Friday, February 16, 2007

Film Festival Update

"This hand-drawn short is an adaptation of a poem by Spanish author Quevado, which celebrates the miraculous qualities of a man's overly large nose. This whimsical piece was received well by the audience." -Alyce Wilson

Winner: Diploma Creative Solution KIN International Film Festival
Nominated for Best Animation, 2006 Great Lakes Film Festival
2005 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE
Winner BEST ANIMATION, 6th Annual Fargo Film Festival
Finalists, 2005 Global Student Animation Awards
Short Animation Semi-Finalist, Moondance International Film Festival


2007 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

Upcoming 2007 Screenings:
WonderCon - San Francisco International Children's Film Festival, March 2-4 at the Moscone Center South San Francisco,CA
The 1st San Francisco International Children's Film Festival San Francisco,CA


Previous 2005/2006 U.S. Screenings:
  • 24FPS - Oct. 21 @ 7:30 pm Historic Paramount Theatre
  • (Abilene,TX)
  • California International Animation Festival
  • (Riverbank,CA)
  • 2006 Great Lakes Film Festival
  • (Erie,PA)
  • 3rd Annual GiRL FeST Hawaii
  • (Honolulu, Hawaii)
  • The 24 Hour Film Festival
  • (Chinatown, New York City)
  • Portland Indy Animation Festival
  • (Portland,OR)
  • Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival
  • (SanDiego,CA)
  • The Long Island International Film Expo
  • (Long Island,NY)
  • ARTSCAPE - SHORTS IN A TENT
  • (Baltimore,MD)
  • The Tank @ Collective: Unconscious
  • (New York,NY)
  • The Philadelphia Film Festival
  • Astoria Moving Picture Festival
  • (Astoria,NY)
  • 8th Annual Milwaukee Short Film Festival
  • (Milwaukee,WI)
  • Maryland Film Festival
  • (Baltimore,MD)
  • Red Stick International Animation Festival

  • Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee

  • Indie Memphis Micro Cinema Club

  • 6th Annual Fargo Film Festival
  • Ann Arbor Film Festival

  • San Francicso Women’s Film Festival

  • Reel Women International Film Festival
  • Savannah Film Festival

  • Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival

  • Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival

  • Port City Animation Festival

  • Santa Fe Film Festival

  • Animation Block Party

  • TromaDance Film Festival

  • Nextoons: The Nicktoons Film Festival

  • Metro Shorts - Detroit Film Competition

  • Anchorage International Film Festival

  • San Francicso Independent Film Festival

  • Magnolia Independent Film Festival

  • DragonCon Independent Short Film Festival

  • Global Student Animation Awards
  • [Finalists]
  • The 1 Reel Film Festival-Bumbershoot

  • Miami Short Film Festival

  • Parkdale Film Festival
  • (Parkdale,OR)
  • Tarfest Film Festival

  • Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival

  • San Diego International Children’s Film Festival

  • New York International Independent Film & Video Festival

  • Cloud 9 Short Film Festival/Go Wild Blue Yonder
  • (Frontier Airlines)
  • DigiFest '05 AET
  • (Santa Monica College)
  • Moondance International Film Festival (Hollywood,CA)
  • EgoFest Short Video Film Festival
  • (Brainerd,MN)
  • SouthSide Film Festival
  • (Bethlehem,PA)

    (Canada)
  • Winnipeg International Film Festival
  • (Manitoba,Canada)
  • 2006 Bridge Fest
  • (Vancouver,Canada)

    (Asia)
  • China International Cartoon and Digital Art Festival
  • (Changzhou)

    (Africa)
  • Lola Children’s Kenya Screen
  • (Nairobi, Kenya)

    (Europe)
  • KIN International Film Festival
  • (Yerevan,Armenia)
  • flip Animation Festival
  • (Wolverhampton,England)
  • Renderyard Film Festival
  • (London,England)
  • 8th Wiesbaden International Weekend of Animation/TrickFilm
  • (Wiesbaden,Germany)
  • 3rd ZEBRA Poetry Film Award
  • (Berlin,Germany)
  • 30th Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt
  • (Weiterstadt, Germany)
  • Birds Eye View Film Festival
  • (London,UK)
  • Cosí fan tutte Vienna Short Film Festival
  • (Wien,Austria)
  • 9th FLYING BROOM WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL
  • (Ankara,Turkey)
  • ohnekohle Video Film Festival
  • (Wien,Austria)
  • Anifest - International Festival of Animated Film
  • (Czech Republic)
  • I Castelli Animati International Animated Film Festival
  • (Italy)
  • Cyprus International Film Festival
  • (Cyprus)
  • ReANIMACJA
  • (Łodz, Poland)
  • MFA International Film Festival Illes Balears
  • (Mallorca, Spain)
  • Etiuda & Anima
  • (Poland)
  • Cosmic Zoom Film Festival
  • (Denmark)
  • Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market
  • (France)
  • Aarhus Festival of Independent Arts
  • (Denmark)
  • 3rd Naoussa International Short Film and Video Festival
  • (Naoussa,Greece)
  • Darklight Festival
  • (Dublin,Ireland)
  • 16th DaKINO International Film Festival
  • (Bucuresti,Romania)

    (Russia)
  • XΙV ANNUAL IFF Festival of Festivals 2006
  • (St. Petersburg, Russia)

    (Caribbean)
  • Soualiga Film Festival - Dec. 15th & 16th
  • (ST. MAARTEN,N.A.)
  • Festival Internacional del Cine Pobre
  • (Cuba)

    (South America)
  • Cinemateca Uruguaya - Divercine
  • (Montevideo, Uruguay)
  • Anim!Arte 2006
  • (Various Cities, Brazil)
  • Anima Mundi 2006
  • (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
  • Malba 2006
  • (Argentina)
  • Anim!Arte 2005 – Brazilian Student Animation Festival
  • (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)


    Press
    Caribbean Beat blog - December 9, 2006 [Caribbean]

    mkeonline - June 1, 2006 [Milwaukee,WI]

    Radio Ciudad de La Habana - May 21, 2006 [Havana,Cuba]
    Granma - May 21, 2006 [Havana,Cuba]
    Educación holguinera - May 30, 2006 [Havana,Cuba]

    Baltimore City Paper -May 10, 2006 - Comprehensive Guide to the Maryland Film Festival [Baltimore,MD]

    April 10, 2006 - Last in the program was "To a Man with a Big Nose" by Cecilia Aranovich. This hand-drawn short is an adaptation of a poem by Spanish author Quevado, which celebrates the miraculous qualities of a man's overly large nose. This whimsical piece was received well by the audience. -Alyce Wilson [Philadelphia ,PA]

    CGTimes - Feb 17,2006 [China]

    Santa Monica Daily Press May 12, 2005 [Santa Monica,CA]

    Animation Magazine May 10, 2005 [Los Angeles,CA]