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11 ALL NEW ANIMATED INTERNATIONAL SHORTS ACME FILMWORKS PRESENTS the 17TH ANNUAL ANIMATION of Buy DVDs and downloads of films from past SHOW SHOWS Animated Show of Shows www.animationshowofshows.com “ The animated short film is a great art form - always beautiful, innovative, and extremely entertaining. The Animation Show of Shows is the best place to see all the latest and greatest animated short films. You will never be disappointed. ” John Lasseter, Chief Creative Officer Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios * Special appearance by Curator, Producer Ron Diamond, check theaters for dates and times. * Hollywood, CA • Arclight Cinemas • Sept 24 - Oct 1 Silver Spring, MD • AFI Silver Theatre • Oct 23 - Oct 29 * Santa Ana, CA • The Frida Cinema • Oct 2 - Oct 8 * Seattle, WA • SIFF Egyptian Theatre • Oct 30 - Nov 5 GLOUSTER, MA, • The Cape Ann Cinema • Oct 2 - Oct 4 Larkspur, CA • The Lark Theater • Oct 30 - Nov 5 ALBANY, NY • Spectrum 8 Theatres • Oct 5 one night only * VANCOUVER, BC • Rio Theatre • Nov 1 one night only * San Francisco, CA • Vogue Theatre • Oct 9 - Oct 15 * PORTLAND, OR • CINEMA 21 Theatre • Nov 13 - Nov 19 * CHICAGO, IL • Gene Siskel Film Center • Oct 16 - Oct 22 * Eugene, OR • Bijou Art Cinemas • Nov 13 - Nov 19 © 2015 The Animation Show of Shows, Inc. PittsburgH, PA • Melwood Screening Room • Oct 16 - Oct 22 Denver, CO • Denver Film Society SIE FilmCenter • Nov 27 - Dec 3 The 17th Annual (2014 - 2015) Animation Show of Shows A whimsical story about living an impractical life based on a childhood promise. While playing on stilts as a child, Percival Pilts declares that he’ll ‘never again let his John Lewis and Janette Goodey’s feet touch the ground!’ Australia 2014 The Story of Percival Pilts Golden Gate Award, San Francisco Intl. Film Fest 2015 Based on the poetry of Jacques Prévert, the “Tant de Forets” poem denounces the destruction of forests to make paper pulp, but paper is used to alert people about the Tants de Forets threats of deforestation. France 2014 Burcu Sankur and Geoffrey Godet Cristal for a TV Production, Annecy Intl. Animation Fest. 2014 “Snowfall” is the story of an anxious young man who has a moving experience at a friend’s house party. Ireland 2015 Documentary portrait follows the film. Lynn Tomlinson’s Conor Whelan’s The Ballad of the Holland Island House Snowfall Animated clay paintings tell the true story of the last house on a sinking island in the Chesapeake Bay, a large and important estuary and waterway in Maryland, on the East Coast of the United States USA 2015 Greenpeace Postcards from Climate , First Place Winner Change Project 2015 Amanda Palmer and Avi Ofer’s An imaginative animated short created from a found Behind the Trees voice memo, “Behind the Trees” features Amanda Palmer’s reflections on the curious things her husband- Neil Gaiman- mutters while he sleeps. USA 2015 Konstantin Bronzit’s We Can’t Live Without Cosmos Two cosmonauts, two friends, try to do their best in their everyday training life to make their common dream a reality. But this story is not only about the dream. Russia 2014 Grand Prix, Annecy International Animation Festival 2015: Documentary portrait follows the film. All the wit, cleverness, integrity, warmth and humor that humanity is capable of is captured in these films. Andrew Stanton, Director/Writer Finding Nemo and Wall-E A young woman lives alone with her cat in a small town. The young woman has a secret: she is in love with her neighbor, a boxer. Thanks to her cat’s adventures, she will have closer contact with her love. Switzerland 2015 Audience Award, Solothurner Filmtage Festival 2015 Isabel Favez’s Messages Dans L’Air At a massive factory, the workers have all been given one simple instruction: paint stripes on the boxes. The work is getting done in the usual, monotonous way until one of the workers decides to paint his boxes a little differently. Babak and Behnoud Nekooei‘s Iran 2015 Best Animation Stripy 17th House of Cinema 2015 Thomas Bourdis, In the early years of the 20th century, two climbers make Martin de Coudenhove, the traditional ascent, carrying a statue of the Virgin Mary Caroline Domergue, to the top of the mountain. Their trip does not go Colin Laubry, according to plan. France 2013 Florian Vecchione’s Best Short Film Ascension Festival du film francophone d’Angoulême, 2014 Melissa Johnson and Robertino Zambrano’s Love in the Time of March Madness “Love in the Time of March Madness” follows 6’4” Melissa Johnson’s hilarious and awkward misadventures in romance as she dates shorter men and gets cheered or jeered wherever she goes. USA/Australia 2014 Best Online Short Film Tribeca Film Festival 2014 A little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future. USA 2015 Don Hertzfeldt’s Best Short Film, Sundance Film Festival 2015 World of Tomorrow For 16 years, The Animation Show of Shows has introduced new and innovative short films exclusively for animation studios, societies, schools, and festivals around the world. The 17th Annual Animation Show of Shows will be distributed theatrically this fall across the US and will feature the current top animated shorts from around the globe. Each year over 3,000 animated shorts are created, some of which take years to complete, but only a handful are seen outside the inner circles of the animation community. In the 17th Annual Animation Show of Shows these beautifully crafted, unique films are also paired with documentary portraits featuring four of the directors as they shed light on the motivation, process and experiences that lead to the making of their films. Buy DVDs and downloads of films from past Animated Show of Shows www.animationshowofshows.com To say this is an important compilation is an understatement. These are vital for any serious animation library and required viewing for students and all who want to see some of the best shorts ever made. - Jerry Beck, Cartoon Brew A terrific collection - each a small animated portrait of the filmmaker’s wonderful wit or heart or wild imagination or all three! - Bob Peterson, Co-Director Up! Normally you would have to travel to film festivals all over the world to get a chance to see a collection of films as amazing as this. How amazing to have them all in one place. - Mark Osborne, Director Kung Fu Panda, Le Petit Prince The Animation Show of Shows, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit created for the expressed purpose of expanding awareness of exemplary animated Short Films and Animated Short Film restoration and preservation. Donations are tax deductible. Earnings from the distribution of the Animation Show of Shows will be used for the sustainability of our mission and compensate the participating animators/rights holders. More information is available at www.animationshowofshows.com © 2015 The Animation Show of Shows, Inc..
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