Shorts I:
Emotional Support Buddies
*Filmmaker scheduled to attend a post-screening Q&A.
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Enbyknownst
Stefan Gruber* | USA | 2025 | 2 min. | English
An account of times the cartoonist felt their non-binary-ness before there were words to describe it!
Hungry Hollow
Sarah Ruyle* | USA | 2025 | 6 min. | English
✷ Pacific Northwest Premiere
A girl left for dead gets devoured by forest spirits.
The Princess Is Missing!
Kabir Kukathas | USA | 2025 | 3 min.
✷ Seattle Premiere
The Rajah and his troop of warriors search far and wide to rescue their beloved princess from an evil beast.
The Night Boots
Pierre-Luc Granjon | France | 2024 | 13 min. | French
✷ Seattle Premiere
With his parents otherwise occupied at a party, a child leaves home and meets a strange beast who guides him to the heart of the forest. 2026 Oscar Shortlist for Best Animated Short.
Viscous
Brad Pattullo | USA | 2025 | 8 min.
✷ Pacific Northwest Premiere
Small, soft alien creatures live their lives.
The Epic of Enkidu
Mike A. Smith* | USA | 2025 | 10 min.
✷ Pacific Northwest Premiere
When the catastrophic King Gilgamesh meets the grass-fed Enkidu, things don't go according to the clay tablets.
Caries
Aline Höchli | Switzerland | 2025 | 10 min.
✷ Seattle Premiere
Eager to create a monumental work of art, a shaman remains blissfully unaware that she is painting her murals inside the mouth of a vain weather presenter.
Dollhouse Elephant
Jenny Jokela | Finland | 2025 | 12 min.
✷ Pacific Northwest Premiere
A group of neighbours, each focused on their own goals, must learn to communicate and consider one another.
Stone of Destiny
Julie Černá | Czech Republic | 2025 | 11 min. | Czech
✷ Pacific Northwest Premiere
A stone explores the beauty of finding your path, even when it’s fraught with uncertainty.
Fear Is a Rose
Isabel Stub | France, USA | 2025 | 5 min. | English
✷ Pacific Northwest Premiere
A shadow knight explores an interdimensional palace while being chased by the roots of an ever-growing rose.
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