2025 New Orleans Film Festival

Animated Shorts: Luminescence

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Available October 24, 2025 12:00 AM UTC
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This block of animated shorts is designed for grown-up audiences, not Saturday morning cartoons. From bold hand-drawn work to cutting-edge digital and experimental techniques, these films use animation to tackle complex themes—identity, desire, memory, and the surreal—in ways that live action never could. A showcase of artistry and imagination, these shorts prove that animation is a powerful medium for adults as much as for kids.

Humantises are masters of deception - but one Humantis fails at hiding something from it’s community. It learns that pretending cannot prevent change, so the Humantis must adapt in order to grow and accept its new self.

  • Year
    2025
  • Runtime
    9 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    United States
  • Director
    Paris Baillie
  • Cinematographer
    Paris Baillie
  • Editor
    Paris Baillie
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