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Get animated! Marvel at the spectacular artistry and multitude of different animation styles from around the world. These films showcase diverse voices and stories that are equally haunting and beautiful.
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Presented in Multiple Parts
BAIGAL NUUR – LAKE BAIKAL
The formation and history of Lake Baikal in Siberia are re-imagined with hand-made animation, featuring the vo...
9 min | Alisi Telengut | | HAWAI''I PREMIERE | Mongolian | English
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In the corner of an anime studio, the newcomer animator Mito takes on the challenge of creating the most deman...
9 min | Tina | | US PREMIERE | Japanese | English
Learn MoreFORTUNE COOKIE
A fortune-cookie-head crumbles himself, piece by piece in order to keep devouring creatures out of his way......
4 min | Fu Yang | | HAWAI''I PREMIERE | English
Learn MoreHAVE I SWALLOWED YOUR DREAMS
This film is a poetic conversation between an immigrant daughter and her mother about sacrifices and dreams. A...
6 min | Clara Chan | | US PREMIERE | English
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Due to an extreme drought, a child sets out in search of the last remnants of water to sacrifice to a dried-up...
6 min | Malin Neumann | | US PREMIERE | English
Learn MoreMY JACKET
Precocious middle-schooler Lilah has misplaced her jacket. The story of how she lost it will take her and her ...
5 min | Chesley Cannon | | HAWAI''I PREMIERE | English
Learn MoreRUTHLESS BLADE
In the midst of turmoil at Six Lantern Palace, the white tiger named Eleven disrupts an impending execution to...
13 min | Bo Zhang | | HAWAI''I PREMIERE | Mandarin, English | English
Learn MoreTEHRAN IS OURS
A girl joins protests on the city streets. Like everyone else, she wears a mask to keep her face unrecognizabl...
6 min | Hamideh Azimi | | US PREMIERE | Farsi
Learn MoreTHE BROWN DOG
At night, a watchman clocks into a lonely security booth in the empty parking lot of an upscale apartment comp...
14 min | Nadia Hallgren, Jamie-James Medina | | HAWAI''I PREMIERE | English
Learn MoreTHE UNSEEN
Timo is busy making his nest, when he hears a reply to his mating call. Desperate to find his mate, he takes f...
3 min | Francesco Guarini | | HAWAI''I PREMIERE | English
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Get animated! Marvel at the spectacular artistry and multitude of different animation styles from around the w...
95 min
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