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A 12 YEAR OLD MISTAKENLY OUTS THEMSELF WITH A BAD PUN
United States
2023
Runtime, min
4
Animation, Student, Drama, coming of age
Director:
Marigny Adelman
Based on a true story, a middle schooler scribbles down a pun about being queer that they thought was funny, later forgetting that they even wrote it. Unfortunately, this leads to them outing themself to their mom and having to handle how to react to that.
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EVERY ENCOUNTER IS AN ELSEWHERE
Italy
2023
Runtime, min
9
Animation,
Director:
Massimo Selis
Giulio works in his flower store. He is alone. Sara wanted to build a strong love, but she finds herself alone. Grief, an unexpected encounter will give Giulio the momentum to give love freely. Because love is either free or it is not love.
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ALICE IN WAR
United States
Pages
96
Screenplay, Drama/Fantasy, War
Writer:
Steven Keith Bogart
When young Alice follows her sister into the desert to save an Angel shot down by the military, she must confront mysteries born of grief and war, find her sister, and get home before they disappear forever.
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GLIMMER
China
2023
Runtime, min
11
Animation, Experimental, Short,
Director:
Bo Zhang
This film is dedicated as a gift to all the children around the world who are about to start school. As you grow, you may encounter dangers, you may come across people or things that harm you, and you may face pivotal decisions on your path in life. To transcend yourself, to overcome yourself. One must move forward with courage, remain calm and composed in the face of difficulties and dangers. Difficulties and dangers are real, but fear is not.
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THE WINTER WOLVES
United States
Pages
109
Screenplay, Animation, Family
Writer:
Mark Kelly
The adventures of a pack of wolves as told to the new litter of cubs. Blackjack is in love with Snowflake, however is an outsider to her pack, led by her father, Hickory. But when Blackjack defends Hickory against his nemesis, One-Eye, he is accepted into the pack. Hickory dies from his wounds, however, and One-Eye strikes again, proving too much for the pack this time, without their leader. Fleeing their valley home, Blackjack leads the pack to the mountains where they join with Lobo and his pack. With these extra numbers, they strike back at One-Eye and manage to retake the valley, where they presently live with their cubs.
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ANA MORPHOSE
Portugal
2023
Runtime, min
10
Animation,
Director:
Joao Rodrigues
A little girl reads herself to sleep. As she dozes off, the physical world starts melting into an alternate reality where the contents of a book rule over the laws of physics. Ana has to escape being swallowed by the overwhelming accumulation of printed knowledge and find her own space in a world where nothing is what it seems.
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A LONG WAY HOME
United States
Pages
107
Screenplay, Animation, Family, Drama, Coming of age
Writer:
Steven Keith Bogart
Logline: An orphaned dragon raised by a reclusive duck must rediscover her true origins when a treacherous army threatens the only home she’s ever known. Synopsis: A dragon egg rolls away from its mother, Seraphin, in its mountain home and falls into a river. The egg ends up in possession of a duck-recluse, Renana, in the town below. When the egg hatches into a dragon, Renana decides to raise the rapidly-growing creature on her own. She names the little dragon Little One and enrolls her in school. Relentlessly teased at school for being different, she makes one friend, a rebellious duck named Mali. One day, the Boar Army, led by the evil General Cruor, invades the town. Mali and Little One run off but get separated. Little One is swept into the ocean via a storm drain. A Boar platoon tries to capture her. She flees into a forest away from a Boar platoon. Meanwhile, the Boars capture Renena and send her to an internment camp with the rest of the town inhabitants. General Cruor uses the dragon, Euripides, to do his bidding. Little One eventually finds a rebel base where she reunites with her friend Mali. However, the rebels do not trust Little One, so they cage her. Mali helps her escape as Euripides arrives and attacks the rebel base. Little One fights him and lures him away from the rebel base. Euripides injures Little One, but she manages to escape from him. Luka, another young dragon around her age, finds her and brings her to Seraphin, who quickly discerns that Little One is her daughter from the lost egg. She shows the siblings thousands of other dragons hidden inside the mountain. Together, they work to defeat General Cruor and his army and liberate the others. Little One is lauded and celebrated as a hero by all, finally feeling like she belongs.
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WHERE MY BRANCHES STEM
Canada
2023
Runtime, min
7
Animation, Cultural, identity, perspective, story telling, family, introspective, traditional, personal growth, reflection
Director:
Teresa Kuo
Where My Branches Stem tells the story of a young Chinese woman who is tired from her nine to five work life in the big city prompting her to move back home with her grandfather. Throughout her time at home the young woman mends not only her relationship with her grandfather but also her own sense of cultural identity.
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