Animation fans! If you're in the Los Angeles area next weekend, Visual Communications invites you to POW! WHIZ! BAM!, an animation mini-film festival featuring short films by local animators, the Los Angeles premiere of Makoto Kobayashi's Ice and a special screening of Trigun: Badlands Rumble.
It's happening Saturday, August 6 at the Tateuchi Democracy Forum at the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy in Little Tokyo. Here are some more details about the festival, including the full lineup:
POW! WHIZ! BAM!No cosplay. No singing robot concerts. Just lots of cartoons and the people who love them. Should be a fun time. For more information about Pow! Whizz! Bam!, including tickets and all that good stuff, go to the Visual Communications website here and the Facebook event page here.
2011 Animation Mini-Film Fest Fact Sheet
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Tateuchi Democracy Forum
National Center for the Preservation of Democracy
111 North Central Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012
$10 - General Admission
$8 - Students (with ID), Seniors VC members & JANM museum ticket holders
$25 all three programs; $20 students, seniors, VC & JANM members
VC's first Animation Mini-Film Fest, POW! WHIZ! BAM! is a crackpot bubbling with the colorful characters and fantastical universes only the world of animation could create. Each screening has been hand picked to present a gourmet set-menu: an intimate showcase with local animators; a sci-fi post-apocalyptic lesbian Romeo and Juliet, ICE; and a special screening of the classic Japanese shoot-em-up caper, Trigun: Badlands Rumble.
SHORTS:
OUT ON A LIMB by Daisy Lin
A young bird is isolated from other birds that do not share its interest in searching for dandelions. [multi-media animation]
FATHER AND SISTER by Soyeon Kim
A chance occurrence between a father and a sister leads to a unique case of workplace temptation. [cut-out & 2D computer animation]
THE CAP (Topi) by Arjun Rihan
Inspired by a true historical event in Pakistan, a violent communal riot at the train station separates a young boy, Bir, from his mother. Bir must find his mother before it's too late. [computer-generated animation]
FROG IN THE WELL (Ino Nakano Kawazu) by Ken Ochiai
Under his mother's wishes, Jo, a reclusive young tailor from Tokyo, journeys across Japan, discovering a country full of beauty and culture. Transforming like a frog climbing from a well Jo, opens himself up to a new world. [kinestatic (stop-motion) animation]
WHERE THERE HERE by Soyeon Kim
This kid-friendly workout is a playful visualization of “Hide and Seek” using African pictorial design and tribal music. [sand animation]
AMAZONIA by Sam Chen
In the eat-or-be-eaten world of the Amazon Rainforest, a little tree frog named Bounce is befriended by a blue-bellied tree toad named Biggy. With Biggy's help, Bounce must learn to survive the perils of the jungle. [computer-generated animation]
FEATURES:
ICE by Makoto Kobayashi
An environmental crisis causes every male on earth to die by 2012, dividing the 20,000 surviving women into two groups: the hedonistic fatalists and those who believe science can save them. The two fight an intense battle over 'ICE,' an object said to be the last hope for humans. [cell & computer-generated animation]
TRIGUN: BADLANDS RUMBLE by Satoshi Nishimura
Vash the Stampede, a professional killer with a mysterious past, saves the life of the infamous robber named Gasback, setting off a chain of results with disastrous consequences. Flash forward 20 years, Vash has to deal with the repercussions. [cell & computer-generated animation]