2026 Program
Tetra 2026 presents 21 of the best new animated shorts for one night only, showcasing artists both local and international on one big screen for your enjoyment.
JIMMY AND BABY
Jimmy and Baby is a slapstick comedy adventure that follows two young frog brothers on a mission to retrieve a priceless diamond. A distant star, a giant’s dream, even a trip to hell: there’s no limit to where their antics take them. Physical gags, violence, and cuteness abound as the boys take on endless capers and competitions.
Flywire
Late in the night, while the world sleeps, a subterranean swamp craft rushes beneath the reeds.
Hexapod
A lone goblin prisoner must attempt a dazzling escape from a labyrinthine castle, as a mad noble struggles to retain his reluctant audience.
Street Race
A large meatheaded man is stopped at a red light next to an innocent baby in a stroller who accidentally taunts and intimidates him into a street race.
OLIVE PLACE, Luxury Inn
OLIVE PLACE is a cartoon set in a strange hotel filled with bizarre creatures and unpredictable guests. Mismatched porters Belle and Burt struggle to keep both their friendship and the hotel running as tempers flare and every shift spirals into absurd chaos.
Tuna Tartare
In a karaoke bar in post-apocalyptic Los Angeles, an expired can of tuna fish and a fake Louis Vuitton purse encourage each other to believe in their artistic voices even if the world sees them as trash.
Coldplay - feelslikeimfallinginlove
Two friends, lovers, soulmates, a pair of two, searching and ultimately finding each other. This pair traveling between worlds and changing forms, expressed through 15 styles of animation, by 15 animators from across the world.
Uppies
Can't a guy get some uppies around here?
Ding Dong
Jason BarnesA man boy regales us with tips for the perfect ding dong ditch.
ANIMAL MATH
In this richly hand-drawn fantasia, a young girl navigates a surreal inner world, discovering a book of secret paintings, a mysterious mountain, and the animal gods imprisoned within.
Do You See What I See?
Miles DavittTwo critters work together to set a spinning window in motion.
Fit Check
A man encounters a mannequin dressed exactly like him.
Battle of the Moonlets
Aliens Berg and Brine challenge Sock and Cheese to survive in each other's planets against their better judgement.
Chip Joins a Cult
While on a quest for spiritual enlightenment (and getting laid), Chip takes on a megalomaniac cult leader with a passion for breeding and decorative gravel.
Crimson Chrysalis
An off-the-books special forces unit is dispatched to deal with a nefarious (and sexy) denim wearing threat.
LOZENGE
A man needs a lozenge to aid his sore throat.
You Can Be Weird With Me
A music video I made with the help of my three children.
Boxer Fighter
The most groundbreaking game of 2007 questions what it means to be violent.
A Dog's Tail
A Dog's Tail is a 3D animated narrative microshort about a dog who loses his tail through a series of various paintings through time. In the scheme of losing his tail, he seeks enlightenment and adulthood but is that what he really wants?
Le Rayon Vert
Powered by a mysterious energy flow, a world develops around the creations of human and animal species that live in these places.
OHOIOrOI Syndrome
Sally is in the digital world.
Sally watches, listens and learns.
Sally generates through the digital language.
Sally wonders, is Sally OHOIOrOI?
Maybe Sally is a part of OHOIOrOI.
But this film was made with 0% OHOIOrOI.