Michael Sporn Animation – Splog

-The Tribeca Film Festival opens in NYC today. An enormous number of films is scheduled to appear at the festival, and I’ve tried to locate as much animation as I could.
It isn’t always easy to find out where and when things are to be screened.

– Emily Hubley has a new short in competition:

“In Black and White and Living Color”
Octave
Directed By: Emily Hubley
Schedule:
Sun, Apr 30 / Noon
Tue, May 2 / 2:30 pm
Wed, May 3 / 9:00 pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage

In the same program is an abstract short:
Errata
Directed By: Alexander Stewart

There’s a program of shorts by New Yorkers: Animated New York
Puppet
Directed By Patrick Smith
Sita
Directed By Nina Paley
Bathtime at Clerkenwell
Directed By Alex Budovsky
Roof Sex
Directed By PES
Underbelly: Coffee
Directed By Rohitash Rao
She She She She’s A Bombshell
Directed By Ben Levin
Bar Fight
Directed By Christy Karacas
The Backbrace Directed By Andy and Carolyn London
Sex Life of Robots- The Teaser Directed By Mike Sullivan
Soccer Time Directed By Edmond Hawkins
Santa Goes South Directed By Peter Wallach
Dentist Directed By Signe Baumane
Guide Dog Directed By Bill Plympton
Life in Transition Directed By John Dilworth

Schedule:
Mon, May 1 / 9:00 pm Museum of Jewish Heritage
Wed, May 3 / 12:30 pm AMC Loews Village VII 3
Thu, May 4 / 1:00 pm AMC Loews 34th Street 9
Sun, May 7 / 10:15 am AMC Loews Lincoln Sq 6

Flock of Dodos: The Evolution-Intelligent Design Circus
This is a documentary by ecologist-turned-filmmaker Dr. Randy Olson. It includes a number of animated sequences by the LA studio, Gang of 7.
Schedule is as follows:
Sun, Apr 30 / 8:30 pm AMC Loews Village VII 3
Mon, May 1 / 3:00 pm AMC Loews 34th Street 9
Fri, May 5 / 6:00 pm AMC Loews Lincoln Sq 1
Sun, May 7 / 4:00 pm AMC Loews Village VII 1

Of course, there’s my recent film: Reading To Your Bunny. It’s part of a program of shorts for children. The program is as follows:

Tribeca Family Festival – Shorts
Reading to Your Bunny
Directed by Michael Sporn
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story From China
Directed by Kris Tercek
Emily’s First 100 Days of School
Directed by Gene Deitch
Cinderella
Directed by Virginia Wilkos

Several of the following screenings are free.
Sat, Apr 29 / 10:45 am AMC Loews 34th Street 10
Sun, Apr 30 / 10:00 am AMC Loews Lincoln Sq 5
Sat, May 6 / 10:30 am // 1:45 pm // 5:00 pm Tribeca Film Center
Sun, May 7 / 11:15 am AMC Loews 34th Street 13

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