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FRI 10/26 7:30pm |
Ladislas Starewitch:
A rare screening of 35mm archival short films by the influential surrealistic stop
motion pioneer; Polish born, Starewitch lived most of his life in Paris. Program:
L'Epouvantail (The Scarecrow), Amour Noir et Blanc (Love in Black and White),
La Reine des Papillons (Queen of the Butterflies), and LesYeux du Dragon (Eyes of
The Dragon). Silent, with live music.
with thanks to Mme Beatrice Martin Starewitch
For more information on Ladislas Satrewitch, and information on dvd purchase, please visit www.starewitch.fr |
FRI 10/26 10:00pm |
Best of World Student Animation: Highlights of Annecy 2012
Screening of selections from Annecy 2012 representing a broad spectrum of schools from
all over the world.
Click here for full film list
Breakfast on the Grass (Eine Murul)
Estonian Academie of Art. Estonia 2011, 4min 29sec
Dir. Erik Alunurm, Mihkel Reha, Mari Liis Rbane,
It takes 99% work and 1% talent to create a masterpiece. A parody of Manet’s
eponymous painting, this film is bases on the meme of drunk people sprawled in
yoga poses that circulated widely on the internet.
366 Days (366 Tage)
Filmakademie Baden-Wurtemburg, Germany, 2011 12min 12 sec
Dir: Johannes Friedrich Schiesl
Starting his social work as paramedic, young Patrick soon comes into contact with
patients who are all suffering from the same problem: loneliness.
Swarming (Kuhina)
Turku Arts Academy, Finland 2011 7 min 18 secs
Dir: Joni Männistö
A child discovers life inside a dead bird and starts to play with it.
I’m Fine Thanks
Royal College of Art, Great Britain 4min 30sec
Dir: Eamonn O’Neill
I'm fine thanks. And you?
BEST GRADUATION FILM - Ottawa International Animation Festival 2011
Lonely Dogs (Les Chiens Isolés)
Gobelins, L’École de L’Image, France 2011 6min 30sec
Dir: Rémi Bastie, Nicolas Deghani, Jonathan Djob-Nkondo, Paul Lacolley, Nicolas
Pegon, Jérémy Pires, Kevin Manach
On an oil platform, a story of friendship between two workers is compromised by
the paranoid dementia of one of them.
Happy Life
Kunsthochschule, Kassel, Germany 2012 6min 4secs
Dir: Xin Sun, Yun Li
On a stormy rainy night, a boy hatches an egg from which a monster is born.
Terrified, he throws it in the forest.
Taxidemist (Le Taxidermiste)
Supinfocom Arles, France 2011 6min 51secs
Dir: Paulin Cointot, Dorianne Fibleuil, Antoine Robert, Maud Sertour
A taxidermist has just died. His wife and funeral team pay him their last respects.
Space Stallions
The Animation Workshop, Denmark 2012 3min 52sec.
Dir: Thorvaldur Gunarsson, Arna Diefo, Esben Jespersen, Agust Freyr Kristonsson,
Jonathan Brusch, Polina Bokhan, Touraj Khosravi
As darkness is covering the Multiverse, the space stallions, guided by the light of
Mother Mustang, must defeat the Demon of darkness, Destructo.
The Making of Longbird,
Edinburgh College of Art, Great Britain 2011 15min 18sec
Dir: Will Anderson
A 'behind-the-scenes'look at a filmmaker as he struggles with his character.
BEST GRADUATION FILM, Annecy International Animated Film Festival 2012 |
SAT 10/27 12:00pm |
Streaming: A Conversation about animators on the Web
Panel discussion to help answer the questions that today’s animators face, considering
the bewildering array of options and platforms for getting their work out to an audience.
Panel including Jason Sondhi (Vimeo) and Aaron Simpson (Mondo Media). Other
panelists TBA. |
SAT 10/27 2:00pm |
The Art of Walt Disney Studios' Paperman
Members of the small, innovative group at Walt Disney Animation Studios that
created “Paperman” screen the film and share their insights about the art, design,
and technology of this innovative project. Panelists: Director John Kahrs, Art
Director Jeff Turley, and Animation Supervisor Patrick Osborne.
All attendants will receive a copy of The Art of Paperman book |
SAT 10/27 4:30pm |
Best of World Animation: Highlights of Annecy 2012
Screening of selections from Annecy 2012. Films include Michaela Pavlátová’s Annecy
Cristal winner Tram and experimental artist Stephen Irwin’s Ottawa 2011 Grand Prix
winner Moxie. Other award-winning films include Hisko Helsing’s Junkyard, Grand Prize winner Ottawa 2012, and Oh, Willy by Emma de Swaef and Marc
James Roels, which won the European Cartoon d’Or, and Grand Prix at the
Holland Animation Festival.
Click here for full film list
Una Furtiva Lagrima
USA 2011 3min 8sec
Dir: Carlo Vogele
The last journey of a fish as it sings its own requiem, from the fish market all the way into
the frying pan.
Possessions
Japan 2012 14 min
One night in the 18th century, deep in the mountains, a man loses his way and comes across
a small shrine. As he enters, the space transforms into a room in a different world.
One Minute Puberty
Germany 2011 1min 40sec
Dir: Alexander Gellner
The puberty of a young man told in one minute.
Modern No 2
Japan 2011 4 min
Dir: Mirai Mizue
The world created at a quickened pace. What on earth is this world we've created?
Oh, Willie…
Belgium, France, Netherlands 16min 50sec
Dir: Emma de Swaef, Marc James Roels
Forced to return to his naturist roots, Willy bungles his way into noble savagery.
Moxie
Great Britain 2011 5min 45sec
Dir: Stephen Irwin
A pyromaniac bear misses its mother. Winner of the 2011 Ottawa Grand Prize.
Junkyard
2012 Belgium, Netherlands 17min
Dir: Hisko Helsing
A man is being robbed and stabbed by a junkie and in that last second before he dies, a
youthful friendship flashes before his eyes.
Centrifuge Brain Project
Germany 2011 6min 40sec
Dir: Til Novak
Tram
Czechoslovakia 2012 7min 49sec
Dir: Michaela Pavlatova,
A tramway driver's fantasies and urges transform reality into a surreal and phallic
delirium- music maestro! Winner of the Annecy Cristal.
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SAT 10/27 7:00pm |
PES: a retrospective
The director and animator of numerous witty short stop-motion films and commercials,
PES has a huge following at festivals and on the internet. PES will screen and discuss a
selection of his work.
In person: PES |
SAT 10/27 9:30pm |
Platform Lifetime Achievement Award: Katsuhiro Otomo
The renowned manga artist and anime director pays a rare visit to Los Angeles
to receive the first PLATFORM Lifetime Achievement Award. A screening of
Otomo’s stunning new short film Combustible will be followed by an interview
with animation historian and journalist Jerry Beck. In person, Katsuhiro Otomo.
Moderator, Jerry Beck.
With thanks to Walt Disney Feature Animation and ASIFA Hollywood. |
SUN 10/28 12:00pm |
"Awesome” Cartoon Network:
Screening and panel. A selection of shows and creative interstitials that exemplify an
influential trend in TV and internet animation, appearing first in the network’s Powerpuff
Girls. Reaching its height with the pioneering Adventure Time, the culture of “awesome”
emphasizes a clean and bubbly aesthetic, positivity, and distinctive, random humor.
The screening will be followed by a panel with Rob Sorcher, (Chief Content Officer,
Cartoon Network); Pendleton Ward; JG Quintel; Pete Browngardt and Rebecca
Sugar. Moderator, Ramin Zahed
All attendants will receive limited edition Cartoon Network poster
With thanks to Cartoon Network |
SUN 10/28 2:30pm |
CalArts: A 40 Year Evolution (Program 1)
A retrospective of CalArts animation first presented at Annecy 2012. Examples from
four decades of Character and Experimental Animation featuring student films by
John Lasseter, Henry Selick and Steve Hillenburg, as
well as more recent graduates.
All attendants will receive a copy of The Animation Show on DVD
Click here for full film list
Dreaming of Lucid Living
Miwa Matreyek (Experimental Animation) 2007 9min 34sec
Sausage City
Adam Beckett (Experimental Animation) 1974 4 min
Grasslands
Eric Darnell (Experimental Animation) 1989 4min 20sec
Nitemare
John Lasseter (Character Animation) 1980 5min 19sec
Whoopass Stew
Craig McCracken (Character Animation) 1992 3min 54sec
Bite of the Tail
Song E Kim (Experimental Animation) 2012 9min
Who’s Hungry
David Ochs (Character Animation) 2009 5min 2sec
Bueno in the Rye
Pendleton Ward (Character Animation) 2003 2min
Son of Satan
JJ Villard(Character Animation) 2005 12min
When I Grow Up
Jasmin Lai (Character Animation) 2012 2min 27sec
Catatonic
Einar B.Arnason (Experimental Animation) 2009 4min 40sec
Off the Wall: Lady Trouble
Alex Hirsch (Character Animation) 2007 7min
The Renter
Jason Carpenter (Experimental Animation) 2011 10min
I Live in the Woods
Max Winston (Experimental Animation) 2009 3min 30sec
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SUN 10/28 5:00pm |
Life After College
A distinguished panel that spans several generations of Cal Arts graduates who
have been successful in various fields of the animation business or as independent
artists, will discus their paths from graduation to their current success. Panelists
include: Craig McCracken, creator of Powerpuff
Girls and Wander Over Yonder;
Lauren Faust, creator of the new My Little Pony series; Michael Patterson, experimental film artist, teacher and commercial filmmaker; Miwa
Matreyek, animator, designer and multi-media artis; JJ Villard, artist and animator; and Kirsten Lepore. Moderator: Jerry Beck.
With thanks
to Disney Television Animation. |
SUN 10/28 8:00pm |
CalArts: A 40 Year Evolution (Program 2)
The second of two programs in a retrospective of CalArts animation first presented
at Annecy 2012
All attendants will receive a copy of The Animation Show on DVD
Click here for full film list
Little Boat
Nelson Boles (Character Animation) 2011 4 min
Wormholes
Stephen Hillenburg (Experimental Animation) 1992 6 min
From Burger it Came
Dominic Bisignano (Experimental Animation) 2008 6 min 42 sec
The Commuter
Michael Patterson (Experimental Animation) 1981 5 mins
When the Time is Ripe
Shion Takeuchi (Character Animation) 2010 5 min 37 sec
Bottle
Kirsten Lepore (Experimental Animation) 2010 5 min 25 sec
The Pirate of Love
Sara Gunnarsdottir (Experimental Animation) 2012 10 mins 30
sec
Pummel Nankeen
Ismael Sanz Pena (Experimental Animation) 2011 5 mins
Haunted Heart
, Winona Regan (Experimental Animation) 2009 5 min
Two Minute Itch
Eric Favela (Character Animation) 2004 3 min 6 sec
Drifters
Ethan Clarke (Experimental Animation) 2012 8 min 17 sec
The Trackpad Jam
Jeff Liu (Character Animation) 2011 1 min 46 sec
For Sock’s Sake
Carlo Vogele (Character Animation) 2009 4 min 46 sec
The Wonder Hospital
Boomsik Shimbe Shim (Experimental Animation) 2010 11
min 34 sec
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