Repeater
USA / Animation / 6 minutes

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Director/Writer: Ian Bradley

‘Repeater’ is the story of a world in which creatures speak in symbols and can turn those symbols into realities. A ruling class of Sayers forces Repeaters to only speak in squares, creating endless cubes with which the Sayers can build their towers. One Repeater, banished from their tower for creating a forbidden anomaly, wanders the wastelands and discovers a band of misfit rebels in the midst of a wild ceremonial ritual. Joining them, they discover the true potential of these forbidden forms to change their world.

Saloon
USA / Animation / 16 minutes

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Director/Writer: Jeffrey Wisniewski

Producer: Jeffrey Wisniewski

Cast: Kevin Dorman

In a dystopian universe populated with both harsh truths and contradictions, a grieving, directionless all-American cowboy maladaptively self-destructs, harming everything and everyone in his wake.

Space Race
USA / Animation / 6 minutes

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Director/Writer: Shane Dioneda

Two competing Astronauts race to claim the moon for themselves.

Spring Roll Dream
United Kingdom / Animation / 9 minutes

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Director: Mai T P Vu

Writer: Chloe White

Producer: Thijme Grol

Cast: Binh Bai Bui, Elyse Dinh

When Linh's father visits her in America and insists on cooking a traditional Vietnamese meal for the family, the dinner takes on a life of its own, confronting Linh with her past and culture.

The Chemical Factory
USA / Animation / 14 minutes

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Director/Writer: Drew Leung

Producer: Drew Leung

Cast: Yee Chan

“The Chemical Factory” is a short animated documentary featuring a Chinese immigrant mother recounting her life growing up during the tumultuous 1950’s communist China to her American son during the COVID-19 pandemic. Faded memories of the Chinese Cultural Revolution are brilliantly rendered using groundbreaking technology, while drawing striking connections to the spate of violence towards the Asian community in America.

The Originals
USA / Animation / 10 minutes

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Director: Cristina Maria Costantini, Alfie Kim Koetter

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The Truth Within
USA / Animation / 3 minutes

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Director/Writer: Gaby Soto, Juan Camilo Rincon

Producer: Ringling College of Art + Design

Cast: Keith Miller, Maria Pendolino

In a Make-a-Bear Store, a hard-boiled teddy bear detective is alerted by his lover of a dead body that has been found. Upon arriving at the crime scene, he starts unveiling clues which set him on a path to discovering the truth: Danger lurks closer than he thinks.

Vacant Spaces
USA / Animation / 5 minutes

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Director/Writer: Joe Baughman

Producer: Andrew DeSelm

Joe finds himself trapped in a cave with a kappa, longing for the world above, in this stop-motion animated music video for "Vacant Spaces" by Joe Baughman + The Righteous Few.