Renovation Independent/Fan Film Festival Submissions 03-01-2011 Enigma (USA) - Indie Film Writer/Director: Jason & Matt Shumway Running time: 42:00 minutes Website:www.enigmathemovie.com/ Floating dead in space, transport ship Genesis become an unsolvable mystery. All hands on board have been killed. But how, and why? What began as a simple transport mission for the crew of the Genesis, ends with not only their bloodshed, but the loss of an important military prisoner. Follow as we look back to the mission and see if you can discover the enigma. About the Filmmaker: Jason Shumway Jason Shumway has been making movies since the young age of 14. After getting his first taste of video editing at the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, Jason became an award winning filmmaker while studying in J. Everett Light Radio/Television program. For college Jason was lucky enough to be accepted to the prestigious University of Southern California. In this top rated film program Jason directed eight films and crew on many more. He has recently worked on shows for G4TV and NBC. Currently he is a staff editor at E! Entertainment Television. Jason is producing the indie Feature Film “Bloomington” due out next year. Matt Shumway Matt graduated with distinction from Art Center College of Design. There he created his award winning film “Over the Moon.” That film led him to Rhythm and Hues Studios where he works as an Animation Supervisor. His feature film credits include X2, Garfield 1 & 2, Chronicles of Narnia, A Night at the Museum, The Golden Compass, The Incredible Hulk, and Land of the Lost. Matt was nominated for and Annie Award in 2006 for his work on Aslan for Narnia. He is currently the Animation Supervisor for Cabin in the Woods, A Drew Goddard / Joss Whedon Film due out Feb 5th 2010. Nickel Children (USA) - Indie Film Director: Kevin Eslinger Running time: 16:00 minutes Website/contact: http://nickelchildren.eslingerfilm.com/ It is the late 19th Century, but not as you might have heard of it. In dust bowl Kansas, a young boy, Jack, witnesses his parent’s murder, and is then abducted and forced into an underground child fighting ring. Only the wealthiest are invited to attend these secret communities and bet on the chil- dren for their own amusement. However, one among them, an airship captain, is determined to find her own abducted son, whatever the cost. Sintel (Netherlands) - Indie Film Writer: Esther Wouda (NL) Director: Colin Levy (US) Running time: 15 minutes Website/contact: http://www.sintel.org SINTEL is an epic short film that takes place in a fantasy world, where a girl befriends a baby dragon. After the little dragon is taken from her vio- lently, she undertakes a long journey that leads her to a dramatic confrontation. The KINEMATOGRAPH (Poland) - Indie Film Director: Tomek Bagiński, Agnieszka Piechnik Running time: 12:10 minutes Website/contact: www.thekinematograph.com Francis is an inventor. His invention is supposed to change the world. He forgot about one thing: dreams always cost too much. He is focused only on himself and his work and realizes the gravity of the situation only when it is too late. About the Filmmaker: Tomek Bagiński (born 1976). Director, animation producer. He is a self-taught artist. He left architecture studies to make films. His first student film Rain won several local awards in 1998 and became an entry pass to Platige Image studio, where he currently works as an Art Director. From 1999 to 2002 he worked, with short intervals, on his important debut short filmThe Cathedral. The film won the first prize for Best Animated Short at the largest animation and special effects festival SIGGRAPH in 2002 and it was nominated a year later for an Academy Award in the category Short Film (Animated). In 2004 he completed his second short animated film entitled FallenArt. He won the Jury prize at SIGGRAPH festival in 2005 and became the first person in the history of the festival to have won both main prizes. The confirmation of the success of both The Cathedral and Fallen Art are numerous awards and the films’ screenings at tens of international festivals. He received BAFTA Film Award for Best Short Animation. He completed his latest film The Kinematograph in 2009. He currently prepares the realization of his first feature-length film Hardkor 44. Catwoman: Anima (Canada) - Fan Film Up Down the Roof (USA) - Indie Film Director: Kevin McGuiness Director: Darin Reed/ Danielle Stallings Running time: 01:34 minutes Running time: 20:10 minutes Website: Website: The film which I have submitted is titled “Catwoman: Anima” and is based on the popular DC heroine. This film is a dream sequence which exam- During the dustbowl era on a dilapidated farm, a lonely ten-year-old boy begins hearing strange noises above his bedroom ceiling at night. The noises ines the psychological aspects of Selina Kyle’s Catwoman persona, as it pertains to Carl Jung’s writings concerning the Anima, the unconscious and grow threatening as the thing in the attic becomes restless and hungry. Through a friendship with a visually impaired girl, he comes to understand that unbridled female psyche. I hope that this work will eventually serve as the foundation for a feature project concerning Catwoman. he must face this thing hiding up under the roof before it consumes him. About the Filmmaker: Kings (USA) - Indie Film Darin Read Director: Barbara Mones The product of a grandmother who raided sacred burial grounds on one side of the family tree and a grandmother who was a world-class violinist on Running time: 07:00 minutes the other, Darin Read was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. As a child Darin traveled throughout the southwest with his family buying and selling Website: kachinas, baskets and pottery from Native Americans out of an old green station wagon. He also spent numerous hours drawing his own comic books and shooting super 8 films starring his Six Million Dollar Man action figure. Two old men traveling on a train together engage in an escalating conflict that they try to resolve by playing the card game WAR. They then dominate Darin graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in history where he convinced his thesis advisor to allow him to shoot a documentary the only innocent victims they can find. Kings poses the question ‘isWar inevitable?’ (entitled THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF ASU) in lieu of writing a paper. His first short narrative film FEAR won the best picture award at the USC / Universal Studios summer film program. Darin spent ten years at New Line Cinema working in post production on a myriad of feature films About the Filmmaker: including THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy. He recently went back to school to complete his MFA in film production from Loyola Marymount Barbara Mones is a faculty member in the department of Computer Science & Engineering and serves as Director for Animation Production in the University where he directed six films and produced several more for his peers. Most recently, he co-produced HAUNTED PLANET and wrote and Animation Research Labs, an Advanced Technology Initiative at the University of Washington. She has worked in both academic and industry in the directed UP UNDER THE ROOF, two 35mm films based on classic short stories. The latter film won the Best Picture, Best Director and Best Editor areas of graphics and animation production for over twenty-five years. In her role as faculty she has directed and produced eleven animated shorts awards at LMU’s first look festival: Film Outside the Frame 2009. Darin is currently developing a feature with his long-time collaborator, Danielle since 1999. She has lectured extensively on an international level on topics related to computer graphics, animation and curriculum development in Stallings. addition to designing and executing her own graphics and animation that have been shown in many museums and institutions worldwide, including the Smithsonian Institution and the Villa Ciani Museum in Switzerland. Her animation has been shown in the SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater and her Danielle Stallings artwork has been shown in the SIGGRAPH Art Show. She has chaired Panels (97), Sketches (Design, 96) Art Educators (Education Committee (85- Award-winning producer/director Danielle Stallings began her career as a professional stage actor. Since earning a BFA from USC’s School of Cin- 95) served as a juror for the Art Show (1995, 2007) and Electronic Theater. She founded and chaired the SIGGRAPH Student Animation Competition ema & Television and an MFA from Loyola Marymount University, Danielle has continued writing, directing and producing independent film proj- (1984, then became SPACE in 1985) and coordinated it for fifteen years. SPACE became an international traveling show in 1989. Post undergraduate, ects. Danielle’s films have enjoyed success at festivals in India, Italy, Germany, Israel, Seattle, London, Austin, Phoenix and Baltimore and her 16mm she studied 2D and 3D animation at Sheridan College and has an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design in mixed media sculpture and installa- short PORN QUEENS OF THE 70’S was honored by the DGA. Her recent achievements include two 35mm films based on classic literary pieces. tion. Her research and production interests include animation, storytelling, content development, fast prototyping, and the production pipeline design Ms. Stallings has a 14-year history of animal welfare volunteerism. She’s most proud of having served as the point-person and facilitator of the ne- for games and film. gotiations between Chris DeRose of Last Chance for Animals and HBO for the ground-breaking documentary “Dealing Dogs”. Danielle is currently working with her film partner Darin Read on a new feature-length production.