SHORTS: ANIMATION: THE ILLUSION OF LIFE

Asian American Panorama / 85 mins

SHORTS: ANIMATION

Digiplex Mission Valley
November 10, 2013 2:20 pm

SHORTS: ANIMATION

Digiplex Mission Valley
November 13, 2013 6:45 pm

Description

How do you coax life out of thin air? Find out in this program dedicated entirely to the magical art of animation.

Some mature content. Cast and crew scheduled to attend.

Co-presented by: The Art Institute of California – San Diego, Platt College

In This Program

Brain Divided

Joon Soo Song, Joon Shik Song, Josiah Haworth / USA / 2013 / 5 mins
Guy meets girl, guy offends girl, and girl leaves. But will he have the last laugh?
Sumo Roll

Jay Kim / USA / 2013 / 4 mins
A sushi chef does his best to satisfy an unappreciative customer.
Duckhammer and Beavkid Get Buckets

Dave Quion / USA / 2013 / 6 mins
Two slacker friends go to the park and try to win some furniture by beating a gecko and a rhino at basketball.
Rescue

Po Chou Chi / Taiwan, USA / 2013 / 6 mins
Three bumbling scientists try their best to rescue a dying planet at all costs.
Cycloid

Tomoki Kurogi / Japan / 2013 / 3 mins
A hypnotic trip backwards through a life of impermanence.
Katachi

Katarzyna Kijek, Przemyslaw Adamski / Poland / 2013 / 5 mins
“Katachi” means “shape” in Japanese. This one is made of approximately 2000 silhouettes extracted from PVC plates using a computer-controlled cutter.
Loud Boy

Amy Lee / USA / 2013 / 4 mins
Memories are triggered as a young woman shares her experience of adolescence.
Within Within

Sharon Liu / United Kingdom / 2011 / 3 mins
An exploration of the complicated relationship between Hong Kong and China.
Still I Breathe

Sang Ho Lee, Zack Lydon / USA / 2012 / 3 mins
An inventor plans out every minute detail of his life, even down to his own death.
The Bridge Chronicles

Hefang Wei / Canada, France, Switzerland / 2010 / 4 mins
A volunteer watches over a bridge on the Yangtze River where several suicides have taken place.
The Present

Joe Hsieh / Taiwan / 2013 / 15 mins
A random meeting between a married man and a precocious girl quickly turns into fatal attraction.
Chicken or the Egg

Elaine Wu / USA / 2013 / 3 mins
An egg-loving pig falls in love with a chicken and must decide what comes first, Chicken or the Egg?
Yellow Sticky Notes: Canadian AniJam

Jeff Chiba Stearns / Canada / 2013 / 8 mins
For the first time in Canadian history, 15 of Canada’s most celebrated independent animators come together to create one collaborative animated film.
Requiem for Romance

Jonathan Ng / Canada / 2012 / 8 mins
A modern-day couple’s secret love affair comes to a bittersweet end during an evening phone call, ancient-Chinese style.
A Knock on My Door

David Chai / USA / 2012 / 10 mins
Escaping a life of sadness and adversity, a young Korean boy moves to America and learns that even though life is full of hard knocks, the time does come when it’s safe to answer the door.