2005 Films

Elegy

An eldery man plays with his marionettes, making them as if to dance, and reminisces about a lost love.

Year: 2004, Length: 3 min., Format: Cel, Origin: California U.S.A
Filmmaker: Nadine Takvorian, Composer: Ano Babajanian


 

The Fan and the Flower

An ill-fated and unconsumated romance between a fan and a flower magically creates a fairy tale ending. A very typical Bill Plympton film.

Year: 2005, Length: 7 min., Format: Cel Animation, 35mm, Origin: New York, U.S.A.
Filmmaker: Bill Plympton, Writer: Dan O'Shannon
Voices:: Paul Giamatti


 

Handshake

An innocent greeting between two people is quickly transformed into a sticky, tangled struggle for survival.

Year: 2004, Length: 5 min., Format: 35mm, Origin: New York, U.S.A.
Filmmaker: Patrick Smith


 

Swing

My mother's fathers witnessed a lynching in his hometown when he was 10 years old. He told my mother about 60 years later after she witnessed an unsuccessful lynch mob in her hometown. She told me about it, and I recorded it nearly 40 years after than.

Year: 2005, Length: 4 min., Format: CG, Origin: Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Filmmaker: Chip Moore


 

Totem Pole

The familial (or not) relations are strained between the figures on an Indian totem pole.

Year: 2005, Length: 5 min., Format: CG, Origin: Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Filmmaker: Will Drinker

SHOWING: SHORTS VI, Thursday, August 4, 7 PM
LOCATION: The Old Woods Hole Fire Station
Animation Short (*)

Unspoken

Annoying habits become life-saving actions for a seemingly ordinary couple as real life events weave themselves into one another's dreams. Over the course of one night, we explore a couple's connection that goes beyond words.

Year: 2004, Length: 8 min., Format: 16mm, Origin: Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Producer/Director/Animator/Editor: Temah Nelson, Script: Mya Nelson and Temah Nelson, Composer: Armando Torres
Cast: Joseph Zamparelli Jr., Lis Adams, Jerry Robbins, Shana Dirik
VIEW TRAILER


 

The Zit

A small tale about a giant pimple.

Year: 2005, Length: 5 min., Format: DigiBeta, Origin: California, U.S.A.
Producer/Director/Writer: Mike Blum, Storyboards: Mark Walton, Composer: Brian DeBoer, Editor: Catherine Apple
Cast: Alex Page as Timmy