The Savannah International Animation Festival 2010 is proud to present the following outstanding and magical lineup of animation from around the world.
"Way Home"
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Director: Erick Oh
Student Traditional Animation
South Korea
9 minutes
'Way Home' is the story of a fly, a dung beetle, and a farmer. Through a tragic episode that is also filled with humor and brightness, I would like to give the viewers an opportunity to think about what they are chasing after and what is truly precious in life. When considering the theme of the film, some would perceive a fate that no one can alter, or a natural cycle of life, while others would simply experience the nothingness at life's end. Regardless of which notion would weigh heavier on their minds, I believe that it would all narrow down to a question to themselves about 'life' after all.
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"Pho Dac Biet"
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Director: Christina Tran
Student Traditional Animation
USA
5 minutes
Pho Dac Biet means Pho Special or Special Pho. It's a traditional Vietnamese noodle soup. In this short animated film, a Vietnamese American girl, 11, goes to Vietnam with her family. While on this trip, she has a taste of the best bowl of Pho that she’s ever had.
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"The Incident at Tower 37"
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Director: Chris Perry
Computer Animation
USA
11 minutes
In the middle of a dry, desolate landscape stands Tower 37: a shimmering water processing
station, siphoning every last drop of water from a once pristine lake. Day in and day out the
station's lone steward monitors the tower's activities, never realizing that Tower 37 is slowly
destroying an entire ecosystem. But when two unexpected guests arrive, the tower's operator
learns the high cost of his ignorance.
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"There Once Was"
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Director: Fay Helfer
Student Experimental Animation
USA
2 minutes
A series of three short animated limericks (There Once Was…) includes a comedy between bats in the air, a romance amongst turtles on land, and the horror a giant squid faces at sea. A bold bat, enters a crowded cave and drives away all of the other bats with his flatulence (…A Bat Named Horatius), a group of turtles has a boisterous afternoon orgy (…Quite a Show), and a giant squid meets his fate, and winds up on a plate (…An Old Giant Squid). |
"Insurgency of Ambition"
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Director: Anya Belkina
Experimental Animation
USA
8 minutes
The illusion of success lures a man to the very threshold of glory only to unsheathe its true, frightening nature as he gets within reach. Conceived in the wake of short-lived military successes in Iraq, the film questions the relevance of “victory” memes.
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"Onami (The Great Wave)"
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Director: Allan Holzman
Stop Motion Animation
USA
13 minutes
A young wrestler, Onami, learns the art of meditating to help him gain confidence in his life. Based on the Zen Tale, 'The Great Wave.' (Onami means great wave.)
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"His Small World"
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Director: Amanda Smith
Traditional Animation
USA
1 minute
A brand new, whirl-wind romance. He shows her his world: a little house. She shows him her world: broad space leading to the stars in the sky. And it frightens him. He escapes back to a smaller, safer place. She tries to reach him, but fails. He tries to open up, but fails. His anxiety and frustration well up to the boiling point, before he tears himself free of his fears.
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"The Realm of Possibility"
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Director: Gerald Guthrie
Computer Animation
USA
6 minutes
"The Realm of Possibility" is a digital animation based at the intersection of absurdity and logic. Deductive reasoning, as found in the syllogistic form (a is b, b is c, therefore a is c), becomes a vehicle to validate concepts that might not necessarily be true.
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