2026 Sundance Film Festival

Animated Short Film Program

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8 films in package
1981
In 1981 in suburban Long Island, New York, the mullets are long, the metal is heavy, and 14-year-old Douglas gets a birthday surprise that will change his life forever.
The Bird’s Placebo
In a marginalized Tunisian neighborhood, a young man in a wheelchair dreams of crossing the Mediterranean Sea until a surreal encounter shifts his path.
HUGS
A ride on a bike’s luggage rack is a sensory roller coaster through a land full of cuddles.
Sorrow Doesn’t Sleep at Night
A man secludes himself in a house in the forest. The ghosts of his past begin to torment him, forcing him to face his fears and guilts to not be consumed by madness.
Cabbage Daddy
When the mind of a bilingual child mirrors absurd translations, their poetic misinterpretations can accidentally produce multiple meanings — and create puns.
Busy Bodies
Tiny workers run a domesticated factory under the supervision of giant hands. This fantastically convenient at-home solution for disposable creation is absurdly inefficient and potentially an answer to the question of how we get rubber gloves. The timer is ticking.
Mangittatuarjuk (The Gnawer of Rocks)
Two young women are trapped in the lair of the Mangittatuarjuk, the Gnawer of Rocks. The young women and their village use the teachings of the elders to try to defeat the monster.
Paper Trail
A life, seen through paper.
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Tiny workers run a domesticated factory under the supervision of giant hands. This fantastically convenient at-home solution for disposable creation is absurdly inefficient and potentially an answer to the question of how we get rubber gloves. The timer is ticking.

  • Year
    2025
  • Runtime
    6 minutes
  • Language
    N/A no dialogue
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    Kate Renshaw-Lewis
  • Screenwriter
    Kate Renshaw-Lewis
  • Producer
    Eric Ackerman
  • Color by
    Arius Ziaee
  • Music Performed by
    Kate Renshaw-Lewis, Arius Ziaee, Alex Edgeworth
  • Sound Design
    Kate Renshaw-Lewis
  • Sound Mixer
    Shane Vincent
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