Animation4Adults
From magic candies to disappearing frogs, this year’s animated shorts take us on unexpected journeys from the otherworldly outer reaches to the inner depths of one’s mind.
Please note: The short Magic Candies is is not available for streaming.
- Running Time: 93 min.
Packaged Films
Is This Now the Time I Should Let You Go?
Taiwan | 2023 | 9 min. | Yi-Chin TsaiLike the scenery from a running train, memories are beautiful, blurry, and ever-changing in this experimental animated documentary.
Magic Candies
Japan | 2023 | 21 min. | Daisuke NishioThe other kids never ask Dong-Dong to play, but he’s fine just playing marbles on his own. Until one day, he buys a bag of colorful candies and begins to discover new voices and perspectives.
Peeping Mom
France | 2023 | 15 min. | Francis CanitrotNostalgic for her unbridled youth, Eli’s mother Marie is obsessed with “the sex” and wants her son to have the same sexual fulfillment as she had in her youth. Eli resists, until one fateful night…
Pipe Dreams
USA | 2023 | 7 min. | Christina WooJune takes us through a typical day of what it takes to run Chouinard Dormitory and oversee the building’s wacky residents.
Play Again
USA | 2023 | 13 min. | Zen PaceGrieving their father's untimely death, Javi unearths the video game they used to share, embarking on an odyssey to repair the darker moments of their relationship.
Tennis, Oranges
USA | 2024 | 11 min. | Sean PecknoldA robot vacuum quits its job and sets out to find community and a greater purpose.
The Waiting
Germany | 2023 | 16 min. | Volker SchlechtA researcher briefly leaves the Costa Rican cloud forest after several years observing frogs, only to return to find them gone….
When We Sleep
USA | 2023 | 3 min. | Alanna JohnsonA voice calls out in the darkness—“What do you dream about?”—awakening the Star Child, who shifts to coincide with each answer.