Welcome to Tuna Tartare, a trashy karaoke musical shot film by Lena Greene, 2025. Home of Throats Karaoke Bar. Watch the trailer ^^^ In Throats karaoke bar, in post-apocalyptic Los Angeles, an expired can of tuna fish and a fake Louis Vuitton purse encourage each other to believe in their artistic voices even if the world sees them as trash. Los Angeles, 3036 A.D. Humans are on the verge of extinction and the world is now run by... trash. Tuna Tartare is a bombastic can of tuna fish who runs Throats Karaoke Bar with her BFF Susan, a fake Louis Vuitton purse with crippling anxiety. Upon hearing of the death of the last surviving human, Tuna is reminded of an old brush with fame that ended in embarrassment, sending her on an internal journey to battle her own insecurities and build herself back up again to do what she does best: karaoke. PRODUCTION END YEAR: 2025 | COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA | RUN TIME: 10 min. 33 sec. | LANGUAGE: English | TECHNIQUES: Hand drawn & watercolor Tuna Tartare is a trashy karaoke musical about an expired can of fish with a song in her heart. Tuna had dreams of being a star, and when those dreams were unrealized, she created her own karaoke bar and sang to whoever would listen. As well as encouraging those around her to also pick up the mic. In a world where so many of us are trying to “make it,” I am interested in those of us whose lives didn’t turn out as planned. I’m drawn to characters who have an undying commitment to being exactly who they are, regardless of whether or not the world is willing to accept them. This is a film about creating. Creating art. Creating trash. Creating a sense of self. And while I wish to celebrate the human desire to make things, I also want to acknowledge that we can (and have) made too much! We can over-prioritize individualism, self-expression, and consumerism at the expense of the health of our planet. Tuna Tartare is loud, bombastic, campy and absurd. A film about what it means to be an artist. What it takes to fight your own insecurities. And how friendship so often saves the day. Or maybe it’s just an ode to karaoke. As of December 2025 HOLLYSHORTS 2025, Los Angeles, CA - World Premiere SANTA CRUZ FILM FESTIVAL 2025, Santa Cruz, CA - Winner, Best Animated Short FILMCHILLA 2025, California, USA - Winner, Best Short Film, "Golden Pocket Pistol" LOS ANGELES ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL 2025, Los Angeles, CA - Winner, Bronze Comedy Short DIFF - DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026, Dublin, Ireland WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL 2025, Woodstock, NY THE DOWNTOWN FESTIVAL 2025, NYC, NY UPPSALA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2025, Uppsala, Sweden ANIMEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL 2025, Bucharest, Romania FESTIVAL EUROPEAN DU FILM FANTASTIQUE DE STRASBOURG 2025, Strasbourg, France FREDRIKSTAD ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2025, Fredrikstad, Norway FOYLE FILM FESTIVAL 2025, Derry, Northern Ireland FESTIVAL SÉQUENCE COURT-MÉTRANGE 2025, Toulouse, France CHÉRIES-CHÉRIS 2025, Paris, France FCVQ - QUÉBEC CITY FILM FESTIVAL 2025, Québec City, Canada BLACK MOVIE - FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE FILMS INDÉPENDANTS 2026 - Geneva, Switzerland PLUM! FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE DINE DE ANIMATION 2025 - Tafi Del Valle, Argentina Lena Greene is a director, animator, illustrator, storyboard artist and character designer based in NYC and raised in Los Angeles. She has directed widely screened animations for Lauren Greenfield, Lana Del Rey, Celeste, Gohar World, Comedy Central’s Saturday Morning(ish) Cartoons, and Blumhouse’s Crypt TV. Lena was a storyboard artist on seasons 1 and 2 of Adult Swim & HBO’s Teenage Euthanasia , season 2 of PBS & Augenblick Studio’s City Island , and a character designer on season 3 of Adult Swim & HBO's Smiling Friends . She has made animations for clients such as Michel Gondry, Vice, Droga5, Edelman, Gucci, Knoll, Tory Burch and collaborated on four large-scale 3D zoetropes with Camille Henrot. Lena was an adjunct animation professor at Queens College, and is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design where she received a BFA in film, animation and video. Lena hosts a recurring karaoke talent show on Montez Press Radio , which has been highlighted in Document Journal , The New York Times , Frieze , Dazed, Cultured Mag, and the LA Review of Books . Lenagreene.com “Wastin’ Away” Performed By Lesli Margherita Composed By Alex Parrish Written By Alex Parrish & Lena Greene “Mitten Man Inside My Can” Performed By Lesli Margherita Composed By Alex Parrish Written By Alex Parrish & Lena Greene “Be Hotter” Composed By Henry Kaye “Tuna’s Credits Tune” Composed By Gobby ADDITIONAL ANIMATION BY: Carlos Perez, Cam Macconnell & James Dybvig COLORED BY: Mike Picone & Lena Greene COMPOSITED BY: L ena Greene & Annie Zhao NEWS GRAPHICS BY: Arjun Ram Srivatsa WATERCOLOR THEORIST: Raphael Martinez Cohen WATERCOLOR ARTISTS: Young Gun Lee, Roya Haroun, Annie Zhao, Raphael Martinez Cohen, Monica Weltyk, Thomas Laprade, Lena Greene, Marina Laprade, Rajani Laprade, Bob Laprade CASTING BY: Lena Greene & Charlotte Arnoux WRITTEN BY: Lena Greene & Alessandra Clark PRODUCED BY: Lena Greene & Abigail Lowenthal ANIMATED BY: Lena Greene & Emily Zullo SOUND DESIGN BY: Ryan Woodhall STARRING Lena Greene ............ Tuna Tartare Lesli Margherita ....... Hot Successful Tuna & Failed Gross Tuna Ryan Bush ............... Susan Ruby McCollister ..... Irma Wasser (News Anchor) Joe Castle Baker ...... Van Vattan (News Anchor) ADDITIONAL VOICES BY Thomas Laprade Roya Haroun Max Prediger Eric Farber Ruby McCollister and Joe Castle Baker recording Irma Wasser and Van Vattan (the news anchors) at Montez Press Radio Lena recording Tuna with her dog, Sugar Ryan Bush recording Susan in Lena's bedroom with a martini 100 watercolor paintings were made for this scene! I held my friends captive for days! To purchase a special THROATS KARAOKE BAR hat, please send $40 payment to either: ✦ Zelle: lena@tunatartarefilm.com ✦ PayPal ✦ Venmo Available in: classic black, black denim, light blue denim, classic blue denim Front: THROATS KARAOKE BAR back: Be yourself but hotter Local NYC hat pickup will be available at Montez Press Radio (46 Canal St, New York, NY 10002) or I can ship 💌 Lena Greene: lenagreene18@gmail.com www.lenagreene.com @_lena.greene_ Miyu Distribution: Luce Grosjean luce.grosjean@miyu.fr www.miyu.fr/distribution Fourth Wall Management Alison Mann mann@fourthwallmanagement.com