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Animation Archives | Page 2 of 4 | Capital City Film Festival
2025 FESTIVALApril 2-12, 2025Lansing, MI

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POSTED: Feb 20, 2025

Road of Lux

Inspired by the concept of “the road,” we have created a protagonist who is a personified coal spirit. The coal spirit is motivated by the “shining light,” which serves as a contrast and an attraction. Although there is a pre-planned path, the protagonist is drawn to the light encountered along the way and makes different […]

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Sweetsamsara

Every little piece of dough has the mission of becoming a donut from the moment it is born. Only donuts are good adults and a symbol of greatness! Under the influence of this kind of education, little dough Dobby and his classmates followed the teacher full of longing to participate in the “coming of age […]

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Lover

This story tells about the relationship between a companion robot, ALICE, and her owner, Hana. Hana, suffering from depression, often releases her stress on ALICE, causing the robot to frequently malfunction. ALICE begins to question her own emotions and purpose, but ultimately chooses to believe that her love for Hana is real. After Hana’s suicide, […]

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Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero

When drag queens start disappearing, a shy young barista must summon his inner super-shero to rescue them ​from an ambitious evil drag queen bent on harvesting their magical anti-aging tears.

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HOLY HEAVÊNESS

The unbearable lightness of the death of loved ones… There are wounds in life that eat away at you like leprosy… The weight of the death of loved ones sometimes becomes so overwhelming that to get rid of this weight another birth is inevitable.

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Boys Go to Jupiter

A teenager in suburban Florida desperately hustles to make $5,000 in this dreamy and surreal animated coming-of-age story.

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Catfeine

After an exhausting day, the protagonist drags their tired body home, longing for their plump “family member.” Ignoring the family member’s resistance, the protagonist hugs them tightly, finding comfort in the embrace. In this healing moment, the protagonist feels a sense of euphoria, seeing a warm sky surrounded by paw-shaped clouds. A paw-shaped cloud floats […]

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Damp

The protagonist abandoned their dreams in the past due to an accident, and the trauma made them long afraid to confront the things they once loved. It wasn’t until middle age that a chance occurrence allowed them to face their true feelings once again.

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Dreaming

Our project, “Dreaming”, is a 2D animation inspired by the whimsical imagination of middle school years. Through vibrant scenes and characters, it presents a fantastical and fun world. We hope this animation can become a topic of shared joy among viewers, allowing them to revisit the wonderful imagination of childhood.

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Droplets Dance

After the rain, puddles form on the ground. The puddles, like mirrors, gradually take shape. A group of water spirits dances joyfully, flowing down the stairs, through every corner of the town, converging into a river. The river flows past the lower eyelid, slides over the eyelashes, and crystal-clear tears fall.