Fantastic Fest 2009

It's been said that animation isn't just for kids anymore. Well, that's ESPECIALLY the case at Fantastic Fest. We'll be showcasing all aspects of genre entertainment in animated form, some of which will make you laugh, and some of which will make your bodily functions shut down entirely.

Here's a heapin' sampling of the annihilators in store for you:

ALMA (dir. Rodrigo Blaas, Spain, 2009, 5 min)
A young girl is intrigued by the contents of a mysterious toy shop.

THE BLACK DOG'S PROGRESS (dir. Stephen Irwin , United Kingdom, 2008, 3 min)
A series of flipbooks tell the sad story of the Black Dog.

CABARET KADNE (dir. Marc Riba & Anna Solanas, Spain, 2008, 5 min)
In a radiation zone, the remaining survivors overcome their failing frames to put on one last big major performance.

CONSOUL (dir. Lasse Gjertsen, Norway, 2009, 12 min)
Birth...work...sex...death: Nintendo-style!!!

CONTROLMASTER (dir. Run Wrake, UK, 2008, 6 min)
Something terrible happens when a powerful device falls into the hands of scientist-turned-villain Doctor Moire. Who will rescue Halftone City from this gigantic cretin?

GIT GOB (dir. Philip Eddols, Canada, 2009, 2 min)
It must be great to be stupid. Everything is surprising and new!

I AM SO PROUD OF YOU (dir. Don Hertzfeldt, USA, 2009, 22 min)
Dark family secrets cast a shadow over Bill's recovery in this second chapter to Don Hertzfeldt's 'Everything will be OK'. Like all of Don Hertzfeldt's films, 'I am so proud of you' was single-handedly animated and photographed by hand without the use of computers.

KABOOM (dir. PES, USA, 2005, 1 min)
Are you ready for extreme, no-holds-barred warfare?!! No? Then try this instead.

LILI (dir. Riho Unt, Estonia, 2008, 13 min)
One dying soldier, a busted radio, a solitary woman and a dozen rats somehow tell the tale of love lost.

LITTLE DRAGON (dir. Bruno Collet, France, 2009, 8 min)
Low adventure explodes when Bruce Lee is reincarnated as an action figure of Bruce Lee.

LUNEVILLE (dir. Sebastien Petit, Belgium, 2008, 9 min)
An otherworldly, old-timey, anti-reality fairytale of galactic discovery.

MELTDOWN (dir. David Green, United States, 2009, 6 min)
Triumph and tragedy in its most epic forms and taking place entirely in a refrigerator.

PIGEON IMPOSSIBLE (Lucas Martell, USA, 2009, 6 min)
A secret agent is thwarted by a pigeon's love for bagels in this masterful, Austin-produced adventure.

TERRAFARMER (dir. Will Adams, Scotland, 2008, 2 min)
It's hard enough to farm on Earthly soil, but interstellar agriculture is downright ridiculous.

THE TERRIBLE THING OF ALPHA-9 (dir. Jake Armstrong, USA, 2009, 5 min)
Fearless Spacehunter vs. Hideous Extraterrestrial Creature...with a little something extra.