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[2001-03-23] On Alexander Cima's AMAZING ALIEN A'S, when Alpha Mouse discovers that all the A's have been stolen from his city, he goes into space to find them and bring them home. Dale Dobson's FOOD CIRCUS is a 30-second commercial for a less-than-honorable grocery store chain. Nancy Gormezano's AFRIKAN ECLIPSE is a 2D animation based loosely on a Namibian allegory, combined with a personal view of creation/evolution. On (_), two seemingly unrelated words can mean a whole lot more.

[2001-03-16] From Taras Tymczyna on 3RD WISH, a con artist duo learns that common kindness makes more cash than flashy fireworks. From Tom Rudderham, RESIDENT RAMSBOTTOM tells the tale of one hapless man's ambition to change the world. Tzung Lee's LONG LIVE THE ARTIST celebrates the freedom of the artist versus the prisoner life of bean counters. Hamid Saidji's LUX AETERNA is a film about light as a kinetic art form.

[2001-03-09] From director Robert Mataxis, THE CYCLE brings the face of a man full circle. From director Keith Carter, PLANET X-29 looks at the truth behind UFOs.

[2001-03-02] Andreas Meschke's THE CULTURAL ELITE RECEIVES ITS JUST PUNNISHMENT is a 3D animated satire of the people who rule over the art world. In Mon Huang's JACK IN THE BOX, an evil toy takes out his anger on a neon green spider. Robert Mataxis' SILENCE OF THE LOSERS: YOUR PICK-A-PATH GUIDE TO BEING COOL is a "how to" manual on conformity. In Andrew Lee's dark fantasy world of THE MISADVENTURES OF TOID & HIS WONDER HEAD, Toid loses his head and must brave a series of perilous contraptions in order to get it back on his shoulders!

[2001-02-23] In director Fred McGrath's PUMP 'N SUDZ, a flea-bitten gas station serves as the set for a cable access talk show, hosted by a crusty, old, retired farmer and you never know who'll drop by. In director Aaron Johnson's THE LEPRECHAUN AND THE SNAKE, a little leprechaun tries to entertain a reptilian visitor, however the hungry purple snake doesn't like what he sees. From director Damon Bradford, GHETTO FABULOUS tells the tale of a basketball junkie and his attempts to become king of the court.

[2001-02-16] In Mehdi Yssef's A STROLL IN THE PARK, a young man walks into danger despite the warnings of a crazy old bum. In Ryan Foss' BULB, a lightbulb-headed robot discovers something out of the ordinary in his empty world. In Aaron Erimez's ORNAMENTS, a mischievous, little Santa decoration gets into big trouble when he ventures out for some milk and cookies. In Bill Railey's THINKING MEAT "Episode 2," a man discusses his trip to the zoo with a know-it-all girl. On Mishmash Media's BULBO, Bulbo dreams of his true love, but Cyril Klops tries to ruin the romance.

[2001-02-09] From director Carleton Torpin, CLAYMATION is a collection of clay animated shorts featuring KISS. From director Julian DePuma, SLEEVELESS IN SEATTLE chronicles Lil' G's trip on the bus. From C. Bonacorso, LOOKING, DIM is an impressionistic volley of CGI-candy where the brain and nervous system become a soup of free-floating images.

[2001-02-02] From director Jesse Griffith, JUST LIKE JACK has a Los Angeles musician climbing up a beanstalk and ending up on a romantic date with a giant blonde, who has her own deranged plans for this little man. From director Jaime Echeverri, BIZARRE tells the tale of Johnny, a French boy who is discovering his sexuality through dreams. From director Victor Robert, YELLOW UMBRELLA follows a melancholy boy, who lives in a world of rain and discovers a yellow umbrella that, when opened, emits sunshine.

[2001-01-26] From director Fred McGrath, A LESSON FROM JESSE VENTURA has George W. Bush and Al Gore getting a few political and wrestling pointers from none other than Governor Jesse Ventura. From director Yu-Chen Hsieh, FORAGING is the story of a green alien and his funny dragon that forage fruit in the jungle. From director Woojin Chang, FIGHT CHRISTMAS (PART 1) tells the story of K1, whose dog has been killed by Santa, and his voyage to seek revenge. From director Sharon Uhl, RANDOM ACTS explores the effects that giving has on both the giver and the receiver.

[2001-01-19] On Michele Vitale's HUMANE SOCIETY SPAY AND NEUTER PSA, a boy brings home a stray dog and soon is surrounded by thousands of its offspring, much to the displeasure of his mother. Ilene Staple's THE PIGEON AND THE ONION PIE is a bittersweet tale of a downtrodden pigeon who yearns to fly and the onion pie that makes his dreams come true. Chris Oakley's A IS FOR... (GENOME ANIMATION) is an inhumane vision of the world of cio-engineeering and genomic copyright. On Dayan Paul's DINOSAUR IN HOLLYWOOD, a dinosaur star laments over his typecast acting roles to his bar buddies.

[2001-01-12] On episode 2 of Joel Robinson's CONRAD TUBE, Conrad unleashes his smoldering fury on an obnoxious and thoroughly oblivious gardener. On Jennifer Syfu's OSWEGO, the French cafe is no more, but the chocolate espresso tart lives on in the ring around Oswego's belly. On Alex Orrelle's SODA, a man gets in trouble with a soda vending machine, two minutes before his train comes in.

[2001-01-05] Director David Breslin's NEW MAN looks at the domestication of man. From director Mike Earley on BUNGEE DUMPING, McGinty makes the best of a bad situation as he makes his way home from a tough day at the office. From director Sylvia Roberts, UNDERSTAND is an homage to the Earth, life, respect, ritual, music, magic, dancing and the unknown.

[2000-12-22] From Happy Ship, THE JOUST tells about a post-apocalyptic game of chicken. Kris Tuszynski's LET IT BE ME chronicles the love triangle between two men and a puppet.

[2000-12-15] From director Matthew Meyer, FETCH is a portrait of a dim-witted trickster and his overly powerful companion. From director Kris Tuszynski, LILLI shows the story of a man in love with a very big woman. From Thaddeus Productions, BUG BAR RHAPSODY chronicles the sorrows of world-weary insects at the bar under the kitchen sink.

[2000-12-01] From director Matt Geuther, PRIMATIVE ORIGINS

[2000-11-17] From director Claude Bosio, PISS PUPPY tells the journey of one lost puppy in the search for his master and his fight against the cruel citizens of the street. From director Geoffrey Clark in BACK TO YE OLDE DRAWING BOARD, a chemist tries to concoct a potion to cure his baldness, but it has startling results on his lab subjects. From director Martin Petz, THE CHATTEL takes place in the middle-ages, where valiant knights fight for land and the hand of a beautiful princess. From director Keri Bruno, NAKED is a classic "boy meets girl" tale in the style of Len Lye and Norman McLaren.

[2000-11-10] From Joe Wall, SHIP OF FOOLS chronicles a battle, fraught with danger, for maritime supremacy, which tests the sailors

[2000-11-03] From director Raffi Boyadjian, DINNER DATE uncovers the perils of having a "secret admirer." From director Ron McAdow, HANK THE CAVE PEANUT tells the story of Hank, an adolescent member of a tribe of cave peanuts, who leads the tribe into the wilderness to capture a wild fork as part of his coming of age rites. From director Hilliard Green, XENOLITH takes a look at the end of the civilized world through images of authoritative police brutality and the Internet. From director Bradford Pattullo, BLOOD BROTHERS follows the antics of Wayne and Jasper, a pair of drunken bums whose hapless quest for beer money leads them to a local plasma center.

[2000-10-27] From Brendan Gallagher, LITTLE G tells the story of a little ghost who tries to be normal on the only day he can

[2000-10-20] From Canaan Parker, DIGITAL PENIS is a 3D/2D animated study of over-excited gay male lust. From director Kieran Dick, PICTURE PIANO is a Norman McLaren-esque animation driven by bright colors, smooth transitions and a lively piano tune. From director Dustin Adair, MARVIN AND THE MARTIANS is a 3D animated tale of Marvin who must fight off little green men when his "Martian Massacre" video game comes to life. From director Jeffrey Ballentine, PIRATE TITANIC is a stop-motion satire of the highest grossing film of all-time, using Lego men!

[2000-10-13] From Shawn Wickens, the live-action/animated DRINKING GAMES reveals the dangers of mixing testosterone, alcohol and a loaded revolver. From Bill Roth, JIMMY AND CARL IN BIG DATE WITH THE DEVIL GIRLS uncovers the sordid truth of the real motivation behind why pretty women date fat, disgusting losers. From Mick Cusimano, INCONVENIENT FOOD MART is a short satire on convenience stores. Also from Mick Cusimano

[2000-10-06] From pixfactory.com's Stan Johnson, PSYCHO LEGOS is a 3D animated spoof of the classic Hitchcock horror film. From Mick Cusimano, THE CHARACTERS introduces the cast of ROOSTER TALES. From Mick Cusimano, PORK CITY pits a woman and a man against each other on the meat-eating debate. From Pat Beckmann on SNOTMAN, body parts of the world's most famous missing persons are alive in the underworld.

You can see more work from Mick Cusimano and Pat Beckmann in AWN's new ,a href="http://showcase.awn.com">Artist's Showcase

[2000-09-29] From director Jeremy Weichsel, DREAM ONE presents the idea that the illogical world of dreams is not just black and white. From director Seungyoub Shin, NEW YORK is a vignette in the life of a homeless man in the big city. Pat Beckmann

[2000-09-22] From director James Dingle, HANGMAN is an experimental stop-action collage, which explores the place of the child in a world of mechanization. Andy Ramirez

[2000-09-15] From director Renan de Moraes, HEIN?! serves up justice on a senior citizen taunting street punk. Also from director Renan de Moraes, ROUBADA! has a souped-up wheelchair drivin' granny in hot pursuit of a purse snatcher. From director Andy Ramirez, the 3D film EXPERIMENTAL is just that a trippy experiment in3D animation and special effects done in 4 hours late one night when the creator couldn't sleep. From director Henry Kuo, FLY FLY FLY tells the story of a pillow who bursts after years of sitting still.

[2000-09-08] STAR WARS references abound in Jordan Hellyer's GENESIS, an apocalyptic tale of one man's difficult fight to restore humanity after Earth is invaded by alien robots. From Ric Barros, HOW'D THIS GET ONLINE? is an homage to Nickelodeon's early live-action sketch-comedy series YOU CAN'T DO THIS ON TELEVISION. From BeezleBugBit.com's Lee Lanier, MIRROR is a fascinating 3D animated look at cultural perceptions of beauty and how they affect us.

[2000-09-01] From Hyun Supul, ISLAND PRINCE is a tale of war and one young warrior's fight for justice. From Carlos Lapellegrina, TIMELY is a 3D animation featuring a very groovy German clock. On the first installment of PRIMATIVE ORIGINS from Matt Geuther, "Makin' Contact" has two aliens, Brrnt and Orny, making a pit stop on a strange new world. On the second PRIMATIVE ORIGINS, "Sacrifices" tells the true origins of one volcano worshipping tribe.




[2001-02-07] The accolades for Mark Osbourne's film MORE haven't stopped. It received an Oscar nomination in 1999 and won the Sundance Film Festival award for best animation that same year. Why? Because it is a well rounded, simple and truly emotional film. Osbourne creates a drab work where happiness is a commodity, but few know how to produce it. One of the great things about the short is how the visuals speak the ideas behind the film. Animation has the great luxury of allowing us to step into worlds that are completely made up of visuals. In the film, the main character's stomach furnace works on various levels and creates a feel so amazing -- words would have failed to compare. How rarely in life do we take solid advice about avoiding a problem? But how quickly we change when we experience the same problem first hand. There are no concrete words spoken in MORE, but the lessons learned within the film are grander because of it. You can check out the film at iFilm.com and SciFi.com.




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