation commissioned by the Pixelatl Festival seeks to show us.
Bzzz
A little girl recognizes that buzz and hum are essential to all life in this cross-pollinating tale.
Two Snails Set Off
A star-studded French voice cast joins in on this witty walk, or rather creep, to the dark side, which takes as its starting point a classic poem by Jacques Prévert.
Totems
A lumberjack is working in the forest when a tree falls on him and traps him. In his plight, his inner animal is awakened…
Shock Therapy
Spiders, snakes, monsters…You name it, Jim’s afraid of it. One day, he bravely decides to try a kind of shock therapy—facing your fears directly—by inviting the whole load of them into his home.
Notes on Monstropedia
A monsterologist in Medieval Europe crafts an intricate, illuminated bestiary. The result is a comprehensive monster archive, searchable by artful turns of phrase and set to the slightly creepy if classical strains of a harpsichord.
Eternal Hunting Grounds
Two children play on an island. Their favorite game: to search under stones, on the beach, in the mud, and in the fields, hunting for creatures that have given up the ghost.
Ellee
What’s a monster—eerie, creepy, not a “normal” creature? Ellee challenges us to rethink difference and test our lenses.
The Dinner Party
A mysterious host invites guests to a dinner party. However, his strange friends have even stranger eating habits…
The Burden
Upbeat, downbeat, and quirky beyond belief, this unique stop-motion short is filled with the unexpected, including catchy post-apocalyptic tap dancing, telemarketing, and auto-tune numbers that rattle your norm to the core.
The Day I Beat the Sky
One boy finds a creative way to tap into his anxieties and transform them into art.
Cat Days
Jiro feels sick. When his father takes him to the doctor, tests reveal it’s nothing serious, and yet make for surprising news about Jiro. But who says you can’t challenge the results?
Albert & Aidan Sykes
Aidan starts this poignant animated interview with his dad by asking: “Do you remember what was going through your head when you first saw me?”
Tough
A Chinese mother and her British-born daughter trade perspectives as they look back in order to move forward in this culturally-nuanced story.
Superperson
A citizen needs rescuing. Luckily, there’s a superhero on hand who just needs somewhere to get into costume…
Scrambled
Whenever Esra misses her train, her go-to for killing time is playing a game on her smartphone. But soon, a classic Cube challenges her attention.
Henriyeti: Sock it to Me, Yeti!
Henriyeti—a little bit girl and a little bit Yeti—demonstrates that great matches go beyond appearances. It’s just about teaming up and putting one fearless foot in front of the other.
Black Barbie
Confronting limited mainstream media depictions, this artful animation poetically explores the filmmaker’s challenges with self-acceptance growing up.
TIS
Are you a cut-out, or will you define the contours of your character and shape your own path?
Scent of Geranium
When you are new to a country, even the simplest things can trip you up, until you learn that blossoming on your own time is just fine.
Poles Apart
Nanuk, a tough-talking polar bear, meets Aklak, an enthusiastic grizzly, when he encroaches on her own dwindling turf, and she’s understandably a little less than patient with his clueless cheer.
Old Bear
A girl and a bear share an apartment, and, like most roommates, they try to balance their own quirky habits to make harmony. But they may need to reexamine what’s polite and what’s way too wild in order to become true friends.
Negative Space
The art of packing bags—and memories—is beautifully examined in this 2018 Oscar® nominee for Best Animated Short Film.
Fired Up!
Never underestimate the power of one voice to change things, as wittily illustrated by 14 artists from around the world in this animated speech by Barack Obama.
The Fancies
The Fancies are brainless, peaceful prehistoric fungi with hollow bodies and an ability to “eat” through their feet. They enjoy singing, dancing, and living happily in an isolated place called Fancytown.
Zara and the Others: Gorilla Brains for Dinner
Zara’s a little self-conscious about sharing her unusual family with her friends. But dinnertime is here, and why not make the playdate last just a little longer?