Shorts II: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
* Filmmaker scheduled to attend a post-screening Q&A.
Happy Green
Sonnyé Lim | USA | 2023 | 4 min.
꩜ North American Premiere
An intimate look into the symbiotic relationship between a little green turtle and an elusive black flower.
The Insect Maze - Snowman Plan
Ian Obermuller* | USA | 2024 | 6 min.
Slooth's cat-like commune is haunted by surreal beings. When a girl goes missing, he traverses nightmarish worlds to find her.
Gemini
Jamie Griffiths | USA | 2024 | English
꩜ Pacific northwest Premiere
Sarah’s cats have strange dreams about their desires as she develops an unshakable paranoia that something is wrong with them.
Monsoon Blue
Jay Hiukit Wong & Ellis Kayin Chan | Hong Kong | 2023 | 15 min. | Cantonese
꩜ WEST COAST Premiere
A goldfish’s dream to return to its wild form unleashes a monsoon of long-forgotten memories.
Today, I <3 U _ _ _ _
Neely Goniodsky* | USA | 2024 | 2 min.
An intaglio embrace of non-traditional relationships that destigmatizes diverse expressions of sexuality.
Bunnyhood
Mansi Maheshwari | United Kingdom | 2024 | 9 min. | English
꩜ West Coast Premiere
Mum would never lie to me, would she? Innocent Bobby discovers the answer to this question when she is surprised by a last-minute trip to the hospital.
La Voix des Sirènes
Gianluigi Toccafondo | France, Italy | 2023 | 20 min.
꩜ WEST COAST Premiere
Down in the heart of the seabed, rocks, corals, and seaweed ripples, cradled by the muffled sound of rolling currents. Up on the surface, something extraordinary has just appeared: a voice.
DESK BUGS
Kim Hakhyun | South Korea, Japan | 2024 | 4 min.
꩜ North American Premiere
A bright red desk and a blue pencil. Skulls, cups, and a modular synthesizer. When you sit at the desk, they appear. With fluffy purple bodies, they're called "Desk Bugs."
A Kind of Testament
Stephen Vuillemin | France | 2023 | 17 min. | English
A young woman comes across animations on the Internet that have clearly been created from her private selfies. An unknown female with the same name confesses to identity theft. But death is quicker than the answer to the question: “Why?” 2024 Oscar Shortlist for Best Animated Short.
Roadkill Jamboree
Meghan Graham* | USA | 2023 | 6 min. | English
꩜ Seattle Premiere
A band of undead animals implore you to slow down via a ska-punk PSA to all who drive down I-5.