Lunch Hour (Calarts 2023) 

growing up biracial always makes you feel outve place and awkward but i love how this film shows how the boys friends are very kind to him about it :)

This film is so based, and that food looks so delicious. Wishing so badly rn that I could eat that cucumber sandwich. Amazing stuff gurl, keep up da great work! :D

You don't know how much I love this main character's awkward, out-of-place design. Also, great backgrounds that make this relatable situation fresh in a new but familiar setting

Such a fun reversal of the ethnic food trope. And super cute character design 💓

I definitely related to this as a Jewish child who went to a mostly Asian school (East, South East, and South). When I got older, I met a friend who worked at the local Jewish deli who wasn’t Jewish, but still really enjoyed Jewish food! I remember being really touched when they told me that. The Animation was Amazing! I loved it!

I really love how they don't make fun of his lunch by calling it basic, boring, or thinking it's silly. Instead they express an interest to try something different, that "hey, that sounds pretty good!" I really love it.

Man, this story and art direction are both so charming. I'm sure you made your dad proud!

As A Jewish boy I often got nervous from other people asking about my eating diet and stuff, but it always makes me happy that when they know I can eat something they have they are willing to share and eat together :)

i cried when I saw the main character. His design is so adorable

Dude this is amazing!! The amount you've grown over the past two years is CRAZY and I cant wait to see what u do in the future! Love u to the moon and saturn

this film was absolutely adorable! everything from the character design (so whimsical and cute!) to the color palette and the voice acting was also spot on! just some kids having a cute lunchtime conversation :D

Lovely animation and great content . Well done Mina . Reminds me of all my friends in medical school who had homes in Bombay and how they always so generously shared the delicious lunches their moms cooked for them with all of us who stayed in the hostel and had boring canteen food on a daily basis . They certainly made our lives more delicious . 🤤

💗✡️🕉️💗I love this animated short, I like how awesome the friends characters were so nice to each other & offer to trade their lunches. I also like how the main character is part Jewish & part Hindu, I jut animation that includes cultures in cartoons.

Your aunt Elsa shared this with us ....great idea so many can identify with from childhood...very well done congratulations

There are four ancient “native”Jewish population native to India know and the Cochin, Bene Israel, Baghdadi Jews and the Paradesi Jews.

The way the characters are drawn and how they move is so cute!! I love how you can see the shapes so much :>

OMG. THE VOICE ACTRESS FOR THE MOM AND THE NAIOMI IS AMAZING!!!!! They both are definite highlights of this

This speaks so profoundly personal to me! Growing up Indian my mom always made the same pbnj sandwiches for me till I got sick of em, I relate so much to your main character cause i too wished at the time that I had something else to eat instead of the same sandwich everyday. Idli would’ve been such a good lunch! My favourite Indian comfort food ❤️🥺❤️

I love how they show the indian food. I’m getting hungry 😢😊

This film is just adorable. 10/10, for the film and the cucumber sandwich

Biracial representation is beautiful!! My birthgiver is white and can't make Hmong food, of which I crave every week. I don't enjoy american food often so it's a treat when I get my culture's food!

Mina I love the story and your drawings are so crisp. Very Mina! I can tell the technical aspects had to be a challenge. . You obviously needed a top notch team and did have one. Cheers! Renee

I love the art & animation style! Especially the backrounds impress me a lot :) the story is so sweet as well

THE SAMOSAS LOOK FIRE

THIS FILM WAS SO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!! SLAYYY

Cal Arts. You have given us many fun animators over the years. Thank you.

this made me hungry, from how good everything looks, the animation and characters' designs also share of the same beauty!!

this is so good! no exaggerated drama. this guy's got some great friends :D

"i make art and animations", what you said. I believe you do and I'm expecting more. More Grace.

RU-vid recommended me this video and I have to say I absolutely loved it! I love all the colors you chose, the characters are so appealing and the food seems so delicious!

Something about this art style is absolutely precious, I love it! Really sweet film 💕

wow this was so cute!! I absolutely love your art style too!

Watching this made me make a cucumber tomato sandwich. I just needed to.

I LOVE the charater designs😂❤ and their voices are so adorable, how is this so perfect💟

Daily reminder: You're not useless. You're not a dissapointment. You're not dumb. You're not different. You're not compared to anyone. Because... You're loved. You're strong. You're smart. You're beautiful inside and out. You're the best version of YOU there ever is. and you're human. I know you're going through a lot of stuff right now but it'll be okay. This life is a long journey. In a journey, there are ups and downs. If you ever go down, it doesn't mean you can't go back up. Rest easy and give yourself a treat :) I love you very very much and I just want you to know that.And when you go back up, you have that space in your heart that can help others back up, as well

That’s the best thing about food: you can always share

You made all the food look so beautifully! It made me hungry

I want to eat this short film. It's just that good :'D The visuals are stunning, the characters are beautiful, and the story is very relatable too. I loved it! Congrats!

Cute, loved the simple story and the artstyle! Perhaps the boys mom isn't indian so she doesn't Cook indian food often?

WHY IS ARUN SO CUTE LIKE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Hi mina c? I animating your two characters in Crazy war. With everyone's characters saving multiverse too mina, with tankman and pico from newgrounds. Evil purple things killing them. Those evil purple invasion are super strong, and very powerful too. And blood everywhere. :'(

Holy heck this is amazing! I love the designs and art style sm! Your art style just gives me so much nostalgia!💖🙏🙏

Bro this Is not what i expected 🤣🤣🤣 0:19

Hello pro ❤🎉❤🎉❤😊

Oh this was simply delightful!

this is Gorgeous ❤️ the color palate was amazing, and you could pause at any moment and have a frame worth printing out. The character designs were unique, warm, and extremely appealing. The voice actors had a wonderful performance as well. I don’t know much about animation, but this is lovely! Thank you so much for sharing.

Love the character designs of all the kids sm!! this is so cute :’)

RAHHHI LOVE THE DESIGN OF THIS FILM SO MUCHHHH

Beautiful

I like this for so many reasons. Well done!!!

the color, the art style, the brushes, EVERYTHING is so well put together the way the children were drawn makes them so unique!! i absolutely ADORE THISS!! amazing job!! ^^

That was so cute! I'm really sad that our school explicitly doesn't allow food swapping or sharing. I hope it's just elementary school and that it's OK in higher levels. Food trading is traditional!

The roti looks so good

So cool! I love the way everything is drawn! Also cucumber sandwiches >XP, feel that

I LOVE IT

Well done Mina

I looove the style!! reminds me of an old web comic i read in hs

I love this

I love the aesthetic and colours and style and music and everything!! Character designs are top notch and I love how everything was done. ✨

Wholesome sandwich moment

It’s so real but also really sweet, good job dude!!

I love this

Lovely and relatable haha!

this was sooo cute! and made me hungry! 🥺❤️‍🔥

Everyone wants what the other person has for lunch. Cool solution

ADORBS

Hey mina, loved your film Keep going

Definitely clicked cause i saw the Hanukkiah and im starved for representation 😂

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Cool Story and style!

At least he still has his mom unlike me 😢

Is this a jewish and indian family?

Que bonitinho!

Mid 2000s Cartoon Network vibes

I know how this feels, I once had to explain to people what a chocolate flake was and how to eat it with ice cream. Apparently Hershey is so dominant in the US that Cadbury rarely makes an appearance and only on Easter. My friend who moved from England when they were young cried when I gave them their souvenir of a chocolate flake because they hadn’t had one in so long.

Happy 🙂 School Food Love Friends ❤❤❤

The way his pupils dilated when he saw his friend's food is so relatable lmao Aside from that i love how the animation is made and how playful and fun the style looks :]

While I personally can't stand cucumbers, it would be nice if that sandwich had toasted bread and some sort of condiment, such as cream cheese with herbs and/or spices.

This just genuinely makes me happy. And as an American Jew I want to learn more about Indian Jews.

The story of mine when I was at school. Ewww.... 🤮🤢😵‍💫😵

I see you've mastered making food looking better animated than in real life haha

1:04 his face looks like some character from Cartoon Network but that’s what makes me like his character design

My friend, this is Pixar worthy animation.

I’ve never really experienced this before, i’ve grown up in Pakistan but no kid would bring full on dishes to school what 😭 it was usually like chips or money for the canteen, or maybe they’d get a roll or like biryani in a box- These kids be bringing on the big things huh

Sent this to my transferee friend from abroad. Hopefully she gets the hints and knows that I care about her💖 even if she eats desserts for breakfast, which was definitely a culture shock at first hahaha

This is the beginning how they learned to trade and later then they all work for big companies like Microsoft and Amazon. Isn't it amasing?! 😁

I really like this flim and which software you used to animate sir

Very interesting !

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Hii, great work 💖 like the video very much❤ , are you an Indian?

Bro you don’t know how happy I was to see Jewish representation this was so good!!!

I have this exact trade patnership with an Indian friend I have at school. It always seems like he enjoys my boring nutella sandwich far more than his homemade nan and curry. This short is so freakishly similar I love it!

If I got to grow up in flavorful India, but my mom makes me eat a vegetables sandwich for lunch every day I would be depressed and start to see illusion of foods too!😅

this is so sweet omg

It already failed when the kids first showed up. Unless they are adopted, or dad is the stepfather somethings off.

I needed this feel good moment

this is like me but reverse im indian but i always envy the food from other cultures 😂

Watching this hungry goes crazy

What is the name of the boy and the girl??

This made my day!!! This is sooo sweet!! 🤧❤️ You need more subscribers