TRT: Approx. 24 min.

For our youngest festival guests, we offer the third edition of “Itsy Bitsy Shorts,” our Saturday morning family program. GO! to an animation showcase about the joys of traveling with others, and the need to sometimes fly solo. Followed by interactive playtime with our return guest performance artist “The Cat Lady” and her feline friends (aka Kristina Wong).

— Julie Cho

OUT ON A LIMB

(United States, 2010) Dir.: Daisy Lin

Portrays a young bird isolated from other birds that do not share its interest in searching for dandelions.

Video, 5 min., color, animation

ORANGE CITY

(United States, 2009) Dir: Qingyuan Wang

Snail helps everyone find out that the sweetest thing in the world is Orange that they plant for each other.

Video, 6 min., color, animation

ELECTRIC CAR

(United States, 2010) Dirs.: Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata aka Tiny Inventions

Animal friends join the ride with an electric car.

Video, 3 min., color, animation

WHERE, THERE, HERE

(United States, 2009) Dir: Soyeon Kim

A playful visualization of Hide and Seek. Masked African characters dance to a pounding beat in this snappy and fluid animation using only sand.

Video, 90 sec., color, animation

CHERRY ON THE CAKE

(United Kingdom, 2009) Dir: Hyebin Lee

It's Cherry's birthday and she's excited about spending it with her family, but they're all too caught up in their own worlds to realize the smaller Cherry feels, the smaller she gets — will she disappear altogether? A bit of attention goes a long way when you're only 2 centimeters tall.

Video, 8 min., color, animation