LIVE Magazine #264

SCREENING SCHEDULE
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
THURSDAY - NOVEMBER 9, 2017 ANNENBERG THEATER
LOVING VINCENT (2017) 95 min. – Animation | Biography | Crime | Poland
The world’s first fully oil painted feature film, brings the artwork of Vincent van Gogh to life
in an exploration of the complicated life and controversial death of one of history’s most
celebrated artists. Breakthru Films Oscar Winning Animation Production Co. “Peter and
the Wolf, won an Academy Award for Best Short Film 2008 Directed by Hugh Welchman.
The life and controversial death of Vincent Van Gogh told by his paintings and by the
characters that inhabit them. The intrigue unfolds through interviews with the characters
closest to Vincent and through dramatic reconstructions of the events leading up to his
death. Loving Vincent features over 120 of Vincent Van Gogh’s greatest paintings. The plot,
drawn from the 800 letters written by the painter himself, lead us to the significant people
and events in the time leading up to his unexpected death. Every shot is painted just as
Vincent himself painted.
9:00AM Museum Members 5:00PM RED CARPET 5:30PM SCREENING
Tehran Taboo (2017) 90 min. – Animation | Drama | Austria, Germany
In their desperate search for freedom and happiness, four young people from Tehran, Iran
are forced to break the taboos of a restrictive, islamic society. Blunt, angry and eye-opening,
Tehran Taboo offers a scathing portrait of Iran’s largest city. Think of it as Short Cuts
meets Persepolis, although that facile shorthand does not begin to get at just how much is
going on, plot and character wise, in Ali Soozandeh’s brisk animated feature.
8:00PM RED CARPET 8:30PM SCREENING
9:30PM VIP OPENING NIGHT AFTER PARTY
FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 10, 2017 ANNENBERG THEATER
BILAL: A New Breed of Hero (2017) (U.S. Premier) 105 min. – Animation | Action |
Dubai A thousand years ago, one boy with a dream of becoming a great warrior abducted with
his sister and taken to a land far away from home. Thrown into a world where greed and injustice
rule all, Bilal finds the courage to raise his voice and make a change. Inspired by true events,
this is a story of a real hero who narned his remembrance in time and history.
6:00PM RED CARPET 6:30PM SCREENING
9:00PM VIP AFTER PARTY
FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 10, 2017 RICHARDS CENTER of the ARTS
JUNK HEAD (2017) 115 min. – Animation | Action | Adventure | Stop-Motion | Japan In the
distant future, Man has become nearly immortal but the species has lost the ability to eproduce.
A race of clones designed for manual labor rebelled over a millennium ago and now live in a subterranean
labyrinth where they continue to mutate into ghastly abominations. An intrepid human
explorer ventures into the darkest caverns in search of lost genetic information. A stop-motion
film made entirely by one man, Takahide Hori (aka Yamiken); based on the 30 minute short released
in 2013, that took over 4 years to assemble
1:00PM RED CARPET 1:30PM SCREENING
SATURDAY - NOVEMBER 11, RICHARDS CENTER of the ARTS
LITTLE HEROES (2017) 116 min. – Animation | Action | Adventure | Venezula .Set
more than two hundred years ago, Arturo, Pilar and Tico, three brave children from different
backgrounds, discover an amazing secret: the key to helping Simon Bolivar defeat
the enemy’s army. The time has come to fight for freedom and the troops move forward
with vigor. A great friendship is born through this epic adventure.
Paper Animated - PG13 Paper animation is a unique form of art that
includes cutout animation as a form of stop-motion animation. This specific
genre uses flat characters, props and backgrounds cut from materials such as
paper, card, stiff fabric or photographs. Tension and emotion is created through
every folded sheet of paper, carefully captured through individual frames placed
together to tell a powerful and interesting story.
1:00PM SCREENING
Classic & Traditional Animated - PG13 Animation has a rich history and is the act of
creating the illusion of movement through still images. This method actually began
hundreds of years ago. After a number of pioneers began creating animated shorts in the early
20th century (1914’s Gertie the Dinosaur being a notable example), the very first feature-length
animation created using traditional methods was entitled “El Apóstol.” Traditional animation is a
technique where each frame is drawn by hand. This technique was the dominant form of animation
in cinema until the advent of computer animation. The collections of shorts in this segment
will take you back in time to the beginning of this amazing and unique visual art form.
2:00PM SCREENING
Hand Painted Animated - PG13.In this technique, slow drying paints are used on
a glass canvas, which allows the animator to manipulate the art and photograph them
simultaneously. Sometimes turpentine is used in the paints, which makes it easier for the
animator to work on the paintings. It’s a tough and laborious task being that you have
to paint on a glass canvas. After much blending in post production, this form is a true
aesthetic treat.
3:00PM SCREENING
THURSDAY,- NOVEMBER 9, 2017 ANNENBERG THEATER
Amazing Stop-Motion- R Stop motion animation (also called “stop frame animation”)
is animation that is captured one frame at time, with physical objects that are
moved between the frames. When you play back the sequence of images rapidly, it
creates the illusion of movement. The short animated films in this segment take you
into dramatic stories from around the world in a realistic looking fantasy of hand-crafted
dolls and sets that will inspire endless thought and conversation.
4:00PM SCREENING
5PM LOVING VINCENT (2017) 95 min. Animation | Biography | Crime | Poland
Loving Vincent artists with special live painting & demonstration.
LGBT Animated Shorts - PG13, R. The international LGBT community faces
challenges every day, and is especially hard on our LGBT youth who need to feel
supported. LGBT animated shorts have recently become popular with the wildly successful
Oscar nominated short film “In a Heartbeat ever-changing world of risk taking
storytelling. Animation has largely been targeted towards our youth and animated
films have historically been neutral in the story. However, as the world evolves, more
people have felt the need to express their stories to reach a larger audience young and
old. The LGBT animated shorts are particularly special since they reach a younger audience who are still coping with
coming out as Gay, Lesbian, Bi or Transgender. Relatively new are these LGBT animated short stories that inspire a
new generation to feel like they can be themselves and find acceptance even in schools and a society where bullying
and social acceptance remains a big issue. These powerful animated films stand as a voice for the larger struggle and
the hope of a future where we can find love, acceptance and tolerance.
7:30PM SCREENING
8PM TEHRAN TABOO (2017) 90 min. Animation | Drama | Crime | Iran
9:00PM VIP AFTER PARTY
3D Animated Dark Comedy, Twisted & Mysterious - PG13
Prepare to be captivated, confused and mesmerize by the bizarre dark mysterious stories
in this series of disturbing animated shorts that will leave you questioning your own
sanity.
10:30PM SCREENING
8:00 AM RED CARPET 8:30PM SCREENING
SHEEPS & WOLVES (2017) U.S. Premier 85 min. – Animation | Action | Adventure
| Comdey | Russia. In a magical faraway land, in a picturesque little village nestled
among green meadows and rolling hills, lives a flock of carefree sheep. But their pastoral
and stress-free life is interrupted when a pack of wolves sets up camp in the nearby
ravine. In accordance with ancient traditions, the retiring pack leader Magra announces
that his future successor must prove his right to lead by vanquishing his rivals. When
the powerful and blood-thirsty Ragear steps forward, the only wolf brave enough to
challenge him is Grey, the pack’s favorite, but a hopeless goof ball.
6:00PM RED CARPET 6:30PM SCREENING
9:00PM VIP AFTER PARTY
THURSDAY,- NOVEMBER 9, 2017 ANNENBERG THEATER
Fantasmagorie(1908)- PG13. 11AM Hand Drawn Animated Take a journey back in time to
experience the history of animation through traditional hand drawn shorts. The shorts celebrate
how animation started, including “Fantasmagorie” which is known to be the first animated film
ever made in 1908 by French caricaturist, cartoonist and animator Émile Cohl.
11:00AM SCREENING
Watercolor Animated - PG13
There are many forms of animation but nothing more beautiful than watercolored shorts. Each
frame is carefully painted and paired with scoring that can take up to months or even years of
work. Watercolor animated shorts are inspiring and beautiful whether they unfold on a paper
backdrop or a canvas.
12:00PM SCREENING
FRIDAY,- NOVEMBER 10, 2017 ANNENBERG THEATER
9AM Abstract Animated Shorts - PG13 Explode your mind in a visual spectacle
of light and sound through a series of amazing abstract animated shorts from all over the
world, including “Virtual Actors Chinese Opera” an animated short with 3D CGI Chinese
dancers moving to the sounds of traditional Chinese percussion music that is both
mesmerizing and fascinating.
9:00AM SCREENING
Sand & Salt Animated Shorts - PG13
Sand animation is a very difficult technique requiring the artist to illustrate
images using grains of sand or salt on a table or backlit glass. The result is a
visually stimulating, beautiful and power art form of storytelling.
10:00AM SCREENING
Powerful, Dark & Mysterious 3D - PG13
From some of the most talented animators around the world comes a series of shorts
that will blow your mind as some of the most thought-provoking animated shorts in
this festival. From dark to mysterious, to odd and compelling, the films in this segment
will leave a lasting impression.
11:00AM SCREENING
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