Sep 14, 2018

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