Animation Night
Friday, April 12, 9:15 PM
Slick Stan
Director: Sam Roth
Animation, USA, 2 min.
In this brief, animated commercial parody, Slick Stan the Summer of Love Salesman pitches his new product to the flower power crowd.
Orbit
Director: Tess Martin
Animation, Netherlands, 7 min.
A phonotrope film about the relationship between humanity and the sun.
The Petition in Boots
Director: Gleichenhaus Films
Documentary, USA, 7 min.
A short animated documentary on the first march on Washington.
Love He Said
Director: Ines Sedan
Animation, France, 6 min.
Charles Bukowski, underground poet and punk ahead of his time, reads his poem LOVE in front of a wild audience.
Dancing Frog
Director: Kim Jinman
Animation, South Korea, 9 min.
When you realize that everyone is connected, all our moves become dances.
Selfies
Director: Claudius Gentinetta
Animation, Switzerland, 4 min.
A fireworks display of grinning people who lose themselves in the abysses of human existence.
Grand Bassin
Directors: Héloïse Courtois, Chloé Plat, Victori Jalabert, Adèle Raigneau
Animation, France, 7 min.
An afternoon at the swimming pool.
Fest
Director: Nikita Diakur
Animation, Germany, 3 min.
Drone. Stunt. Rave.
Random Thoughts
Director: Steven Vander Meer
Animation, USA, 8 min.
An undaunted filmmaker searches for inspiration and a bathroom.
Facing It
Director: Sam Gainsborough
Animation, UK, 8 min.
As a man anxiously awaits a meeting in the local pub, he is forced to explore his own difficult memories and relationships.
The Cat
Director: Maggie Turner
Animation, USA, 3 min.
Marie wants nothing more than a good night’s sleep, but, a lurking creature has other plans.
The Christmas Rabbit
Director: Christophe Lopez-Huici
Animation, UK, 11 min.
On Christmas eve, an old lady finds her beloved cat dead.
The Phantom 52
Director: Geoff Marslett
Animation, USA, 8 min.
A lonely trucker waits for a reply on his CB radio.
The Elephant’s Song
Director: Lynn Tomlinson
Animation, USA, 8 min.
The true and tragic tale of Old Bet who was the first circus elephant in America.
Introduction to Epilogue
Director: Indra Sproge
Animation, Latvia, 9 min.
A colorful, allegorical film about the fear of death.