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Title: Croaked!
Runtime: 4 min
Country: USA
Director: Rohan Gnaniah
Placement: Best Animated Short
Competition: June, 2025
Synopsis: Detective Talon Crowford, bereft of his wife, finds solace in the bottoms of bottles. One night, a concerned frog presents him with a case that sets him on a new quest—to hunt down a twisted criminal known only as “Silly Goose.” Crowford quickly finds himself pulled into action in a city where everybirdy’s counting on him.