Minnanimate 2026

All screenings will be $10 and projected on a 4K laser Christie cinema projector.

MinnAnimate Shorts 1 – WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD

Date: 9/12/2026
Time: Sat. 1:00PM
Running Time: 61 minutes + Q&A

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD in which one can become a tree, conquer grocery store fears, wordlessly romance a doctor, or take a nighttime stroll with dad.

The Pleasure-Dome by Marcie LaCerte (9 min) MN
Flamingo in the Garden by Xinhui Ma (13 min) CHINA
Exodus by Studio Lagoon (8 min) CANADA
clementine by Ren Curry (3 min) MN
Fallen Stars by Jon Passig & Celeste Wilburn (3 min) MN
Sapling by Connor Yarish (6 min) CANADA
My Body As Flickering Flame by Sarah Evenson (2 min) MN
Pie: A Slice of Life by Goldfish Cavanaugh & Jaimie A. Malone (5 min) KS
My Grandmother is a Skydiver by Polina Piddubna (10 min) UKRAINE
Thanksgiving Eve by Jack Lehnert (2 min) OH

MinnAnimate Shorts 2 – SCABPEELERS

Date: 9/12/2026
Time: Sat. 3:00PM
Running Time: 60 minutes + Q&A

SCABPEELERS bring the heat, turn you upside down, pull out your stuffing, force you into a mech battle, and televise your torment.

VERMIN EXTERMIN by Jay Kim (2 min) CANADA
Cabbage Daddy by Grace An (4 min) CANADA
AniMixtape_001 by Ethan “”ArtsByTye”” Tran (1 min) MN
Max Q by Joel Benjamin (17 min) IL
welcome 2 pigeon world! by Max Ylvisaker (2 min) MN
Sack by Vladimir Izhendeev (1 min) RUSSIA
Freak4Freak by Bryan Macintosh Harroun (3 min) MN
Forged in Fate by Valerie Guerrero (4 min) IL
House Call by Kenya Zuniga (4 min) MN
The Steel Revenant by Victor Emmanuel Nord (2 min) MN
Neon Bullet by Fyra Waqar (2 min) MN
Badge of The Dead by Hannah Brown (7 min) WI
Taking Out the Trash by Alex Bongaarts (2 min) MN
TV Entreaberta by Mateus Compart (9 min) BRAZIL

Sishir Bommakanti Retrospective

Date: 9/12/2026
Time: Sat. 5:00PM
Running Time: 40 minutes + Q&A

Sishir Bommakanti routinely blesses the Minneapolis animation scene with his haunted blobby visions of modern woe. His films are vibrant, kinetic, excruciatingly digital impressions of stagnancy and quiet rage. Grope for purpose in Sishir’s spectacle-ridden short films, which the filmmaker will be present to discuss in a post-screening Q&A. 

Supplementary programming: Sishir’s Sketchbook Workshop at Wildflyer Coffee Saturday 9/12 at 11:00AM. Reservation only. Visit MinnAnimate.com for details.

MinnAnimate Shorts 3 – DEEP NOT THE END

Date: 9/13/2026
Time: Sun. 11:00AM
Running Time: 64 minutes + Q&A

DEEP NOT THE END, where toes barely touch, music forces its way down, nosebleeds let loose, and birds wear neckties.

Pampas by Abi Tucker (3 min) UK
Ulla Lulla by Amelia Dickson (6 min) MN
Things With Feathers by Azize Altay Altay Harvey (7 min) IL
A Grieving Heart by Wendy Cong Zhao (12 min) NY
The First Duet by Sky Hope (2 min) MN
God is Shy by Jocelyn Charles (15 min) FRANCE
Kyiv Cake by Mykyta Lyskov (20 min) UKRAINE

MinnAnimate Shorts 4 – LONG DISTANCE

Date: 9/13/2026
Time: Sun. 1:00PM
Running Time: 60 minutes + Q&A

LONG DISTANCE… surgery… shadows… messages… memories… snakes…

wabi_ by Raphaël Baget & Dino Mujic (11 min) FRANCE/GERMANY
Studies For Girlhood by Sarah Evenson (2 min) MN
The Thrift Store Photograph by Tom Schroeder (6 min) MN
Verb Log by Jae-Eun Janis Suh & Soojeong So (5 min) MN
Monologue in Fantasy by Seongmin KIM (8 min) SOUTH KOREA
The Wolf Has Come by Brian Christopher Hawkins (2 min) KS
Uncovered by Max Vannienschoot (6 min) CANADA
explant / implant by Josh Weissbach (3 min) CT
The Die Is Cast by Juno Jennings (2 min) MN
The Sky Was Candy by Anh Tú Nguyen (3 min) GERMANY
Hermit Falls by Pablo K Lorenzana (5 min) IL
Blessed by Birute Sodeikaite (8 min) CANADA