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Wednesday 18
Meet the distinguished ANIMAZE 2020
INtroduction to JURY & Panelists
Meet the Filmmakers
Festival intro by Festival director Laurie Gordon
Creative short form documentary animation reveal real slice of life stories.
| Title | Director | Country | Duration |
| Into The Flame | Sean McClintock | United States | 5:51 |
| Le Futur | Matthew Miller | United States | 11:54 |
| Balakrishna | Colin MacKenzie, Aparna Kapur | Canada | 15:00 |
| ROOTS | Shuhei | China | 24:34 |
| Sea Rogue | Matt Blyth , Alaneo Gloor | Australia | 9:25 |
| 24 | Brian Yulo Ng | United States | 2:40 |
Short animation from around the globe, from the far east to the wildest west, international artists share their creative vision and slight of hand.
| Title | Director | Country | Duration |
| Yuukai-ANNA | Kaichi Sato | Japan | 27:04 |
| The Tattooed Torah | Marc Bennett | United States | 21:13 |
| TOMAS. A TALE OF REDEMPTION Nº01 YEAR 2095 | Sandra Obando Morales, Tatiana Pinzon Salavarrieta | Colombia | 10:00 |
| Toxic Relationship | Step Cheung | Hong Kong | 3:06 |
| Wade | Upamanyu Bhattacharyya, Kalp Sanghvi | India | 10:38 |
| What’s A Nice Girl Like You Doing In A Job Like This | Sarah Wishart | United Kingdom | 2:20 |
| Winter’s Blight | Claire Campbell | New Zealand | 13:55 |
In this year’s event, we will broadcast the Films on Facebook, after you register please join the Animaze 2020 Facebook Group to see the movies and the panels.
Thursday 19
The state of TV animation with
-Tom Yamamoto creator of Rus + Chelli series
– George Snow MTV video pioneer
– Dennis Kostyk expert in animated television programming,
– Allan Greenblatt producer and founder of Israel’s leading distribution company focussing on animation.
Delve into the world of weird and funny made for “TV” mixed with cool music videos to keep you moving while magically entertained.
| Title | Director | Country | Duration |
| 59 Days | Zina Papadopoulou | Greece | 5:00 |
| 2019 Golden Bell Award 54th short film | Outerspace Leo | Taiwan | 3:45 |
| Agwe | Ina Sotirova | Jamaica | 10:00 |
| California | Lauren Carr | United States | 1:14 |
| Fire Musical Notes | LuCAS Chewie | Brazil | 2:46 |
| Okami | Motomichi Nakamura | United States | 4:32 |
| The Odyssey of Cleve Eaton | Kevin Webb | United States | 3:54 |
| Tino Pizza “New Crap” | Benoit Créac’h, Julia Gaudard | Germany | 10:00 |
| Bibgy | Mark Salisbury | United States | 2:24 |
| perpetuate | Stephan Larson | United States | 4:34 |
| Stephanie | Corrinne James | United States | 2:30 |
| Cruel Shoes | Kevan Peterson | United States | 2:15 |
| Rus + Chelli: Animaze 2020 PieTime!!! | 8:36 |
Animaze presents cutting edge shorts from the best emerging filmmakers recently graduated from top international animation colleges and universities.
| Title | Director | Country | Duration |
| Dan, the Dinosaur | Guilherme Pedra | United States | 2:45 |
| Critical Hit | Siobhan Hardt, Bobby McCune, Sinead Keane | Ireland | 3:12 |
| Uranus Whispers | Frank Gresham | United States | 4:00 |
| The Bear Hunter | Sayaka Hara | Japan | 7:27 |
| Jinja | Talin Tanielian | United States | 6:29 |
| The Ride | Huh Hyunjung | Korea, Republic of | 9:00 |
| Icons | Ronnie Cramer | United States | 5:10 |
| The Tiger Who Came to Tea | Robin Shaw | United Kingdom | 24:15 |
| The Wide Wide West | Andy Cepollina Erica Wang |
United States | 5:20 |
Animaze presents cutting edge shorts from emerging filmmakers international animation film students from the best animation schools at college and university level.
| Title | Director | Country | Duration |
| Out of Water | L. Byrley | United States | 7:07 |
| Love is in the Hair | Clorinde Fesentieu, Jonathan Beaudry, Jordan Francfort, Mathias Borie, Manon Fournié, Isaure Thouvenot. | France | 5:53 |
| Oeil pour Oeil | Thomas Boileau, Alan Guimont, Robin Courtoise, Mathieu Lecroq, Malcom Hunt, François Briantais | France | 5:28 |
| Pour une poignée de Caramels | Nghia Bui Trung, Clara Dulaut, Martin Fettuciari, Nikita Gavard Noyer, Bérenger Guilbault, Timothée Maron, Ugo Masutti | France | 5:56 |
| Little Grey Wolfy. Summer Party | Natalia Malykhina | Norway | 6:33 |
| Bolero Station | Rolf Brönnimann | Switzerland | 9:40 |
| Om Nom Nom… | Minato Matsuda, Haruna Ueno, Tomoko Taig | Japan | 3:16 |
| Hey, Ewe! | Benjamin Buckley | Canada | 6:13 |
| Lilly Goes to the Dogs | The Bum Family | Canada | 6:00 |
| Self | Diana Aziz | Canada | 5:34 |
| Bramalea | Anda Chitescu | Canada | 4:43 |
Horror scary show for the fans who like dark toons in the middle of the …
night…forest…darkness. This collection may also include not quite horror but not quite for the kids.
Parental discretion advised
Some themes not suitable for children
| Title | Director | Country | Duration |
| The Incredibly Short Life of Peter Panties | Daniel Abril | United States | 9:15 |
| Homo ErecTattoos | Tae-woo Kim | Korea, Republic of | 8:18 |
| Desireland, Multiverse | Angela En-Yu Lao | Macao | 13:35 |
| The Ephemeral Orphanage | Lisa Barcy | United States | 15:00 |
| A Spider Dream | Na Yon Cho | Korea, Republic of | 5:30 |
| Sevarambes | George Kontos | Greece | 11:30 |
Parental discretion advised
Some themes not suitable for children
More juicy darkness for your Thursday night delight!
| Title | Director | Country | Duration |
| Icebound | Drew Christie | United States | 8:00 |
| Gym & Goolie | Tović | Australia | 5:29 |
| Women In Rage | Sara CHONG, Yanyun CHEN | Singapore | 5:01 |
| Luz | JOHN BANANA | France | 7:30 |
| S.O.S. – A Stop Motion Music Video | Jeremy Mowery | United States | 4:51 |
| Tragic Magic | Geoffrey Clark | United States | 11:07 |
| Abe’s Story | Adam H Stewart | Ireland | 12:21 |
| The Girl and The Serpent | Jinyue Wan | United States | 6:20 |
In this year’s event, we will broadcast the Films on Facebook, after you register please join the Animaze 2020 Facebook Group to see the movies and the panels.
Friday 20
12PM
PANEL II
“Democratizing storytelling through the use of Real Time Engines”
An introduction to one of the many paths available.
Description:
In this panel Cristian Moras a 30+ year gaming and TV CGI veteran shares an overview on how a short was created from a poem to a five minute animation. From character creation to final animation using real time engine technology.
2PM
ANIMATED SHORTS II
A colourfully curated collection of fantastic shorts from around the world.
| Title | Director | Country | Duration |
| Snow Shelter | Robertas Nevecka | Lithuania | 16:09 |
| The Cat | Mary Apick | United States | 12:44 |
| The Grass is Always Greener When it isn’t Covered in Chocolate | Hala Alhomoud | Kuwait | 9:48 |
| The Masque of Blackness | Epoh Beech | United Kingdom | 12:45 |
| The Opposites Game | Anna Samo, Lisa LaBracio | United States | 4:45 |
| The Square Roots of Twins | Linda Kudzmas | United States | 8:07 |
| The Butterfly Cage | Hélèna Serra, Maxime Sabisik | France | 6:44 |
| The Cord | Olexandr Bubnov | Ukraine | 6:32 |
4:00PM
EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS I
Experimental is a challenging genre meaning what is it? Is it really an experiment?
No not always…let’s see!
| Tower | China | 7:17 | |
| “r” | Ana Pollak | Australia | 2:29 |
| Yello World | Zann Gill | United States | 6:00 |
| La Rana | Mario Kreill, Cristina Dezi, Isabel Wiegand | Italy | 3:29 |
| Shameless & More | Fausto Montanari | Italy | 1:34 |
| Night, Good Night | Vann Law | Australia | 1:41 |
| eggshell | Case Jernigan | United States | 9:00 |
| Doodle | Mo Caicedo | United States | 4:14 |
| Cowboy Poetry | Mark Franz, David Colagiovanni | United States | 2:57 |
| Falafel Cart | Abdullah Al-Wazzan | Kuwait | 14:05 |
| Sum of its Parts | Alisa Stern | United States | 3:18 |
5:30PM
STUDENT’S SHORTS I
Animaze presents cutting edge shorts from emerging filmmakers international animation film students from the best animation schools at college and university level.
| Title | Director | Country | Duration |
| Metamorphosis | Xi Wang | United States | 3:34 |
| Save The Digis | Zi Wang | United States | 2:17 |
| Yuan yuan and the Hollow | Catherine Chen | United States | 6:30 |
| Rat’s Nest | Alessa Fanzoi | Switzerland | 5:35 |
| REDEMPTION | Seora Hong | United States | 4:02 |
| Hamsa | Daniela Dwek , Maya Mendonca , Chrissy Baek | United States | 4:27 |
| To the dusty sea | Héloïse Ferlay | France | 12:23 |
| The Winter | Xin Li | Australia | 5:00 |
| LOST | — | United States | 4:47 |
| SH_T HAPPENS | Michaela Mihalyi, David Štumpf | Czech Republic | 13:02 |
| WhyTheFace? | Jo Pearl | United Kingdom | 3:55 |
| The Tea House Drama | Xiaoying Li | China | 2:50 |
| Just a Small | Na Kyung Kim | Korea, Republic of | 4:41 |
| Thread | Yuri Jang | United States | 8:00 |
In this year’s event, we will broadcast the Films on Facebook, after you register please join the Animaze 2020 Facebook Group to see the movies and the panels.
Saturday 21
12PM
CHILDREN’S SHORTS I
Fun filled intelligent animation shorts for children and adults alike! Always ready for a bright future
| Title | Director | Country | Duration |
| Little Forest | Paulina Muratore | Argentina | 8:16 |
| Ya Hoota | Latifa Al-Darwish, Abdulaziz Yousef | Qatar | 11:08 |
| Animaccord Company – Masha and the Bear. Who am I? | Natalya Malgina | Russia | 7:20 |
| Windup | Yibing Jiang | United States | 9:00 |
| Mush-Mush and the Mushables – episode Snails Forever | Joeri Christiaen | France | 11:34 |
| Napo | Gustavo Ribeiro | Brazil | 16:28 |
| Sheltering Sky | Marc Russo | United States | 7:20 |
| Fry | Tyler Cunningham | United States | 4:10 |
| Tobi and the Turbobus | Verena Fels | Germany | 7:30 |
| Dreamsheep | Lulú Vieira | Colombia | 8:44 |
| Umbrella | Helena Hilario, Mario Pece | Brazil | 8:00 |
| Mimi Meets Books | Yih-Fen Chou | Taiwan | 6:15 |
2:30PM
ANIMATED SHORTS III
Short animation from around the globe. express new insight into creativity. International animators share their creative vision.
| Title | Director | Country | Duration |
| Metro6 | Geoff Hecht | United States | 8:12 |
| Mudminnow Channel | patrick moser | United States | 7:14 |
| Nua | Iga Moto | Mexico | 4:11 |
| On / Off | Nicolas P. Villarreal | Argentina | 7:00 |
| Opera | Erick Oh | Korea, Republic of | 8:55 |
| Pachanga | Karl Sruhe | Ukraine | 4:51 |
| Reach | Dan Melius | United States | 4:47 |
| Sylvia | Meirav Haber | United States | 8:30 |
| The Abandoned Block | James Bourne | Canada | 5:45 |
4PM
EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS II
Curated Experimental film content. What does an experiment become “old hat” ? Is it still an experiment? Time will tell. Tic Toc
| Title | Director | Country | Duration |
| Time Trance | Benjamin A Ridgway | United States | 2:04 |
| Punto Agitato | Celia Eid, Pierre-Stéphane Meugé | France | 11:17 |
| Since. Now. After. | – | United States | 6:10 |
| The End | Karlis Vitols | Latvia | 11:00 |
| Avec le Do de la Cuillère | Laurent Wassouf, Clément Crosnier, Edgard Cros, Theoline Chapas, Nolwenn Pétereau, Nedellec Anouk, Lucas Ancel | France | 5:30 |
| I Am He Who Created Himself | Emma Penaz Eisner | United States | 3:35 |
| Matters of Bioluminescence | Robbies Phone | United States | 8:00 |
| Voyels Hunt | Hélène Matte | Canada | 2:16 |
| No body | Haemin ko | United Kingdom | 4:33 |
| Tulipomania: (This Gilded Age) So What Are You Looking At? | Cheryl Gelover, Tom Murray | United States | 3:18 |
| Digits of Pi | Tom Bessoir , Joshua Pines | United States | 3:14 |
5:30PM
STUDENT’S SHORTS II
Animaze presents the sharpest cutting edge shorts from emerging filmmakers. Enjoy international cinematic animation film from the best animation schools college and university level.
| Title | Director | Country | Duration |
| Mister Monster | Guo Site | China | 6:10 |
| Transient | Mario Bertsch | Germany | 3:59 |
| 100% Girl | Chen Liangyu | Taiwan | 3:09 |
| Butterfly | Xi Wang | United States | 1:00 |
| Afterglow | Ariana Bolaños Guevara | Costa Rica | 4:11 |
| Stargazer | Joshua Slezak | United States | 3:59 |
| The Winter Alignment | Joe Lombard | Australia | 3:40 |
| IHR | Amélie Cochet, Louis Möhrle | Switzerland | 6:10 |
| Heat Wave | Fokion Xenos | Greece | 7:13 |
| Urbanality | Evan McInnes | Australia | 3:28 |
| Fata Morgana | Daniella Bokor, Leanna Berkovitch | Israel | 11:04 |
| Airship of unknown direction | Alexandra Galitskova | Russia | 5:00 |
| Hipposterous | John T. Hill | United States | 3:22 |
| Anansi | Elliot Gibson | Australia | 4:14 |
| Monsters In The Dark | Apollonia Thomaier | United States | 6:02 |
| Unified Theory | Christina Hibner | United States | 4:42 |
| Push | Trilina Mai | United States | 4:02 |
7:30PM
ANIMATED SHORTS IV
A colourfully fantastic cool collection of full colour saturation Saturday evening shorts from around the world.
| Title | Director | Country | Duration |
| In between | Marie-Josee Archambault | Canada | 6:45 |
| KITE | HongWei Wang | China | 16:08 |
| Labyrinth | Charlene Xu | United States | 7:44 |
| Ladder to You | Victoria Watson, Chris Watson | United Kingdom | 4:20 |
| Lionverse | Hayden Chun Hei Mok | Hong Kong | 3:24 |
| Malady of Mine (short) | Jon Portman | United States | 10:00 |
| Mandeville | Charlie Walden | United States | 22:44 |
| Modo Crasticot | Jérémie Guy-Béland | Canada | 4:44 |
In this year’s event, we will broadcast the Films on Facebook, after you register please join the Animaze 2020 Facebook Group to see the movies and the panels.
Sunday 22
12PM
CHILDREN’S SHORTS II
The weekend collection of international animated shorts for children continues to inspire and make you laugh and smile.
| Title | Director | Country | Duration |
| The Magic Word | Sarah Grant | United Kingdom | 5:00 |
| The Witch & the Baby | Evgenia Golubeva | Russia | 4:45 |
| THE PEAK | Satoshi Takahashi | Japan | 5:10 |
| Sitara: Let Girls Dream | Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy | United States | 15:48 |
| The Butterfly Affect | Stephanie Blakey | Canada | 4:37 |
| ALAULA | Andres De los Rio | Canada | 1:45 |
| BumbleBee Forgets Mother’s Day | Scott Fiander | Canada | 2:53 |
| Dreams Into Drawing | Koji Yamamura | Japan | 10:10 |
| Pei’s Morocco Vlog | FangLing Pei | China | 3:09 |
| Di-cake | Lam Lo | Macao | 2:34 |
| The Adventures of Camila | Tristan Mulcahy | Australia | 6:44 |
| Odd Dog | Keika Lee | United States | 4:30 |
| Ossigeno | Beatrice Sancinelli | Italy | 6:45 |
| HobbyKids Adventure: Maybe Baby Bear | Butch Hartman | United States | 7:15 |
| Where Do Socks Go? | —- | United States | 3:56 |
| The Grass is Always Greener When it isn’t Covered in Chocolate | Hala Alhomoud | Kuwait | 9:48 |
| Hungry | Yaou Chen | United States | 2:39 |
| Dragon Recipes | Maria Pavlou | Cyprus | 7:12 |
| As White as Snow | Patricia Sousa Lopes | Canada | 1:04 |
2:30PM
ANIMATED SHORTS V
A vivid collection of full throttle animated cinema brought to you by Animaze! Saturday evening shorts from around the world.
| Title | Director | Country | Duration |
| Audience Appreciation (with prequel, 2-4-1 Double-Feature) | Matt Trowell | Canada | 3:38 |
| BRAVE FACTORY | Tina AJ, Andrew AJ | Ukraine | 5:17 |
| Calls for Archie | Zach Christy | United States | 4:35 |
| CASTLE | Ryotaro Miyajima | Japan | 5:00 |
| Chapped | Chelsea Rugg | United States | 7:52 |
| Country Things | B.E.F. Oakes | United States | 2:00 |
| Daughter | Daria Kashcheeva | Czech Republic | 14:44 |
| daydreaming | Peter Litwinowicz | United States | 4:15 |
| District 18 | Maral Karaee | Canada | 3:13 |
| Division Series | HO KWON KIM | Korea, Republic of | 6:00 |
| Drip | Jake Mansbridge | United Kingdom | 3:08 |
| Epirenov | Alejandro Ariel Martin | Argentina | 15:00 |
| Freeze frame | Soetkin Verstegen | Belgium | 5:00 |
4PM
JURY WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT
WINNING FILMS ANNOUNCED BY JURY!
All filmmakers are celebrated!
Animaze celebrates all the gifted filmmakers who created these films and share them with you and the world of Animaze.
“YOU BE THE JUDGE”
Your Facebook votes counted and announced determining the
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD WINNERS!
6PM
ANIMATION DAY IN CANNES I
| Title | Director | Country | Duration |
| Yuan yuan and the Hollow | Catherine Chen | United States | 6:30 |
| Eva Kor – The Healing Power of Forgiveness | Anna Humphries | United Kingdom | 7:30 |
| No Big Dill | Yiran Pang | United States | 1:59 |
| Doomsday Princess | Alyssa Ragn | United States | 2:14 |
| Art Is Angst | Björn Granberg Ahlmark | Sweden | 4:50 |
| Mi Amore (my love) | Richie Valentino | Australia | 9:17 |
| Curtain Call | Angel Yau | United States | 3:37 |
| The Winter | Xin Li | Australia | 5:00 |
| Yellow Mellow and Pretty Pink | Frida Hammar | Sweden | 5:22 |
| King of the House | Zige Zhang | United States | 10:00 |
| Odd Dog | Keika Lee | United States | 4:30 |
| Broken Words | Eric Scott Fisher | United States | 8:47 |
| Tub Soup | Artie Romero | United States | 2:21 |
| Gravity VR | Fabio Rychter, Amir Admoni | Brazil | 14:00 |
7:45PM
ANIMATION DAY IN CANNES II
| Title | Director | Country | Duration |
| What You Don’t Know | Jono Brandel, Mr. doob | United States | 2:56 |
| Labyrinth | Charlene Xu | United States | 7:44 |
| Into The Flame | Sean McClintock | United States | 5:51 |
| Movie Traveller | Zhongjie Guo | China | 10:04 |
| petty thing | Li zexi | China | 3:46 |
| Uranus Whispers | Frank Gresham | United States | 4:00 |
| Old Fur New Teeth | Hannah M Stephens | United States | 7:16 |
| Cosmos Express | Mocong Yuan | United States | 6:32 |
| Whipped Clouds | Takegawa Tadasuke | Japan | 5:10 |
| Dance of the Dead | Scarlet Sykes Hesterman | Australia | 4:00 |
| shadowland | bellopropello | Switzerland | 13:50 |
In this year’s event, we will broadcast the Films on Facebook, after you register please join the Animaze 2020 Facebook Group to see the movies and the panels.
Nouvelles//
Les Dernières Nouvelles du Festival
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Michael Hirsh to Receive Animaze’s Lifetime Achievement Award
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