Category: short film

Animation Festival Testimonial – May 26 2020

Elizabeth Lewis I was so impressed with the communication and the fact that the festival was streamed online. The organizers adapted beautifully to the limitations of the pandemic by creating an online experience. Wonderful to get feedback from a number of different reviewers on camera. . Also included was an online Q and A. Submit… Continue reading Animation Festival Testimonial – May 26 2020

Short Film: A POEM IN BAMBOO, 4min., Animation/Horror

Life is not always smooth. When bad things happen, some people are lucky enough to move on, but not the old lady A-Yuan. Either because of the deepest love to her lover or social constriction, that women should belong to her husband. A-Yuan was trapped in the past after the death of her lover. The… Continue reading Short Film: A POEM IN BAMBOO, 4min., Animation/Horror

Director Biography – Claudia Ruiz (AILIN ON THE MOON)

Directora de “El Molinete Animaciones”, productora especializada en stop motion de la región litoral, Argentina. Dirección la series Dr Cocicienzo, la ciencia de la cocina 2012, Dirección de Stop Motion serie ¨La liga de las cinco plumas¨, Dirección y Animación Stop Motion ¨El Viaje de Gaia¨, Animación fragmento Your Face Global JAM Bill Plymton, Dirección… Continue reading Director Biography – Claudia Ruiz (AILIN ON THE MOON)

Short Film: AILIN ON THE MOON, 5min., Animation

Work, do the shopping, cooking, cleaning, ironing, taking care of Ailín: that is the routine of Vilma, mother of 40 years, overwhelmed by fatigue and skin intolerance. Ailín (4), just looking to play and demand the attention of a restless girl, one day causes the emotional outbreak of the mother. The routine that led them… Continue reading Short Film: AILIN ON THE MOON, 5min., Animation

Director Biography – Mark Simon (THE PECULIAR ADVENTURES OF WILLOW B. STAR)

Mark Simon’s passion for storytelling and art is evident in everything he does. Mark owns three entertainment industry businesses, authored ten best-selling industry books, lectures around the world, regularly contributes to industry periodicals, and creates, produces and sells original content. In 2012 Mark won a Prime Time Engineering Emmy as part of the Toon Boom… Continue reading Director Biography – Mark Simon (THE PECULIAR ADVENTURES OF WILLOW B. STAR)

Short Film: THE PECULIAR ADVENTURES OF WILLOW B. STAR, 11min., USA, Animation/Comedy

Gravelsville, USA is a magnet for the most comically twisted villains the world has ever seen. Ancient legends, scientific theories, and even the laws of nature are employed in their diabolically dark plots. Evil lurks around every corner. And only the sarcastic, fourth wall breaking, super-sleuth, Willow B. Star, and her brilliant canine companion, Stinky,… Continue reading Short Film: THE PECULIAR ADVENTURES OF WILLOW B. STAR, 11min., USA, Animation/Comedy

Director Biography – Koji Yamamura (DREAMS INTO DRAWING)

Koji Yamamura born in 1964. During the 1990s, He refined his style, spending much of his time making films for children. Nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Short, “Mt. Head” marked a turning point, he to a place among the world’ s top animation filmmakers by “The Old Crocodile” (2005), “Franz Kafka’ s A… Continue reading Director Biography – Koji Yamamura (DREAMS INTO DRAWING)

Short Film: DREAMS INTO DRAWING, 10min., Japan, Animation

The painter KUWAGATA KEISAI lived over 200 years ago. He illustrated Ways to Sketch a series of picture books depicting humans and animals, all richly expressed. One day he was sketching a carp when suddenly he fell asleep and, in his dream, transfigured into a carp. The carp was enjoying his swim, but when a… Continue reading Short Film: DREAMS INTO DRAWING, 10min., Japan, Animation