A terrific festival night. Each film is the best of the best of ANIMATION films from around the world in the last year.
AUDIENCE AWARDS:
Best Film: Henrietta Finds a Nest
Best Story: Healing For the Nations
Best Visual Design: Dobrina
Best Comedy Film: Orange Blues 24
Social Awareness Film: The Light in the Dark
Overall Animation: Meevil the Weevil: Breakfast of Champions
Best Sound & Music: Ed Roman “I Found God” (illustrated)
Best Experimental Film: The Once Upon a Time that Never Was
Best Music Video: After The Spread
Best Live Action/Animation Film: 10 Min. More
SEE THE LINEUP OF FILMS:
Dobrina, 5min., Germany
Directed by Hannes Rall
Lotte Reiniger meets Sergio Leone in this animated short,
where desire burns as bright as the desert sun.
Healing for the Nations, 3min., Canada
Directed by Christopher Angus
An animated vignette built on dreams and visions for the nation of Canada.
Henrietta Finds a Nest, 7min., USA
Directed by Hannah McNally
In the animated short film Henrietta Finds a Nest, a young chick named Henrietta embarks on a heartwarming journey from neglect at a factory farm to friendship with a little girl. With tender moments, gentle humor, and a timeless message of connection, this seven-minute tale invites audiences of all ages to embrace the magic of friendship and the power of compassion.
https://www.instagram.com/henrietta.film
ORANGE BLUES 24, 5min., USA
Directed by Alyssa Dann
One man seeks refuge from the world’s crazy in the arms of his muse — the love of his life! Alyssa Dann has taken this tongue-in-cheek Blues piece and brought it to life in a charming manner.
THE LIGHT IN THE DARK, 6min., Taiwan
Directed by YuFeng Chiu
This story is about climate disaster survivor and his comforter . I lived in Taiwan this small island, there were many typhoons and floods in my memory, earthquakes were also often happened in my dairy life. My works always focus on the survivors, including the comfort women and earthquakes survivors and the poor rains and flood survivors in many places because of the climate changing.
Meevil the Weevil: Breakfast of Champions, 4min. USA
Directed by Kyle Arneson
Meevil the Weevil is a little bug with big dreams of being a stuntman. “Breakfast of Champions” mixes stop motion animation with live action footage where we follow Meevil’s thrilling ride across a 1970s breakfast table on rocket roller skates.
https://www.instagram.com/stunt.bug/
Ed Roman “I Found God” (illustrated), 5min., USA
Directed by Paul Ribera
Illustrated music video from Canadian singer-songwriter
https://instagram.com/specialedroman
The Once Upon a Time that Never Was
Directed by Deb Ethier
Animated experimental music video for the original song “The Once Upon a Time that Never Was”. With words and music by Deb Ethier and sung by Belén Mariscotti, the song evokes those compelling (and often disquieting) moments from childhood fairy tales, challenging our memories of them.
After the Spread, 3min., Canada
Directed by Ash K Tysowski
A group of teenagers navigate their night-life, and their emotions, to the song “After the Spread” by “the Idea of machines”
https://www.ashtanimation.com/animation/after-the-spread
10 min more, 9min., Canada
Directed by Atoosa Moshashaee
A schoolgirl is waiting for her mom to pick her up from after school and the last 10 minutes seems very hard to get through, until her drawing comes to make her companionship.
https://www.instagram.com/artatoosa/
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