Carolyn London

In 1981 in suburban Long Island, New York, the mullets are long, the metal is heavy, and 14-year-old Douglas gets a birthday surprise that will change his life forever.

It’s Christmas time, that means some magic at the Metropolitan Opera.

In a short film that adds a comic take on routine social exchanges, a quirky set of eyes turns toward the everyday at Grand Central, animating and transforming the mundane.

Andy London is haunted by the events of his 18th birthday. In this animated autobiographical short, he writes a letter to Colleen in an attempt to make peace with his demons.

Poor Andy. First, he screws up his small role in his high school’s production of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town”, before embarking on a late night makeout session that does not quite go the way he envisioned.