| FILM | DIRECTOR | COUNTRY | LENGTH | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Stellar Vacation! | Noah Shin | United States | 5 Min. | |
 An overworked asteroid seeks to escape from the daily grind of life. Little does he realize, his getaway will have a global impact! Film Block: Student-Made Narrative pt.1 | ||||
| Alice | Liz Van Verth | United States | 1 Min. | |
 Alice enjoys taking baths but ends up taking an unexpected trip instead. Where will Alice end up next? Film Block: Shorts Perfect for Ages 10 & Under | ||||
| Before Bed | Mahkeda Kellman | United States | 2 Min. | |
 A little fox winds down with a bedtime adventure with his mother. Film Block: Shorts Perfect for Ages 10 & Under | ||||
| Bellysaurus | Philip Watts | Australia | 8 Min. | |
A tiny dinosaur dreams she is a scary big dinosaur. When danger strikes, she learns it’s what’s on the inside that counts. Literally. Film Block: Shorts Perfect for Ages 10 & Under | ||||
| Coppelia | Jeff Tudor, Steven De Beul and Ben Tesseur | Germany | 82 Min. | |
Film Block: Sunday Feature | ||||
| Dilly Digger | Eva Colmers | Canada | 10 Min. | |
Dilly is a curious little mole who loves to dig. Day in. Day out. Dig, dig, dig. But he is not so good at staying on task. Today, Dilly is supposed to find mushrooms for dinner but gets distracted by a funny butterfly, a fuzzy caterpillar and a friendly Giraffe. Will Dilly find the mushrooms and keep his promise? Film Block: Shorts Perfect for Ages 10 & Under | ||||
| Dragon Skills | Dave Russo | United States | 4 Min. | |
 Hand drawn stop motion with an 8 year old narrator. Dragons are stereotyped. Pink dragons are good fire breathers while blue dragons are talented flyers. Two dragons take it upon themselves to break these obsolete norms. Film Block: Shorts Perfect for Ages 10 & Under | ||||
| Dream in Color | Marijn Raeven | Belgium | 6 Min. | |
Two brothers struggle to deal with the loss of their mother. The elder brother tries to cheer up his younger brother by taking him on a journey to an imaginary world. In the process, they find more than just a distraction from their grief. Film Block: Shorts Perfect for Ages 10 & Under | ||||
| Frog In My Throat | Sofia Spinelli | United States | 3 Min. | |
 Catherine lives with an anxiety disorder that has taken on the personified appearance of frogs. The frogs limit her ability to speak and at night make it difficult to sleep. One morning on a bus ride Catherine meets her breaking point with a frog induced panic attack. However difficult for her she finally musters up the courage to reach out to her mother for help. For Catherine, help comes in the form of a therapist who shows her how to manage her anxiety/frogs. Film Block: Student-Made Narrative pt.1 | ||||
| Grizz | Heath Grant | United States | 5 Min. | |
 After a young boys father passes away, his gift to his son comforts and looks after him in his fathers absence. Film Block: Student-Made Narrative pt.1 | ||||
| Hatching A Plan | Charlotte Anthony | United States | 4 Min. | |
 After an egg in a grocery store egg carton hatches, the baby chick inside goes on a mission to find a friend and discover his place in the world. Film Block: Student-Made Narrative pt.1 | ||||
| Keyframe | Hayden Grant and Joseph Weber | United States | 3 Min. | |
 While working to meet their deadlines, a group of animators find themselves in a strange situation. Film Block: Student-Made Narrative pt.1 | ||||
| Lily | Teri Tzaneros | Australia | 3 Min. | |
The film is about two independent individuals who live in the forest. They find each other unexpectedly in the woods, where they form a bond with each other. However, with one being overly eccentric and giddy and the other the complete opposite, a shy yet curious boy, they soon realise that connecting with each other proves rather difficult.
Film Block: Shorts Perfect for Ages 10 & Under | ||||
| My Grandpa Says He's An Alien | Eve Ren and Rosy Yue | United States | 3 Min. | |
Under a starry night, Grandpa shared with his granddaughter his big secret that he came from outer space. Grandpa decided to take the doubtful girl on a magical space journey to let her see for herself. Film Block: Shorts Perfect for Ages 10 & Under | ||||
| My Tiny Friends | Jiyoung Park | United States | 2 Min. | |
 “My Tiny Friends” is a 3D animation about an artist who does not like her work. The video shows her inner space during her journey of artistic creation. The main character, Sasha, meets cute imaginary creatures that pop out from her imagination. But she destroys them because she doesn’t like them. Eventually, she realizes that it is self-hatred that made her destroy herself and her world. At the end, Sasha learns that she should be happy by embracing her imagination and herself. The video unleashes the message of “loving ourselves” in a sense of wonder. Film Block: Shorts Perfect for Ages 10 & Under | ||||
| Paper Kid | Jaehee Cheong | United States | 5 Min. | |
 A Paper Kid’s born into the paper world. He sees the light and follows it, hoping something good is waiting; but he faces something else he’s never seen before. Film Block: Student-Made Narrative pt.1 | ||||
| Pasuya and Cloud | Ting Yuk Yuen | Taiwan | 9 Min. | |
This short-animation is about a aboriginal boy and a Clouded Leopard. The boy rescues the Leopard from a trap, and they became the very best of friends. One day, the two were out hunting, and they met the Leopard’s mother. After that, the story becomes emotional. The Leopard had to leave the boy, because it missed her mother so much. Film Block: Student-Made Narrative pt.1 | ||||
| Santa Doesn't Need Your Help | Kevin Maher and Joe Dator | United States | 10 Min. | |
When a K-Pop Boy Band shows up to “save Christmas” it’s the last straw! So Santa must prove to the world that he can still do his job. What follows is a laugh-out-loud adventure about refusing help. Will old St. Nick discover the true meaning of Christmas? Or will he ruin everyone’s holiday because he’s too stubborn to admit when he’s wrong? “Heaps of holiday fun!” – Jeff Kinney, creator of the DIARY OF A WIMPY KID books
Film Block: Shorts Perfect for Ages 10 & Under | ||||
| The Little Matchsticks Girl | Mickey Cohen | Netherlands | 3 Min. | |
 This modern version of The Little Matchstick Girl shows that the story in this old fairytale still applies to this day. A group of seven children from 5th grade from different neighborhoods in Amsterdam formed the illustration team. In the animation you see different versions of the girl and the different visions the girl has. The children have drawn their dreams of warmth, food and gifts causing the viewer to get an insight in the desires of a current 10 to 11 year old. The animation is an interplay between professional artists and children to create a contemporary version of a universal fairytale that shows how poverty knows many faces. Film Block: Shorts Perfect for Ages 10 & Under | ||||
| The White Rose | Ian Kim | United States | 3 Min. | |
 The White Rose is the story of German students who resisted the Nazis in the early 1940’s. In 1933, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party seized control of Germany and transformed it into a totalitarian Fascist state bent on conquest, subjugation, and genocide.
Film Block: Student-Made Documentaries | ||||
| When Mama & Me Lived Outside: One Family's Journey Through Homelessness | Peter Menchini | United States | 8 Min. | |
Tiny Gray-Garcia’s heartbreaking story about growing up on the streets of Los Angeles, San Francisco & Oakland. Based on her children’s book of the same name with illustrations by Ace Robles. Written and narrated by Tiny Gray-Garcia. Film Block: Documentaries that show that Kids are Awesome! | ||||
