Animation Program
Saturday, April 22, 12 PM, at The Minor Theatre
Cal Poly Humboldt Students get in free!
General Admission: $12
Wâhkôhtowin | All My Relations
The power of stories, told over many nights, over many years, through all the languages across the world, are encapsulated in an intimate story between a grandmother and her children’s children on a clear winter night in the tipi.
Dir. Barry Bilinsky
5:48 minutes
Canada
Drone
A malfunction at a CIA press event causes a Predator drone installed with an ethical AI personality to go rogue as it attempts to understand its purpose in the world.
Dir. Sean Buckelew
15 minutes
USA
Trojan Horace
A group of Greek warriors try to pass through the walls of the great city of Troy, but meet their match in a clueless Trojan guardsman.
Dir. Scott Graham
6:10 minutes
USA
Colony
Colony is an animated film exploring childbirth and pregnancy through the lens of lineage, fear, loss of self, and the ascension to motherhood. A woman scientist’s entomological work creeps into her psyche as her pregnancy progresses and she becomes more hostile towards her partner. As she increasingly becomes obsessed with the ant queen of her research colony, the lines between the ant and human experience blur.
Dir. Pilar Garcia-Fernandezsesma
13:22 minutes
USA
Christopher at Sea
After embarking as a passenger onboard a cargo ship returning to Europe he begins to question his sanity and the very understanding of his perception of time in this romantic psychological thriller at sea. After a brief encounter with one of the shipmates, James, Christopher settles into life on board the ship. His life quickly falls into a routine that shapes his day-to-day existence, mirroring the monotony of the ship’s passage through open waters.
Dir. Tom CJ Brown
15 minutes
France
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