GIRLZILLA

"Ladies Knight" is Joe Rothenberg's undergrad senior thesis project from USC's Hench Division of Animation and Digital Arts.

A hungry pidgeon finds a box of popcorn, down on a bench, and tries to reach it. The only thing it stops him to get it it's the rain.

A troubadour is expelled from the city when the queen sees his disfigured face. The palace guards smash his instrument as punishment, but the musician does not lose his determination to continue making music.

When overworked diner waitress gets tipped a lottery ticket by her scumbag ex and wins, they fight it out for the jackpot in this colorful comedy short.

In Ancient Nazareth in the year Zero, a pregnant teenage girl (Mary) and her gay best friend (Joseph) must hatch a plan to save their lives when they discover they might get stoned to death for their sexual "sins". Their plan? They'll convince everyone that God made Mary pregnant with the new Messiah.

Mid-wedding at a Vegas-style chapel, a celebration comes crashing to a halt when the iconic, deceased pink poodle Poolvis Poodle’s greedy Estate steps in and shuts it down.

A culmination of experiences from growing up in Georgia...

A neglected birthday girl transforms her relapsed dad into a piñata.

Two gay losers team up to get revenge on their bullies.

Sanning/Lögn

A girl thinks she can get a glimpse of the afterlife and ropes her friend into it.

A mother buys her teenage son a new pair of shoes from a mall.

A spirited teenager tricks her older sister into joining her on a deceptively simple outing.

Karen, an entitled white woman who's not fond of black faces, embarks on a journey inside an alternate TV universe where she experiences a taste of what it’s like to be Black in America.

Anika Price's LCAD Experimental Animation Senior thesis film.

From career-ending LinkedIn posts to life-ruining Yelp posts, Abi's online tomfoolery knows no bounds. However, in a world where online misconduct isn't tolerated, she must confront her online targets face-to-face in this satirical courtroom drama.

During a promotional appearance of a movie cast on a noontime show, the hosts, producers and writers implement damage control with a swift change in segment when the upcoming teen star of the film unintentionally reveals crucial information regarding the love team, endangering the reputation of the film.

Baddie

Of You, as in I Am of You chronicles the complex love story of a mother and daughter shifting back and forth over the course of 25 years, and explores their spiritual connection and detachment. This film is an intimate, nuanced look at how a relationship ages and evolves; how it bends but does not break.

A young student heads back to his village during the COVID-19 lockdown to collect ethnographic material for his thesis, but as quarantine stretches on, the rituals and everyday scenes he records start bringing back childhood memories-leading him to piece the footage together into something more personal.