HAFF annually puts the spotlight on an art academy. The renowned California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, USA) was founded by Walt Disney in the 1960s as an ideal of interdisciplinary inspiration for visual and performing arts in then post-modern Los Angeles. CalArts offers two animation programmes: Character and Experimental. Many a famous animation artist was trained here. Think of John Lasseter (DreamWorks), Stephen Hillenburg (SpongeBob), but also someone like Craig McCracken (Powerpuff Girls). Irene Kotlarz (director of Experimental Animation) and present-day students compiled two programmes from the CalArts archives, showcasing the development of the training.
Wife is suffering from stomach pain and she firmly believes that she can find cure from Doctor. However, Doctor has no idea how. Husband goes to an empty lot in search of a snake. When he haunts, he wears a beekeeper’s hat. Sister talks but who knows if it is truth? Life is a constant struggle to find a right answer.
A comedy of manners: The Boy is ill, The Mother is worried - The Doctor is there to help.
A Woodsman's frantic journey, driven by happiness, slaughter, and a confrontation with America's God.
A girl journeys through a vibrant, pulsing, macrocosmic landscape, but a precipitous incident compels her to venture up a mountain in an attempt to save herself.
Daycare can be a harsh and confusing world where caring is shown in unexpected ways.
Trusts and Estates is a hand-drawn animated satire adapted from a conversation overheard in a Santa Monica restaurant in 2011. Four lawyers engage in a bantering dinner conversation that quickly devolves into a grotesque and brutal comedy of cruelty and hypocrisy.
Two men are looking at a woman. One wants her, the other one gets her.
Kaboom Animation Festival is the one-stop-shop for the latest and greatest in all things animated. Ranging from cutting-edge experimental arthouse to colorful stories for families and kids, Kaboom will cater to the animation needs of all. Yes, even yours, my amazing weirdo friend!
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