Various directors. Eleven exceptional animated short films in a variety of techniques, all culled from the world’s top film festivals, compose the latest edition of an annual touring compilation that’s now in its 17th year. One of the movies is Don Hertzfeldt’s brilliant World of Tomorrow. “The Animation Show of Shows is the best place to see all the latest and greatest animated short films. You will never be disappointed” –John Lasseter. Cleveland premiere. (Australia/France/Iran/Ireland/Russia/Switzerland/USA, 2013–15, color, Blu-ray, 97 min.)
The 17th Annual Animation Show of Shows features the following films:
- The Story of Percival Pilts - created by Janette Goodey & John Lewis (Australia/New Zealand)
- Tant de forêts - created by Geoffrey Godet & Burcu Sankur (France)
- Snowfall - directed by Conor Whelan (Ireland)
- The Ballad of Holland Island House - created by Lynn Tomlinson (U.S.)
- Behind the Trees - created by Amanda Palmer and Avi Ofer (U.S.)
- We Can't Live without Cosmos - created by Konstantin Bronzit (Russia)
- Messages dans l'air - created by Isabel Favez (Switzerland)
- Stripy - written and directed by Babak Nekooei & Behnoud Nekooei (Iran)
- Ascension - written and directed by Thomas Bourdis, Martin de Coudenhove, Caroline Domergue, Colin Laubry, Florian Vecchione (France)
- Love in the Time of March Madness - directed by Melissa Johnson and Robertino Zambrano (U.S. & Australia)
- World of Tomorrow - directed by Don Hertzfeldt (U.S.)
Admission is $9; CMA members, seniors 65 & over, and students $7; or one CMA Film Series voucher. Vouchers, in books of ten, can be purchased at the Ticket Center for $70 (CMA members $60).