TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 91 MINUTES
BIRTH
USA/ITALY, 2009, 12 MIN
DIRECTED BY SIGNE BAUMANE
East Coast Premiere/2nd US Showing
Presented by Lure Design
BIRTHUSA/ITALY, 2009, 12 MIN
DIRECTED BY SIGNE BAUMANE
East Coast Premiere/2nd US Showing
Director expected to be in attendance.
A fearful, pregnant teenage girl seeks guidance from friends and family in the latest from FFF favorite Signe Baumane (Teat Beat of Sex, 2008 Grand Jury Award for Best Animated Short).
BOTNIK!
USA, 2008, 11 MIN See Trailer
DIRECTED BY JACQUELINE SMESSAERT BRENNAN
Southeast Premiere
A fearful, pregnant teenage girl seeks guidance from friends and family in the latest from FFF favorite Signe Baumane (Teat Beat of Sex, 2008 Grand Jury Award for Best Animated Short).
BOTNIK!USA, 2008, 11 MIN See Trailer
DIRECTED BY JACQUELINE SMESSAERT BRENNAN
Southeast Premiere
Director expected to be in attendance.
A lonely beatnik yearns to find acceptance and love in the local art scene. When his artistic talents fail him, he seeks a robotic alternative. Cool man!
FROM BURGER IT CAME
USA, 2008, 7 MIN
DIRECTED BY DOMINIC BISIGNANO
East Coast Premiere
A story about '80s-era Cold War fears set in the body and mind of a child. Can you really get AIDS from a hamburger or finger puppets?
ELEPHANT GIRL
USA, 2007, 4.5 MIN
DIRECTED BY DAVID LOBSER
Florida Premiere
"Sisters" enjoy more than just sisterhood in this surreal and visually striking freakfest.
TALES OF MERE EXISTENCE
USA, 2008/2009, 10 MIN
DIRECTED BY LEV YILMAZ
World Premiere
A lonely beatnik yearns to find acceptance and love in the local art scene. When his artistic talents fail him, he seeks a robotic alternative. Cool man!
FROM BURGER IT CAMEUSA, 2008, 7 MIN
DIRECTED BY DOMINIC BISIGNANO
East Coast Premiere
A story about '80s-era Cold War fears set in the body and mind of a child. Can you really get AIDS from a hamburger or finger puppets?
ELEPHANT GIRLUSA, 2007, 4.5 MIN
DIRECTED BY DAVID LOBSER
Florida Premiere
"Sisters" enjoy more than just sisterhood in this surreal and visually striking freakfest.
TALES OF MERE EXISTENCEUSA, 2008/2009, 10 MIN
DIRECTED BY LEV YILMAZ
World Premiere
Director expected to be in attendance.
Three more unique commentaries on life and how to live it from San Francisco's Lev, two-time FFF Audience Award Winner for Best Short Film: "Different Kinds of Boyfriends I Have Been," "The Various Kinds of Jobs I Could Get," and "How We Managed to Not Really Date Each Other."
THE ROYAL NIGHTMARE
USA, 2008, 4 MIN
DIRECTED BY ALEX BUDOVSKY
U.S. Premiere
The latest bit of b&w whimsy from Russian-born animator Alex Budovsky (winner of the 2003 FFF Grand Jury Award for Best Animated Short for Bathtime in Clerkenwell) tells the story of an Evil King tormented by a pilgrim who keeps reappearing by the Royal Tower.
KALEIDOSCOPTICS
USA, 2008, 6 MIN
DIRECTED BY JANEL BAUER
East Coast Premiere
Through the Looking Glass indeed! Crafts take on a life of their own in this experimental and bizarre journey through a demented kaleidoscope.
FLUTE BABIES
USA, 2008, 4.5 MIN
DIRECTED BY GRETTA JOHNSON
Southeast Premiere
Gators in bikinis! Cats smoking pipes and playing wind instruments! With the help of some "flute babies," an imaginative cat and a lonely alligator get acquainted.
SEBASTIAN'S VOODOO
USA, 2008, 4 MIN
DIRECTED BY JOAQUIN BALDWIN
The UCLA Animation Workshop produced this stunning CGI work in which a voodoo doll must summon the courage to save his fellow dolls from their human captor.
HORN DOG
USA, 2009, 6 MIN
DIRECTED BY BILL PLYMPTON
World Premiere
Three more unique commentaries on life and how to live it from San Francisco's Lev, two-time FFF Audience Award Winner for Best Short Film: "Different Kinds of Boyfriends I Have Been," "The Various Kinds of Jobs I Could Get," and "How We Managed to Not Really Date Each Other."
THE ROYAL NIGHTMAREUSA, 2008, 4 MIN
DIRECTED BY ALEX BUDOVSKY
U.S. Premiere
The latest bit of b&w whimsy from Russian-born animator Alex Budovsky (winner of the 2003 FFF Grand Jury Award for Best Animated Short for Bathtime in Clerkenwell) tells the story of an Evil King tormented by a pilgrim who keeps reappearing by the Royal Tower.
KALEIDOSCOPTICSUSA, 2008, 6 MIN
DIRECTED BY JANEL BAUER
East Coast Premiere
Through the Looking Glass indeed! Crafts take on a life of their own in this experimental and bizarre journey through a demented kaleidoscope.
FLUTE BABIESUSA, 2008, 4.5 MIN
DIRECTED BY GRETTA JOHNSON
Southeast Premiere
Gators in bikinis! Cats smoking pipes and playing wind instruments! With the help of some "flute babies," an imaginative cat and a lonely alligator get acquainted.
SEBASTIAN'S VOODOOUSA, 2008, 4 MIN
DIRECTED BY JOAQUIN BALDWIN
The UCLA Animation Workshop produced this stunning CGI work in which a voodoo doll must summon the courage to save his fellow dolls from their human captor.
HORN DOGUSA, 2009, 6 MIN
DIRECTED BY BILL PLYMPTON
World Premiere
Director expected to be in attendance.
Funny and bizarre (so what else is new?), the latest adventure of Plympton's plucky canine hero from Guard Dog, Guide Dog, and Hot Dog finds the beast putting the moves on an Afghan in the park.
I AM SO PROUD OF YOU
USA, 2008, 22 MIN
DIRECTED BY DON HERTZFELDT
Florida Premiere
Dark family secrets cast a shadow over Bill's recovery in the continuing story of Everything Will Be OK, winner of the 2007 FFF Grand Jury Award for Best Animated Short. A disturbing, adventurous, and oddly touching contemplation of mortality as only Hertzfeldt can do it.
Funny and bizarre (so what else is new?), the latest adventure of Plympton's plucky canine hero from Guard Dog, Guide Dog, and Hot Dog finds the beast putting the moves on an Afghan in the park.
I AM SO PROUD OF YOUUSA, 2008, 22 MIN
DIRECTED BY DON HERTZFELDT
Florida Premiere
Dark family secrets cast a shadow over Bill's recovery in the continuing story of Everything Will Be OK, winner of the 2007 FFF Grand Jury Award for Best Animated Short. A disturbing, adventurous, and oddly touching contemplation of mortality as only Hertzfeldt can do it.
