BYU Animation produces 3 cartoon shorts

• "Lemmings," a six-minute story about a creature who wants to save his fellow species from a horrible fate. It was produced and directed by Craig Van Dyke.

• "Faux Paw," a four-minute and 15-second film, created with input from the FBI Internet Safety Task Force, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, early childhood educators and childhood psychologists for a national campaign to teach children about Internet safety. The film was directed by J. Chad Erekson.

• "Pet Shop," a cartoon directed by Trent Halvorsen, which tells the story of a chinchilla and a lizard that are desperate to attract the attention of a young customer. It was named the "Best Foreign Short Film" at the Kawasaki Japan Digital Film Festival.

The three shorts are being compiled onto a DVD, which will sell at the Brigham Young University Bookstore for $10.

For more information on the program, you can visit www.et.byu/animation/