First annual GLAS Animation Festival runs March 36, 2016 in Berkeley, CA.
‘Bottom Feeders’ by Matthew Reynolds is part of the U.S. competition at the inaugural GLAS Animation Festival.
Organizers have unveiled selections for the Children’s Competition, U.S. Competition and International Showcase at the first annual GLAS Animation Festival Running March 36, 2016 in Berkeley, CA.
Now in its inaugural year, the festival aims to expand the scope of animation by bringing new voices, new talents, new themes, and a new generation of independent filmmakers and curators to the United States. The GLAS Animation Festival will highlight contemporary independent animation while curating special programs of the most significant periods of animation history that serve as an inspiration for the new generation of filmmakers.
The previously announced films selected for the Narrative, Non-Narrative, Graduate, Student and Commissioned Film competition categories can be viewed here.
The list of selected films for the Children’s Competition, U.S. Competition and International Showcase is shown below:
CHILDREN’S COMPETITION
- Bear Story -- Gabriel Osorio -- Chile
- Stellar Moves -- Millivette Gonzalez, Tabia Lees, & Valerie Sattazahn -- U.S.
- The Hole -- Bart Wesam -- Switzerland
- Perfect House Guest -- Millivette Gonzalez, Tabia Lees, Valerie Sattazahn -- U.S.
- Bicycle -- Dana Sink -- U.S.
- Vagabond -- Pedro Ivo -- Denmark/Brazil
- Taking Flight -- Brandon Oldenburg -- U.S.
- A Horse Throat -- David Barlow-Krelina & Jenna Marks -- Canada/Germany
- Juste de L'eau -- Carlos De Carvalho -- France
- Stems -- Ainslie Henderson -- U.K.
- The Orchestra -- Mikey Hill -- Australia
- Autumn Leaves -- Patrick Carvalho -- France
- Tsunami -- Sofie Kampmark -- Denmark
- Hamster and Fox -- Kyoung Ha Kim -- Korea
- My Grandfather Was a Cherry Tree -- Olga & Tatiana Poliektova -- Russia
- Two Friends -- Natalia Chernysheva -- France
- Dwarf Giant -- Fabienne Giezendanner -- Suisse/France
- A Single Life -- Joris Oprins, Job Roggenveen, Marieke Blaauw -- The Netherlands
U.S. COMPETITION
- Cruising -- Zachary Zezima
- Infinite Water -- Sunny Liang
- Pig -- Steven Sebotnick
- Business Hours: Life and Death of a Bureaucrat -- Simon Wilches-Castro
- Dogs of Life -- Jack Wedge
- Bottom Feeders -- Matthew Reynolds
- Gray Hairs -- Annapurna Kumar
- Going Through the Motions -- Alan Jennings
- Lingerie Show -- Laura Harrison
- Gawi -- Daylen Chiang
- Stella Nova -- Ted Wiggum
- Swim Meet -- Samantha Maurer
- Lapsing -- Erik Ko
- Personal Loan -- Noah Malone
- Palm Rot -- Ryan Gillis
- Lesley the Pony Has an A+ Day -- Christian Larrave
INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASE
- Migration -- Flaurescent Hill -- Canada
- Half Wet -- Sophie Gate -- U.K.
- Priorities -- Gintz Zilbalodiz -- Estonia
- Untitled No. 2 -- Evan Boehm
- Looper -- Melanie Tourner -- Belgium
- Nuggets -- Andreas Hykade -- Germany
- Teaser -- Pierre Bassil -- U.S.A/France
- L'attesa Del Maggio -- Simone Massi -- Italy
- Zdravstvuite! -- Yoko YU.K.i -- Japan
- Gashapon Kou-Lou-Hou-Lou -- Wei-Yuan Chen -- Taiwan
- Dissonance -- Till Nowak -- Germany
- Land -- Masanobu Hiraoka -- France/Japan
- Wolf Games -- Jelena Oroz -- Croatia
- Chez Moi -- Phuong Mai Nguyen -- France
- Walked dog, dog's dead. Sorry -- Dermont Lynskey -- Ireland
- E:E:E:E:E:E -- Brandon Bommeart -- Canada
- Fish Is What I Desire -- Yao Xiang -- U.K.
- Scribbledub -- Ross Hogg -- Scotland
- Padre -- Santiago 'Bou' Grasso -- Argentina
- Sillon 672 -- Bastien Dupriez -- France
- Eclipse -- Jacky De Groen -- Belgium
- A Coat Made Dark -- Jack O'Shea -- Ireland
The inaugural GLAS Animation Festival will feature a breadth of programs including international competition shorts, retrospectives, special curated programs, Q&As, behind the scene presentations, panels, and animation installations. Competition categories include Best Narrative, NonNarrative, Undergraduate, Graduate, and Commissioned short films as well as Best Feature. In addition, to highlight the exceptional work of independent animators within the United States, GLAS is featuring a U.S. Competition and a U.S. Emerging Artist screening.
Festival passes are now on sale: Click here to register.
Source: GLAS Animation Festival
Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network, Jennifer Wolfe has worked in the Media & Entertainment industry as a writer and PR professional since 2003.
