Independent / Studio Films THE 9TH ANNUAL John and Karen ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS Matthew Walker “A PROGRAM OF THE BEST IN NEW ANIMATION” curated and presented by Ron Diamond John the polar bear visits his penguin girlfriend Karen to apologize for the previous night’s behavior. 3 minutes 30 seconds 2007 Arthur Cox Ltd., UK Forgetfulness Julian Grey Former poet laureate for the United States, Billy Collins, narrates an animated video of his poem Forgetfulness. 1 minute, 51 seconds 2006 JWTwo Entertainment, Sundance Channel, Student Films Head Gear Animation, Canada En Tus Brazos Madame Tutli-Putli FX Goby, Edouard Jouret, Matthieu Landour Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowksi Confined to a wheelchair after an accident, the greatest tango dancer recovers the use of his Madame Tutli-Putli boards a night train legs just long enough for one imaginary dance. weighted down with all her earthly possessions and ghosts from the past. 5 minutes, 15 seconds 17 minutes 2006 Supinfocom Valenciennes, France 2007 National Film Board of Canada, Canada The Irresistible Smile I Met the Walrus Ami Lindhom Josh Raskin An air hostess tries to keep smiling and solving the In 1969, a fourteen-year old Beatle fanatic snuck problems of an airplane full of nasty passengers. into John Lennon’s hotel room and convinced him to do an interview about peace. 7 minutes 5 minutes, 10 seconds 2007 Turku Arts Academy, Finland 2007 Jerry Levitan, Canada Some Friends He Made: Beton Molotov Meets the Hobo King Ariel Belinco, Michael Faust Douglas Gayeton The day-to-day life of a military world is disturbed Molotov Alva disappears from his Californian by the appearance of a black kite behind its high home only to appear within a popular online walls. world called Second Life. 6 minutes 6 minutes 2007 Submarine Channel, VPRO TV, Vrij NL Magazine 2006 Bezalel Academy for Art & Design, Israel USA Ujbaz Izbeneki Has Lost His Soul Administrators Roman Klochkov Neil Jack When Ujbaz Izbeneki descends into Hell, nobody A representation on the absurdity of bureaucracy is prepared for the chaos that follows in the in times of disasters. wake of the man who has lost everything. 6 minutes, 37 seconds 5 minutes, 20 seconds 2006 K.A.S.K. Hogeschool Gent, Belgium 2006 Ko Lik Films Ltd., UK La Memoria del Cani t.o.m. Simone Massi Tom Brown, Daniel Gray A young boy experiences an emotional journey after remembering a traumatic experience. The journey of a young boy. 8 minutes 2006 Arte France Cinema & Sacrebleu Productions 2 minutes, 57 seconds UK 2006 University of Wales, Newport, Wales The Pearce Sisters Eletvonal Luis Cook Tomek Ducki The close encounters of a world where rules are Two weather lashed old spinsters, living on a set, paths are narrow, mistakes are fatal, and remote and austere strip of coast, scrape out a there’s no way back. miserable existence from the sea. 6 minutes, 25 seconds 9 minutes, 27 seconds 2007 MOME Animation / Moholy-Nagy 2007 Aardman Animations Ltd., UK University of Art and Design, Hungary How to Hookup Your Home Theater Camera Obscura Kevin Deters, Stevie Wermers-Skelton Matthieu Buchalski, Jean-Michel Drechsler, Thierry Onillon In a revival of the classic How to theatrical shorts Goofy, heads to the local electronics store to A blind man finds a helmet. When he puts it select the perfect home theater system. on, the inside is dark but not empty. 6 minutes, 29 seconds 7 minutes 2007 Walt Disney Animation Studios, USA 2007 Supinfocom Valenciennes, France This special presentation was prepared by Ron Diamond of the Animation World Network (AWN.com) and Acme Filmworks, Inc. For more information please contact Ron Diamond or Rebecca Battle at 323 464-7805 or [email protected].