10th Roll Yer Own // July 16, Plaza Theatre

JULY 16, 7:30P / PLAZA THEATRE
1049 Ponce de Leon Ave NE, 30306

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The Plaza Theatre is one of the last remaining independent art theaters in the state, the perfect place for the 10th annual showcase devoted to independent animation -- ROLL YER OWN!  And All thanks to the genrous, animation-lovin folks at Atlanta Film Festival 365. For your year-round dedication to all things film fun, animation fans salute you ATLFF365!


This year marks a decade of ASIFA-Atlanta's RYO. We can't announce everything yet, but we've got great stuff in store for you!  Selected entries will also be considered for our ASIFA-Atlanta exchange program, which is sent all over the world in celebration of International Animation Day on October 28th.

Best of all, we're still accepting submissions...

Deadline: June 8, 2012 
Entry Requirements:
- $10 Entry Fee (Free for ASIFA members)
- Entries accepted in digital format only
- Playable DVD format is preferred
- 15 minutes or less
- Entries produced in 2010 and later
- Originals will not be returned
- Fill out the Submission Form

Mail your entry and payment to:

ASIFA-ATLANTA
c/o Allyssa Lewis
1446 Jefferson Drive
Atlanta, GA 30350

*Send any questions to allyssalewis@gmail.com  

WonderRoot's Generally Local, Mostly Independent Film Series: Best of Year Two

High Museum of Art, May 5, 8p - 10p, Free
For the second consecutive year, WonderRoot and the High Museum of Art have teamed up to present WonderRoot’s General Local, Mostly Independent Film Series: Best of Year Two at the High Museum of Art, Hill Auditorium at 8pm on Saturday, May 5.

This event is FREE and open to the public. Tickets are available through the Woodruff Arts Center Box Office at 404-733-5000.

Esteemed film critic, Felicia Feaster will serve as the guest curator, selecting from more than 45 shorts, animations and experimental video works that screened over the past year during WonderRoot’s award-winning film series at Plaza Theatre.


The following films and filmmakers have been selected for screening:

'The Dark Companion' by Darrell C. Hazelrig
‘Beast of Burden' by Sam Carter
'Platonic Blow' by Anna Winter
'UNDEREXPOSED: Indie Hip-Hop in Atlanta' by Will Feagins
'Humble' by Anna Spence
'Kelly' by Nathan Honnold and Alex Zhuravlov
‘Bespoke’ Russel Kiel and Christopher Hunt
‘The History of Beatboxing’ Jamie Hawkins-Gaar
‘Jesus and His 40 Thieves’ Patrick Coll and Chris Chambers
‘Saturn Rising’ Garry Bowden
‘The Fabulous Biker Boys: The Bicycle Grief’ Staci Gibson

Sponsored by DAEL, Digital Arts Entertainment Lab at GSU

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GODAM Comedy Extravaganza, with Fluidtoons!

 

GODAM COMEDY EXTRAVAGANZA LEARN TO LAUGH AGAIN! Come to the Plaza for collection of grade-A comedy shorts from the funniest filmmakers in Atlanta! Bring an extra pair of pants. SALUTE THESE SHORTS, especially an ASIFA Atlanta Favorite: FLUIDTOONS by Brett w. Thompson Thursday, April 26th at 9:30. Doors at 9:00. Admission is $4. *All proceeds go to the Plaza Theatre!*

2012 Atlanta Film Fest Grand Jury Prize - Animated Short

We're pleased to share the Grand Jury Prize for Animated Short from the 2012 Atlanta Film Festival!

Animated Short

Grand Jury Prize Winner

Thank You (USA)

Director: Pendleton Ward

A snow golem is attacked in the forest by his species' mortal enemy, a pack of fire wolves, who accidentally leave a cub behind after their retreat. The golem's solitary life is then thrown comically into chaos as he attempts to care for the cub while fighting danger to reunite the cub with its family. The story of “Thank You” is by Pendleton Ward, the creator of Cartoon Network's hit animated show, “Adventure Time” and storyboard artist, Tom Herpich.

From the ATLFF Press Release -

Charles Judson, Head of Programming and Festival Director said, “My team and I had a difficult task of creating a program from over 2,200 films this year, nearly 500 more films than our best year. Once we’ve selected programming, it’s our job to step back and let the films speak for themselves and they did that spectacularly. The reception this year’s films received from audiences and visiting filmmakers was overwhelming. We’re looking forward to seeing these films have a life far beyond this year’s ATLFF and their festival runs.”

Twenty-five features representing seven countries competed for the Narrative, Documentary and Pink Peach Grand Prizes. Known for its shorts programming, over 80 shorts and music videos competed for ATLFF’s Narrative, Documentary, Animated, Pink Peach and Music Video Grand Prizes. Academy Award® qualifying categories, the Narrative and Animated Short winners are now eligible to submit their films for consideration for the 2013 Academy Awards®.

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And while you're at it, check out this animatic:

Stop Motion Promos for Tournées Festival at Georgia State University

This short stop motion promo piece was produced in a student workshop at Georgia State University in conjunction with MINT Gallery. The workshop kicked off the second annual Tournées Festival of French film.

L'ILLUSIONISTE / The Illusionist

March 30th, 7pm - FREE

Director: Sylvain Chomet
2010 / 80 min

Batdorf & Bronson Coffee Roasters
1530 Carroll Dr NW # 100, Atlanta, GA 30318

We're pleased to present this FREE screening along with MINT as part of The Tournées Festival of French Film at Georgia State University. Read all about it!

From the newest member of the ASIFA-Atlanta board -

The Illusionist: an introduction
Aurorah Yarberry, Secretary, ASIFA-Atlanta

When I was at University studying animation in England I heard whispers whilst working on my ball bounce exercises. “Scotland.” “Triplet’s of Belleville” and in the most breathless of whispers “ Sylvain Chomet” saying the name felt like melted chocolate, “Sylvain… Chomet” and I worried if I said his name too loudly the whole thing might disappear. It was the fall of 2008, and graduating animation students from the previous year had been scooped up, and bundled away to Edinburgh where they were working away furiously on his new film, and all of us budding young animators were enchanted with the idea that somewhere close by they were making a traditional feature length animated film by hand.

Sylvain Chomet certainly has a reputation, and to a young animator he might as well be Walt Disney reincarnate. He’s one of the living legends of modern animation who’s name rings similarly sacred to Richard Williams who’s Roger Rabbit enchanted me as a child, and forever convinced me that cartoons and people can live together. In Chomet’s Illusionist, real human emotions are embodied within the animated characters, and this is perhaps the next step in the evolution of the relationship between people and cartoons living together.

I didn’t know it at the time but what I was hearing whispers in my first year of University has come to exist as the film that you are about to see here tonight. The Illusionist started life out as a script by the French comedian Jacques Tati, known simply as “Film Tati No. 4” was written as a love letter to his estranged daughter. These are the two main characters portrayed within the film, and helps to explain their relationship. The Illusionist stays away from archetypes, and instead embraces the complexities of human emotion that often exist between parental figures and their offspring.

I hope as you all watch the film you will take the time to appreciate the craftsmanship that went into making it possible. It’s a modern traditionally animated feature film, and that makes it a rare breed in this digital age. I hope you all enjoy it.