Created for our youngest and first-ever moviegoers, but beloved by grown-ups, Shorts for Tots is sure to delight all audiences. Recommended for ages 3 on.
THE SMEDS AND THE SMOOS
UNITED KINGDOM—NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Animation, Daniel Snaddon & Samantha Cutler, 2022, 27 min. English
Smeds vs Smoos, Reds vs Blues: the age old story of competing tribes and star-crossed matches gets a hilarious and charming new spin in this latest interplanetary delight by Magic Light Pictures.
DON'T BLOW IT UP
CZECH REPUBLIC—NEW YORK PREMIERE Animation, Alžbeta Macáková Mišejková, 2022, 8 min. No dialogue
Two little girls get into a petty quarrel while playing. As their anger balloons, so do they—literally. How will they save their kitten after he gets stuck in a tree?
LUCE AND THE ROCK
BELGIUM & NETHERLANDS Animation, Britt Raes, 2022, 13 min. English
When a giant boulder lands in the middle of Luce’s small geometric village, it’s up to him to find a solution, even though he’s scared of the dark.
KONIGIRI-KUN PARASOL
JAPAN—NEW YORK PREMIERE Animation, Mari Miyazawa, 2021, 5 min. No dialogue
Konigiri-Kun, the energetic rice ball, is back for his fourth film at the Festival. This time, he must save the day after Mini Tomato’s birthday party goes airy, er, awry.
TO BE SISTERS
FRANCE—US PREMIERE Animation, Anne-Sophie Gousset & Clément Céard, 2022, 7 min. No dialogue
Two sisters circle each other's orbits, laughing, shouting, playing, and spinning each in their own unique way.