The Saint of Dry Creek

Patrick Haggerty grew up the son of a dairy farmer in rural Dry Creek, Washington, during the 1950s. As a teenager, Pat began to understand he was gay—something he thought he was hiding well. But one day, after performing at a school assembly, Pat learned that his father could see him much more clearly than he realized.

The Hunting Season

There is peace in the forest and among all of the animals there, including a pair of ducks who befriend Molly Moo-Cow. A pair of hunters come on the scene, go hunting and hurt the ducks, so it's Molly to the rescue.

Moving Target Shadow Detection

The Anderson Family Breakfast

While a seemingly picture-perfect suburban family enjoys breakfast together, an omniscient narrator reveals their repressed inner thoughts and secrets…all just moments before a nuclear bomb is dropped on the family.

The Vampire Returns

In the graveyard in Bethlehem, a vampire wakes up to find that he is in an unfamiliar future where everything seems hostile, and where he is no longer a threat.

Spaceman

SPACEMAN uses mime, stop motion, classic animation, and theatrical elements, to explore one artist's loss of creative passion, and his journey to get it back again.

Two Worlds

Two characters finding hope and coming together in the bleakest of moments. One marooned on a desolate planet and the other crash landing on the same planet. Both have benefits to helping each other find solace in this barren world.

Dissecando Selma

A director starts from a disturbing provocation to explore, in the tone of a fable, the boundaries between motherhood, desire, and identity. At the center is Selma, a mother consumed by jealousy, who spirals into delusions and imagined rivalries after discovering signs of her son's sexual life.

The Listening

A group of friends on their way to a remote lake house come across a stranger with some important information. (Screamfest)

Nothing Ever Happens

In this parody of Grand Hotel, despite a dying man's efforts to enjoy his final days, a jewel thief trying to comfort a great dancer, and a big business deal in progress, there are still those who say that "nothing ever happens here."

Haruko's Adventure

Haruko, a girl with psychic powers who can communicate with inorganic matter, wakes up one morning to the call of someone, and as she is invited, she arrives at an abandoned apartment building from the 30s of the Showa era, where countless "mononoke" have lived.

Metamorphose Works No.1

A donut-shaped image floating in the center of the screen begins to move like a living creature. The colors and patterns are constantly changing, gradually gaining strength, and eventually leading to an explosive radial movement.

Worm Story

The story begins with a parody of a familiar folklore about a rabbit and an earthworm chasing after each other, but the warm atmosphere changes completely to a succession of surreal images, and the story dismantles.

Megha's Divorce

Best Partner Ever

A timid little witch chose a puppy with a totally opposite personality from her as her partner, and began to go through conflicts with the constant trouble maker puppy. After some incidents, they got to cooperate each other, and they recovered their relationship again.

The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Lion

Max is a seven year old deaf boy growing up in the 1960s. One day he goes on a school trip to the zoo, where he sees a lion for the first time. A feeling begins to grow inside him that will change his life forever.

Smash Cuts! Super Sci-Fi Shorts Fest

Host Scott Forrest presents a curated compilation of eight independent short films in this rapid-fire science-fiction feature. Genres collide, narratives twist, aesthetics clash, and even humor, both campy and dystopian, showcase the vast creative possibilities of each story's individual world, offering the viewer a brief glimpse into the lives of every character's attempt to survive the otherworldly chaos around them. Released in 2001, the selected shorts span original creation dates of 1997 to 2001; most of the featured filmmakers also appear as themselves in short video interviews to talk about their inspirations, creative process and motivations while working on their individual shorts.

INFLICTION

In a unknown time, an artist is abruptly visited by an interviewer eighty years from the future. Lives yet-lived and memories re-discovered blur together in this experimental short film.

Suicide

A black-humored short story of a suicide attempt that ends abruptly (ain’t that always the way!). Short black and white animation on 8mm.

Global Warming

Satirical short animation; on the Earth's beauty and how to ruin it.

Donald's Nephews

Donald's sister Dumbella sends her three sons Huey, Dewey, and Louie to visit their uncle Donald. They prove to be quite a handful for Donald, even with help from his book on child rearing.

A Knight for a Day

By accident, Cedric (Goofy), replaces his master, Sir Loinsteak, in the armor just before the joust with champion Sir Cumference.

Gone Fishing

On Motunui, Maui tries to catch a fish with his magical fishhook, only to be comically foiled by the ocean.

Mickey's Delayed Date

Even though Mickey's evening started slow and lazy, things get moving in a hurry when Minnie calls from outside the big dance, wondering why he's late. Luckily his best pal Pluto is happy to help wrangle the uncooperative evening wear and help get him out the door...without the tickets

Welcome to the Club

Heart set on becoming a princess, Lisa Simpson is surprised to learn being bad might be more fun.

The Olympic Champ

A narrator explains the history of the Olympic Games while Goofy demonstrates events.

How to Play Football

Taking all the places on both teams, Goofy demonstrates the game of football with varying results, having problems with the coach and the goal post.

The Big Bad Wolf

The Big Bad Wolf torments Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs.

Monster Truck Mater

As a professional monster truck wrestler, Mater must work his way up through the ranks from an amateur tow truck to World Champion Monster Truck Wrestler. But rival wrestlers I-Screamer, Captain Collision, and The Rasta Carian aren't about to give up without a fight.

The Bodyguard

Spike the bulldog, grateful to Jerry for getting him out of the dogcatcher's van, offers to help the little mouse any time he whistles. Tom, Jerry's feline tormentor, seeks to overcome this new disadvantage.

Building a Building

Mickey's a shovel operator and laborer at a construction site; Minnie is delivering box lunches; Pete is the foreman. Mickey pays more attention to Minnie than to his work, and keeps having accidents (mostly involving the blueprints Pete is holding). Pete steals Mickey's lunch, so Minnie offers him one on the house. While he's eating, Pete kidnaps Minnie; Mickey fights him, but the tide turns when Minnie dumps a load of hot rivets into Pete's pants...

His Mouse Friday

Tom is shipwrecked on an island, which is inhabited by at least one mouse - Jerry. To thwart the hungry cat, Jerry disguises himself as a cannibal.

Far from the Tree

On an idyllic beach in the Pacific Northwest, curiosity gets the better of a young raccoon whose frustrated parent attempts to keep them both safe.

Red Hot Riding Hood

Tired of always playing the same roles, Little Red Riding Hood, her grandmother and the Wolf demand a new version of the tale. The story then plays out in a more contemporary urban environment, with Little Red Riding Hood working as a pin-up girl in a night club.

Goofy Gymnastics

Inspired by a magazine ad, Goofy sends for a mail order body building course. First is weight lifting; after Goofy finally gets the weights up, a fly lands and sends him crashing through several floors in the apartment building. Chinups: the bar itself goes up and down. Then a rubber-band stretch device, which Goofy quickly tangles up in, sending him crashing through the building and several other pieces of equipment.

Double Dribble

A basketball game of Goofs (P.U. vs. U.U.) in which the players play furiously, often breaking the rules of the game. All of the players are named after Disney artists.

Casanova Cat

Tom heads for a big city penthouse to become acquainted with a rich pretty female cat that lives there. He brings her Jerry as a gift and does some humiliating things to Jerry. Jerry, in turn, attracts the attention of another cat who also becomes interested in the female cat. It eventually turns into a fight between Tom and the other cat for the lady's hand but Jerry is the one who gets her in the end.

Donald's Better Self

Schoolboy Donald is torn between his angel and devil sides, though in Donald's case, the devil side isn't hard to resist. But the smoking he's encouraged to do turns him green and gives him regrets, and when the good side shows up and kicks evil's butt, Donald cheers.

The Barn Dance

Minnie Mouse has to choose between two dance partners, as clumsy Mickey competes with the more experienced Pete for the pleasure of her company.

How to Dance

Goofy learns the basics of ballroom dancing.