2023
Augerai, Augier, De Figueiredo, Di Cicco, Jacquin, 2022
A couple of dumb birds try their best to protect their four eggs from a volcanic eruption, coming up with increasingly silly ways to escape the island in one piece.
Family-Friendly, Animation, Challenge, Determination
Brian Vincent Rhodes, Christopher Lennertz, 2023
An animated musical about a lonely widower awaiting a pacemaker to change his life who gets his real second chance at true love by opening his heart and accepting his grandson’s identity.
Animation, Family, Love, Musical, LGBTQ+
Andrew Pierce Chesworth, 2023
An Old West musical tale with 1940’s flair about a mighty little train facing harrowing disaster.
Family-Friendly, Animation, Music, Disaster
2022
Luce and the Rock
Britt Raes, 2022
One day, out of nowhere, a giant rock lays in the middle of the peaceful village where Luce lives. The villagers can’t even open the door to their houses anymore! Luce becomes angry.
Family Friendly, Me and My Friend
I Miss Hugs
Ana Songel, 2022
The story of a single parent and her only daughter who, after migrating to another country, is forced into creating a newfound sense of affection with her mother back home.
Family Friendly, Me and My Friend
Lewis Reeves, 2021
A young boy’s day out to see Grandad and his grandad’s beloved pet, Harry the hamster, suddenly sours because a dramatic death occurs and an unexpected revelation comes to light
Family Friendly, Me and My Friend
Jan Gadermann & Sebastian Gadow, 2022
Memo looks different. Nobody else wears a diving suit and such a huge helmet. But then
he meets Laika, an astronaut. They reflect upon their similarities and a beautiful friendship forms.
Friendship, Sci-Fi
Ty Primosch, K-J Mathieson, 2017
A corkscrew with a screw loose battles a giant glass bottle to uncork seven mysterious lightning bugs. With no dialogue, the story relies on visual storytelling to express acceptance.
Visual, Animals
Liukaidi Peng, 2019
Crunch is a sci-fi comedy 3D animation. The story starts with a guy named Bob who has just started working in the space agency. When watching the spaceship launching, Bob is hit by lightning.
Space
Olivia Perkins, 2020
Mack craves attention and just wants to be loved, but is constantly brushed aside by her Mom. Left unsupervised in an aquarium, she begins to follow a tiger shark to the top of his tank.
Relationship
Adrienne Douley, 2016
A stop motion fairy tale in which Derek, an aquatic creature, tries to win the heart of Tootega, an isolated sea-witch living on an iceberg adrift in the ocean.
Love, Relationship, Magic
Ole Christoffer Haga, 2012
An abandoned dog encounters a friendly stranger on his day off from work. Afraid of losing his new-found friend, he gets attached – quite literally – to the man in question.
Animal, slapstick