The 2nd Los Angeles Animation Festival will unspool at Cinefamily’s theater at 611 N. Fairfax Dec 2-5. The festival will feature a tribute to stop motion innovator Will Vinton, including a screening in 35 mm of his feature The Adventures of Mark Twain. There will be an array of feature and shorts screenings, from experimental to stop motion to anime, including some programs in association with major studios. Tentative events include a retrospective of MTV animation and a screening from historian Jerry Beck who curates a monthly program at the theater. The schedule and festival sponsors will be announced in the weeks ahead. LAAF will also feature panels, parties and these three contests:
“Unfinished Masterpieces”, an opportunity for animators to submit their unfinished projects. Directors of the chosen projects will be allowed to present their work.
“Character Screen-test”, a contest where the Best Character gets the prize.
“Dangerous Experiments”, an anything goes contest that encourages the most way-out interpretations of the word animation.
Further information on the contests, including submission deadlines, can be found at the festival website www.laafest.com contact john@laafest.com
