TUESDAY AUGUST 4, 1:00 PM
PROGRAM 25
Laemmle NOHO

The Last Dance
USA | Animation | 5 minutes
Director/Writer: Margarita Beglaryan
Producer: Amol Ramani
The film follows an elderly woman living with her dog as she navigates life after losing her husband. Through memories of their shared joy- especially dancing- it reflects on love, connection, and how small, meaningful moments keep our memories alive.

Compy
USA | Animation | 7 minutes
Director: Kyle Vincent BeBeau
Writer: Kyle Vincent BeBeau, Peter Bluhme Andersen
Producer: Camila Torres-Padilla
A pesky little dinosaur tries to steal a clutch of eggs from the tallest tree in the jungle, but each of his dimwitted attempts end in failure.

Dokkaebi
USA | Animation | 4 minutes
Director: Sooyeon Bae
Producer: Olivia Fu, Maya González, Audrey Isabelle Mabanta
A young Dokkaebi must care for a baby to prove himself worthy of becoming a guardian spirit — but in learning how to nurture, he discovers what powers he truly needs.

Tunnel Vision
USA | Animation | 4 minutes
Director/Writer: Yiru Deng
Producer: Tristan Marley Lai, Junsang Yoo
Using tunnel vision, a symptom that narrows one’s field of sight as the main metaphor, the film reveals the female experience of intense pressure and lack of autonomy within East Asian families. The film questions traditional values that can result in generational trauma.

The Flight of Atlas
USA | Animation | 5 minutes
Director/Writer: Taylor (Eunkyung) Kim
Producer: Taylor (Eunkyung) Kim
Reaching for their dream, they become good friends and work together to build sets of wings for each other. However, due to clashing beliefs, it soon turns into a relationship that is no longer joyful and starts affecting each other in a poisonous way.

The Worm's-Eye View of the Bird
USA | Animation | 6 minutes
Director/Writer: Karen Zipor
Producer: Karen Zipor
A girl falls in love with a worm — who winds up breaking her heart.

Beyond Silence
USA | Animation | 3 minutes
Director/Writer: Ziyun Xiao
Producer: Ziyun Xiao
Cast: Ziyun Xiao
A non-verbal autistic boy experiences the world through rhythm, sound, and subtle sensory harmony. When a sudden chain of neighborhood accidents triggers an overwhelming sensory overload, his carefully balanced world collapses into chaos.

Memory Jar
USA | Animation | 7 minutes
Director/Writer: Ruel Pascual
Producer: Ruel Pascual
“Memory Jar” is a film about the everyday struggle of balancing work and family, and the choices we make about how and where we spend our time. Life is like a camera: every day, we have the power to choose what we focus on.

How Not to Die on an Alien Planet
USA | Animation | 9 minutes
Director: Carlos Fernandez Puertolas
Writer: Anthony Hodgson, Carlos Fernandez Puertolas
Producer: Paige Johnstone
Stranded on a distant world, a small, worn-out robot named Helen wanders through strange, beautiful landscapes, guided only by a song and the quiet weight of an unfinished mission.

A Little Death
UK | Animation | 12 minutes
Director: Leto Meade, Jonathan Rockefeller
Writer: Jonathan Rockefeller
Producer: Michelle Brøndum
Death’s patience is tested when his sweet and gentle apprentice appears incapable of the task, leading him to seek professional help from the most unlikely of places.

Under the Lake
Spain | Animation | 15 minutes
Director/Writer: Juan Carlos Mostaza
Producer: Juan Carlos Mostaza
In a world populated by wire characters, faceless and expressionless, a man lives with his son near a beautiful lake. One day, the boy rescues a man who arrives at the shore badly injured.

The Flesh Dress
France | Animation | 15 minutes
Director: Joachim Hérissé
Writer: Joachim Hérissé, Emma Degoutte
Producer: Stéphanie Launay, Komawé
Cast: Franck Trillot, Laurence Huby
John, an old nostalgic taylor, makes his wife work on dresses out of fashion. A macabre event inspires the designer a new dress gorgeous but freaky…
