Saturday Morning Cartoons – 2026
Saturday, April 18, 10:30 AM
Dance Film
Director: Kelly Gallagher, Animation, USA, 1 min
A colorful film about a very happy baby watching with delight as her mother dances.
The Sky Was Candy
Director: Anh Tú Nguyen, Animation, Germany, 3 min
A yellow and blue day in the life of a little child.
Our Hero, Cadet
Director: Kam Smith, Narrative, USA, 9 min
Cadet, a bright-eyed third-grader, dreams of going to space. While being held inside for detention, she is rescued by two people who want to make her dream come true.
Patch
Director: Meg Cook, Experimental, USA, 2 min
Using stop motion and cut paper, Patch explores pattern, movement, and play, echoing the tactile qualities of textile-making.
Satomi
Director: Rayner Wang, Narrative, Japan, 12 min
Mayumi has the skill, the voice and the passion to be the perfect performer but she suffers from stage fright.
Latent Horizon
Director: Julie Orser, Experimental, USA, 6 min
The creative and perceptual landscape of dyslexia explored through stop-motion, and collage inspired by a mohter and son’s shared experience.
The Apricot
Directors: Alex Z. Avila, Animation, Mexico, 10 min
The story of a 10-year-old boy and his first summer working on the family’s apricot farm.
There Once Was a Tiger
Directors: Dmitry Mosyagin, Marina Verik, Animation, Russia, 13 min
An extraordinary friendship between a bored tiger and a playful goat and how the goat helped the tiger gain freedom.
35 Days
Director: Heidi Kumao, Animation, USA, 7 min
What happens when a coalition of strangers answers the call to locate a missing cat during the pandemic lockdown of 2020?
Beefy!
Director: Ryan George Kittleman, Animation, USA, 6 min
Beefy isn’t the world’s most famous lake monster. In fact, he’s not famous at all, but one man hopes to change that.
Turbulence
Directors: Christopher Rutledge, Magnus Igland Møller, Animation, Denmark, 4 min
First flight. No parents. Total panic.
Beast of the Seine
Director: Jon Portman, Animation, USA, 13 min
When the children of a quaint Parisian village are terrorized by a sinister threat, a remarkable dog emerges as the unlikely hero, until a shocking revelation changes the town forever.