Short Program 4 - Animated Worlds

An old bear goes out every day to a busy street corner. Through a tin marionette theater of his own making, the bear will tell us his life story.

A disheartened Earnest Knapp learns that the things he holds most dear are often just a buttcheek away.

A geometric chase with undertones of morality.

With unique access to the recordings of Ted Hughes reading what he considered his career masterpiece, this film tells the visceral story of CROW, the lead character from this seminal cycle of poems…

The Dam Keeper, a short film by feature-animation artists Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi tells the tale of a young pig with an important job, and a new classmate who changes everything.

Deadly tells the story of Boney, a working stiff in a dead-end job. That is until he has a run-in with a spirited old lady named Bridie...

A sociopolitical metaphor of the world as a formal dinner that takes an unexpected turn when there is no more food to be served.

A gullible man goes on a quest to find a mysterious destructive monster, ultimately arriving at a surprising revelation.

Are we born to do good or are we here just to save ourselves? This animated film provides disconcerting answers.

A Christmas Angel uses his manipulative ways to reunite a couple in time for Christmas.

When the chaotically misfortunate Jenkins and the monotonously lucky Lou run into each other one morning, they find a thrilling and fulfilling change of pace as they hurtle down the hills of San…

At their isolated hotel in the Canadian Rockies, a pair of teenage twin girls need to get over themselves and work together in order to defeat the most horrifying threat they have ever faced: their…

Luna & Lars is a dark, magical realism short story of love and loss all within the confines of an old attic. Two puppets, Luna and Lars, come to life at night to dance together in their miniature…

Nine is a haunting tale of innocence lost as the Grey Cat, afraid of losing his final life, makes a deal with the devil and gets much more than he bargained for, and loses even more along the way.

That which is neglected, is lost.