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

Celebrate storytelling creativity with our festival of animation short films by Asian American and Asian artists.

We’re Screening 11 Films

Selected from over 1,000 submissions…

In addition to the category winners below, 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 time constraints.

“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
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Here are the category winners:

“The Lost Courier” by Zidong Ma

“The Twins” by Michelle Tang

“Cycle” by Chloe Ko

“Make a God” by Jia-Zhen Jian and Wan-Yu Hong

“No Photography” by Vincent Wang, Grace Redclift, Kaifu Tan, and Lance Haug

“Grown Up” by Jee Kim

“Head in the Clouds” by Kaylee Tan

“In Sight” by Wendy Lu

“0:00AM” by Yuanshen Yang

“Happy Green” by Sonnye Lim

“Nurture” by Ying-Fang Shen

Plus, we’ll screen selected animation shorts including “Covert” by Bervyn Chua, “Lemon” by Yuan Yuan Lu, “On the Haunt” by Joy Zhou, and more.