JUSTICE FILM FESTIVAL 2026 / SESSION SEVEN / DOCUMENTARY & ANIMATED SHORTS

WILLIE AND HIS PIGS — Every 9 months, rural Kentucky-based regenerative farmer Willie Houston brings home a small group of piglets. He raises them, names them, cares for them, and has to say goodbye. This subtle portrait challenges assumptions of masculinity in farming and explores who bears the emotional weight of ethically raising animals.

FOREVERGREEN — An orphaned bear cub finds a home with a fatherly evergreen tree, until his hunger for trash leads him to danger. [ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE BEST ANIMATED SHORT]

SAFFRON — A scared Sikh teenager ventures through paranoid and hostile NYC - confronting misdirected Islamophobia, and doing something life threatening to honor his family.

AMERICAN SIKH — The animated true story of a turban-wearing American Sikh, who after a lifetime of facing prejudice, self-doubt and violence, finally finds acceptance in a superhero costume.

ANI LIU: EYE HEART WOMB — An intimate portrait of interdisciplinary artist and mother Ani Liu, whose work transforms pregnancy, care, and invisible labor into visceral artworks—challenging who gets to create, whose bodies are controlled, and how love, science, and survival are materialized.

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