How a River Is Born

Shapeless

A film about what it means to grow up as a young South Asian girl in Japan — navigating family, love, and yearning.

Square Love

A little cube is on a mission to find, for lack of a better word, love.

Given: On The Other Hand

An OVA short film belonging to the Given franchise, covering stories parallel to Given (2020).

black enuf*

A queer oddball seeks approval from Black peers despite a serious lack of Hip-Hop credentials. This short animated documentary takes you on a quest for belonging.

Shine

Two male, glowing creatures start a fight over trying to impress a female. Each one of them wants to win her over by giving a better light show than his competitor. They are on fire - until one gets burned.

Coming Out

A story of pride and acceptance told through the characters of Godzilla and Little Godzilla.

To the Highest Point Near the Sun

An animated exploration of the restraining and freeing of a bounded soul. A journey on the never-ending search of belongingness.

Parting Gift

Love arises between a florist and the woman she saved.

Backroad

Tgirls Make Music

A documentary about trans woman rapper and producer htmljones/ish99ni (Ishaani Ponniah), framed through the visual language of early-2000s television, 2010s internet aesthetics, and contemporary British culture.

Centaura

Two indigenous tribes invoke the god of love, Rudá, to come and celebrate the rite of love. They believe that this god lives in the clouds and that love is free from all prejudice.

Simply Divine

In 1939 a young Romanian woman met a soldier. Love blossomed, but the man was sent to the front. They continued to write passionate letters to each another, but when she had to move they lost contact. She was never able to forget him. Will they ever meet again?

Liam

Just after Isidore moves to France to study filmmaking, his best friend dies back in the US. Through documentary, performance, and animation, a ghostly portrait emerges, prompting Isidore to question his relationships with his parents and his boyfriend in Paris.

Chado

During a long hot summer in the forest, Child is forced to grow up. First her Dog becomes ill, then out of the blue her Mother returns to their dacha with a new lover. Child's world is turned upside down. With each unsettling event, her visions become stronger to the point where she decides on a dangerous decision. Chado combines digital animation and Risograph printing to transform a coming of age tale into an enchanting short film.

The Box

An old man ends up taming the mouse he wanted to get rid of.

A Love Story

In a movie theater, a discarded popcorn kernel comes to life.

More Than Happy

In a queer utopia, two couples sit in conversation at a restaurant, waiting for service that will never arrive. As hunger grows, they talk about time and happiness. Not wanting to wait forever, they decide to leave.

Hunch

“Hunch（確信 Kaku-Shin)” is a bittersweet growing-up story of a gay student who has a crush on his classmate. This is also a story of the unrequited love that every LGBT teens would experience. It released in 2016, and became popular among LGBT teens through social media.

Organza's Revenge

Organza, a broke artist living in deep space, must travel across the galaxy to seek revenge on her ex in order to cure her mysterious illness. As she meets strange creatures such as museum curators and cyborg pop stars, she learns that perhaps vulnerability is more important than revenge, after all.

Belle

Suzu is a 17-year-old high-school student living in a rural town with her father. Wounded by the loss of her mother at a young age, Suzu one day discovers the massive online world "U" and dives into this alternate reality as her avatar, Belle. Before long, all of U's eyes are fixed on Belle, when, suddenly, a mysterious, dragon-like figure appears before her.