Greetings from Animatus!
It’s only been two months since our last newsletter, but we’ve racked up plenty of fantastic news. Read on and be overwhelmed!
SUMMER ANIMATION CAMP
Thanks to everyone who made our spring workshops such a success! Our next classes are Thursdays in August. Don’t put off registering, because these workshops are already filling up.
Sign up using Paypal or print out a form to pay by check: http://www.animatusstudio.com/workshops
“THE WORLD WE WANT TO LIVE IN” TO PLAY SYRACUSE FILM FEST
Those who attended the closing night event at the High Falls Film Festival were treated to a short piece animated by students from Rochester’s Eugenio Maria de Hostos Charter School. “The World We Want to Live In” was produced at the Animation Workshop in conjunction with the festival and a grant from Citibank. We’re happy to announce that it will also be screened at the upcoming Syracuse International Film Festival. On May 1st, it will play as part of a series of shorts at the Everson Museum at noon.
Watch a Quicktime of the short online at: http://www.animatusstudio.com/workshops
Find out more about the Syracuse festival: http://www.syrfilmfest.com
DERF THE VIKING TO PLAY ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL FILM FEST
Third time’s a charm for our bumbling Viking hero. “The Search for the Great White Ale” will play as part of this year’s Movies on a Shoestring festival. Come to this FREE screening Thursday night, May 6th, 8 PM at the Dryden Theatre (George Eastman House). Experience the drama, the adventure, the flatulence!
Find out more at http://www.rochesterfilmfest.org/
RAY HARRYHAUSEN AT THE DRYDEN THEATER THIS SUNDAY!
If you or your children have ever been enthralled by the fantastic stop motion animation of Clash of the Titans, The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, or Jason and the Argonauts, do not miss this special event!
Join us in welcoming animation legend Ray Harryhausen to Rochester on Sunday, May 2nd. At 2 PM will be a screening of rare shorts test reels. Then at 5 PM, Mr Harryhausen will introduce his most famous film, JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS, answer audience questions, and receive the title of George Eastman Honorary Scholar. (Friend and fellow animator Phil Tippet will also be in attendance to present the award.)
Mr. Harryhausen will be available to sign copies of his book, Ray Harryhausen: An Animated Life, available in the Eastman House Store. Tickets: $10, $7 members and students, are available at the Dryden Theatre box office, the Museum’s admissions desk, or by phone at (585) 271-3361 ext. 218 (credit card orders only).
Find out more at the Eastman House website: http://eastman.org/calendar/mp_special_events.htm
ANIMATION GREATS ATTEND SYRACUSE FILM FESTIVAL
Jim Morris of Lucas Digital and Henry Selick, director of The Nightmare Before Christmas, will be giving seminars at the Syracuse Film Festival on May 1st. What a weekend for animation!
Find out more at: http://syracusefilmandvideofest.com/premiere/seminar/
DAVE PULS SCREENINGS GALORE
Dave Puls now has three shorts on the festival circuit. “True Believer” will be screened at the Brooklyn International Film Festival in June. Read more about it here: http://www.wbff.org/films/detail.asp?cid=5&fid=330
The recently completed “Sharks in the Water” will screen at the Boston Underground Film Festival in May. “Sharks” is a piece targeting political and corporate corruption. Read more about the fest here: http://www.bostonundergroundfilmfestival.com/
Dave collaborated with artist Bob Barancik on “Uneasy Times,” a short which will be showing at the Tokyo Film Fest. Visit Bob’s site at http://www.artnothate.com/
Read more about Dave’s Fresh Toones here: http://www.animatusstudio.com/freshtoones
SU AND MO EPISODE THREE: LOST IN ANIMATION
The Su and Mo epic is finally complete. We’re in the process of entering it in festivals, and we’ll have a preview of it online soon. In the meantime we’ve updated the Su and Mo website with fun “Behind the Flesh” information and “Meet the Meat” vital statistics.
Check out the refurbished site at: http://www.animatusstudio.com/sumo
