OSCAR NOMINATED
ANIMATED SHORTS

International, 88 Minutes
SUN APR 19, 5:15pm
SAT APR 25, 10:00pm **Please Note Addition From Festival Guide**

LAVATORY-LOVESTORY
Directed by Konstantin Bronzit
Russia, 10 minutes

A lonely lavatory attendant finds a bouquet of flowers in her tip jar. Love comes suddenly, after all, and you never know when or where it might strike.

OKTAPODI
Directed by Julien Bocabeille
France, 3 minutes

Two octopuses help each other in a comical escape from the grasp of a stubborn restaurant cook. Even after overcoming insurmountable odds to reunite, their fight to stay together may not be over.

LE MAISON EN PETITS CUBES
Oscar Winner!
Directed by Kunio Kato
Japan, 12 minutes

In a world gradually flooding with water, an old man adapts to changing circumstances by constantly building houses on top of each other as he looks back on memories of his beloved family.

THIS WAY UP
Directed by Adam Foulkes and Alan Smith
UK, 9 minutes

A series of misfortunes befalls a pair of undertakers on their way to the cemetery. Laying the dead to rest has never been so much trouble.

PRESTO
Directed by Doug Sweetland
United States, 5 minutes

When Presto the magician forgets to feed his rabbit, a carrot triggers a war of wits between the revered conjurer and his hungry bunny.

VARMINTS
Directed by Marc Craste
UK, 24 minutes

One small creature poetically struggles to preserve a world in danger of being lost forever to the recklessness and indifference of pollution and the man-made destructions of our planet.

JOHN AND KAREN
Directed by Matthew Walker
UK, 5 minutes

Karen the penguin reluctantly obliges to inviting John, a polar bear, in for a cup of tea and a sit down. After their argument last night put her in a bad mood, John has mustered an apology -- if only he can get it out.

GOPHER BROKE
Directed by Jeff Fowler
United States, 4 minutes

A hungry gopher finds himself on a road where trucks are hauling produce to the market and devises a scheme that he hopes will provide him with a tasty snack.

SKHIZEIN
Directed by Jeremy Clapin
France, 14 minutes

Henry’s day isn’t going so well. Having been struck by a 150-ton meteorite, he must learn to adapt to living precisely ninety-one centimeters from himself.

HOT DOG
Directed by Bill Plympton
United States, 6 minutes

Our plucky puppy hero joins a fire company to save the world and gain the affection he so richly deserves. However, the results never seem to turn out the way he plans.