I Miss You (보고싶어요)

An autobiographical animation, tracing my reaction to finding an old cassette recording of my grandfather speaking about growing up in the Korean War.

password: grandpa

A film by Hyung Jin Lee of Brown University

Wild Wheels

Karel and Gonzalez tell us the story of their friendship while skating in Prague.

A film by Jérôme Tanguay and Raphaëlle Fortin of the Université du Québec à Montréal

Dawn

A boy searching for his friend as fire spreads in the city.

A film by Haiqing Qi of the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)

El SAZÓN

Tin recognizes “sazón" in the masterstroke of Beto’s tacos. Recognizing and replicating, though, are hardly one and the same.

A film by Will Zimmerman of Wake Forest University

the Dumpling

A heartbroken young man must go up against a group of deranged dumplings.

A film by Tristan Crawford of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Similar Kind: Right Here, Right now

Indie-pop band Similar Kind originated in a small town called Norwalk. The members talk about how their story started, their fellowship with each other, and what’s next to come.

A film by Shannon Nasution of the University of Connecticut, Stamford

Gun to the Head

Mara, a young student, must deal with the threats of an aggressive gunman who somehow broke into her apartment.

password: 1234

A film by Christian Michael Veninga and Mithi Sivaprakash of Drake University

Where Does the Train Go?

Qingdao was desperate to go back to China and see his sick Grandpa. His flight, however, got canceled due to pandemic-related travel restrictions. Qingdao decided to hitchhike to the Pacific Ocean, hoping a miracle could happen.

password: camscomps

A film by Yumo Lu of Carleton College

Crescendo

Prodigy pianist, Beckham, must overcome what is both his greatest strength and weakness: his perfectionism.

A film by John Brach, Emily Hunt, and Margaret Murray of the University of Notre Dame

Portraits

After a particularly brutal heist, Alex is disturbed by her actions and those of her fellow gang members. As she looks around the campfire, she realizes she's the only one affected by their grisly deeds.

password: YeeHaw

A film by Danny Motta of Ithaca College

Say Cheese

A hearing student tries to ask out his Deaf classmate to the movies, but makes an innocent mistake that bonds them.

A film by Anna McClanahan of the Rochester Institute of Technology

gHOST

A lonely ghost must prepare his house in time for guests.

A film by Milena Montero of the Ringling College of Art and Design

Public Hazard: Skateboarding Interrupted

The largest, yet most impoverished city in Connecticut, Bridgeport was used to being overlooked. But, to the young and growing skateboarding community, it was heaven. 

Until the skate parks were suddenly shut down and the skate shops moved away.

A film by Agustina Aranda of the University of Connecticut - Stamford

LOCKED & LOADED

Amidst a fierce blizzard, a mustachioed sheriff befriends a duck with a bounty on his head.

A film by Lucas Hobart of Trinity College

Convergence

Breaking a long slumber, a mysterious rope leads a soul through a decaying world as he attempts to connect with another.

password: convergence

A film by Anahita von Andrian-Werburg and Maya Marzuki Peters of the New York University Tisch School of the Arts

So Long, Caz!

Caz refuses to graduate from The Clock Academy. She wants to reverse time to bring back the good times with her friends.

A film by Jingqi Zhang of the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)

Waiting for BUFFALO

On the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, the Oglala Sioux Tribe awaits a shipment of American bison.

A film by Grace Beutter and Aidan O’Malley of the University of Notre Dame

Eye OF GOd

An insomniac has trouble falling asleep.

A film by Rylie C. Field and Knight Connors of the Rochester Institute of Technology

MoRENDO

When the son of a prolific jazz composer must take care of his dying father overnight, he attempts to reconnect with his estranged dad by writing a final piano ballad.

A film by Brandon Hill of Chapman University

Akanksha on the planet Blarg

A young Indian girl struggles with cultural identity and alienation during a regular school day, as she writes and illustrates a story of her own to cope.

A film by Apoorva Rege of the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad

THe ENd

Alice and Evan spend one final night together before a meteor strikes the Earth.

A film by Grace Maddox of Southern Methodist University