
The Periwig Maker
Germany | 14:45
Creator: Steffen Schaffler
IMDB
A story of a man who sealed himself off in medieval plague-infested London to escape danger of infection. When an ill little girl seeks his help his life is turned upside down.
This film is narrated by English actor/writer/director Kenneth Branagh. All texts of the film find their origin in Daniel Defoe's novel A Journal of the Plague Year.
Honors:
2000 Academy Award Nomination
Prix Josi Abel for Best European Animation - Espinho, Portugal, Cinanima
Price of the Jury to the Best Short Film - San Sebastian, E, Horror & Fantasy Fest
Best Animation Film - Los Angeles, USA, LA Shorts Fest
Best First Film - Rome, Italy, I Castelli Animati
Best First Professional Film - Ottawa, Canada, Ottawa 2000
Special International Jury Price - Hiroshima, Japan, Hiroshima 2000
Grand Price for Short Film - Puchon, Korea, Pifan 2000
Best First Production - Zagreb, Kroatia, Zagreb 2000
Best Short Fiction Film, Children's Jury - Annecy, France, Annecy 2000
Seattle Int. Film Fest
Gold Award in Short Subject Animated Division - Houston, USA, WorldFest-Houston
Special Recognition for Excellence - Aspen, USA, Aspen Shortsfest 2000
Best Short Film - oporto, Portugal, Fantasporto
British Academy of Television and Film Nomination - London, GB, BAFTA
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Luz
Spain | 8:12
Creator: Jose Javier Martinez
IMDB
As night falls, an insistent mother calls her daughter home for dinner. But the curious little girl goes off wandering in her deserted town and gets lost, only to find a magical way back home.
Honors:
Academy of Television Arts and Science College Television Award , 1999
Student Academy Award , Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 2000
Excellence in Production Value Award, Slamdance Film Festival, 2000
Student Award, USA Film Festival, 2000
2nd Place, Best First Film, World Animation Celebration, 2000
3rd Prize, Festival de Cine de Alcal de Henares (Spain), 1999
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Dreamscapes
United States | 6:00
Creator: Sean McBride
IMDB
A fantastic bit of animated imagination takes shape when dreamy vignettes from people's dreams are woven together to form an experimental landscape in this otherworldly animation.
Honors:
Sundance Film Festival 2003 - Official Selection
Malibu Film Festival 2003 - Best Animation
Black Maria Independent Film & Video Festival 2003 - 2nd Place
New York EXPOsition of Short Film and Video 2002 - Official Selection
City Paper Festival of Independents 2003 - Best Animation
Nashville Film Festival 2003 - Honorable Mention, Best College Student Film
Atlanta Film Festival - Official Selection
Arizona International Film Festival 2003 - Official Selection
ASIFA-East Film Festival 2003 - Student 1st Place
NextFrame 2002-2003 - Animation 2nd Place
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A Letter from the Western Front
United States | 9:00
Creator: Daniel Kanemoto
IMDB
Deep in the trenches of Belleau Wood, France, love confronts death. A young soldier struggles to finish what may be his final dispatch to his beloved wife. Will his pen finish prior to his company's march across "no-man's land?" Find out in this state-of-the-art, award-winning animation.
Honors:
Gold Medal, Animation, 1999 Student Academy Awards;
Best Student Digital Short, New York Animation Festival;
Wasserman Semi-Finalist, NYU First Run Film Festival;
3rd Place Digital Animation, 1998 Student Emmy Awards (Los Angeles, California);
2nd Place Outstanding Student Animation, ASIFA East Animation Festival.
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