The Ion Pack, New York City’s once-anonymous Instagram trolls of the downtown film world, talk with filmmakers as they contemplate life, love and longing in the city of 8 million stories.
Ion 1, Ion 2 (voice)
Lucien Smith (voice)

The Ion Pack, New York City’s once-anonymous Instagram trolls of the downtown film world, talk with filmmakers as they contemplate life, love and longing in the city of 8 million stories.
2024-10-06
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The Ion Pack talk movies while hanging out in Manhattan.
7.2The stone-people Hew and Kew have seen a lot in their everlasting lives on top of their mountain. Therefore they're only mildly amazed by the ongoings in the valley below, they've got their own little problems to deal with - But all of a sudden, Mankind is discovering and inventing, instead of just woozeling, and this new behavior starts to threaten Hew's and Kew's stoic peacefulness...
0.0Two weary travellers seek out shade and sustenance from an idle tree. Based on the fable, "The Travellers and the Plane Tree" by Aesop.
7.4While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the "long-awaited one."
0.0A statue of 'The Happy Prince' (happy because he had devoted his life to pleasure behind his palace walls) looks out with horror at the destitution of his citizens. He persuades a little swallow to abandon his winter trip to Egypt and be his messenger, a job which entails stripping the statue of its precious jewels and gold to help feed the poor. Winter sets in, the once sparkling statue now looks grey and crumbling.
7.0Planning to impress his father who is coming home after being abroad for a year, Nussa the smart 9-year-old kid participates in his school’s science competition. But when he receives news that his father cancelled his trip home and is unable to attend the competition, and at the same time a new, smart student named Jonni quickly becomes his rival in the school's science competition, Nussa learns the true meaning of gratitude.
0.0An animated short based on a scene from "The Long Walk" by Stephen King
0.0A grouchy Alien Parasite tries to restock his bar and unclog his interdimensional toilet. He also fights a mad robot scientist and its monstrous pup plus a fax machine for a wife. Yes, this is the plot we're serious...
7.6In this Oscar-winning short film, Norman McLaren employs the principles normally used to put drawings or puppets into motion to animate live actors. The story is a parable about two people who come to blows over the possession of a flower.
7.6Animated characters introduce a compilation of George Pal replacement animation Puppetoon short films from the 1930s and 1940s.
7.0GrandPat travels through alternate dimensions and timelines to get home.
0.0Boo Boo wants to befriend a new gang of bears that moved into the park but they decide to bully him instead leaving Ranger Smith to come to the rescue.
0.0Pilot for He-Hog the Atomic Pig by John Kricfalusi and Spumco
0.0Stand-alone cartoon by Spümcø's John Kricfalusi.
0.0A hungry beast awakens, hidden in the darkness of the endless ocean. The hunt begins. But it's not entirely clear who is the prey - and who is the hunter.
0.0On Halloween night, a shy high school artist must navigate social validation and the bittersweet lines of friendship and heartbreak.
0.0While living in New York, a young immigrant receives tragic news from overseas, and must choose between going home or staying in the US to maintain her legal status.