The Animation Show

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The Animation Show is a touring festival of animated short films that was first held in fall 2003. It was created by award-winning animators Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt.

Following the demise of other American touring festivals of animation, such as Spike and Mike's Classic Festival of Animation,[note 1] the stated purpose of the Animation Show was to bring animated short films back into proper cinemas, where most of them were intended to be seen, and to "free these artists from the dungeons of Internet exhibition". It was the first-ever festival of animation to be curated by working animators and was described as a "passion project" by its creators, not something intended to turn a giant profit. A sister series of Animation Show DVD volumes are also available, but the producers stress that the theatrical and DVD lineups are intentionally a little bit different, to encourage audiences to not just wait for the DVD but to visit the cinema and view these films properly. As stated on the Animation Show programs and flyers, once the current edition of the Show is out of theaters, it's "gone forever".

Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt programmed the first three Animation Show programs together. Don Hertzfeldt parted ways with the festival in 2008 and the fourth season of the Animation Show was released without his involvement.

In June 2009 the Animation Show announced its next, and fifth, program would be released in 2010. As of 2011 there have been no new Animation Show programs or activity.

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[edit] Programs

[edit] 2003

The first season's 2003 tour visited over 200 North American theaters with occasional appearances from the producers (Mike and Don) and Q&A's with many of the award-winning filmmakers involved. The program included "everything from forgotten classics to the very latest in computer animation". This included many current Academy Award nominees, as well as the restoration of a 5 minute excerpt from Ward Kimball's 1957 Disney film, "Mars and Beyond". The tour concluded with the DVD release of Animation Show, Volume One.

The subsequent "Volume 1" DVD release did not include "Mars and Beyond", "Rejected", "Vincent", "Ident", or "Strange Invaders". Shorts added to the DVD were:

[edit] 2005

The second Animation Show toured throughout 2005, featuring Bill Plympton's "Guard Dog", The National Film Board of Canada's classic "When the Day Breaks", Don Hertzfeldt's The Meaning of Life and new films by animators Peter Cornwell, Georges Schwizgebel and PES.

The subsequent "Volume 2" DVD release included all of these films with the exception of Georges Schwizgebel's "The Man With No Shadow". Shorts added to the DVD were:

[edit] 2007

The third season of The Animation Show began its nationwide release in January 2007, featuring the return of Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-head. The third tour also show cased new work by animators Joanna Quinn, PES, Bill Plympton, and Don Hertzfeldt.

The subsequent "Volume 3" DVD release did not include "9", "Overtime", "Eaux Forte", or "Davey and Son of Goliath". Shorts added to the DVD were:

  • "Astronauts" by Matthew Walker
  • "Carlitopolis" by Nieto
  • "One D" by Mike Grimshaw
  • "Tyger" by Guilherme Marcondes
  • "Learn Self Defense" by Chris Harding
  • "Abigail" by Tony Comely
  • "Shuteye Hotel" by Bill Plympton

[edit] 2008

The fourth Animation Show was released in 2008. It included new work by animators PES, Bill Plympton and Georges Schwizgebel as well as the Academy Award nominated short "This Way Up".

The fourth Animation Show program was not released on DVD.

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ In the early 2000s, Spike and Mike phased out their general "Classic" festival of animation, but retained their adult "Sick and Twisted" festival; thus general animation did not have an outlet through this channel.

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