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An illustration of a polar bear walking on transparent ice while a whale swims beneath him framed from overhead.

Snow Bear

Due to changing conditions in his snowy home, a polar bear must adapt to keep from being lonely. The hand-drawn animation by Disney alum Aaron Blaise depicts the wondrous beauty of the Arctic landscape and its inhabitants.

This film screens as part of Shorts Program 9: Family Friendly Animation.[…]

A rough line illustration of a boy opening a door to a pair of green monster eyes staring at him.

Lily

Adapted by Stephen King from one of his first short stories, Lily is a spooky tale about the terrors of elementary school. Between a cruel teacher in the classroom and a monstrous tiger in the bathroom, what is a third grader to do?

This film screens as part of Shorts Program 9: Family Friendly Animation.[…]

Shorts 10: Outré

The creators of these shorts unabashedly follow their own singular visions into wildly new and weird territories.
A stuffed, humanoid doll with a man's face projected onto it sits at a table in a room full of plastic-covered furniture.

Manakin

A single woman living alone is in search of a companion, so she builds one, stuffing discarded nylon stockings until they take on the approximate shape of a human man. Using found audio from the dating app Hinge and images of actors projected onto the doll, Manakin asks whether the woman has ended her loneliness or compounded it.

This film screens as part of Shorts Program 10: Outré.[…]

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