Shorts Program #5: Animated Shorts
Showing at 07:45PM on Friday, April 4, 2008
More Animation, Competition Films, Short Films
Sponsored by:
Lure Design Inc.
Total Running Time: 91 minutes
Friday, April 4, 7:45 PM - 9:30 PM at Regal - Purchase Now
FANTAISIE IN BUBBLEWRAP
USA, 2007, 4.5 MIN
DIRECTED BY ARTHUR METCALF
Southeast Premiere
We’ve all done it. . . a whimsical journey through the world of bubblewrap. Winner of the Maverick Award for Best Animation, Woodstock Film Festival 2007.
TALES OF MERE EXISTENCE
USA, 2007, 8 MIN
DIRECTED BY LEV YILMAZ
East Coast Premiere
The two-time FFF Audience Award Winner for Best Short Film returns with three more unique commentaries on life and how to live it: "How I Found Out About Girls," "A Typical Conversation With My Mom," and "How to Break Up With Your Girlfriend."
HEDGEHUG
USA, 2007, 5 MIN
DIRECTED BY DANIEL PINTO
Southeast Premiere
A lonely hedgehog desperately wants a hug from his forest friends on Valentine's Day.
BUNNYHEADS
USA, 2007, 5 MIN
DIRECTED BY JIM BLASHFIELD
East Coast Premiere
Enigmatic and slightly surreal, welcome to a netherworld of strange archetypal beings reminiscent of both Fritz Lang's Metropolis and that mysterious space under the basement stairs.
A FAERY’S TALE
USA, 2007, 3 MIN
DIRECTED BY SYLVIA APOSTOL
Southeast Premiere
From the School of Visual Arts comes this tale of a malevolent tooth fairy out making its rounds.
CELEBRITY PETS
USA, 2007, 4.5 MIN
DIRECTED BY CORKY QUAKENBUSH
World Premiere
Festival favorite Corky Quakenbush returns with this hilarious look at man's best friend(s)--Hollywood style.
LALALAND
USA/THAILAND, 2007, 6.5 MIN
DIRECTED BY RONNARIT LUEANGWATTANAKIJ
World Premiere
Another School of Visual Arts presentation! A hungry little beast that's like the love-child of Yompi and a Teletubby eats up all the creativity on his rainbow planet.
ZOMBIE DEAREST
USA, 2007, 8.5 MIN
DIRECTED BY LEE STRINGER
World Premiere
Central Florida is the source for this clever CGI horror spoof with tributes galore. Welcome to the first adventure of Tofu, The Vegan Zombie.
LAST TIME IN CLERKENWELL
USA, 2007, 4 MIN
DIRECTED BY ALEX BUDOVSKY
Florida Premiere
Five years later a sequel to "Bathtime in Clerkenwell," The Real Tuesday Weld music video that won the FFF 2003 Grand Jury Award for Best Animated Short. Check out what's happened to the bird empire that took over London in the original.
THE COFFEE BIRD
USA, 2007, 5 MIN
DIRECTED BY BRYAN BRINKMAN
Southeast Premiere
An old man finds companionship in an orphaned baby bird.
MIRAGE
USA, 2006, 8.5 MIN
DIRECTED BY YOUNGWOONG JANG
Simply remarkable CGI from the School of Visual Arts. A bio-mechanic robot must fill his chest cavity with water to sustain life, and his search brings him into contact with a fish. Now both are in need of H2O. . .
ZOOLOGIC
USA, 2007, 4.5 MIN
DIRECTED BY NICOLE MITCHELL
A fussy, controlling zookeeper must contend with some uncooperative and rebellious tenants.
SPONTANEOUS GENERATION
USA, 2007, 5 MIN
DIRECTED BY ANDY CAHILL
Southeast Premiere
Produced at the Rhode Island School of Design, this highly kinetic work is a film about the interaction between clay and cardboard.
TEAT BEAT OF SEX
USA/ITALY, 2007, 7 MIN
DIRECTED BY SIGNE BAUMANE
North American Premiere
FFF favorite Signe Baumane has come up with the perfect vehicle for her unique talents and obsessions: an "explicitly educational" series of films that talk about sex exclusively from a woman's point of view. The four titles in this program ("Lizard," "Graveyard," "Dawn," and "Puzzle"), episodes #8 - 11, tell a particular coming-of-age story. You can see (and learn) more in the Midnight Shorts.
A LETTER TO COLLEEN
USA, 2007, 8.5 MIN
DIRECTED BY ANDY & CAROLYN LONDON
Southeast Premiere
FFF veterans ("The Backbrace," "The Shit Chronicles") and 2004 Audience Award winners ("Subway Salvation"), the Londons, are back with this edgy work about a man trying to put his 18th birthday demons to rest by composing a letter.
THE PLUSH LIFE
USA, 2007, 3 MIN
DIRECTED BY TIMOTHY HEATH
World Premiere
A typical Monday morning commute for two buddies--with the exception of an unfortunate case of the sniffles and some musical disharmony.