Out for Ice Cream () is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Rachel Samson and released in 2024.Chris Robinson, "Binocular Briefs - April 2025". Animation World Network, April 8, 2025. A reflection on the changing nature of friendship in childhood, he film centres on two young girls who, according to Samson, have been friends by circumstance more than any real connection, and who are sharing ice cream during the summer between graduating from elementary school and starting high school, where their friendship is destined to change and fade away.
The film premiered in the Short Cuts program at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival,Samantha Bergeson, "TIFF 2024 Primetime Lineup Includes World Premiere of Tomas Alfredson’s ‘Faithless’ Series Adaptation". IndieWire, August 9, 2024. and was later screened at the Ottawa International Animation Festival,Amid Amidi, "Ottawa Int’l Animation Festival 2024 Lineup Announced – Full List". Cartoon Brew, July 12, 2024. the 2024 Festival du nouveau cinéma and Animafest Zagreb."Animafest Zagreb 2025: Selected Films". Zippy Frames, March 12, 2025.
The film received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Animated Short Film at the 27th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2025."Québec Cinéma dévoile les finalistes aux Prix IRIS 2025". CTVM, October 8, 2025.
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