Festivals 28 Mar 2006 07:19 am
Tribeca Redux
– For the second year in a row, I have a film in the Tribeca Film Festival.
The film, – rushing to completion – READING TO YOUR BUNNY – will be screened as part of Tribeca’s Family Film series.
Saturday April 29th, 10:45am & Sunday May 7th, 11:15am at The AMC 34th Street Theater and Sunday April 30th at 10:00am at AMC 68th Street.
The gatherings, attention, parties and goodies they hand out is certainly the best part of this festival. Film makers are really made to feel special.
- There’s also a program of Independent Animation at the festival with a lot of NYC animation involved. I’m somewhat surprised that two of NY’s most important independent film makers weren’t included as part of it. George Griffin and Lisa Crafts both have exciting new films, and I’m sorry their films aren’t in it.
- ASIFA Hollywood has posted some excellent photos and a few comments on the UPA screening held in Hollywood Sunday night. It’s nice to see photos of Willis Pyle again; I haven’t seen him since Raggedy Ann & Andy (30 years ago). Also nice to see Howard Beckerman there; I hope he’ll write a piece for ASIFA NY’s newsletter. I hope someone will do a more in-depth cover of the event. Jerry Beck also talks about it briefly on Cartoon Brew.
- Amid Amidi continues to post stunning UPA art on his site, Cartoon Modern. More of Rooty Toot Toot. (There’ll never be too much for me.)
- The Cannes Film Festival, which hasn’t completely selected its roster of films to unveil next month, will probably include a couple of animated films. French animator, Michel Ocelot’s medieval Arabian tale “Azur and Asmar” is a likely contender as is Belgian director Picha’s satirical teen/adult cartoon “Snow White”. Picha’s film “The Missing Link” screened in competition at Cannes in 1980.
- Meanwhile Pixar’s “Cars” will not be previewed in Cannes because Disney’s European junket for the film will take place at the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona – the weekend before the Cannes festival begins.
