Palm Springs International Special Events Animation Festival Special Feature Presentations SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY Wednesday, August 22, 2018 11:15am – 12:39pm 10 am – 10:58 am 2017 Animated Short Film Award Winners Marnie’s World Theatre 1 Feature Film 2017 Animated Short Film Award Winners ( PCAW001 ) A collection of the Theatre 1 winning animated shorts of the 2017 inaugural season featuring Oscar US Premiere! winning talent and stories from all over the world. Weeds - 3:45 - USA - Director : Kevin Hudson 4pm Red Carpet Tokri (The Basket) 14:46 - India - Director : Suresh Eriyat 5pm – 6:40pm Adija - 4:08 - USA - Director : Apollonia Thomaier Sgt. Stubby: An Yellow Rose - 3:58 - Australia - Director : Xin Li American Hero Virtual Actors in Chinese Opera - 3:15 - Hong Kong - Director : Tobias Feature Film Gremmler Theatre 1 The Potato Eaters - 3:54 - Czech Republic - Director : Martin Kukal – Opening Night Event! Tanguito Argentino - 8:00 - Argentina - Director : Joaquin Braga Cuerdas - 10:52 - Spain - Director : Pedro Solis Escape - 4:45 - USA - Director : Brandon Oldenburg FRIDAY 3:45pm -4:45pm 10:15am – 10:52am Classic Auction: Animated Cells Theatre 2 Theatre 3 The collections of shorts in this segment will take you back in time to the beginning of this amazing unique visual art form. SATURDAY 11:00am-12:30pm A Thousand Kisses - 16:38 - USA - Director : Richard Goldgewicht Mission Kathmandu: Skyscrapers - 12:15 - Switzerland - Director : Fabienne Giezendanner The Adventures of Nelly Nowhere - 4:09 - USA - Director : HYEON JEONG CHO & Simon The Balloonatic - 3:00 - UK - - Director : Eoin Mcloughlin Theatre 1 3:00pm-4:45pm Isle of Dogs Special Presentation – Celebrating Loving All Animals Animal Shelter Theatre 1 11:15am – 12:39pm Marnie’s World Feature Film US Premiere Panels/ Theatre 1 Masterclass WEDNESDAY (2018) - 84 min - Germany Animation | Adventure | Comedy Spoiled orange house cat Marnie lives a comfy life in the Sunshine household. She 2:15pm-3:00pm has never been outside this protected home SEGA of America and only knows the real world through her Theatre 3 favorite detective crime show on TV. Her loving owner Rosalinde anticipates Marnie’s every wish. One day Rosalinde’s brother Paul shows up and lures Marnie into a box, SATURDAY promising her a leading role as a special agent on a secret mission. Marnie jumps at 6:00pm-7:30pm this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity but finds MASTERCLASS with herself lost on a lonely intersection. Out on Dreamworks Animator the road, she soon is joined by Elvis, a loud- Cinzia Angelini mouthed but actually shy dog, and Anton, a donkey who wants to become famous as a “The Making of Mila: show-act in a circus – disguised as a zebra. When neurotic rooster Eggbert Creating a Quality completes the squad, the runaways hijack a red van, which turns out to be a Animated Film via the wanted getaway car. Soon they are mistaken for a notorious gang of art World Wide Web” thieves haunting the once peaceful village. For sharp little Marnie, their Theatre 3 mission is clear: to capture the real culprits and restore their honor. A film about courage, about finding yourself and about true friendship. Based loosely on Grimm’s "The Bremen Town Musicians" a modern, hilarious road movie is told. From Oscar® Winning Directors Christoph and Wolfgang Lauenstein whose latest film “Lewis & The Aliens” has been purchased by Warner Bros. 12:45pm – 1:18pm 2D Comedy Shorts Theatre 2 2D animation focuses on creating characters, storyboards, and backgrounds in two-dimensional environments. This collection of comedies remind us about simple fun. Monsters Dot Dom - 4:50 - USA - Director : Bruno Pieroni Multiplex 10 - 11:45 - USA - Director : Gordon McAlpin Hero - 3:00 - USA - Director :Tucker Joneson The Deep End - 4:00 - USA - Director : Nicholas Vernon Squatch Out! - 2:17 - USA - Director : Madison Shafer Frank - 9:01 - USA - Director : Cameron Gavinski Events/Parties 1:00pm – 1:44pm 2D/3D Kids Shows, Children, Family Theatre 1 WEDNESDAY Petite Faim - 6:30 - France - Director : Valentine ARLÈS, Lisa DOR, Benjamin DUVAL, Baptiste GALTIER, Keyvan LERICHE, Charlotte 4pm-5pm Red Carpet MANGIN Boxy: In the nature - 4:19 - Hungary - Director :Béla Klingl Opening Night Event Galaxy Girl - 3:51 - USA - Director : Richard Grover Lobby Sonic Mania Adventures - 11:24 - Japan - Director : Tyson Hesse *Panel following in Theatre 3 at 2:15pm 7:30pm Taavi - 3:55 - South Africa - Director : Thomas du Plessis VIP After Party The Audition - 2:58 - USA Director : Dani Bowman com Scrap - 5:20 - USA - Director : Lucas Northwood Hotel Zoso The Cherry Brothers - 1:00 - France - Director : Myriam Aubin Rocket Boys - 4:04 - South Africa - Director : Karien Benz SATURDAY 1:45pm-2:03pm Watercolor 8:30pm Theatre 2 Animation Festival/ Comic Con Palm Springs Euphoria - 4:00 - Hungary - Director : Katalin Egely Lion Nanny's Journey - 7:10 - China - Director : JunQing DuanMu Closing Party One Last Dance - 3:45 - Director : Will Rowson Renaissance Hotel Silent London - 2:46 - UK - Director : Ivelina Ivanova Palm Springs 2:00pm-3:25pm Harvie and the Magic Museum Theatre 1 (2017) - 90 min - Czech Republic Animation | Adventure | Comedy Harvie is a smart but a bit too lively boy with one ambition, to finish the last level of his computer game. Once in the Gamers Hall of Fame, his absent-minded father, would finally be proud of him. But finishing the game turns out to be only the start of a real adventure that takes Harvie, his dog Jerry, and his friend Monica deep into the forgotten realms of the city's old puppet museum. 2:15pm-3:00pm Sonic Mania Adventures - PANEL Family Friendly Theatre 3 We lots of options for A Q&A with SEGA of family fun! Many of our America’s Jasim Hernandez as she takes us on a tour films are family friendly behind the scenes of Sonic but here are a few you Mania Adventures. don’t want to miss! WEDNESDAY 3:30pm-3:54pm 3D Dark Comedy Shorts 1:00pm – 1:44pm 2D/3D Theatre 2 Kids Shows, Children, Attack of the Potato Clock - 2:45 - USA - Director: Victoria Lopez Family Decaf - 4:13 - USA - Director : Christopher Masuabi Theatre 1 The Curiosity Show - 4:41 - France - Director : Quentin Simon Slug Invasion - 6:01 - Denmark - Director : Morten HELGELAND 2:15pm-3:00pm Less Than Human - 6:09 - Denmark - Director : Steffen Bang Lindholm Sonic Mania Adventures - PANEL 4pm-5pm Red Carpet Opening Night Event Theatre 3 Lobby THURSDAY 4:15pm – 5:04pm 3D Drama, Love, Loss and Second 7:00pm-7:43pm 3D Chances Theatre 2 Comedy Family Shorts Theatre 1 Lost in Time - 6:00 - France - Director : Objectif 3D The Last Flight - 5:35 - France - Director : Vicky Petrequin The Box - 6:59 - France - Director : Eliott Belrose FRIDAY Surprise - 5:30 - Jordan - Director : Tariq Rimawi Second Chance - 6:26 - France - Director : Victor LEMEE 12:00pm-12:29pm 2D Trap - 12:00 - New Zealand - Director : Paul James Drama Family Shorts No Gravity - 7:56 - France - Director : Charline Parisot Theatre 2 SATURDAY 10:00pm-10:42pm 3D Animated TV Series Pre- School Kid Shows International Theatre 1 5pm – 6:40pm Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero – Special Presentation Theatre 1 Academy of Dreams (2018) - 84 min - USA The true story of a stray Saturday dog who joins his new master on the battlefields 1:30pm-1:58pm of the First World War. For his valorous actions, Sgt. Academy of Dreams Stubby is still recognized as Theatre 3 the most decorated dog in American history. Voice Cast : Helena Bonham A program featuring award Carter, Gérard Depardieu, winning animated films Logan Lerman. filmmakers with disabilities. 2:00pm-3:30pm Academy of Dreams with Dani Bowman PANEL Theatre 3 6:45pm-7:23pm 3D Heartwarming Shorts Theatre 2 Dani Bowman hosts a special panel discussion featuring Sand Wanderer 6:31 - Director : Eric Giessmann filmmakers with disabilities who Butterflies - 2:14 - USA - Director : Abby Boyce have created award winning Tempo - 2:20 - USA - Director : Angela Arzumanyan animated films. During the Flin - 2:53 - Ecuador - Director : Catherine Valle panel there will be a drawing Sarah - 2:35 - USA - Director : Shanny Chen for Peer Mentoring for one year Pharaoh - 5:04 - USA - Director : Derrick Forkel from Disability Services The Colors of Life - 2:36 - USA - Director : Heather Pirnak Corporation. We Hopeful Few - 3:35 - USA - Director : Shahin Alirkan Yuanfen - 3:17 -USA - Director : Amanda Sparso Sponsored by: Dear Alice - 3:34 - USA - Director : Matt Cerini Joy Story - 3:19 - Australia - Director : Kyra & Constantin 7:30pm VIP After Party at Hotel Zoso Thursday, August 23, 2018 10:00am – 10:40am Award Winning Stop-Motion Shorts Theatre 1 Him and Her - 7:48 - Germany - Director : Nathalie Lamb Lima - 14:15 - Iran - Director : Afshin Roshanbakht The Cycle of Light - 5:52 - Estonia - Director : Aili Allas Poles Apart - 11:52 - Singapore - Director : Paloma Baeza 10:15am – 10:59am 2D Twisted, Dark, Odd and Out There Shorts Theatre 2 Your Face Global Jam - Tribute to Bill Plympton - 3:30 - Director : Ken Mora School, With a Ghoul - 3:42 - Australia - Director : Rory Dalitz Bang Bang! - 1:20 - Canada - Director : Jackie Droujko Slowville - 3:24 - Canada - Director : Alex Meunier Mark Lotterman - Happy - 6:35 - France - Director : Alice Saey Run Rostam Run - 11:37 - Iran - Director : Hossein Molayemi Life Smartphone - 3:06 - China ** - Director : Xie Chenglin Flytrap - 6:54 - USA - Director : Connor Bland Waldo's Dream - 3:00 - Chile - Director : Santiago O'Ryan 11:15am-12:27pm Hoffmaniada Theatre 1 78 min - Russia - Elizabethan Era Stop-Motion Animated Feature Based around