Crazy Talented Asians & Friends: 4th Annual Animation Shorts Festival

6:00 pm winning selections; 7:30 pm mixer party with the artists and jurors from the animation industry.

Come celebrate the creativity of storytelling with our returning popular festival of animation short films by Asian American and Asian artists and their friends. Our fourth year promises to be another exciting showcase of the crazy talents we have in the community.

This year's selected animation shorts, representing the top 2% of over one thousand submissions, were chosen by a panel of seasoned professionals for their extraordinary storytelling, art direction, animation, production, and sound design. In addition to their creative visuals and soundtracks, these films present a range of stories and experiences as diverse as the APA community itself. The category winners among the official selected films are:

The Lost Courier, Winner, inspired by the artist's real experience, is about some of the incredible things a courier goes through before reaching us, by Zidong Ma.

The Twins, Jury Selection, tells the story of the sibling rivalry between twins Lake and Lucas that got out of hand one day after school, by Michelle Tang.

Cycle, Best VFX, is about somewhere in the vast universe, an asteroid from the supernova explosion lands on a nearby planet, which triggers new life on it, by Chloe Ko.

Make a God, Best Stop Motion, tells the story of an unexpected creature that was born in the magic circle of a higher species, by Jia-Zhen Jian and Wan-Yu Hong.

No Photography, Best 3D Animation, is about a high-tech thief's perfect museum heist until a peculiar tourist insists on taking pictures of every exhibit, by Vincent Wang, Grace Redclift, Kaifu Tan, and Lance Haug .

Grown Up, Best Narrative, is about a peculiarly precocious boy whose perfectly well-adjusted life comes to a halt when his long-lost father returns to make amends, by Jee Kim.

Head in the Clouds, Best Sound Design, tells the story of a quirky student whose daydreams must creatively elude her strict math teacher to remain there. by Kaylee Tan.

In Sight, Best Art Direction, tells the story of a young troublemaker and her dog set out on a journey up a mountain to shoot down the brightest star in the sky, by Wendy Lu.

0:00AM, Best 2D Animation, tells the story of an exhausted commuter whose body had reached its limit but time was still advancing minute by minute, by Yuanshen Yang.

Happy Green, Best Professional Short, takes an intimate look at a symbiotic relationship between Happy Green, a little green turtle and an elusive black flower, by Sonnye Lim.

Nurture, Best Experimental Animation, tells the story of how breast milk comes quietly into the world at the time of birth to raise newborns, by Ying-Fang Shen.

In addition to the category winners above, this year’s Official Selected Animation Shorts are listed below. The program on February 18th, 2024 will only screen some of the films due to limited time.
"Covert," Bervyn Chua
"Lemon," Yuan Yuan Lu
"On the Haunt," Joy Zhou
"RA-MEN," Xai Yaj
"Resilience," Yunie Choi
"SMILE MASK," Yuan Yuan Lu
"The Best Ham Sandwich According to a Fish," Jessica Xu
"The (W)hole, " Jiansu Wang
"Twin Sparks," Ollie Yao

Please come join us for an exciting big screen experience and register for the mixer party to meet with the artists and the jurors from the animation industry!

Questions? Please email us:
Ms. Ming-I Huang
Flushing Town Hall Guest Producer
[email protected]

Date: February 18, 2024

Time: 6:00pm

Location:
Flushing Town Hall,
137-35 Northern Boulevard,
Flushing, NY 11354.

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