SHORTS: THE ART OF STORYTELLING

Imaginative, emotional, and wholly unexpected, animated journeys. 
Not Rated | 46 minutes | Animated

MISTLETOE (USA | 2024 | 4:56 min) 
Directed By: Andrea Schmitz, Andrea Sparacio 
MISTLETOE tells the holiday horror story of the Baron, his new Lady wife, and a game they play to a terrible end.

GIBBOUS (USA | 2025 | 2:45 min)  
Directed By: Ang Yi Benet 
A mother gibbon tries to rescue her baby from a mysterious supernatural light that plagues the jungle during the night.

NIHAL’S GARDEN (Canada | 2025 | 4:33 min) 
Directed By: Champika Fernando
A portrait of the directors 81-year-old father — an ever-determined and resourceful gardener — as he attempts to grow the Sri Lankan Winged Bean in his suburban backyard garden in Markham, Ontario.

THE BRAIN BUCKET (USA | 2024 | 3:07 min) 
Directed By: Christopher Flippo 
A woman reflects on her time as a young skateboarder.

HOME COOKED MEALS (USA | 2024 | 4:46 min) 
Directed By: Natalie van Gelder 
A chef cooks comfort food in a post apocalyptic world, but despite the many people he interacts with daily, he feels isolated. His world turns around when two mysterious newcomers appear in his life, each an outcast in their own right.

TENNIS, ORANGES (USA | 2024 | 10:53 min)
Directed By: Sean Pecknold
A robotic vacuum suffering from burnout quits its job at a hospital and sets out to find community and a greater purpose on a quiet street where two lonely rabbits are stuck in perpetual loops.

BUDŌ (Sweden | 2024 | 14:51 min)
Directed By: Alexander Toma, Amanda Aagard
On the outskirts of Tokyo lives the lonely Miho, an old widow. On her daily trip to the supermarket, she meets a hungry stray cat. The cat follows her home, but soon makes himself more comfortable in her little apartment than she could ever imagine… BUDŌ is a anime inspired saga about loneliness, adventure and courage.

Filmmaker Q&A follows film block.

Films are not rated and may contain language or subject matter that may not be suitable for all ages.