{"id":168,"date":"2008-10-28T20:02:27","date_gmt":"2008-10-29T04:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imageswithin.com\/blog\/?p=168"},"modified":"2008-10-29T11:00:06","modified_gmt":"2008-10-29T19:00:06","slug":"international-animation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imageswithin.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/28\/international-animation\/","title":{"rendered":"International Animation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I had the opportunity to view some amazing international 3d and 2d animation.<\/p>\n<p>The event was held\u00a0in the <strong>Industrial Light and Magic<\/strong> <strong>(ILM)<\/strong> theater at the Presidio in San Francisco, California, it\u00a0was very entertaining, well worth the\u00a0one-hour\u00a0commute to the location.<\/p>\n<p>This even was made possible thanks to the International Animation Association, San Francisco chapter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asifa-sf.org\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>ASIFA SF<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Animation World Network<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0the short animations were selected and presented by Ron Diamond.<\/p>\n<p>Please click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asifa-sf.org\/members.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to find out how to become a member of <strong>ASIFA SF<\/strong>, some of the events like the one mentioned above are only open to current members, one of the many benefits of joining.<\/p>\n<p>I absolutely loved\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.annecy.org\/home\/index.php?Page_ID=2049&amp;film_id=20080922\" target=\"_blank\">La Maison en Petits Cubes<\/a>\u00a0which was directed by Kunio Kato, it was an unique and refreshing way to share with the viewer life memories and the passage of time.<\/p>\n<p>The other two that caught my attention were <a href=\"http:\/\/skhizein.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Skhizein<\/a>\u00a0directed by J\u00e9r\u00e9my Clapin, very clever way of explaining the problems and dangers a 150 ton meteorite can cause when one is\u00a0struck by it,\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linksdw.com\/kudan\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kudan<\/a>\u00a0directed by Taku Kimura (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linksdw.com\/kudan\/en\/trailer_en.html\" target=\"_blank\">Trailer<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>We also had the opportunity to see <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glago's_Guest\" target=\"_blank\">Glago&#8217;s Guest<\/a>\u00a0directed by Chris Williams and produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios (I saw John Lasseter name in the credits) as well as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pixar.com\/shorts\/presto\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Presto<\/a>\u00a0by Doug Sweetland \/ Pixar.<\/p>\n<p>I liked the other animations as well, but the ones mentioned above were my favorites.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a chance see if you can get the opportunity to view them, they were all great in their own right.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keith Reynolds Can&#8217;t Make it Tonight <\/strong>by Felix Massie<br \/>\n<strong>La Maison en Petits Cubes <\/strong>by Kunio Kato<br \/>\n<strong>Kudan <\/strong>by Taku Kimura<br \/>\n<strong>A Mouse&#8217;s Tale <\/strong>by Benjamin Renner<br \/>\n<strong>I Slept with Cookie Monster<\/strong>&#8211; Kara Nasdor-Jones<br \/>\n<strong>Franz Kafka&#8217;s: A Country Doctor <\/strong>by Koji Yamamura (Present at the event)<br \/>\n<strong>Glago&#8217;s Guest<\/strong> by Chris Williams<br \/>\n<strong>Hot Seat <\/strong>by Janet Perlman<br \/>\n<strong>Presto <\/strong>by Doug Sweetland<br \/>\n<strong>Skhizein <\/strong>by J\u00e9r\u00e9my Clapin<br \/>\n<strong>KJFG #5<\/strong>&#8211; Alexei Alexeev (Present at the event)<\/p>\n<p>Thank you Ron Diamond, ASIFA SF and ILM for this event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I had the opportunity to view some amazing international 3d and 2d animation. The event was held\u00a0in the Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) theater at the Presidio in San Francisco, California, it\u00a0was very entertaining, well worth the\u00a0one-hour\u00a0commute to the location. 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