GIANT Shorts Festival
Grab a bag of popcorn and some snacks as you watch this collection of short films created by GIANT kids and instructors. Animations by GIANT instructors are what we call “remixes”— they take kids’ creations and make them into something new! It may be clay characters used in a stop motion animation series or doodles and sketches brought to life through CGI. Curious what the filmmaking process look like? Scroll to the bottom of the page to see some behind the scenes of directors on set, character design, and storyboarding…
Submit your short film to this portfolio be in the running to win a festival award!
Categories include:
Most detailed set design
Most colorful character design
Best cinematography
Most unexpected ending
Best special effects
Silliest storyline
Most exciting soundtrack, sound effects or dialogue
Join us at the free premiere event! There will be snacks, popcorn, a workshop on making your own stop-motion animated films, and the announcement of the winning shorts! Festival details TBD.
ANIMATED SHORT FILMS BY GIANT KIDS
Monster Party
Animation by Rui & Teddy
The Fight (Episodes 1 & 2)
Animation by Austin H.
Among Us: The Movie
Animation by Hyojo
A Sun & Moon Love Story
Animation by Lena
A Superhero Saves the Day
Animation by Nicolas
What Toys Do When You Aren’t Watching
Animation by Caly and Keke
Big Ben Bang
Animation by Rui & Teddy
The Bulldozing Robot
Animation by a GIANT Kid
Eclipseville
Animation by Vivienne
Under The Sea
Animation by a GIANT Kid
Secret Spy
Animation by Hudson
Myself At Home
Animation by Mia
ANIMATION REMIXES BY GIANT INSTRUCTORS
Mia’s Delicious Empanadas
Artwork and paper creations by Mia
Animation remix by Iris
A Ramily Feunion
Artwork and paper creations by Dylan
Animation remix by Iris
A Mother’s Day Message
Artwork and paper creations by Sven
Animation remix by Iris
A Beautiful Sunny Day
Artwork and paper creations by Dylan
Animation remix by Iris
The Kiss
Character design by Teddy
Animation remix by Hazal
The Adventures of Penguin
Clay penguin by Natu (inspired by GIANT kids)
Animation remix by Hongjin
BEHIND THE SCENES
A look at the filmmaking process from storyboards to clay character modeling
A storyboard for a sun and moon animation
A storyboard with dialogue cues
On the set of "The Adventures of Penguin"
Character design sketch
A storyboard for a whale and wolf story
Penguin character on set
A storyboard for a film about trees communicating
Game dice to practice developing film narratives
The character design process
On the film set of Big Ben Bang
On the film set of Eclipseville
Designing monster characters
A storyboard for a dragon story
A storyboard for an underwater dinosaur tale
