Animation Sensation
IIFF has packed 14 short films and nearly every style of animation into this collection (including two by Oscar nominees).
SHOWTIMES:
Fri Apr 27 8:15 PM - Landmark 3 (IMM Screening room)
Sun Apr 29, 1:45 PM - Key Cinemas 2DON’T DOWNLOAD THIS SONG
U.S.A (Director: Bill Plympton, 4 minutes)
Al Yankovic provides the lyrics and music and Oscar-nominee Bill Plympton provides the images in Don’t Download this Song.DRAGON
U.S.A (Director: Troy Morgan, 8 minutes)
A young girl draws her nightmarish visions in the orphanage where she was sent after her parents’ death in Dragon.EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY
U.S.A (Director: Don Hertzfeldt, 17 minutes)
In Oscar-nominee Don Hertzfeldt’s Everything Will Be Okay, Bill is forced to reckon with the meaning of his life – or lack thereof.LA GALLINA CIEGA
Spain (Director: Isabel Herguera, 7 minutes)
A blind man accidentally loses his guide dog in the big city and discovers that his strength is recognizing his own vulnerabilities in La Gallina Ciega.GET BIZZY
Scotland (Director: Henry Cruickshank, 6 minutes)
Three washed-up animated stars try to come to terms with the success of their former roommate Bizzy’s spiraling success in Get Bizzy.GUIDE DOG
U.S.A (Director: Bill Plympton, 6 minutes)
In Guide Dog, a sequel to the Oscar-nominated Guard Dog, our hero dog tries to assist the blind with typical disastrous results.LOOM
U.S.A (Director: Scott Kravitz, 6 minutes)
A street musician risks his life to save a child only to meet his fate at the hands of an elderly woman who is more powerful than she seems in Loom.MCLAREN’S NEGATIVES
Canada (Director: Marie-Josee Saint-Pierre, 10 minutes)
Using techniques similar to those of its subjects, the animated documentary McLaren’s Negatives highlights the process behind the works of Oscar-winning animator Norman McLaren.ONE RAT SHORT
U.S.A (Director: Alex Weil, 10 minutes)
The mesmerizing ballet of a discarded snack wrapper leads a New York rat into a grand adventure of love and loss in One Rat Short.PUPPET
U.S.A (Director: Patrick Smith, 7 minutes)
A young man crafts a simple sock puppet not knowing the abuse it’s about to inflict upon its creator in Puppet.TOILET STORY
U.S.A (Director: Jared Matsuhige, 3 minutes)
Life isn’t easy when you’re a toothbrush, or floss, or…well, you’ll just have to watch Toilet Story to see who else has complaints.THE TRUE STORY OF SAWNEY BEANE
Scotland (Director: Elizabeth Hobbs, 11 minutes)
The fable of Scotland’s legendary cannibal becomes an unlikely story of motherly love in the lushly animated The True Story of Sawney Beane.
