Animated Shorts 2026: Program One
DIRECTOR(S):
Alexandre Sousa; Alice Eça Guimarães; Marjorie Caup, Olivier Héraud; Éric Montchaud; Danna Galeano; Ruel Pascual; Yingdan Lai; Jon Frickey; Hsiao-Shan Huang SYNOPSIS:
RiverRun is an Academy Award-qualifying festival in the category of Animated Shorts, meaning the winner in this category may submit for Academy Awards consideration.
Amarelo Banana and Because Today is Saturday will only be part of the in-person screenings of this block. The rest of the shorts will also be available online.
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Amarelo Banana
After another night of insomnia, a man comes across a strange community living in his building and discovers t...
12 min | Alexandre Sousa | Hungary | North Carolina | English
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Because Today is Saturday
It's Saturday, and a woman struggles with the difficulty of reconciling her home life and her need to escape.T...
12 min | Alice Eça Guimarães | France | North Carolina | No Dialogue
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Carcassone-Acapulco
As flight 7836 reaches cruising speed above the Atlantic Ocean, the pilot, co-pilot, and flight attendant are ...
14 min | Marjorie Caup, Olivier Héraud | France | French
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I Found a Box
One day, Guy, a bird running in the forest, runs into a box. Guy asks himself, “But what can this box be use...
10 min | Éric Montchaud | France | U.S | French
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Marvelous Gift
In a world where humanity has gained the gift of eternal life, Marvelous Gift invites you on a journey where f...
8 min | Danna Galeano | Chile | North Carolina | English
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Memory Jar
Memory Jar is a film about the everyday struggle of balancing work and family, and the choices we make about h...
7 min | Ruel Pascual | USA | World | English
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One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six
In a strict boarding school, MiaoMiao’s quiet longing unfolds through a box of chocolate, where desire and c...
8 min | Yingdan Lai | USA | Chinese
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Ploo
As sine waves cycle endlessly, an aging vector tech store owner confronts mortality with help from a moth....
15 min | Jon Frickey | Germany | North Carolina | English
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Rocked by the Wind
Seeking his bandmates and escaping chores, high school senior Shuan headed to the city, only to be caught in a...
14 min | Hsiao-Shan Huang | Taiwan | North Carolina | Mandarin, Taiwanese
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