Animation Filmmaking
73 min.
Experience the best in narrative and experimental animation, these fresh talents will amaze you.
Q&A WITH FILMMAKERS FOLLOWING SCREENING
Fire in Cardboard City
Director: Phil Brough
Producers: Orlando Stewart, Matt Heath
Cast: Leigh Hart, Anna Hall, Ella Wilks
Synopsis: Cardboard City is on Fire! The worst thing that could possibly happen has happened. Only Fire Chief John McCard and his trusty deputies can save the citizens of Cardboard City from annihilation.
Weekends
Director: Trevor Jimenez
Producer: Jeremy Slome
Cast: Jennifer Ceci, Jerome Ranft, Bonnie Tai, Krista Sheffler
Synopsis: The story of a young boy shuffling between the homes of his recently divorced parents. Surreal, dream-like moments mix with the domestic realities of a broken up family in this hand-animated film set in 1980's Toronto.
The Driver is Red
Director: Randall Christopher
Producer: Jared Callahan, Randall Christopher, Spencer Rabin
Cast: Mark Pinter
Synopsis: Set in Argentina 1960, this true crime documentary follows the story of secret agent Zvi Aharoni as he hunted down one of the highest ranking Nazi war criminals on the run.
The Hermit
Director: Raúl Díez
Producers: Daniel Díez And Raúl Díez
Synopsis: In a stormy, arid world, where life is practically impossible, which had been the stage of cruel battles but now one can only hear whistling and Kabuki percussion”… the metamorphosis begins: an errant warrior, half-man and half-insect, starts to change in order to survive and communicate.
Two Balloons
Director: Mark C. Smith
Producer: Mark C. Smith
Cast: N/A (puppets)
Synopsis: Two adventurous lemurs navigate their dirigibles halfway around the world to a place where happenstance and fate threaten to disrupt their reunion.
Rebooted
Directors: Rachel Kral and Sagar Arun
Producer: Ringling College of Art and Design
Cast: Raul Ceballos
Synopsis: When Owl Guy, a retro superhero with a heart of gold, meets his angsty rebooted counterpart, chaos ensues.
First Comes Love
Director: Daniel Ceballos
Producer: Ringling College of Art and Design
Cast: Sara Downs, Daniel Ceballos
Synopsis: A shy boy, Eric, is dragged through stages of “marriage” by an obsessive girl, Zoey, all through the course of their Kindergarten recess.
One Small Step
Directors: Andrew Chesworth and Bobby Pontillas
Producer: Shaofu Zhang
Cast: Joy Johnson = CG Supervisor, Andrew Jennings = Head of Pipeline, Erik Lee = Animation Supervisor, Steve Horner = Music Composer, Gaoshang Zhang = Lighting Lead, Daiyi Zhou = Accounting & Finance, Brandie Braxton = Production & Logistics
Synopsis: Luna is a vibrant young Chinese American girl who dreams of becoming an astronaut. From the day she witnesses a rocket launching into space on TV, Luna is driven to reach for the stars. In the big city, Luna lives with her loving father Chu, who supports her with a humble shoe repair business he runs out of his garage. As Luna grows up, she enters college, facing adversity of all kinds in pursuit of her dreams.
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