ATLANTA UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL
AUGUST 23 - 27, 2006 AT EYEDRUM & CINEFEST. See WWW.AUFF.ORG for latest info.
OPENING NIGHT:
Animated Shorts Program : Draw Me a Story Wednesday August 23, 2006 @ Eyedrum
7:30 PM : total running time: 68 min
9:00 PM - AUFF Animation Demonstration - select animators demonstrate the art of animated film and video!
Animation as an art form has come a long way since its meager beginnings. This incredible selection of animated shorts delves into the world of techniques such as drawing, cut-outs, stop-motion and
computer graphics.
At 9:00 PM, select animators will be on hand to discuss the incredible difficulty and ardent labor in making animated films and demonstrate
how they created some of the films you'll see tonight.
*PLATELETS: LEPIDOPTERAPHAGE
Dir.: Justin Curfman - ATL - 10 min.
Surreal stop-motion / CG hybrid film with narrative birthed from some dark dream logic.
*ROBOCTOPUS
Dir.: Robert Paraguassu - ATL - 10 min.
Roboctopus, a deliquent half-robot, half-octopus, endangers the lives
of two children for fun and profit.
ROOM 101
Dir: Takuro Masuda - ATL - 10 min.
A Half-Dead Man's hysterically grotesque experience in Limbo.
CHICKENHEADS
Dir: Brett W. Thompson - ATL - 5 min.
Bunny receives three wishes and gets everything he has ever wanted.
KUNG FU GRAMPS AND NINJA PIG IN PLAID TODAY GONE TOMORROW...
Dir.: Marshall Krich - GA - 4 min.
Kung Fu Gramps and Ninja Pig try to save the world from aliens who come to earth to show people the meaning of greed.
JUXTAPOSER
Dir.: Joanna Davidovich - ATL - 4 min.
The little girl and the temperamental kitty cat.
CASKET CLIMBER INSECT GOD
Dir.: Brian Lonano - NY - 3 min.
Teeth Man spends time around his casket with a monstrous insect and other horrid creatures before transforming into one himself.
NEVER LIVE ABOVE A PSYCHIC
Dir.: Steve Gentile - MA - 8 min.
A man battles his disruptive downstairs neighbors who are telekinetic psychics.
FLOUNDER
Dir.: Wesley Criblear - NY - 19 min.
This comedic take on the Christ story finds Jesus around some unsavory characters.
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