Animation Nation

Wanna watch some cartoons? An inspiring collection of shorts was shown at the Animation Nation festival on Chestnut Street, Wednesday night. Since I've been into rotoscoping lately, I was stunned by this one:

• Ralf Hildenbeutel - Disco, by Boris Seewald

According to the festival's curator, this piece was cleaner before Boris Seewald's 3-year old daughter was caught drawing on it. He saw her contribution as an improvement and the short became a collaboration between them.

Here are some others from the festival, posted online in their entirely:

• Adam, claymation by Evelyn Jane Ross

• Dahlia, painted animation on glass by Ana Mouyis

• Pearl Twirl, stop motion animation by local artist Olive Couri

My very favorites in the show only have trailers online, but it's worth a look at these contributors:

• Sara Litzenberger; trailer for Undiscovered
Explains why no one can get a good photo of Bigfoot

• Polder Animation; trailer for Scrambled
Video game vs. Rubix cube

• Maki Yoshikura; trailer for Billie
A puppy is relocated to a new family

• Irina Patkanian; trailer for Little Fiel
A documentary on Mozambican 'gun artist' Fiel dos Santos