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CineYouth Program
Playtime: Animation
Synopsis
Bats, birds, dogs, rams, monsters, and even mushrooms get their stories told in this wide array of animated delights from around the world.
Films
![CY21 Honeyheart 1200x600](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CY21_honeyheart_1200x600-300x150.jpg)
honeyheart
Nestled in her cozy tree trunk home, a bird goes about her day until the arrival of a wild honeybee sets her on a strange and tumultuous journey of anxiety, fear, and self-acceptance.
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Comfortable Position
When a person falls asleep, they’re immersed in another reality where anything can happen. Through a series of animated vignettes, the beautiful and sometimes menacing world of sleep comes to life.
![CY21 MonsterLand 1200x600](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CY21_MonsterLand_1200x600-300x150.jpg)
Monster Land
A free form series of hand-drawn scenes that showcase the precarious routines of several silly monsters as they squash, fight, transmogrify, and bend the rules of their own universe.
![CY21 Kinoko 1200x600](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CY21_Kinoko_1200x600-300x150.jpg)
Kinoko
Two curious mushrooms embark on a whimsical adventure in the woods. Curiosity, though, may get the better of them when they stumble upon a seemingly cozy woodland residence.
![CY21 Baofahu 1200x600](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CY21_Baofahu_1200x600-300x150.jpg)
Baofahu (The Evicted Millionaires)
A resident of an urban village set for demolition ignites his fireworks in view of the police, seemingly in an effort to destroy his livelihood, yet a frequent patron of his shop sees it differently.
![CY21 ΥΑΥΟΙΚUSAMA SMAGICALCIRCLES 1200x600](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CY21_ΥΑΥΟΙΚUSAMA_SMAGICALCIRCLES_1200x600-300x150.jpg)
Yayoi Kusama’s Magical Circles
Setting off on a globe trotting hot air balloon journey, Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama visits various lands and collects their magical circles. How will she use their power to rebuild?
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Password to the * * * * *
Haunting pen and paper illustrations bring a poem to life, evoking the way childhood memories and diary notes take on new meanings later in life.
![CY21 Followers 1200x600](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CY21_Followers_1200x600-300x150.jpg)
Followers
Through vibrantly colored claymation, we witness a herd of curious rams as they’re led to a suspicious venue hosting a grand dinner. But what’s the main course?
![CY21 Gekou 1200x600](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CY21_Gekou_1200x600-300x150.jpg)
Gekou
On her commute home, a young woman finds inspiration to take a different route. The mundane reality of her daily life suddenly shifts and she discovers a different world isn’t so far after all.
![CY21 BestSeatintheHouse 1200x600](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CY21_BestSeatintheHouse_1200x600-300x150.jpg)
Best Seat in the House
As the age-old sibling argument over “who gets to sit where” begins to escalate, is there anything that will make them give up their seat before mom intervenes?
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Meeting at Half Past Five
Combining an unusual perspective with a variety of physical animation styles, this amusing short features the somber Philip as he comes to terms with how cruel and corrupt the world can be.
![CY21 NightRiders 1200x600](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CY21_NightRiders_1200x600-300x150.jpg)
Night-Riders
Losing their natural habitat due to climate change and encroaching forces, an endling bat reflects on displacement, colonialism, and extinction in this hauntingly beautiful gothic animation.