Short Films at 2018 San Diego International Kids Film Festival
2018 San Diego International Kids Film Festival--Short Films

   A DREAMER'S MELODY
USA|5 min Short|Comedy
Director: Kendra Ann Sherrill
Synopsis:
A trip to the movie theater sparks a passion for a young girl and her shoes.

     A NEW YEAR'S STORY
USA |9 min Short| Animation| Fantasy
Director/Writer/Producer/Cast: Kailin Gow
Synopsis:
A girl living with her new stepmother discovers a magical world and family forged from the love of her dying mother.
  A PUPPY'S FANTACY
Taiwan|3 min Short|Animation
Director: Hun-KaiChang
Producer:Chiung-FenLin
Synopsis:
This story is about an adorable little puppy that is curious about everyone and everything he encounters.
    ALICE IN THE SKY WITH COMETS
France|27 min Short|Drama
Director/Writer: Christophe Sailly
Cast: Lionel Abelanski, Nathalie Levy Lang,
Synopsis:
Alice, a 9-years-old girl, wants to become an astronaut.But a serious eye disease makes it impossible until a surgeon and a strange hospital roommate make her see that dream differently.
  ANITO
USA |14 min Short| Drama
Director/Writer: Melanie Lim
Producers:Melanie Lim, Kristopher Hattori, Aina Dumlao, Gracie Vergara
Cast: Emma Garcia, Angela Baesa, Reuben Uy, KristanCleto
Synopsis:
A young girl befriends the spirit living inside her family’s ancestral wooden cabinet and helps find it a new tree to call home.
     Audition
South Korea|22min Short|Documentary | Drama
Director: Seul-ki Kim
Synopsis:
Ung-bi, who is a child actor, is worried that she might not get the role because she can't cry. She tries hard to cry.
   AS YOU COMMAND
New Zealand|9min Short|Animation|Comedy|Fantasy
Director/Producer: James Cunningham
Writer: Geoff Houtman
Cast: Stephen Papps
Synopsis:
A clumsy painter uncovers a genie with plenty of wishes to offer but no amount of luck can change his ability to screw things up.
    BUBBLE GUMMED GIRL
Germany |26 min Short| Drama | Romance
Director/Writer: Anja Gurres
Producers:Steffen Freckmann, Maximilian Höhnle
Cast: Sara Kärcher, Leon Lerch, Valerie Niehaus, Martin Neuhaus, Julia Peerlings, KorelDemiroenal
Synopsis:
Emma reaches puberty. She’s addicted to chewing gums and spends all her free time with her childhood friend Lasse. Suddenly her own world starts to crumble as Lasse has a girlfriend. Will her childish bubble gum world burst now?
   BUDDY BEAR'S MUSICAL ADVENTURE
USA|22 min Short|Comedy | Musical
Director/Writer/Producer: John P. Aguirre
Cast: Kyle Bode, Terra Jole, Liam Richardson
Synopsis:
Buddy Bear embarks on a magical day-long journey to learn everything about music and how to make it, meeting new friends and singing songs and dancing with his new friends along the way.
     BULLIES 
USA |28 min Short| Fantasy
Director: Daniel Bydlowski
Writers: Daniel Bydlowski, Benjamin Abbott
Producers:Daniel Bydlowski, DilekInce, Shelbi Jay Kepler, Annabelle Munro
Cast: Kaden Hetherington, Fred Ornstein, Weston Nathanson, Stephen Holland, Michael Edwin, Conrad Bluth
Synopsis:
Eugene, a shy 10-years-old boy, is bullied every day until he discovers a secret underneath the school that keeps him safe, for now.
CAPOEIRA: PLAY
USA|11 min Short|Documentary
Director: Joddy Eric Matthews
Producers:Chris Kennedy, Obadiah Baker
Synopsis:
Based on the life of Anthony Santo Domingo,a mentor and instructor of the Live the Game program, this documentary speaks to Anthony's relationship with one of his mentors and best friend, MestreTrapo.
   CROSSING
USA|6min Short|Comedy
Director: Morgan Dameron
Producers:Alisa Naso,Alixzandra Dove
Cast: Graham Beckett, Alixzandra Dove, Carmina Garay, Connor McGee, Deanna Russo, Nathan Franco, Nora Anderson
Synopsis:
Two friends are on an adventure when Finn suddenly refuses to cross a deserted road, making absurd excuses for his hesitation and bringing the journey to a standstill
  CYRUS THE UNSINKABLE
USA |13min Short| Documentary
Directors: Wiley Bonham, Jordan Gorman, Collin Miller, Ellie Vargas, Jen Zhouwenyue Xu
Producers: Jordan Gorman, Ellie Vargas
Cast:Cyrus Brixey
Synopsis:
Cyrus and his family have battled a lifetime of near fatal illness. This film tells the story of this remarkable boy and his family’s success in overcoming his physical challenges.
     DAG
Turkey|12min Short|Drama
Director: EceDiler
Producer:Can Turedi
Cast: Begum Bostancı, CansuFirinci, İremDeniz, MufitAytekin, SevinçTufengi
Synopsis:
Dag, whose parents are divorced, is visiting her dad. While her dad is at work, she prepares a surprise for him. However, an uninvited guest changes the course of the night.
  Damn Bro!
USA |9 min Short| Comedy | Drama
Director: Travis Frick
Writers: Paul Agenor, Travis Frick
Producer:Gerard Louis
Cast: Moses Ntekereze, Justin Hurtt-Dunkley
Synopsis:
A Haitian-American, high school student is bullied by a star basketball player into doing his homework. After doing the hard work, yet he learns that helping someone, even when you break the rules, has its own rewards.
    DINO DANA: MEGA TOOTH & DINO DODGEBALL
Canada|22 min Short|Educational
Director: J.J. Johnson
Writers: J.J. Johnson, Christin Simms
Producers:J.J. Johnson, Blair Powers, Christin Simms, Matthew J.R. Bishop, Eric Beldowski
Synopsis:
Dana is a feisty 10-year-old ‘paleontologist in training’ who eats, sleeps and breathes dinos. Soher Dad made her a special backpack that she can transform to look like any dinosaur she wants. 
  EDUCATE GIRLS
USA|6 min Short|Documentary
Director/Producer: Gabriel Diamond
Synopsis:
In India, the majority of girls do not complete their primary education. This documentary is working to make education more accessible to girls by partnering with public schools and mobilizing communities to help girls achieve their full potential.
     FAUVE
Canada|16 min Short|Drama
Director/Writer: Jeremy Comte
Producers:Maria Gracia Turgeon, EvrenBoisjoli
Cast: Félix Grenier, Alexandre Perreault, Louise Bombardier
Synopsis:
Set in a surface mine, two boys sink into a seemingly innocent power game with Mother Nature as the sole observer.
   FELIX
USA|9min Short|Animation
Director/Producer: James Rogers
Synopsis:
In New Orleans, a stray dog embarks on a magical journey to find his only friend, an elderly woman, after she mysteriously disappears
     FOLKTALE
India|24 min Short|Drama
Director: Ajitesh Sharma
Writers: Sushant Sudhakaran, Ajitesh Sharma
Producer:Shilpa Sharma
Cast: Atiksh Sharma, Karim Hajee, Katerina Pozdniakova
Synopsis:
A young Indian boy's idea of heroism depicted in fables is challenged in the real world as he takes up a journey with his little Russian friend, whom he believes is a fairy.
  FOODIECATS: HOTDOGCAT’S BIRTHDAY
USA|4 min Short|Animation |Comedy
Director: Benjamin Berliner
Producers:Academy of Art StudioX, Kerynne Tejada
Synopsis:
The Foodiecats gang figure out the perfect gift for their best friend, Hotdogcat. While baking a cake is the perfect gift, only by trusting each other and cooking by the book will complete this daunting task.
     FOR YOUR LOVE
USA|13 min Short|Drama
Director/Writer: Victor Nhieu
Producer:Beatrice Ho
Cast: Theresa June-Thao, Deuce Basco
Synopsis:
After losing her husband, a Vietnamese-American mother must learn how to grieve with her nine-year-old son now that she's alone.
   FOSTER CREATIVITY
USA|11 min Short| Documentary
Directors: Nancy Pickett, Akshay Arora, Catherine Heath, Dylan Chant
Synopsis:
This film is about celebrating the stories all children tell as one woman navigates her way through growing her family and her organization. 
     Glitter Model
Brazil|22min Short|Animation
Director: AngeloNunes
Producer: André Nunes
Cast: Luiza Porto, Rebeca Zadra
Synopsis:
It tells about the adventures of Clara and her best friends Valentina and Giovanna. Clara will discover her potential and become a beautiful model and a part of the biggest model agency in town, Glitter Model.
  Gone with the World
Taiwan|6min Short|Animation
Director: CHIA TSEKUO, CHI-CHUN YANG, YI-LING YEH, HSIN LU,CHUN-KAICHANG, WEN-JIEWU
Synopsis:
This animation short film is presenting in series stories which is chained by the drifting bottle. The reason we choose the drifting bottle to be because that in our film, it is a bystander in one way and a participant in the other way.
     Hungry
USA |20 min Short|Drama
Directors/Producers: Jillie Simon, Thomas Simon
Writer: Jillie Simon
Cast:Jillie Simon, Eric Roberts, Alex Emanuel
Synopsis: 
An idealistic grade school teacher has a fear of speaking up in public, other than in front of her kids. But when she finds out that children in her school are going hungry, it compels her to do things she wouldn't have thought she could do…
  JUST SOMEONE I KNOW
UK|8 min Short|Drama
Director: Ashley Pegg
Writer: Regina Moriarty
Producer:ParvezQadir
Synopsis: 
Tam, a 14-years-old girl,has been bought bright new trainers by a much older man who works at the garage, and her best friend Sash is worried…
    KEVIN THE VERY OLD RABBIT
USA|UK | 12 min Short|Animation
Director: Tom Weston
Writer: Gordon Dioxide
Producer/Cast: Obie Dean
Synopsis: 
Kevin, the very old rabbit, sets out on his journey to Swindon to collect his pension ending up traveling the world where he meets a man called Steven Spielberg who made a film called E.T and eats large amounts of broccoli.
  LITTLE MATCH GIRL
Sweden|20min Short|Drama
Director/Writer: Björne Larson
Producer:Kim Magnusson
Synopsis:
A poor young girl forced to sell matchsticks desperately lights one match to survive the winter night. She is drawn into a dream world where the flames of fire give her hope for a better life, while the cold creeps closer
    LIFELINES
Canada |9 min Short|Drama
Director/Writer: Catharine Parke
Producers:Leah Kimura, Catharine Parke
Cast: Marissa Miller, Yael Yurman
Synopsis:
Overwhelmed by the trials and tribulations of high school, Arielle finds refuge in a dangerous habit until her best fri
   LITTERBUGS
UK|15 min Short|Fantasy
Director: Peter Stanley-Ward
Writers: Natalie Conway, Peter Stanley-Ward
Producers:Nicole Carmen-Davis, Chris Musselwhite
Cast: Leila Wetton, James Grogan, Jemima Woolnough, Abigail Low, Phoebe McDonnell, Tony Wingrove
Synopsis:
Helped by her self-made flying mechanical creatures, a young inventor and a pint-sized superhero defeat the town bullies and find an unexpected friendship.
     LITTLE COUSIN
USA|12 min Short|Comedy
Director/Writer: Robert Everett Williams Jr.
Producers:KedianAsulei, Ryan Jaeger
Cast: Jeremiah Thomas, TyresseDamin, Elayn Taylor, Jyllina Skye, Nicco Annan, Tierra Rorls
Synopsis:
Isaac, a young boy obsessed with superheroes and adventure, learns the important consequences and responsibility of being a role model.
  MEDIUM
India|24 min Short|Drama
Director: Vicky Barmecha
Producer:ShrishTomar
Cast: Aanshika Srivastava, RohitSaraf, Rohan Shah, Sandeep Kulkarni
Synopsis:
Sharda, a 15-years-old girl, is making a move from a Hindi medium school to an English medium one. Faced with the task of coping with this change, will she able to make new friends in a new environment and learn that adaptation is a necessary element of life?
     MERE PAAS CINEMAA HAI
India|21 min Short|Drama|Comedy
Director: Pooja Das Sarkar
Writers: Pooja Das Sarkar, VimalMylon
Producer:Syed Sultan Ahmed
Cast: Rohan Joshi,Deepika Deshpande Amin, Sanjay Gurbaxani, SmitaJayakar, Trisha Kale
Synopsis:
Monty has a YouTube channel dedicated to his love for movies. His father thinks a career in films is not realistic for a young man.He begins to wonder what men and women should do. A guide appears to help him and he begins to see the gender roles and stereotypes.
   MIA AND THE OWL
Germany|22 min Short|Drama
Director/Writer: Constantin Müller
Producers:Constantin Müller, Markus Ott, Tidi von Tiedemann
Cast: Wolfgang Packhäuser, Zoe Lara Löhmann
Synopsis:
Mia, an 8-year-old girl, embarks on a journey to catch an owl. She wants to redeem the last promise to her older sister, who has just died of cancer. In her imagination, the owl brings news of Mia to her sister.
     MIN MIN AND THE MAGIC GARDEN
USA|14 min Short|Animation
Directors: Dave Penn, Jeremiah Baumbach
Writers: Dave Penn, Caio Araujo, Jack Penn, Lisa Tennant
Producers:Dave Penn, Robin Penn
Cast: Joy Tuck
Synopsis:
A spunky orphan search for a wish on a quest for the true meaning of friendship and family through an enchanted garden.
  Mom Got Eaten by a Spider Demon
USA |9 min Short| Animation
Director/Writer/Producer: John R. Dilworth
Cast: John R. Dilworth, William Hohauser
Synopsis:
This is a horror comedy about twin goosies who rescue their mom after she becomes possessed by a spider demon. 
     MONARCH BUTTERFLIES
USA|15 min Short| Fantasy
Director/Writer: Korinne Meier
Producers:Korinne Meier, Thomas Meier
Cast: Zoe Shaw, Annie, Brandon Johnson, Dana McBride
Synopsis:
A shy African-American girl who has a knack for mathematics is swept away on a lyrical journey, but her newfound relationships will be threatened if the wicked headmistress discovers her identity.
   MOON, THREAD
Korea|14 min Short|Fantasy
Directors: Sum Chung, Doh Lee
Writer/Producer: Sum Chung
Cast: Eileen Kim
Synopsis:
Minhee lives with her grandpa whose life leaves soon. She is about to seek for her mother without knowing the death of her grandpa as her mother disappeared suddenly one year ago.Is she indeed coming back with her mother together as her own wish?
     New Day
USA|5 min Short|Drama
Director/Writer: Gabriel Koura
Producers: John Trujillo, Bryon Davis, Jeff Ballinger, Gabriel Koura
Cast: Noel Gugliemi
Synopsis:
When a high school student Olivia faced with aggression at her new school, she finds hope and a new day starts.
   NYANKIES DE FUTURE
Japan|5 min Short|Animation
Director: Cless Lee
Writer: Shawn Wang
Producer:Wait Wu
Synopsis:
One day, two friends decided to take a road trip, toward to the desert outside of the city they lived. But they have no ideas that this road trip will lead them to the biggest secret of the planet and change their lives forever.
    ODD SQUAD: THE CHERRY-ON-TOP-INATOR & SIR
Canada|28 min Short|Comedy
Director: J.J. Johnson
Writers: Adam Peltzman, Tim McKeon
Synopsis:
This is a live-action comedy about a high-tech organization run by kids that investigates anything strange, weird and especially odd.
   Ozlobot
USA |15 min Short|Animation |Sci-Fi
Director: Andy Harbeck
Producer:Tatiana Harbeck
Synopsis:
While a group of kids nearing the end of elementary school reminisce and struggle with the leap into a new world, they discover a cute robotthat has escaped from a robotics lab.They realize that both robots and humans must find the courage to face new adventures.
    PINK
USA|3min Short|Drama
Director/Writer/Producer: Chandra East
Cast: Cutter East
Synopsis:
A young kid struggles with his gender identity when the free dress day is coming.
  RICO SAN MARCO
USA | 22 min Short| Drama | Fantasy
Director: Ingrid Abrams
Writers: Ingrid Abrams,LenkaTalska
Producer:Ingrid Abrams,LenkaTalska, Diana Hansen
Cast: Jericho Espinosa, Darrell Philip, Erik Rozet, Cristal Vallejo
Synopsis:
An eight-year-old child of undocumented immigrants takes on the persona of his TV Cowboy hero to defend his father's honor after he is swindled out of his wages a few days before Christmas.
    ROBOX
USA|15 min Short|Fantasy
Director/Writer: Bubba Murray
Producers:Bubba Murray, Saeedha Cook
Cast: Gregory Hill, Nick Fernandez-Murray, Camille Robinson, Bubba Murray
Synopsis:
An imaginary friend searches for the boy that left him behind.
  SHARKS DON'T BITE
USA |15 min Short|Adventure|Drama
Director: Elijah Watson
Writer: Maya Linn Peirce
Producers:Elijah Watson, Benjamin Hartzell
Cast: Reagan Watson, Keelyn Pearce, Tony Prange, Billy St. John
Synopsis:
Two young girls decide to escape their horrible home-life and run away to Jamaica.
     SHELLS
USA|5 min Short|Animation
Director: Justin Pixler
Writers: Justin Pixler, Kelly Wehrley
Cast: Jonah Vollmar, Mae Heaney, Justin Pixler
Synopsis:
In a rural fishing village, a young boy named Totoy encounters a mythical monster.
  SHOELACE
Brazil |17 min Short|Comedy|Action
Director/Writer: Eduardo Mattos
Cast:Gilda Nomacce, João Casolaro, Lara Oliva,
Synopsis:
Zeca's mother wakes him up, putting his shoes on. Mainly because the most beautiful girl in school has a crush on him. But taking a big tumble in front of her was such a shame! Zeca needs to take a radical attitude.
    SIDE KICKS BROS- EPISODE 2- SPECIAL EFFECTS MAKE UP
USA|13 min Short|Documentary|Comedy|Action
Director/Writer: LaTonda Hardy-Davis
Cast: Armani Barrett, Avery Davis, Eric Laguna, Richard Miranda, Sean Laguna
Synopsis:
Ever wanted to know what teen actors do when they're not getting new head shots, rehearsing lines, or meeting with agents? Join Avery Franklin Davis and Armani Barrett as they make you their SIDE KICKS for every adventure.
  STRING OF BUTTERFLIES
USA|18 min Short| Experimental |Dram |Fantasy
Director/Writer: Ruolin Xu
Producer:April Tse
Cast: Hadley Scheff
Synopsis:
A story about the friendship between a lonely little girl and a grotesque narcissistic monster.
    THE ADVENTURES OF ZACK AND MOLLY
USA|11 min Short|Animation
Director: Jim Toomey
Producers:Sara Beresford, Emily Davenport
Synopsis:
Zack is more interested in the small world of his smart phone. His online request for a roommate is answered by Molly. Molly wants to use Zack’s apartment. To win Zack over, Molly takes him to her home and to help him understand how human activities threaten its health.
   THE ANGLER
Korea|14min Short| Animation
Director/Writer: SeungWook Jang
Producer:Hye Jung Eun
Synopsis:
Noah tries to catch fish every day, later even without knowing the reason why. Ivo, the lamplighter, lights street lamps every night and looks after Noah.
    THE CONFIDENCE
Russia|13 min Short|Comedy|Romance
Director: StepanSokolov
Writer: Ivan Stanislavskiy
Producers:Victor Klimychev, YuliyaMorskaya
Synopsis:
Vasya, a diffident young man, asks his smart friend Jenya to help him impress a cute girl Vika who is Vasya’s dream woman. 
  THE GERMINATION OF THE DREAD PIRATE GREESE
USA|7 min Short|Fantasy|Adventure
Director/Producer: Bradley Warden
Writer: August Warden
Cast: Bradley Warden, Miles Warden, Sharon Madden
Synopsis:
The Dread Pirate Greese is prepared to risk life and limb fighting monsters for treasure. What he discovers is more valuable than he ever imagined.
    THE GIVE AND TAKE
Canada|10 min Short|Comedy|Fantasy|Fiction
Director/Writer:Anna Hopkins
Producers: Anna Hopkins, Kieran Crilly, Mark Waters
Cast: Macy Drouin, Matthew Gouveia,
Synopsis:
A eleven-year-old girl is forced to organize basement junk as punishment, and an old eighties video game transporting her to chat with a young musician,neither of them realizing they are communicating through a parallel universe.
THE IMPORTANCE OF FINDING THE OTHER
USA |10 min Short| Drama
Director/Writer/Producer: MarceyFrutchey
Cast: Aaliyah Purdy, Elizabeth Kitsos-Kang, Stan Kang, Linus Smith,Nayab Hussain,Fabiolla da Silva
Synopsis:
The story of a young, biracial girl named Iris who sets out to discover what it means to be an"other." She encounters a pair of immigrants, a homeless veteran, and a transgender female who all bring some piece of the definition to light.
    THE LAST LESSON
USA |12 min Short|Drama
Director/Writer: Gemal Woods
Producers:Erica Woods, Theo Hollingsworth
Cast: Olivia Rath-Lewan, Brandon Henry, Joe Provost, Julie Matolo
Synopsis:
A short film about the final boxing lesson from an esteemed boxing trainer and a young aspiring boxer. 15-year-old Sofia is given a lesson unlike any other lesson at her local gym, in a hope to keep her inspired to pursue her dreams.
  THE MISPLACEMENT
USA|7 min Short|Documentary
Director/Writer/Producer: Jeffrey Morin
Synopsis:
A short documentary film that shares a view of the creative development of a two-year-old and a message from his grandfather. The view is tucked inside a children's story that was written 35 years earlier.
    The Red Queen of Bitter Frost
USA |3 min Short| Animation
Director/Writer/Producer/Cast: Kailin Gow
Synopsis:
She's beautiful. She's sophisticated. She drinks tea out of a gold cup. She's the Red Queen of Bitter Frost, and she tells you she can't be trusted. Her words are deception. She's either a villain or hero. It all depends on perception.
  The Ride
USA |13min Short|Drama
Director/Writer: Eric J. Addison
Producer:Brandon Plantz
Cast: Austin Oesterling, Alondra Benitiz, Sam Pfoser, Geoffrey Mogilner
Synopsis:
A bored young boy decides to venture out beyond his neighborhood for fun only to find more then he expects.
    THE WATERFALL
India|21 min Short|Drama
Director/Writer: Lipika Singh Darai
Producer:ShrishTomar
Cast: SohamMoitra, Indrashish Roy, Rwitobroto Mukherjee
Synopsis:
The film revolves around Karun (16 years) a city-bred boy who is visiting his cousin Nilu’s (16 years) house in a small hilly town for a family wedding
 

TIME
China|35min Short | Drama
Director: Yunxue Li
Writer: Qi Zhan
Producer:Yaoyuan Dong, Xun Hong, Pei Xu
Synopsis:
The film is about the time has two different angles of view and the bizarre story between the children and adults

 

   

TO BE FIONA
USA|6min Short|Animation
Director: Fiona Lu
Synopsis:
Little Fiona paid a visit to herself in the future trying to grow up immediately so that she could get rid of some 'issues' in her life.

 

  TOMMY THE LITTLE DRAGON
Russia|6 min Short|Animation
Directors: Tatiana Moshkova, Andrey Bakhurin
Writer: Inga Kirkizh
Producers:Oleg Roy, Sergei Kosinsky, Sergei Poliakov, LiudmilaVavilova, Darya Davydova
Cast: Andrey Lyovin,YuliyaRudina
Synopsis:
Tommy is a soft toy who lives with an ordinary panda family. With the help of his magic soap bubbles, Tommy takes kids to wonderful adventures to help them discover a vast and captivating world, fight their fears and inhibitions, and learn important family values.
    TRANSMITTER RECEIVER
Canada|9 min Short|Fiction
Director: Vincent Wilson
Writers: Vincent Wilson, Louis-Philippe Tremblay
Producer:Lou Bélanger
Cast:EliottPlamondon, Sabrina Ouadoud
Synopsis:
To escape the monotony and boredom of the end of the school year, a young boy fabricates a transceiver-receiver to communicate with strangers in the sky.
  When Kids Meet a Creature
USA|21min Short|Documentary
Director/Producer/Writer: Alicia Rice
Synopsis:
This short documentary film follows kids as they explore the enigma of an unknown creature through art and storytelling, imagining how to welcome this mysterious stranger into their hometown.
   
WORDS OF CARAMEL
Spain |20min Short| Drama| Fiction
Director/Writer: Juan Antonio Moreno
Producers: Juan Antonio Moreno, Silvia Venegas
Cast: YedehluLebada 
Synopsis:
In a refugee camp in the Sahara Desert lives a deaf boy who wish to learn how to write. Welcome to Kori and his best friend caramel’s silent world.
   YOU CAN'T PLAY WITH US
USA|16 min Short|Animation
Directors: Jason Rhein, Serene Bacigalupi
Writer: Kelcy Wilburn
Producers: Leroy's Place LLC, Elephant Quilt Productions, Ekhaya Youth Project, Fishpot Studios
Cast: Fishpot Studios, Jacques Duffourc, Serene Bacigalupi, MilissaOrzolek, Casey Jane Reece Kaiger
Synopsis:
Experience a new fairy tale from the imaginative world of Leroy’s Place. Built entirely from cardboard and other recycled materials, this endearing short film in puppetry tells a story of overcoming bullying.
    Zara and the others: Gorilla brains for dinner
Norway|8 min Short|Animation|Horror|Comedy
Director: Nils Johan Lund
Producer:Bjørn Sortland
Synopsis:
A sweet, little zombie girl is scared that her father will embarrass her when she brings a friend home from school for the first time.
LUCKY DOLL
China |26 min Short |Drama
Director: Yilin Ma, Yulin Zhang, Dexin Liu
Writer: RongJia, Dexin Liu
Producer:Yulin Zhang
Synopsis:
Fuwa grow up alone with his grandma. One day, Fuwa broke the game machine of his classmate and has no money to pay for it.With the help of his teachers, classmates, Fuwahelps sell papercuts and through the difficulties
     

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