jfortnash@gmail.com
https://vimeo.com/user58573752
Jenn Fortnash, MFA 2019
A story about the one and only Pink Dolphin - living in the ocean, looking for his companions, and trying to survive from the assaults and taunts of other sea creatures.
kantuooo@gmail.com
kantuo91610.wixsite.com/tuokan
www.linkedin.com/in/tuo-kan-644403b8n
Leeds Queer Film Festival | Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest | Best Shorts Competition | Our City Film Project | Atlanta Film Festival | Brisbane Queer Film Festival, AustraliaTuo Kan, MFA 2017
An experimental animated documentary about immigrant families living in the U.S. told through an intimate lens.
mayraaflores.com
25th San Diego Latino Film Festival | Festival de Cine y Derechos Humanos de Barcelona XIV | 5th Cine Latino Minneapolis Saint Paul Film Festival | Moebius Animacion: mujeres en la animacion experimental lationoamericana | Pentedattilo Film FestivalMayra A. Flores, MFA 2017
Nine connects mathematical loops in relation to the number 9 to the endless cycles that we go through in life and the after life.
www.ankitapanda.wix.com/ankitapanda
Ankita Panda, MFA 2020
A girl tries to escape from the village she lives in.
allenxiao9051@gmail.com
Junyixiao.com
45th Annie Awards - Nomination for Best Student Film | 2016 Adobe Achievement Awards FinalistJunyi Xiao, MFA 2017
An entirely CG world inspired by the concepts and visual motifs of the feature film, The Imitation Game, about Alan Turing and his pioneering computer that successfully cracked the codes created by Germany's WWII Enigma machine.
minshivisual@gmail.com
shimin13579.wixsite.com/mysite
kun876@gmail.com
www.kunxia.info
Los Angeles CineFest (semi-finalist) | The World Animation Celebration | Adobe Design Achievement Awards (semi-finalist) | Miami independent Film Festival | Barcelona Planet Film FestivalMin Shi, MFA 2018
Kun Xia, MFA 2018
When the destruction of the world begins, the only person awake tries to escape to the other side.
karasucassie@gmail.com
karasucassie.com
Cassie Shao, MFA 2019
A young man must find himself in a world of screens.
espystopmo@gmail.com
www.espystopmo.com
jfortnash@gmail.com
Esperanza Guevara, MFA 2019
Jenn Fortnash, MFA 2019
A journey to catharsis through music.
greg@gregdraws.com
www.linkedin.com/in/ggaray
Gregory Garay, MFA 2020
A girl reconnects with her love of writing after a magical intervention from her father.
juma0204@gmail.com
www.linkedin.com/in/julia-margarita-quiceno-711098129/
North Bay Art and Film Festival - Best Animated Short | LA Femme International Film Festival - Nominee Best Animated Short | New Filmmakers Los Angeles | 13th Los Angeles International Children's Film FestivalJulia Margarita Quiceno, BA 2017
A breakfast symphony with two hands and a pair of mysterious creatures 'hatched' from blue and red eggs.
sijia.huang505@gmail.com
sijiahuang505.wixsite.com/woww
Sijia Huang, MFA 2016
A flower's journey of exploring the outside world and finding the ocean.
remona5213@gmail.com
FIFF-Filmstrip International Film Festival | FECEA - Festival de Cinema Escolar de Alvorada | Directed by Women - NYC-SF Short and Fun Evening | Kolkata International Wildlife & Environment Film Festival | The World Animation Celebration | PSIAF Palm Springs International Animation FestivalMengna Lei, MFA 2017
A motion graphic animation involving color, motion and composition.
kun876@gmail.com
www.kunxia.info
Kun Xia, MFA 2018
Zest is a visual music piece that explores themes of balance and self-healing.
crystaljow@gmail.com
Crystaljow.com
Crystal Jow, MFA 2019
Alone and dejected, a lost sock in a laundromat meets an unlikely companion.
danny@editormunoz.com
editormunoz.com
www.linkedin.com/in/danny-mu%C3%B1oz-9578996b/
Cinema New York - Best Short Animation | Cucalorus Festival | Florida Animation Festival | Tallgrass International Film FestivalDanny Munoz, BA 2017
An overly empathetic gorilla needs to make an important delivery.
daveyhjarrell@gmail.com
Daveyjarrell.com
www.linkedin.com/in/davey-jarrell-16649962/
El Rey Network's 2017 People's Network Showcase: Animation Edition | USC First Look 2018Davey Jarrell, BA 2017
Obsession over a small detail affects an important moment.
patradol42697@gmail.com
www.patradolk.com/
Jack Oakie Comedy Student Short Film Festival 2017 - 1st PlacePetradol 'DoDo' Kitcharoen, MFA 2019
The spirits of the Arctic perform a magical ritual to welcome a new cycle of life.
ymz19971010@gmail.com
Yiminfx.com
www.linkedin.com/in/yiminzhangusc/
Yimin Zhang, BA 2019
A young girl's romantic fantasy fades to tears of rain.
xiruiliu.animation@gmail.com
xiruiliu.wixsite.com/xiruiliu
Xirui Liu, MFA 2017
A weird-acting girl draws a young man's attention in the inn.
zionchen12@gmail.com
www.zionbalance.com
The World Animation Celebration 2017 - 1st in Student Traditional Animation | 37th Black Maria Film Festival - Finalist | Austin Film Festival 2017 | LA Shorts International Festival 2017 | The 19th Bucheon International Animation Festival | Bucharest Short Film Festival 2017Zion Chen, BA 2017
A child who lives on a dandelion chases after a distant, artificial world.
yoojinseol@gmail.com
yoojin.seol.us
www.linkedin.com/in/yoojinseol/
Animation Block Party | Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival | 13th Athens AnimFest | ANIMAC 2017 | Adobe Design Achievement Awards - Semifinalist 2017 | USC Discovery Scholar 2017Yoojin Seol, BA 2017
Domestic violence is often caused by the cycle of physical injury and psychological abuse.
yuyustopmo@gmail.com
yuyustopmotion.wixsite.com/yuyu
Yu Yu, MFA 2018
An exploration of the literal and figurative associations of a journey with change.
ankitatapas0@gmail.com
www.ankitapanda.wix.com/ankitapanda
Ankita Panda, MFA 2020
In Eastern China, a serpent lives at the base of a tall mountain. Every year, the nearby villagers bring a young girl to the serpent's den as a sacrificial offering. One day, a female warrior decides to challenge the serpent.
jinzhidu91@gmail.com
wanjy921@gmail.com
www.jinyuewan.net/
www.linkedin.com/in/jinyuewan/
jinzhidu.wixsite.com/animation
www.linkedin.com/in/jinzhi-du-3336b2112/
Jinzhi Du, MFA 2017
Jinyue Wan, MFA 2017
A contemporary, experimental, motion visualization of the ancient Chinese romance, Farewell My Concubine 霸王別姬, in the traditional performing arts style of Peking Opera.
zzyfish89@gmail.com
petezhou.com/
www.linkedin.com/in/zhaoyuzh
Miami Short Film Festival - Best Experimental Film | 44th Student Academy Awards - Alternative Nominee | Adobe Design Achievement Awards 2017 - Semifinalist | USC First Look Film Festival 2017Zhaoyu Zhou, MFA 2017
Returning to the USA after losing both arms overseas, a young veteran battles phantom pains, prosthetics, and memories of his pre-war life while reaching for a sense of normalcy.
devon@devonm.com
devonmanney.com
90th Academy Awards - Shortlisted for Animated Short | 44th Student Academy Awards - Animation Silver Award Winner | 2018 Annie Award - Best Student Film nominee | USC Sloan Animation Grant | ASIFA-Hollywood AEF GrantDevon Manney, BA 2017
An emotionally immersive and visually poetic journey into the issue of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, inspired by the true experiences of a woman who suffered substance abuse disorder during her pregnancy.
nickmb101@protonmail.com
megan.simon.animation@gmail.com
Nmantingbrewer.com
www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-manting-brewer-b0776a55/
www.megsimonart.com/
BASA Grant | 2018 SXSW World PremiereNicholas Manting Brewer, MFA 2017 Film and Television Production
Meg Simon, MFA 2019
For more information:
email: firstframe@cinema.usc.edu
DADA website: anim.usc.edu