At death’s door and ready for his final voyage, old Ben is visited by Paco, the imaginary friend he grew out of long ago. Ben cannot see nor hear him anymore, but the boy won’t give up and will follow his old buddy till the end of the road – to mysterious islands or fantastic…
An old cyclist sets off on a last journey with an uncertain end… WW0711 statement: New subgenre? Bicycle horror … Director: Angel Hernández Suarez Writer: Angel Hernández Suarez Producer: Angel Hernández Suarez Key Cast: Diego Higuera, Isidro García, Adán León Cinematography: Manuel Peña Music: Juan D. Mendoza Sound: Yeray Navarro Visual Effects: Fco Javier Méndez Director…
An Avian creation myth stepped in mysticism. If birds had a religion, perhaps this would be there origin myth. WW0711 statement: WOW! Super nice, super intense, super exciting and beautiful. Great 2 minutes and 40 seconds! FURNACE OF THE BIRDS is a vague mix of THE DARK CRYSTAL and STARGATE and a light bulb commercial.…
A Hollywood writer attempts to get a 1990’s star to come out of retirement and be the main actor in his movie named The Preacher’s House. WW0711 statement: We liked THE PREACHER’S HOUSE through and through! It is a confidently staged first short film. Congratulations! Director: Sean Heyman Producer: Sean Heyman Writer: Sean Heyman Key Cast:…
This is the fascinating story of Jeremy, the one-in-a-million snail whose shell coiled to the left rather than to the right. WW0711 statement: Actually, this is not the first snail romance that ever got submitted to us. We love snails. We really do. Go Jeremy! Producer: Dr. Robert P. Cameron, John Andrew Cameron, Cutter: Dr.…
Nature and domesticity collide in a dark take of love and loss WW0711 statement: Moody and sensitive puppet animation short that keeps innovating itself over and over again. Director: Carla MacKinnon Producer: Carla MacKinnon Animation: Carla MacKinnon Writer: Carla MacKinnon Co-Writer: Christopher Andrews Animation Executive: Helen Brunsdon Puppet Design & Fabrication: Marika Aakala, Emma Niemis…
The two aliens Quiqueck & Hämat are having a Close Encounter of the NERD kind. They stumble upon an extraterrestrial race with a weird form of communication. But their news “friends” have their very own plans! WW0711 statement: Funny German aliens invading the big wide world with themes and a Bavarian slang. Director: Thomas Zeug…
Shahkboy is a typical Boston high school kid, doing drugs and getting busted for graffiti. Oh, and he’s half shark. This film was made during Jake Peckar’s senior year at MassArt as his animation degree project. WW0711 statement: Stoner animations always work for us. Yesssssssssss =) Director: Jake Peckar Key Cast: Jake Peckar, Keagan Mahoney…
An naive gamer-punk is sucked into a psychedelic goo-crazed video game in this mixed-media music-video-film for Los Angeles punk band THE MANX! Director Statement: I basically locked myself away in my studio and turned-down jobs for many months straight with the intent to dig deeper-down into my creative soul than I have before and discover…
I have always enjoyed telling myself stories and the one of The Other One is somewhat special… I feel like saying that the film was shot in Russia and that we stumbled on it while helping a lady friend move. In the attic, there was a metal box containing a few moldy documents, some pictures…