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SHORTS: ANIMATION PRIX FIXE

A veritable tasting menu of talent from stop motion to cyanotype schematic quilts. Fill up on animation’s delights with films that explore, explain, and share what makes us who we are, individually and together. Featuring special film by legendary anime director Rintarō.

Guest curated by Neha Pearce.
Post-screening Q&A scheduled with filmmakers.

 

In this program


This is TMI

Directed by Subarna Dash, Vidushi Gupta

A lool back at growing up using doc style audio of friends talking about puberty, paired with fun narrative and surreal animations, mixed media.

And Granny Would Dance

Directed by Maryam Mohajer

Adorable, painterly story from a child’s point of view of a time when her grandmother was happy.

I Would’ve Been Happy

Directed by Jordan Wong

Technical and gorgeous schematics on quilts, exploring the literal and emotional architecture of a broken home, while also looking back and imagining a time when his mother says she “would’ve been happy.”

Hey Dad

Directed by WeiFan Wang

A boy treks through a surreal landscape to try to tell his father the truth about himself.

Bottle George

Directed by Daisuke 'Dice' Tsutsumi

Stop motion animation about a father and daughter’s relationship with his alcohol addiction and the new and old connections that happen along the way.

LIMBO

Directed by Hsieh Ting-chieh

Ghibli-like soft illustration about the separation between a child and their mother.

Minus Plus Multiply

Directed by Chu-Chieh Lee

A delightful mix of 2D and 3D animation paired with a spoken word exploration of our selves and internal worlds as objects, negotiation of shapes and spaces, and pieces that are complete or not.

kawauso

Directed by Akihito Izuhara

A video game style echoplex of a girl and a mysterious Japanese river otter, and our relationship to the environment.

Nezumikozō Jirokichi

Directed by Rintarō

The legendary Rintarō (Astroboy) returns to the screen from a 14-year hiatus to craft this homage to another legend animator Sadao Yamanaka.

Dates & Times

Edwards Mira Mesa

Saturday, November 16, 2024
3:20 pm