Saturday, September 24, 2011 - 2pm |
Floyd The Android Jonathan Lyons, San Rafael, CA,. Animation, 4:00, Brooklyn Premiere! |
Guard Dog Global Jam Bill Plympton, New York NY, USA, Animation, 5:17, Brooklyn Premiere!
In 2005, Bill Plympton created the Oscar nominated animated short, 'Guard Dog', about a pug dog who imagines every flora and fauna is out to kill his beloved master.
In 2010, he decided to remake the film via the internet, with 70 artists from around the world, with different levels of expertise, recreating each shot of the film in their own style. |
Place Stamp Here Joy Vaccese, Noelle Melody, Astoria NY, Animation, 4:30
This is a story about a girl and a medium-sized black dog. Through their travels and experiences, they give away little pieces of themselves but collect, in return, those myriad elements that become their new, but still somehow perfect selves. They are never quite the same as when they started. Then again, neither is the world. |
Delilah, Before Melanie Schiele, Brooklyn NY, Short, 9:24, Brooklyn Premiere!
"Delilah, Before" is a short dramatic narrative exploring the complexity of family bonds. Delilah, a young Singaporean woman recovering from a rebellious past and teenage pregnancy, struggles to confront her embittered mother, Corrine, over reassuming custody of her 2-year old daughter. The hardships of the parental transition are poignantly explored as the women share a profound love for the child amidst the tenuous relationship that exists between them. |
Daydreamed Jayme Morales, Brooklyn, NY, Short, 10:00, World Premiere!
A graduate English student struggles with both his memory and imagination as he daydreams in class. |
Perspective
A woman gets dumped by her boyfriend in a restaurant, and she thinks her life is over; for the other diners, that just might be true. |
Three Things Matthew Amenta, Brooklyn, NY, Short, 16:06, World Premiere! |
Last Words of the Holy Ghost Ben Sharony , NY, Short, 19:35, New York City Premiere! Aurora Borealis Matt H. Mayes, Santa Monica, Ca., Short, 12:30, New York City Premiere! A man visits his mother in a nursing home when a shift of light reveals the spaces between and inside them. |
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