Experimental Animation Mini-Festival
Wednesday, July 14th at 5 pm.
In the Goggleworks Theater.
See the 2021 Academy Award nominees for Animated Short Film with an additional curated collection by young animators (under 25). At intermission there will be a short discussion and Q-and-A session about careers in animation. FREE for teens 12-18 and seniors over 60: $5 for everyone else. Sponsored by the Amos Lemon Burkhart Foundation.
Tickets / Free signup at The Goggleworks Theater Website.
Experimental Animation festival selections by emerging animators:
Donnie Rose (wip) / Sammy Lamb / 13:49
An animation / documentary mix that captures a time (the late 70s and early 80s) and a place (Hollywood). *This selection mentions some adult topics including homosexuality and prostitution (no adult or explicit visuals, just voiceover).
Scrounger / Katherine “Green” Ohlson / 4:19
A bittersweet tale set in a dystopian future.
Like Disaster / Leigh Kane with Lauren Mickley / 1:18
A 3D meditation on the poem “One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop
Silence and Motion / Pat Coyle / 3:01
A quirky GIF operetta in the visual style of 90s computer graphics.
UNTITLED (dancer) / Lauren Mickley / 2:39
A simple ballet story rendered beautifully in 3D modelling.
UNTITLED (MIRROr) / Jennifer Reynolds / 1:01
2D frame-by-frame animation mirroring one character’s interior world.
Pencil / Anthony Shaver / 1:50
A short journey containing a surprising amount of drama.
Haven Alley / Kiera Brown / 2:18
You will want to see the next episode in this teen ensemble drama.
UNTITLED (MOTION TEST) / Talis Boltz / :20
Just a cute dragon!
Together / Amos Lemon / 2:37
A captured memory using mutliple animation techniques.
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Q & A / PANEL DISCUSSION (panel may vary from night to night)
Ann Lemon moderator Associate Professor of Communication Design @ Kutztown U
LEIGH KANE Artist, Photographer, Filmmaker, Professor of Studio Art @ Kutztown U
MICHAEL COVELLO Artist, Filmmaker, Professor of Applied Digital Arts @ Kutztown U
SAMMY LAMB Animator, Filmmaker, BFA / CalArts 2021
PAT COYLE GIFmaestro, Animator, BFA / KU 2016
LAUREN MICKLEY Applied Digital Arts, BFA / KU 2021
PATRICK LANGSCHWAGER Communication Design BFA / KU 2021
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Intermission
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THE 2021 OSCAR NOMINATED ANIMATED SHORTS
BURROW
A bunny and her friends face a predicament!
Madeline Sharafian and Michael Capbarat
GENIUS LOCI
Gorgeous, somewhat abstract, and emotionally evocative collaboration from a team of French illustrators and animators.
Adrien Mérigeau and Amaury Ovise
IF ANYTHING HAPPENS I LOVE YOU
From Netflix studios, an intimate and powerful look at grief.
Will McCormack and Michael Govier
(*Oscar winner)
OPERA
Mind-blowing. First envisioned as a large-scale installation. From a young Pixar animator.
Erick Oh
YES-PEOPLE
Charming slice-of-life from Finland.
Gísli Darri Halldórsson and Arnar Gunnarsson
Selections from the Shortlist
KAPAEMAHU
A traditional tale from Hawaii of four healing Mahu (3rd gender) Spirits.
Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson, Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu
THE SNAIL AND THE WHALE
The most conventional entry, with spectacular realistic 3D animation and a sweet story.
Max Lang, Daniel Snaddon, Suzanne Lang
TO: GERARD
An elderly magician and a young protegé are connected by a magic coin.
Taylor Meacham
