Annual curated showcase featuring an eclectic line-up of the best new American films and foreign works (shorts and features), Tributes to Master Artists, and presentations by filmmakers. ANIMATED SHORT FILMS (In Competition) Sunday, April 25 3:00pm Journey to fascinating animated worlds with a damaged, forgotten block of marble which emerges as one of the greatest and most beautiful works of art after years of neglect in James Bourne’s THE ABANDONED BLOCK; a young boy who is pressured to quit daydreaming in order to grow up to become successful in the corporate world in Santiago Aguilera & Gabriel Monreal’s THE BOY AND THE MOUNTAIN; a cyborg who sees his photo on a fugitive wanted poster in Natalie Nichols’ IDENTITY CRISIS; the legend of four mysterious stones on Waikiki Beach and the spirits who brought the healing powers in Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer & Joe Wilson’s KAPAEMAHU; a man who goes through a deep, inner change as he endures an adventurous bus ride in Geoff Hecht’s METRO6; a butterfly that explores the ruins of an ancient civilization in Xi Wang’s METAMORPHOSIS; twins in the womb who experience the outside world from prenatal life in Alireza Darvish’s THE TASTE OF BRIGHTNESS; and an older man who is looking for the remains of his friends 30 years after they were struck by an air attack in Amir Mehran’s THE WHITE WHALE. 62mins. Program details HERE.