Dir: Athena Greenleaf
6 min
United States

When a young girl wishes on a dandelion for a friend, a magical lion appears. Together they form a bonded pair and learn how to say goodbye.

Dir: Maiya Brown
2 min
United States

Topics of dissociation, connection, and the shedding of identity are explored during a bus ride in a stream-of-consciousness world.

Dir: Yuxin Yang
14 min
United States

When the past refuses to stay buried, sorrow becomes a wet journey. Following the lead of a bowl, she drifts through ruins of memory, love, and a truth too painful to face. Trauma doesn't end; it transforms.

Dir: Soyeon Kim
5 min
United States

Following the meandering path of a snake, we explore what it is like to move through the world alone, where direction is unclear, and every step is shaped by instinct, struggle, and small, hard-won wisdom.

Dir: Camille Monnier
13
France

In a post apocalyptic desert landscape, a pair of sisters stranded at a roadside motel must overcome their differences in order to survive.

Dir: Jim Allison
5 min
United States

A mixed medium stop motion that depicts a massive generational divide between a Norse hipster and a Viking king and after the Norse hipster unexpectedly fishes the Viking king out of a frozen lake while on a routine fishing excursion. Down the Line shows how ancient cultural practices can facilitate bonding.

Dir: Luma Flôres
9 min
Brazil

Ayla wakes up in a mountainous landscape, surrounded only by vegetation and a river. Driven by curiosity and a desire to get to know the place, she goes on a journey of discovery and diving. As she discovers where she is, she also discovers herself.

Dir: Evan Dunn (CPH Student)
1 min
United States

Three students, held captive, are forced to bake a cake in hell before their time runs out.

Dir: Heidi Kumao
7 min
United States

When Rueben goes missing, a coalition of strangers answers the call to find the cat during the 2020 pandemic lockdown.

Dir: Radheya Jang
15 min
Australia, United Kingdom

An enigmatic man journeys back in time to find his younger self, seemingly to revisit the nostalgia of trading cards. In a world of habit and ritual, where these rules shape his worldview, the man explores identity, mental health, and the erosion of childhood innocence.