Animated solely by director Denver Jackson over nine months, Esluna: The First Monolith is about a plucky ex-monk and her robot, who must team up with an archaeologist and a boy with strange powers to stop Esluna’s tyrannical queen from activating a powerful, ancient technology that threatens to destroy their world. Panelists include Denver Jackson (The Wishing Jar), composer Marc Junker (Somnius), and actor Grace Chan.