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Program Details

Saturday, September 17 • 9am to 9pm • 7 hour long Programs

9:00 to 10:00

“Nominated Shorts Screening”

Best Student short, First Animated short,

Character Design, and Shorts for Children.

A list of the shorts

being screened will be handed out at the door,

so audience members can keep track of their favorites

10:30 to 11:30

Award Winning Animation from India

presented by Bill Dennis, a veteran expert on Indian animation

12:00 to 1:00

Cream of the Crop

Lunch Break

India is rapidly emerging as a super power in

animation. In last ten years the number of studios

has grown from a dozen small mom and pops to several hundred studios doing business with all major Western animation studios. In this program, you will see some of the very best of animation coming out of India, all award winning films from recent ASIFA competitions, which include an exciting variety of shorts and commercials.

2:00 to 3:00

Stop Motion

on a Shoestring

3:30 to 4:30

Feature Film Animation Effects

with Special Guest Alex Alvarez

Dinner Break

A list of the shorts

being screened will be handed out at the door,

so audience members can keep track of their favorites

Coming Next:

Additional Programs, Accolades,

Advanced Discount Ticket Sales,

Bon Appetite, Booths, Promo Table, Advertising, Sponsors, Souvenir Programs,

Collectables, and more.

7:00 to 9:00

“Nominated Shorts Screening” Best of Festival Nominees, plus Story, Humor, Non-Verbal Communication, Issue

of Our Times, and two Festival Director’s “through the cracks” discoveries.

Loc’s Book

on Stop Motion

Description of event, and list of films

coming soon

Sunday, September 18 • 9am to 9pm • 6 programs & Awards

A list of the shorts

being screened will be handed out at the door,

so audience members can keep track of their favorites

9:00 to 10:00

“Nominated Shorts Screening”

Best of Foreign Nominees, Overall Design, Animation Technique, and Non-Narrative.

12:00 to 1:00

“Magoo Makes News”

Moderated by Tee Bosustow

Lunch Break

10:30 to 11:30

The Moonshine Book

2:00 to 3:00

25 Glorious Years of

Pixar Shorts

Introduced by journeyman animator

and author, Dave Brain

3:30 to 4:30

Rare Animated Television Promos

Archivist Tony Best has curated a collection of rarely seen animated TV branding visuals - promos, bumpers, station IDs, etc. - with media courtesy of the UCLA Film

& Television Archive. The showing of the branding shorts will be followed by a panel discussion.

This program is made possible by the UCLA Film and Television Archive, the same folks who brought us the Bob Abel tribute, “Tripping the Light Fantastic” last year.

Guest panelists and list of some of the rest of the shorts coming soon.

5:00 to 6:00

“Winner’s Circle”

Velislava will not be joining us again this year

“Hybrid Union” by Serguei Kouchnerov

“Kidnap” by Sijia Luo

Three uniquely different winning filmmakers from the 2010 Animazing Spotlight festival, show their productions, discuss how and why they made them, what success they’ve had,

and answer questions from the audience.

“The Hybrid Union” is the 2010 Bozu Bronze winning short, made by a Ukrainian animator living in LA, “Kidnap” is the colorful CG short made by a Chinese student from Beijing Film Academy, which was voted third Best of Festival, and “Humpty Dumpty” is one of three shorts nominated last year, by a Mexican animator living in Boston, this one winning Best Technique. We will also be showing his “Drive, Don’t Text”, which was nominated for Best of Festival.

6:00 to 9:00

“Closing Night: Awards Ceremony”

6:00 Reception / 7:00 Awards / 8:00 Winning Films Screening

Some of the 2010 Award Winners and Presenters

The reception will held in the Atrium of the Woodbury auditorium and include a complementary buffet.

Festival Host, Sylvie Bosustow will moderate, and, like AniMazSpot 2010, each of the awards will be presented by an animation professional. Best of Festival will be awarded the Bozu Bronze trophy, designed by Larry Loc. After the awards, all winning shorts will be screened.

the Atrium of Woodbury’s

Fletcher Jones auditorium

Serguei Kouchnerov with

his new friend, Bozu Bronze

“Humpty Dumpty” by Adriàn Garcia

the entrance to Woodbury’s Fletcher Jones auditorium

the entrance to the Woodbury campus

Yvonne Grzenkoiicz, Adrián Garcia, and

Velislava Gospodinova, three cultures

befriend each other at last year’s festival.

Woodbury animation student at work on his project

Woodbury University

7500 Glenoaks Boulevard

Burbank, California 91510-7846

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Woodbury University is in Burbank,

just off the 5 freeway. Click the image

map above to reach it on GoogleMap.

Woodbury University Campus Map

Off-load this Campus map, or email us using one of the “Contact Us” buttons, and we can send you one. When it’s enlarged, you will see where the Ticket Desk is in the Fletcher Jones atrium / lobby. The Upper Level parking lot is the best place to park, and the walkway between the lot and the lobby will be where the Booths will be.

Velislava Arrives in LAX

You put together some swell programs

and speakers. I really enjoyed myself,

thanks for all your hard work.

Floyd Norman, Burbank, Disney legend

AniMazSpot festival attendee

I had an awesome time at your festival,

great chatting it up in between screenings

with some very interesting people (Larry Loc

is a walking encyclopedia of animation!!). I'm glad to know a festival that truly cares about artistic development. There's only a handful

of festivals where I'd come back, and AniMazSpot tops the list!! Again, thanks!!

Adrián Garcia, Mexico & Boston

AniMazSpot Entrant / festival attendee

I had a great time at the Animazing Spotlight Festival.

Lots of great programs presented by top talent, discovering new animation and filmmakers.Your

festival is doing a great service to the animation

community by nourishing the next generation of talent.

Larry Loc, animation professor / author

AniMazSpot jury panel / Bozu Bronze designer

The care and thought that your organization

is putting into the festival is remarkable.

Jack Ofield, San Diego, California

AniMazSpot Entrant / festival attendee

Tom Sito gets the Envelope to present Best Animation Technique award. It turned out to be Adriàn Garcia.

Pixar Presenter, Jim Capobianco & Festival attendee, Floyd Norman

Alex Alvarez

founder of Gnomon

more e-mails below

Festival Host, Sylvie Bosustow, preps the Women in Animation “Short Film to Long Career” program panelists

Dave Brain and other animation professionals and enthusiasts relax between programs, out on the theater’s patio

Participating in this festival and being recognized

by top professionals of the animation community

from all over the world was a unique and unforgettable

experience for me. Their reviews of my animated short

were most inspirational and I'm truly grateful for their

constructive critiques. This innovative idea behind

Animazing Spotlight sets it apart from all other festivals.

Serguei Kouchnerov, the Ukraine / Los Angeles

first winner of the Bozu Bronze for Best of Festival

Pixar presenter, Teddy Newton and some of the AniMazSpot volunteers

My "Chicory" has screened at more than 50 festivals, but yours is different from all those others, because

of your warm and personal touch! I hope you won't lose it when you become the most important

Animation Festival in the World. :-)

Dušan Kastelic, Ljubljana, Slovenia

AniMazSpot winner of 2nd Best of Festival

Production Designer,

Christophe Lautrette, one

of the book’s editors, will be

on hand to shed light, and a bit

of moonshine, on how the idea

for the book came about, answer your questions, and autograph copies of the book.

From 45 talented DreamWorks Studio Art Directors, Character Designers, Production Designers and Visual Development Artists comes the first book of its kind

in which an animation studio showcases the art work that

its artists create for the sake

of creation.

Moonshine features artwork created during the precious little time when these animation artists are not working on upcoming movies, such as Puss in Boots, The Croods, Kung Fu Panda: Megamind, Scared Shrekless; these artists amaze us with their individualistically styled images that they create after dark at DreamWorks Studios.

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The Festival Venue

Bon Appetit

Bob Godfrey’s great Oscar winning epic short, “Great”. Godfrey also received Oscar nominations

for his Kama Sutra Rides again and Dream Doll.

Dan Sarto, who co-founded both AWN and Acme Filmworks, will show some of the animated shorts they have acquired and explain how they’ve helped the careers of many short animated filmmakers ... more info to come.

Dan Sarto

After the Festival:

a special evening of all

15 UPA Oscar nominations

and wins, along with

5 Magoo Favorites.

Magoo at the Alex

Woody’s at Woodbury

This year, by popular demand, we suggest that

all of you try out Woody’s delicious and inexpensive meals, for the two lunch breaks, and the one Sat. dinner break between programs.

Larry Loc

A limited number of Bob Godfrey’s “Do-it-Yourself Animation” paper-back

will be autographed by the presenters and available on or before the festival. Visit our “festival tickets and stuff” page for more information.

5:30 to 6:30

OMG it’s Godfrey

presented by Van Arts’

Ken Priebe

Made Possible

by Sony Pictures

Screening of six UPA shorts (tentatively)

Magoo Makes News

Barefaced Flatfoot

When Magoo Flew

Tell Tale Heart

The Jaywalker

Rooty Toot Toot

Followed by a panel featuring,

Cliff MacMillan, from Shout Factory,

to talk about the new Magoo DVD box set. You can put in your order at the festival.

The theatrical animated short died

out in the early 60s, but Pixar now releases a short with every one of their features, as well as using shorts to give their animators and designers a chance to direct. This program will screen Pixar shorts from the early days to the present.

Presto

For the Birds

Boundin’

Since the Short is such a vital part of the history of Pixar Animation, what better way

to celebrate this anniversary than with a ...

“A Visual Examination Of The Great Part The Pixar Shorts Have Played In Their Feature Films Success”.

Shorts will include:

Luxo Jr

Red's Dream

Tin Toy

Knick Knack

Geri's Game

For the Birds

Boundin'

One Man band

Lifted

Presto

Partly Cloudy

Day & Night

Hawaiian Vacation

Help us Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Pixar Animation

The early shorts.... Luxo Jr ...through... Tin Toy and Knick Knack... show the story and technical skills building into what were to be exploited in their feature Toy Story. Geri's Game was their proof that they had learned to put subtle facial acting in a character's face. The later films were chances for novice directors to show their abilities before they were given a feature assignment.

If any of you were present for AniMazSpot 2009, you were able to watch Peter Sohn describe his journey from idea to the final Partly Cloudy, in the form of an imaginary storyboard. Then, last year, at AniMazSpot 2010, we got a glimpse of the real complexities of Teddy Newton’s Day and Night, and audience members clamored to get him to sign their festival souvenir programs.

All this is proof of how essential

the training field of short films

is in building the feature library ( read...Giant cash cow ) the

major studios yearn for.

Luxo Jr.

Canteen Chaos by Rajiv Eipe

We’ll have several copies of Amid Amidi’s definitive book on the subject for sale at the AniMazSpot 2012 booth.

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Unni by R. Ranjitha

Spandan by Mayur Kadu

Fail Flight by Sagar Funde

Silent Film by Mayur Kadu

Mystic Evolution by Trinath

Tokri trailer by Suresh Eriyat

Dusshera by Yogendra Patel

Canteen Chaos by Rajiv Eipe

Feel The Punch by Kasi Medidi

Steal Deal by Raghava Krishna

Paranoia by Sandeepan Chanda

Mawa Cake by Vaibhav Kumaresh

Woody Tale by Kishore Kumar Singh

3D Abstract Film by Shivangi Ranawat

Wilson Periera by Dhaneesh Jameson

Spandan by Mayur Kadu

Mawa Kake

by Vaibhav Kumaresh

Pre-Festival Party

We have more information about Duke’s Malibu and our event on one page, and ticket prices and on Festival Ticket Sales and Stuff.

On September 15, the Thursday prior to AniMazSpot 2011 we will

be celebrating at a five-hour brunch/party/fundraiser at the famous Duke’s seaside restaurant, tickets also include a festival pass.

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Festival Extras

Auction, Books, Booths, the Promo Table, Posters, Collectables, and more, available before and during the Festival.

Autographed Bob Godfrey

book going up for Auction

Click this panel for more details and PayPal buttons

Booth will be along walkway between parking lot and theater

Order Amid Amidi’s

Collector’s book

Ub Iwerks filp books are among the collectables

Vancouver Institute of Media Arts (VanArts) is proud to present a video tribute to Academy-Award winning animation legend, Bob Godfrey, who turned 90 years old this July. Starting in 1997, Bob Godfrey visited VanArts every summer as a guest instructor and was part of the founding advisory board for their Animation Department. For the next ten years, Bob taught there

full-time along with intensive summer programs on classical 2D animation.

Born in the UK, Bob Godfrey is one of the world’s most respected animation figures, having animated innumerable award winning shorts and commercials. He has inspired countless animators, such as Richard Williams and Nick Park, and helped many animators break into the business. His films have won several awards including an Oscar in 1975 for his animated film Great, and his success garnered him the Member of the British Empire medal in 1986. He has also shared his animation knowledge with hundreds of eager students at the Royal College of Art and many other schools, including VanArts.

This 45-minute program features exclusive, never-before-seen excerpts from interviews conducted by VanArts staff with Bob Godfrey during his various visits to Vancouver over the years. It gives us a unique and inspiring look into the art and mind of this

amazing animation genius. The interview footage

is intercut with highlights of many of his short films,

including; Great, Do-It-Yourself Cartoon Kit, Henry

9 to 5, Kama Sutra Rides Again, Small Talk,

French Revolution, Dream Doll, and many more!

The program is edited by VanArts' Stop-Motion

Animation Instructor & Communications Director

Ken Priebe, who will be present at AniMazSpot

2011 to introduce and host the screening.

One summer in Vancouver

Click on this image of Godfrey from the VanArts interview, to view Ken Priebe’s Teaser Video on the program and/or to

bid on a special copy of the

“Do-It-Yourself Animation” book, donated to AniMazSpot 2011

by Bill Matthews. It was Bill’s personal copy, autographed by Bob Godfrey at VanArts 2001.

Thanks so much Bill.

Alex Alvarez is the founder and president of the Gnomon School of Visual Effects in Hollywood, The Gnomon Workshop, Gnomon Gallery, Sketch Theatre, Gnomon Studios and the director of CG Channel. Having dedicated over a decade to educating students and professional artists around the world, Alex has helped change the face of computer graphics and design education. Alex has been published in industry magazines, websites and books and has also taught courses at several major trade conferences.

He has recently worked as a creature development artist on the James Cameron film Avatar, JJ Abrams' Star Trek, Green Lantern and Super 8. Alex is an alumnus of the

Art Center College of Design and the University of Pennsylvania.

The Show by Rebecca Hayes

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

Spirit of the Bluebird

by Xstine Cook &

Jesse Gouchey

Calgary, Canada

Outside In | Escave Yourself by Katharina Keßler (Austria)

Free Studio Tours

Of course, the photo to

the left is Bobe Cannon

and T.Hee at the UPA

studios, which were

torn down many years

ago, so we’ll be touring

other studios, seven really neat ones, see below.

2:00 pm, 1 hour, 20 people max

Special Exhibit of UCLA Library Special Collection's Animation holdings

featuring the Walter Lantz Studio Records, in Westwood

The tour will be conducted by UCLA Library Special Collections Performing

Arts Curator, Peggy Alexander. Some of the highlights of the tour will be

items from the Walter Lantz Studio Records; The George Pal Papers;

Jerry Fairbanks Production Records, and other treasures! Sorry,

photography is not permitted. Drivers will be available to

take you to the tour ...

... and, if you like, to a final Wrap Party, at Back on the Beach in Santa Monica.

11:00 am, 1 hour, 20 people max

Woodbury University Animation Department in Burbank

You’ll be attending screenings and meeting other animation folks at the theater on the Woodbury campus, maybe even taking your meal breaks at the “Woody”, but what about Woodbury’s state-of-the-art Animation department? This is a chance to see what Woodbury people do, when their not helping AniMazSpot festivals happen. You’ll get an hour-long tour with Dori LIttel-Herrick, Dean of Animation, visit the Design Center and a few other campus highlights. This is a must see, especially for those who have been to AniMazSpot before.

3:00 pm, 1 hour, 20 people max

Gnomon School of Visual Effects in Hollywood

The tour will be headed by Jason Mendoza, a former student of Gnomon, currently working as a Compositor and Effects Animator. Over 90% of Gnomon graduates are hired by top studios, such as, ILM, Pixar, Rhythm and Hues, Microsoft and many more. The tour will include custom designed digital labs, their green screen stage, sculpture room, the Gnomon Gallery, and more.

6:30 pm, 1 hour, 8 people max

Nickelodeon Studios in Burbank

Manuel Grijalva will be conducting this tour. Manny volunteered for AniMazSpot 2010, graduated in animation from Woodbury University this year, and, in the spring began a Nickelodeon Internship, and soon after was hired full time, plus, he was a recent finalist at the Imaginations student design competition held by Walt Disney Imagineering. Nickelodeon is closed to the general public, and there are restrictions on what even we will be able to see. But, Manny will take us around Nickelodeon to see what the productions look like from the inside, along with art work from their many creations.

1:00 pm, 1 hour, 4 people max

Pantomime Pictures in Studio City

This historic little studio tour, will be conducted by its founder, the legendary,

Fred Crippen, pictured in his studio on the right. Pantomime Pictures is actually

a converted house on Riverside Drive, a little, intimate studio. There are piles of artwork everywhere. There's a reception area, a producers office, an artist's bullpen, editorial, a conference/screening room, a kitchen and two bathrooms.

Out back is Fred's “cave room”, a camera room in what was once a car garage.

We hope Fred will show the group one of his old client reels.

2:00 pm, 1 hour, 8 people max

Disney Studios in Burbank

This tour will be conducted by Mitch Rochon, an animator/animation director. He's working on the Disney TV hit PHINEAS AND FERB. The tour will be a quick walk around the lot with a little history thrown in, with a stop at the on the lot Disney Store.

Mitch should be able to use his discount on purchases. But, primarily, Mitch will walk us through the PHINEAS AND FERB production section. NO PICTURES here. We might meet the show's creators. Each tour participant will need a photo I.D. to show to Security. AniMazSpot will supply transportation if you need it.

Monday, September 19:

Tuesday, September 20:

4:00 pm, 1 hour, 12 people max

Simpsons animation department in Burbank

This tour will be conducted by, of all people, Mark Kirkland, who’s been with the Simpsons for 21 years. Kirkland is a three-time Emmy award-winning writer/director, and holds the record for directing the most episodes of the The Simpsons television series, latest count 70. He’s pictured on the right with one of his antique movie cameras, the photo taken by his dad, Douglas. There are some restrictions for us

to shoot during the tour, but some photos will be allowed, and an AniMazSpot team member will be present to make sure we all respect their wishes. Anyway, we are honored to have Mark give us a personal tour.

Friday, September 16:

10am, 16 visitors max, 1 hour, Glendale

Disney Animation Research Library,

A member of the ARL's Research staff will conduct this tour of Disney's animation archives, which includes artwork from Disney's shorts and features dating back from the 1920's to present day.