2022 Films: Animations & Films by Youth

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Animations

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Eat The Rich
Director: Niven Wilson / USA
20 min. | Animation

“You are what you eat.”

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Hope for Humanity
Director: Adam Neale / UK
2 min. | Animation

A work about the importance of treating all sentient beings respectfully, exploring veganism and freedom within a spiritual context.

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Our Fractured Life
Director: Sally Davies / USA
4 min. | Animation

A time-lapse of a Davies’ art exhibit which explores the isolation and uncertainty felt during the recent pandemic. These paintings seem to ask, “Are we falling apart? Or piecing our lives back together?”

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Tangent
Director: Allyson Su / USA       
3 min. | Animation

Two neighbors, dependent on consumption through their “ly-fi’s,” square off to retain their comfortable virtual stimuli, ignorant of an impending natural disaster.

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The Block
Director: Mimi Chakarova / USA
25 min. | Animation

What’s it like to live on the longest block of one of America’s most progressive cities? This mixed-media film explores what coexistence means in a perpetually-changing neighborhood.

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The Sprayer
Director: Farnoosh Abeo / Iran
9 min. | Animation

In a dystopian land run by an army called “Sprayers,” no one is permitted to grow any kind of plant. Few even know how a plant grows or what it looks like. But when a soldier finds a deeply-buried seed, his curiosity launches something extraordinary and revolutionary. 

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We are Stardust on this Mortal Coil
Director: Sally Davies / USA
3 min. | Animation

A look at the evolution of a painting, exploring the microcosm of our world and universe, and examining the perspective that we are, essentially, star dust.

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Films by Youth

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Invisible Gun
Director: Reese Robers / USA
3 min. | Films by Youth

In this homage to film noir, Rocco tries to make a tough sell to Lucky Vince: a gun that no one can see.

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The Cleaning Spirit
Director: Cole Konstance / USA
3 min. | Films by Youth

A night-shift custodian experiences supernatural phenomena in this eerie short.

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