Animation Sensations

Poulomi Mukherji - 24
New York

A shadow accidentally separates from its human for and ends up in New York City.

Animation Sensations

Daria Litvichenko - 17
Estonia

There’s no doubt that the world is cruel and corrupt. Still, this evening Philip gets another proof of this.

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Yujie Chen - 23, Longyin Zhou - 23
New York

A Big Mission is a 3D animated comedy about a baby devil who recently was promoted at work after killing all dinosaurs and now must destroy humankind. He moves into a bigger house, however, the furniture in his new house prevents him from leaving to go to work. Will the baby devil complete his mission?

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Callahan Bracken - 17
Canada

Following a boy as he fails to communicate with the world around him, "u really hurt me" is an exploration of misguided healing in a surreal, animated self portrait.

Animation Sensations

Daun Kim - 24
South Korea

An agile long-legged frog escapes from being dissected by a frenzied determined 12 years old girl

Animation Sensations

Olivia Jensen - 23
Illinois

One woman living in an apartment for two, Dani struggles to live while coping with the tragic truth about her sister.

Animation Sensations

Kenny Tran - 21
Canada

Interphase is a 2D animated short that depicts the reconciliation of past experiences and trauma through the act of deconstruction, repair, and reflection, in which a self-made anthropomorphic figure undergoes reformative bodily changes in search of solace and personal discovery.

Animation Sensations

Max Shoham - 16
Canada

A 60 second animation that explores the connection between citizens in a village. This film shows the power of giving, and how each and every citizen can warm up a village.

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Pedro Velez - 21
California

Tiger Pablo is a little worried! But who is he really? Who is Tiger Pablo?

Animation Sensations

Samuel Smith - 18, Julie Lozano - 18
New York

An Aztec sacrifice's sacred last moments. Hand-drawn and painted with watercolor on hundreds of notecards.

Animation Sensations

Madeline Landry - 22
Louisiana

A stop motion animated, mock-umentary style short film about a day in the life friendly, outgoing, people-eating siren named Kim.

Animation Sensations

Lilly Parker - 17, Sarah Wimbish - 16, Meera Gandhi - 16, Natalie Piszcz - 16
Virginia

It's not always love that brings us together.

Animation Sensations

Jhael J. Rasheed - 16, Nicholas Tennery - 15, Jago Gould - 14, Libby Slaughter - 14, Amelia Maxham - 13, Victoria Stiefvater - 13, Summers Worthington - 12, Conrad Heins - 12, Johnny Krosby-Groner - 11, Ben Clark - 10
Virginia

Stuck in an unfulfilling job, our protagonist has an “awakening,” in the form of a woman called, Margo. In order to save her life, he must make a decision that challenges modern conventions and rattles his current way of life. Margo dares its audience to embrace their passions and never stop dreaming.

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Morning MengYing Wu - 21
California

A metaphor of journeys and struggles everyone has encountered at some point in life.

Animation Sensations

Sum Yi Ma - 21, Danica Dickinson - 21, Yuxin Zhou - 21, Yiming Zhou - 23
California

When a young girl of a generationally owned fishball noodle stall gets a chance to change her life, she must first confront her strict grandmother. A story dedicated to family, food and all the love that gets lost in amidst the hustle and bustle.

Animation Sensations

Alaina Klaes - 16
California

In search of a yummy caterpillar lunch, a woodpecker mother pecks a tree to show her massive son the ropes, and he attempts to replicate her demonstration, but things quickly go awry. Will his unconventional efforts be enough for him to catch lunch and make his mother proud?

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Luke Snedecor - 21, Sarah Heinz - 21
California

A boy's plan to bake a birthday cake becomes disastrous when his scientist father's latest experiment gets added to the mix.

Animation Sensations

Dennis Sungmin Kim - 22, Nicholas Escobar - 23, Alice Ku - 19
Pennsylvania/Korea

A boy, alone in his world, is visited by an unexpected but familiar figure.

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