
WEDNESDAY JULY 26, 1:00PM
PROGRAM 32
SHORTLIST

Walls
USA / Animation / 4 minutes
Director: Michael C Perry
Writer: Joey P Fama
Producer: Amalia Kaufman
In this thoughtful and intriguing film, delivered within a stark, almost stilted animation, material life battles spiritual space.

Willow's Tale
USA / Animation / 4 minutes
Director/Writer: Linda Malik
Producer: Marlene Sharp
Cast: Andrew Haldeman, Linda Malik, Rachel Kopito
With animation by the neurodiverse artists of The Center for Learning Unlimited's Brainstorm Productions, here comes a motion picture that is the kitten's whiskers!

Snif & Snüf
USA / Animation / 5 minutes
Director: Michael J Ruocco
Two characters discover an interesting new object, and learn about what it means to share.

The 1971 Kitchen Grand Brie
USA / Animation / 11 minutes
Director/Writer: Ian Beckman
Producer: Ian Ian
Cast: John Fantasia, Ian Russell, Doriana Schöner
The Kitchen Grand Brie is only the greatest race in the whole household and your favorite foods are the contestants.

Balam
Mexico / Animation / 10 minutes
Director/Writer: Guillermo Casarin
Producer: Julia M Quiceno, Joshua Powell, Guillermo Casarin
Cast: Manuel Chan Uicab, Alma Cristina Balam Xiu
Itzel, a young girl of Mayan descent, goes on a camping trip with her father deep in the jungle. As they stargaze together, Itzel's curiosity leads her to wander off and explore the surrounding area.

Kintsugi
USA / Animation / 8 minutes
Director: Cleto Acosta-McKillop
Writer: Quinn Blackshere, Cleto Acosta-McKillop
Producer: Christian Acosta-McKillop
From the creators of the award winning short animated film Moon Melody, comes a breathtakingly gorgeous, hand-drawn masterpiece.

Yellowbird
USA / Animation / 6 minutes
Director/Writer: Tsvetelina Zdraveva, Jerred North
Producer: Amanda Miller
Cast: Irmena Chichikova, Leilani Smith, Isaac Jay
While living in New York, a young Bulgarian immigrant receives tragic news from overseas, and must choose between going home or staying in the US to maintain her legal status.

Dying to Meet You
USA / Animation / 3 minutes
Director: Jared White
Writer: Sam Mallari
Cast: Michael C. Pizzuto, Pilar Uribe, Makeda Farrell
Nothing will stop a people-pleasing woman from her carnival date with her self-centered boyfriend - not even a pesky zombie.

Curls
USA / Animation / 5 minutes
Director/Writer: Chelsea Heard
Producer: Chelsea Heard
Curls is a short animated film about 5 year old Mackenzie Madison getting ready for school! With her trusty sidekicks Prince, Pacifica & Ollie her blue dinosaur, she races against the clock to tame her curly twirly hair before the school bus arrives!

ATM
Taiwan / Animation / 3 minutes
Director/Writer: Oolluo Tseng
Producer: Oolluo Tseng
Cast: Jay Shipman
A story about a money machine, a poor man, and cat food.

The Backseat Lovers "Snowbank Blues"
USA / Animation / 4 minutes
Director/Writer: Colin Marc Lepper
Producer: Colin Marc Lepper
Diverging paths strain a loving relationship in the stop motion music video for The Backseat Lovers' "Snowbank Blues".

Driftwood
USA / Animation / 10 minutes
Director/Writer: Christopher Hills Eaton
Producer: Christopher Hills Eaton, Anderson Clark, Brad Post
"Driftwood" is an animated short film telling the story of Askr and his beloved driftwood - Askr survives the attack on Pearl Harbor by clinging to a floating driftwood log, but when he’s finally rescued, he refuses to let go, leading to a lifelong relationship of sacrifice and respect.

Stories from the Edgelands
USA / Animation / 5 minutes
Director/Writer: Paul Markus Krist
Producer: Paul Markus Krist
Cast: Paul Casselle
A stoic turtle and intuitive butterfly share an unlikely evening ritual, and are willing to sacrifice everything for it.

The Nectar Instead
USA / Animation / 4 minutes
Director/Writer: Yoo Lee
Producer: Yoo Lee
Cast: Frank Thon, Robert Werner
A young fly gets trapped in the fly trap in the stop-motion studio only to have the existential realization that it spent its entire life chasing after the wrong thing.

Welcome to 8th Street
USA / Animation / 7 minutes
Director/Writer: Yoo Lee
Producer: Amanda Miller, Xin Li
Cast: Michelle Sohn, Frank Thon, Robert Werner
As newcomers attempt to settle into their New Jersey neighborhood on 8th Street, some odd encounters make them question their decision to move. However, that changes when a wild turkey shows up on their block.

The Brave Locomotive
USA / Animation / 7 minutes
Director/Writer: Andrew Pierce Chesworth
Producer: Andrew Pierce Chesworth
Cast: Morgana Hasil, Kari Shaw Akers, Andra Suchy
An Old West musical tale with 1940s flair about a mighty little train facing harrowing disaster.

Camp Kona
USA / Animation / 6 minutes
Director/Writer: Adriel Meka
Producer: Kaitlin Goldstein, Katja Custodio
Cast: Grace Robinson, Adriel Meka, Zakaria Leoub
A lonely kid makes an unexpected friend when he’s forced to attend a summer camp with a dark secret.