New Disney+ ‘Toons Showcase

Season two of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Short Circuit Experimental Films started streaming today on Disney+ while three new hand-drawn Goofy cartoons will debut next Wednesday.

The new selection of short films by filmmakers  from various departments throughout Disney Animation explores five unique visual and storytelling styles:

• Dinosaur Barbarian
  Directed by Kim Hazel
  Battling evil is all in a day’s work for Dinosaur Barbarian, but what about taking out the trash? Sometimes even a superhero needs to clean up his act.
• Going Home
  Directed by Jacob Frey
  A story about growing up and the meaning of home in which a young adult repeatedly visits his hometown, but with every new arrival he starts to face the inevitable: change.
• Crosswalk
  Directed by Ryan Green
  A law-abiding citizen must find his inner strength to cross the street at a light that won’t change.
• Songs to Sing in the Dark”
  Directed by Riannon Delanoy
  Two creatures living in the depths of a dark cave engage in a battle of acoustic one-upmanship. As things escalate, they come to realise that they are stronger together.
• No. 2 to Kettering
  Directed by Liza Rhea
  On a dreary, ordinary morning, a girl learns how the power of laughter can lift even the most sullen among her fellow bus riders along their journey to Kettering.

Disney Presents Goofy in How to Stay at Home will feature three all-new, hand-drawn animated shorts from acclaimed master animator/director Eric Goldberg (Aladdin, Moana) and Emmy-winning producer Dorothy McKim (Meet the Robinsons), with Bill Farmer as the voice of Goofy.