This document provides summaries of several short films: - For the Birds is a Pixar animated comedy about birds on a telephone wire with strange background music. - In a heartbeat is an animated family short film that uses comedy and metaphor to normalize homosexuality for children. - Gasman is a 1998 Christmas film that tells the story of siblings going to a holiday party with their affectionate dad and an unkempt woman and her children. - The red balloon is a 1956 short film about a boy and his balloon going on an adventure, facing threats from other children.