Featuring a mix of animated and live-action shorts, this alternately touching, wacky and hilarious group of films is sure to delight. In “I Am Round,” a girl who is born round in a world of squares doesn’t seem to fit society’s mold, and a sleepy city’s “Swimming Pool” provides the perfect meet-cute for two sneaky skinny dippers. “Café Regular, Cairo” offers a frank and honest look at modern Arab society as a couple meets at a café to talk through the first crisis in their relationship, while a nebbishy “Little Dad” bumbles his way through imparting an important life lesson to his crossdressing seven-year-old son.
(notes on) biology Will Madden | 2011 | USA | 6 min.
Adirake Tati Barrantes, Andinh Ha | 2012 | Thailand | 6 min.
The Black Balloon Ben Safdie, Joshua Safdie | 2012 | USA | 21 min.
Café Regular, Cairo Ritesh Batra | 2011 | Egypt, India | 11 min.
The Centrifuge Brain Project Till Nowak | 2011 | Germany | 7 min.
I Am Round (Jag är rund) Mario Adamson | 2011 | Sweden | 14 min.
Julian Matthew Moore | 2011 | Australia | 14 min.
Little Dad Noah Pritziker | 2012 | USA | 12 min.
Song of the Spindle Drew Christie | 2011 | USA | 5 min.
Summer Bummer Bill Plympton | 2012 | USA | 2 min.
Swimming Pool Alexandra Hetmerová | 2010 | Czech Republic | 7 min.