For the past 10 years, **Malt Adult** has brought together contemporary, challenging animated short films from the underground and international festival circuits to the Midwest. The 35th edition features a collection of films focusing on animals of all shapes: fish, snakes, monkeys and dogs that lead up to an experimental 30 minute mini-feature, about our own animalistic rituals by EXTREME ANIMALS (David Wightman Jacob Ciocci), entitled “What is A Band?“. Other highlights of the screening include the lo-fi 3D, bold & brutal “Bootstrapping for the Boobied” by recent SAIC graduate Stella Chen, the wintry coziness found during “A Night at the Rest Area” by Saki Muramoto, and a stop-motion snake coming to terms with his fashionable self in “Miguel Lopez is a Snake” by Kati Snotherly. Free fanzine programs will be available on a first come, first served basis and include interviews with local artists Ciocci and Chen, both of which will be in attendance for a short audience Q&A. **Featuring:** - Will Anderson - Existential Greg - Jenna Caravello - Vimar - Stella Chen - Bootstrapping for the Boobied - Ian Kelewae - O’ Bingo - Greg Keung Chun Yam - Ima Wa Ima - Yingdan Lai - Fish - Saki Muramoto - A Night At the Rest Area - Sara Priorelli - My Good Boy - Kati Snotherly - Miguel Lopez is a Snake - Mya Van Dyk - Monkey Bar - Extreme Animals (Jacob Ciocci and David Wightman) - What is A Band? Additionally, animation artists wanting to participate in the programming can submit “Animal” themed loops online until the Friday before the show. Details can be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeUVtglrBCUJaGWfh3HYhi6WziRrrwzztuDTVjgFTKdAyYTNQ/viewform