Heartstone

A thesis film about dysphoria, transition, and friendship, told through 2D and 3D animation

A young student heads back to his village during the COVID-19 lockdown to collect ethnographic material for his thesis, but as quarantine stretches...

Two ambitious primatologists and their small team of researchers are funded for an 8 week research trip into the depths of the Northern Cascades to...

Gretchen unmoulds a jar of jelly in her room while her parents picnic in the garden. The jelly comes to life, the girl begins a frenzied dance with...

A troubadour is expelled from the city when the queen sees his disfigured face. The palace guards smash his instrument as punishment, but the...

A young Israeli arrives in New York City but the person with whom he was meant to stay goes AWOL. The Israeli befriends a young, American singer and...

Striving to please her overbearing mother, a 13-year-old gymnast attempts to lose 5 pounds in one night.

A little girl devises an innovative scheme to reconnect with her imprisoned mother during Christmas.

An ex-bounty hunter makes breakfast with his young daughter, who becomes increasingly curious about his past profession.

"Ladies Knight" is Joe Rothenberg's undergrad senior thesis project from USC's Hench Division of Animation and Digital Arts.

Pila is a young woman who has repeatedly attempted suicide but has never succeeded. One day, after enduring horrific trauma—including physical...

A mother buys her teenage son a new pair of shoes from a mall.