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Discoverthemagicthatconnectsus.Disney’sLaunchpaddebutswithsixoriginalshortfilmsfromuniqueperspectivesMay28onDisney+.Theshortfilmsandfilmmakersinthisfirstseasonoftheseriesare:“AMERICANEID,”WrittenandDirectedbyAqsaAltaf.ProducersareLeslieOwenandSteakHouse;ExecutiveProducersareJulieAnnCrommett,MahinIbrahim,AlyssaNavarro,ChrisCaraballo,JasonAlvidrez,AdamNusinow,MaryColeman,NicoleGrindleandVanessaMorrison.Ameena,aMuslimPakistaniimmigrant,wakesuponEidtofindoutthatshehastogotoschool.Homesickandheartbroken,shegoesonamissiontomakeEidapublic-schoolholiday,andintheprocess,reconnectswithheroldersister,andembraceshernewhome,whilehernewhomeembracesher.“DINNERISSERVED,”DirectedbyHaoZheng,WrittenbyG.Wilson&HaoZheng.ProducersareShincyLuandSteakHouse;ExecutiveProducersareJulieAnnCrommett,MahinIbrahim,AlyssaNavarro,ChrisCaraballo,JasonAlvidrez,AdamNusinow,JessicaVirtueandRachelYeung.AChinesestudentataneliteU.S.boardingschoolrealizesexcellenceisnotenoughwhenhetriesoutforaleadershippositionnointernationalstudenthaseverappliedfor.“GROWINGFANGS,”WrittenandDirectedbyAnnMariePace.ProducersareGenevieveFaye,MelodySandovalandSteakHouse;ExecutiveProducersareJulieAnnCrommett,MahinIbrahim,AlyssaNavarro,ChrisCaraballo,JasonAlvidrez,AdamNusinow,OsnatShurerandHalimaHudson.ValGarcia,aMexican-Americanteenwhoishalfhuman/halfvampire,hashadtokeepheridentityasecretfrombothworlds.Butwhenherhumanbestfriendshowsupathermonster-infestedschool,shehastoconfronthertruth,heridentity,andherself.“THELASTOFTHECHUPACABRAS,”WrittenandDirectedbyJessicaMendezSiqueiros.ProducersareNicoleCrespoandSteakHouse;ExecutiveProducersareJulieAnnCrommett,MahinIbrahim,AlyssaNavarro,ChrisCaraballo,JasonAlvidrezandAdamNusinow.Inaworldwhereculturehasnearlyceasedtoexist,oneloneMexican-Americanstrugglingtocarryonhertraditionsunknowinglysummonsadarkandancientcreaturetoprotecther.“LET’SBETIGERS,”WrittenandDirectedbyStefanieAbelHorowitz.ProducersareSydneyFleischmannandSteakHouse;ExecutiveProducersareJulieAnnCrommett,MahinIbrahim,AlyssaNavarro,ChrisCaraballo,JasonAlvidrez,AdamNusinowandGrantCurtis.Avalon’snotreadytoprocessthelossofhermother,butwhenshe’sputinchargeofa4-year-oldforonenight,shefindsmorecomfortthansheevercouldhaveexpected.“THELITTLEPRINCE(SS),”WrittenandDirectedbyMoxiePeng.ProducersareCarverDiserensandSteakHouse;ExecutiveProducersareJulieAnnCrommett,MahinIbrahim,AlyssaNavarro,ChrisCaraballo,JasonAlvidrez,AdamNusinow,SarahShepardandKarenChau.WhenGabriel,a7-year-oldChinesekidwholovesballet,becomesfriendswithRob,anotherChinesekidfromschool,Rob’sdadgetssuspiciousaboutGabriel’sfemininebehavioranddecidestointervene.

Discoverthemagicthatconnectsus.Disney’sLaunchpaddebutswithsixoriginalshortfilmsfromuniqueperspectivesMay28onDisney+.Theshortfilmsandfilmmakersinthisfirstseasonoftheseriesare:AMERICANEID,WrittenandDirectedbyAqsaAltaf.ProducersareLeslieOwenandSteakHouse;ExecutiveProducersareJulieAnnCrommett,MahinIbrahim,AlyssaNavarro,C...

InTheUltimatum:QueerLove,fivenewcouples,madeupofwomenandnon-binarypeople,areatacrossroadsintheirrelationship.Onepartnerisreadyformarriage,theothermayhavedoubts.Anultimatumisissued.Andinjustovereightweeks,eachcouplewilleithergetmarried,orgetout,aftertheyeachchoosenewpotentialpartnersinalife-changingopportunitytogetaglimpseoftwodifferentfutures.TheUltimatum:QueerLovelaunchesMay24,onlyonNetflix.

Dogshavelongbeendependablecompanionsbyoursides.Butitwasn’talwaysthatway,andalookattheirclosestlivingrelative,thewolf,makesitclearwhy.Researchintodogdomesticationandintelligenceofferscluesintothehuman-dogrelationship.Andanalyzingdogs’brainactivityandgenesmayevenhelpanswerwhetherdogsareinitforthefood—oriftheyreallyloveus.