Surf Soup® Buttons is a hand-drawn animated short inspired by Donna Kay Lau's Chinese American heritage. A magical laundry turns garments into gateways of imagination, celebrating family, culture, and resilience.
This film is about a part of the living conditions of a person with a disability in society. The animation is from the perspective of a mother who wants to bring her daughter home from school.
A stop-motion animation showing two dancing figures that manifest within a man, each representing his emotions and functions. They linger in a divided space, isolated from the outside world. Suddenly, something rushes in and grabs their attention.
When two kids dare to watch a gruesome VHS slasher flick about a violent Jack o' Lantern killer called "The Carvening", it hits a little too close to home.
The unraveling mind of Jack, depicted through a dilapidated motel. He navigates chaotic nights filled with mysterious phone calls, disruptive guests, childhood humiliation and battles with addiction.
Inspired by research into the rhythm of firefly flickering, which is invisible to the human eye, this computer-animated film straddles the line between scientific mockumentary and essayistic horror, suggesting that one form of existence may gradually give way to another.
A stop-motion animation composed of photographs, watercolors, and fungal pigments brings to life the imagery of mushrooms in an endless array of shapes and forms. With exaggeration and humor, it allows a fascinating mycological universe to grow, evoking the infinitely ramified, mysterious world of mycelium and its hidden communication.
A space marine named Wilson has built a life for himself after crash landing on an unknown planet. He lives peacefully with his best friend, a native creature. Wilson becomes terminally ill and is forced to choose between returning to Earth for treatment and never seeing the creature again, or staying and succumbing to his illness.
During a long car ride, nine-year-old Timo escapes his parents’ bickering by creating a fantasy world in the passing landscape. A spaceman and T. rex battle across the skies and rolling hills, taking Timo along with them.
Rhymed couplets express the irritation caused by an uninvited rat guest. Based on a book by Nadia Budde, this short humorously advocates for sharing space and time with others.