Date: May 16th, 2009, 8 p.m. + 10 p.m. – part of Animation Night
Location: Top Kino [Info]

Tickets: 8 EUR (1 ticket for the Animation Night)

For Sock’s Sake, Carlo Vogele, 4 min 44
Asexuality, Josh Look, 1 min 14
Home, Kim Slate, 4 min 24
The Possum, Chris Choy, 5 min 24
Fern and Izzy, Daron Nefcy, 4 min 11
The Airship Danger, Erik Benson, 3 min 18
Rubber Woes, Jeff Liu, 1 min 39
Boyhive, Jason Boesch, 2 min 43
Umbrella, Philip Vose, 2 min 49
Disconnected, Eric Favela, 3 min 11
Watambi, Joel Crawford, 4 min 25
Damned Cute, Matt Nealon, 3 min 30
One Last Song, Dimitri Frazao, 4 min 44
Slum Noir, Jahmad Rollins, 4 min 44
Zoologic, Nicole Mitchell, 4 min 27
Off the Wall Episode 1: Lady Trouble, Alex Hirsch, 6 min 10

> FILM PROGRAMME 1: CalArts – MoMA RetrospectiveCalArts Retrospective

The world famous California Institute of the Arts could be somewhat casually called the “Art Academy of Hollywood”. It was founded in 1961 by Walt and Roy Disney, merging a pre-existent music conservatoire and an art academy. And ever since it has pursued the concept of linking the most diverse “visual” and “dramatic” arts – with the object of “encouraging innovation and experimentation”. Today the school offers bachelor and master programmes in Art, Art Theorie, Music, Dance, Film and Theatre.

It is noteworthy that the Academy makes a point of theoretic and historic work, offering its own “School of Critical Studies” and also valuing critical analysis in the animation department. The well known and innovative theorist William Moritz, who was sadly taken from us too soon, was “at home” at CalArts, today Maureen Furniss is regarded as one of the most internationally acclaimed theorists in the area of “Animated Culture”. William Moritz and Maureen Furniss vividly represent the “spirit” of CalArts, that distinguishes itself through its intellectual openness in dealing with animation – between Pop Culture and Avant-Garde.

Training for animation takes place at the „Faculty Film/Video“, currently under the direction of Steve Anker. Alongside “Film and Video”, “Film Directing” and “Integrated Media”, this department offers two programmes for animation, which represent the afore-mentioned counter poles: “Character Animation” and “Experimental Animation”.Surprisingly though, some of the commercially most successful alumni hail from the “Avant-Garde” branch. While PIXAR-founder John Lasseter (Toy Story) and Tim Burton graduated in “Character Animation”, graduates of “Experimental Animation” include Tim Burton’s animation director Henry Selick and “Spongebob”-originator Stephen Hillenburg (who selected both courses). More internationally famed graduates of “Experimental Animation” include Amy Krawitz, Steven Subotnick, Paul Demeyer, Mark Osborne, Christine Panushka, Joanna Priestley and Kathy Rose.