HIGH FALLS FILM FEST ANIMATION GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT
Animatus is proud to welcome EMILY HUBLEY as this year’s animation
guest for the High Falls Film Festival.
EMILY HUBLEY has been making short animated films since 1980 and
providing animation to television, fictional and documentary films for
over a decade. She is a 2004 Annenberg Film Fellow, named by the
Sundance Institute in support of her feature-in-progress THE TOE
TACTIC.
Hubley created artwork and animation for John Cameron Mitchell’s
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH and inserts with Jeremiah Dickey for the
documentaries, ORIGINAL CHILD BOMB (which aired on the Sundance Channel
in August 2005) by Carey Schonegeval, BLUE VINYL, by Judith Helfand and
Daniel Gold and most recently, for BOY IN THE BUBBLE, directed by Barak
Goodman. She is a daughter of animators Faith and John Hubley, and
worked at the Hubley Studio Inc. in several capacities from 1976 –
2001.
Visit her website at http://www.emilyhubley.com
The High Falls Film Festival runs November 8-13, 2006
http://www.highfallsfilmfestival.com
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ANIMATION WORKSHOP ALMOST FULL
Fall workshops begin this Saturday. We only have a few spots in both
Morning and Afternoon sessions! This your last chance to join us for
regular classes until January, so take advantage of this opportunity
while you can.
Fall 2006
Saturdays
October 7, 14, 21, & 28
$159
What’s going on in between the Fall and Winter sessions? SPECIALTY
CLASSES, of course. Where else can you learn the magic of computer
animation in such a fun environment? Minimum age of 12, with a Basic
Animation pre-requisite.
3D Workshop, Nov-Dec 2006
An introduction to Lightwave
Saturday Mornings
Nov 18, Dec 2, 9, & 16
$189
Flash I, Nov-Dec 2006
Intro to Macromedia Flash
Saturday Afternoons
Nov 18, Dec 2, 9, & 16
$189
Sign up online at http://animatusstudio.com/workshops
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GEORGIE MARCHES TO CLEVELAND AND TULSA
The latest Fresh Toone from Dave Puls continues to make the rounds!
Here are two more “When Georgie Goes Marchin’ Home.”
“Georgie” played this last weekend at the Tulsa Uncensored Film
Festival
http://www.tulsauncensored.com/schedule.html
The short will also be playing the Ohio Independent Film Festival on
Wednesday, November 8th.
http://www.ohiofilms.com
For more info on Fresh Toones, visit
http://animatusstudio.com/freshtoones
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“THE OTHER GODS” TRAILER NOW ONLINE
The latest independent horror project from Mike Boas has a trailer
online at http://maddogmovies.com/theothergods/video.html
In this adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft short story, a proud prophet
meets with a tragic end when attempting to meet with the gods of earth.
“The Other Gods” will be premiering October 8th at the H.P. Lovecraft
Film Festival in Portland, Oregon.
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CLASSIC ANIMATION AT THE EASTMAN HOUSE
Come out this Tuesday to the George Eastman House to see some classic
animation of the silent era, with live music by Philip C. Carli.
More Pioneers of Animation
Location: Dryden Theatre
900 East Ave · Rochester, NY 14607
Tuesday, October 3, 8:00 PM
(Program running time approx. 90 min.) A follow-up to our enormously
popular “Pioneers of Animation” program from 2004, this fun-filled
program features some of the most innovative, entertaining, and
influential cartoons from the silent era, all preserved by George
Eastman House. Selections include COLONEL HEEZA LIAR, NATURALIST (1914)
and COLONEL HEEZA LIAR, SHIPWRECKED (1916); early cell animation in
BOBBY BUMPS’ DISAPPEARING GUN (1917) and BOBBY BUMPS AT THE DENTIST
(1917); Otto Messmer and Pat Sullivan’s famous feline in FELIX THE
CAT GETS REVENGE (1922) and FELIX THE CAT KEPT WALKING (1925); Koko the
Clown in the Fleischer Bros.’ FALSE ALARM (1923); Gregory LaCava’s
ABIE KABIBBLE OUTWITTING HIS RIVAL (1917) and BY THE SEAWAVES (1917),
staring the Katzenjammer Kids; Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in Walt
Disney’s SKY SCRAPPERS (1928); and Lotte Reiniger’s THE ORNAMENT OF
THE LOVESTRUCK HEART (1919). Live piano by Philip C. Carli.
