The animation showcase will encompass extraordinary animated films curated by Bill from the past year, including his new short film.
Twice Oscar nominated animator Bill Plympton’s showcase reveals a collection of some of the world’s best new short animated films from acclaimed animators. Bill Plympton, a renowned American animator, cartoonist, director, screenwriter and producer is best known for his 1987 Academy Award-nomated short entitled Your Face as well as his series of shorts Guard Dog, Guide Dog, Hot Dog and Horn Dog. A self-made man, Bill Plympton left the rainy days of indoor drawings in Portland Oregon to embark on a career as an independent animator in New York City. Plympton’s illustrations have been published in the New York Times in addition to a myriad of magazines, such as Vogue, Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair. Hailed as the king of indie animation, Bill Plympton is especially highly regarded for hand drawing seven full-length feature films.
Final Program – 80 minutes
- “Monkey Rag” 4 min, by Joanna Davidovich
- “Silent” 3 min, by Moonbot Studios
- “Twiller Parkour” 1 min, by Morgan Miller
- “365” 7 min, by Brothers McLeod
- “Island of Seals” 6 min, by Edmunds Jansons
- “Philip Seymour Hoffman on Happiness” 5 min, by Pat Smith
- “Why do I Study Physics?” 3 min, by Xiangjun Shi
- “In The Beginning” 3 min, by Arthur Metcalf
- “Zhuyka” 8 min, by Olga Makarchuk
- “Dam Keeper” 18 min, by Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi
- “Deep End” 3 min, by Bill Plympton
- “Tarzan” 3 min, by Signe Baumane
- “Bless You” 3 min, by David Barlow
- “Footprints” 4 min, by Bill Plympton
- “My Kingdom” 3 min, by Debra Solomon
- “Car Park” 2 min by BirdBox studio
Still images from Bill’s newest short FOOTPRINTS:
Still images from Bill’s DEEP END:
