Divine Play

A snail recounts lost love in USC short “Lovebugs.” Inspired by her grandmother's tradition, a lonely woman throws a party in “The Feast of Magical Small Things” from LMU. A culinary big bang erupts in CalArts animation “Soup!” After her brother's disappearance, a woman is transported to a magical land in “NOD” from Biola, followed by CalArts animated shorts “LAKAY” and “Lucky Penny.”