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"Too Loud a Solitude"
Genevieve Anderson
20 min
www.tooloudasolitude.com
Based on the beloved novella by Bohumil Hrabal, and containing all
the
magic still present in the twisted streets of Old Town Prague, Too
Loud a Solitude spins a tale of passion, beauty, and high moral stakes
in the midst of a crumbling civilization.
As writer and director of five short films, Genevieve Anderson has
screened at over seventy-five festivals worldwide. Receiving accolades
from Berlin, Chicago, Seattle, Rhode Island, and beyond, Anderson's
"Live Animation" style, incorporates elements of stop-motion
animation
and classic live action. In addition to creating films, Anderson is
also co-founder of Girls Reeling It Together, a non-profit
organization that supports women filmmakers.
"Les Malaventures de Zut-Alors"
Jeanne Stern
10 min
www.actlab.utexas.edu/~iamelectric
Using clock-work puppetry "Les Malaventures de Zut-Alors"
tells the
story of Siamese brother and sister, Zut and Alors. This eclectic
style features puppets and sets constructed from such unconventional
items as old books, World War II gummed paper, crepe paper, and
bicycle bells. Pop-up paper gardens, a parade of Calderesque
mechanical animals, party blower puppetry, and more lead you through
this engaging tale.
Jeanne Stern is an artist and film-maker in the UT Austin MFA film
program. Her work ranges from painting and book dioramas, to 2D
puppetry and street circus.
"Trixie and the Tree Trunks"
Quintron & Miss Pussycat
5 min
www.quintronandmisspussycat.com
After receiving a secret message from a talking "Happy Tree",
Trixie
and Marsha, two woodland animals, embark on a quest to start a band.
Adventure unfolds in this puppet mini-series as Trixie and Marsha
adopt glow-in-the-dark stray cats and search for a drummer.
Bandmates Miss Pussycat and Quintron mainly reside in New Orleans but
travel all over the world doing puppet shows and playing music. Miss
Pussycat entered the puppet world in Jr. high school at The First
Baptist Church in Antlers Oklahoma as a member of The Christian Puppet
Youth Ministry. Quintron is an organist and invented a synthesizer
called the Drum Buddy.
"The Abridged Tale of Mr. Fox "
Richard Mansfield
50 sec
www.muckypuppets.co.uk
Mucky Puppets presents a special 50 second version of the film 'The
tale of Mr. Fox'. Join Lady Mary as she explores her husband-to-be;
Mr. Fox's castle and finds out his terrifying secret! The film has
been shown as part of ITV's CobraVision competition online and as part
of the Burlesque Gorefest festival in Bristol.
Richard Mansfield started Mucky Puppets in 2005. Inspired by dark
fairy tales, Vaudeville, Expressionist horror films, and Dynasty,
Mansfield engages glamorous marionettes, exciting visuals and a good
splash of cheap humor into his unusual films.
"In Private"
Jason von Hinezmeyer
6 min 52 sec
A mustached man visits a primitive pre-film private viewing booth and
gets more for his change than he bargains for.
Jason Hines has been building and performing with puppets since his
youth. Eventually, his enthusiasm for puppetry brought him to the
University of Connecticut's Puppet Arts Program where he studied as
a
graduate student. He is currently the resident puppet builder at the
Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, GA where his work has been
featured both nationally and internationally. "In Private"
is his
film directorial debut and he hopes to make many more.
"Sinkin' Soon"
Ace Norton
4 min 30 sec
www.partizan.com
Norah Jones and company get even more musically adventurous, bending
the second-line rhythms of the Crescent City-flavored "Sinkin'
Soon".
Ace Norton grew up in Venice Beach California. He started production
assisting on videos by the likes of No Doubt, Eminem and Nirvana, all
the while shooting his own videos for local bands at his production
company, Commondeer. His latest videos include Death Cab For Cutie and
the two latest Norah Jones videos.
"Tyger"
Guilherme Marcondes
4 min 30 sec
www.guilherme.tv
A short film inspired by William Blake's poem of same name, Tyger
is a visual narrative with the structure of a music promotion. By
blending many styles and techniques the Marcondes strives to reach a
balance between the unique perspective of the story and the image of
chaos that's also present in it.
The project was funded by Cultura Inglesa Festival, a branch of the
British Council in Brazil.
Born in São Paulo, Brazil Guilherme Marcondes started working
as an
illustrator while still in Architecture school. In 2000 Marcondes
attended the Brazilian animation studio Lobo, working for five years
with clients such as Diesel, Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon.
Following a quick stint in London directing the build-up campaign for
the Europe Music Awards 2005 for MTV Networks Marcondes returned to
São Paulo as a freelance artist, eventually landing in California
to
work at Motion Theory and continuing to direct short-films.
"Piano Mouths"
Jeanne Stern
30 sec
www.jeannestern.com
The title says it all! A lighthearted musical interlude from the
artist who brought you "Les Malaventures de Zut-Alors".
(Bio information under "Les Malaventures de Zut-Alors")
"Incubus"
Lyon Hill
4 min
www.noyl.com
In a pseudo pop-up book style, paper puppets are used to illustrate
a
darkly erotic vignette. A sleeping woman is paid a visit by a shadowy
incubus, set to an electronic score.
Lyon Hill is an illustrator and puppetmaker. 'Incubus' is his second
video short. He lives with his wife Jennifer Hill in Columbia, SC
where he is artistic director for the Columbia Marionette Theatre.
"The Kay Stories"
Brenda Whiteman and Peter Stinson
9 min 8 sec
www.redsmarteez.com
Despite her sister's protests, Kay insists on going to the shopping
mall again. After making her purchases, she meets two punks and learns
she has much in common with them when expressing her freedom of
choice. From the series "The Kay Stories".
Since 1993, Brenda Whiteman and Peter Stinson, aka "Red Smarteez
Marionettes", have presented their humorous and educational puppet
shows and films at schools, festivals and special events throughout
Canada and the USA. Now based out of Saskatoon, they have recently
been conducting puppet filmmaking workshops at schools in Western
Canada.
TOTAL RUN TIME: 66 Min.
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