Tuesday, July 23, 1:00 pm
Program 30
@ Laemmle NOHO

Snack World
United States / Animation / 9 mins
By LEVEL-5 abby, Inc
Welcome to SNACK WORLD! This is a nutty universe filled with dreams and adventures. Here, you can find everything from dragons to smart devices. You can even find Chup, the hyperactive hero of this story.

12 seconds of gunfire: The true story of a school shooting
United States / Animation / 8 mins
Director: Suzette Moyer, Seth Blanchard
Writer: John Woodrow Cox, Lynda Robinson
Producer: Suzette Moyer, Seth Blanchard
“12 seconds of gunfire: The true story of a school shooting” is a powerful virtual reality experience produced by The Washington Post, based on an unforgettable front-page article by 2018 Pulitzer Prize finalist John Woodrow Cox. The story is illustrated by award-winning animator Wesley Allsbrook (“Dear Angelica”) from an original script and audio from The Post’s team.

Baymax Dreams of Too Many Baymaxes
United States / Animation / 3 mins
Director/Writer: Simon J Smith
Producer: Han-Yee Ling
Cast: Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, Brock Powell
This is one of a series of three Baymax Dreams shorts produced using a realtime-production pipeline. We used a game engine, Unity, as the core content-creation hub. This innovative approach enabled us to “find the story” in 3D worldspace, and contributed greatly to our ability to hone the comedic timing in the interplay between Baymax and his clones.
Our story begins as Baymax goes into sleep mode, and is transported to a “dream” version of San Fransokyo.

The Stained Club
France / Animation / 7 mins
Director: Mélanie Lopez, Simon Boucly, Marie Ciesielski, Alice Jaunet, Chan Stéphie Peang, Béatrice Viguie
Writer: Mélanie Lopez
Producer: Philippe Meis
Finn has stains on his skin. One day, he meets a group of cool kids with different stains on their bodies. One day, he understands that these stains aren't just pretty.

Breaking Ground
United States / Animation / 4 mins
Director: Tara Norton, Ellie Morlino, Alex Shaulis
Writer: Matthew Kic, Mike Sorce
Producer: Ringling College of Art & Design
Cast: Lauren Cox, Glen McCready
Mary, a paleontologist’s assistant, finds herself working at the hands of an incompetent and misogynistic paleontologist named Mr. Collins on the Jurassic Coast of England. She receives a little help from an unexpected source to help prove her worth.

Pace
Germany / Animation / 11 mins
Director: Kai Stänicke
Writer: Kai Stänicke
Producer: Kai Stänicke
Animation: Roman Wuckert
A man tries to keep pace in front of the hand of a clock, turning ever faster, until he's overtaken by time itself. PACE is an animated short film exploring our modern relationship with time and today's constant feeling of not having enough of it.

Pops & Branwell
United States / Animation / 8 mins
Director: Aleks Sennwald, Pete Toms
Producer: Scott Malchus
Pops and Branwell, two kid detectives, suspect a traitor in their squad as they chase a soup robbing thief.

Flower and the Girl
United Kingdom / Animation / 9 mins
Director: Robin Heap
Writer: Jo Lewis
Producer: Jo Lewis
A short stop motion animated film about a little shadow girl learning to become real.

Waiting By the Phone
United States / Animation / 3 mins
Director: Olivia Jensen
Score: Daniel O'Hearn
Sound Design: Aaron Hill, Sedona LaMarre
As one woman living in an apartment for two, Dani struggles to live while coping with the tragic truth about her sister

The Ostrich Politic
France / Animation / 6 mins
Director/Writer: Mohamad Houhou
Producer: Gobelins, l'école de l'image
Cast: Fabrice Ziolkowski
Ostriches carry on their daily activities burying their heads, believing It’s an Instinctive behavior. However, one day a research by phylogeneticist Dr. Kays proves otherwise.

Guaxuma
Brazil / Animation / 14 mins
Director/Writer: Nara Normande
Producer: Damien Megherbi, Justin Pechberty, Livia de Melo
Tayra and I grew up on a beach in the north east of Brazil. We were inseparable.
The sea breeze brings me back happy memories.