Films: Close Encounters of the Animated Kind

Close Encounters of the Animated Kind

76 Minute Running Time
Genre/Subjects: Animation, Short

Whether drawn by hand or machine, this collection of ingenious stories is guaranteed to captivate.

Films in Program...

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  Horn Dog

  USA , 2009 , 4 min.
  Director: Bill Plympton No one sees the foibles of our world quite like Oscar-winning animator Bill Plympton – or draws them so memorably. A longtime SDFF favorite, Plympton returns with the latest in his series of canine charmers.... more
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  Jelly Fishers

  USA , 2009 , 5 min.
  Director: Steven Subotnick The dreamy saga of a family of molelike creatures whose lives are saved, believe or not, by a team of jellyfish.... more
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  Land of the Heads

  Canada , 2009 , 6 min.
  Director: Claude Barras , Cédric Louis Using stop-action puppetry, this macabre tale follows a vampire who must seek out more and more victims so that his wife can continue to have a young, pretty head to call her own.... more
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  LOOPloop

  Canada , 2008 , 5 min.
  Director: Patrick Bergeron On a train ride through Vietnam, Patrick Bergeron filmed the buildings, fences, people, vehicles, and goings on he glimpsed in passing – then used skillful editing, animation, and sound warping to create a dazzling piece of storytelling.... more
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  Runaway

  Canada , 2009 , 9 min.
  Director: Cordell Barker Delightfully absurd animation, surprisingly accurate social observation, and the lively music of Benoît Charest (The Triplets of Belleville) vividly mark the journey of award winner Cordell Barker’s runaway train. ... more
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  The Man Who Slept

  Canada , 2009 , 12 min.
  Director: Inés Sedan The lovely, haunting story of a woman who escapes the suffocating memory of a lost love by embarking on a new adventure with a beguiling street performer. ... more
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  The Necktie

  Canada , 2008 , 12 min.
  Director: Jean-François Lévesque Wearing a snazzy new yellow bowtie and playing the accordion, Valentin makes working at Life Inc. more, well, lively. ... more
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  The Real Place

  Canada , 2008 , 5 min.
  Director: Cam Christiansen This imaginative documentary captures the passion and offbeat creativity of Canadian playwright John Murrell. ... more
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  The Stressful Adventures of Boxhead & Roundhead: BROTHERS IN ARMS

  USA , 2009 , 4 min.
  Director: Elliot Cowan Boxhead and Roundhead have exploded onto the international scene with appearances in music videos and, of course, their own series of stressful adventures, illustrated with an arresting expressionistic palette of black, white, and gray to provide equal parts whimsy and ominous darkness.... more
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  Twist of Fate

  USA , 2009 , 9 min.
  Director: Karen Aqua One of the festival’s favorite animators returns with a colorful, almost playful meditation on the nature of the human body, disease, and science. ... more
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  Vive La Rose

  Canada , 2008 , 5 min.
  Director: Bruce Alcock Based on a melancholy song of love in Newfoundland, Vive la Rose utilizes stop motion and paint animation as well as still photography to create a mood that matches – and even surpasses – the music’s rough-voiced, tragic tone.... more