Two Cool Things

I recently got word that "monster,me" was accepted into the Grand Rapids Film Festival (May 15-19). Looking forward to seeing the collection of films they've brought together.

And Mike Dollar received the Eclipse Award for Sound Engineering for his work on "monster,me" at last nights ceremony. Congrats to Mike! Awesome job, my friend.

The AAFF

I would like to send out a thank you to the Ann Arbor Film Festival staff for a great week of films and presentations. Over the last few days I met a lot of passionate filmmakers, animators and film-fans.

And to the man from the back row that during the Q&A commented on how he appreciated the subtleties of the monster's/girl's skin transitioning in color and texture during her transformation: Dude, you rock!  You were in the back row and you still picked up on a detail that took weeks in production to get right,… thanks for noticing. It got hectic afterward and I didn't get to thank you in person.

The Q&A (Photo: Katie Jones)

Ann Arbor Film Festival

Monster,me will be playing this coming Sunday at the Ann Arbor Film Festival in the Regional Competition at the Michigan Theater.

It looks like a great collection of work and I'm honored to be part of it. If you're in the area, I hope to see you there.

Film Festival!

Just received word that "monster,me" has been accepted to the Ann Arbor Film Festival! The notice said it is scheduled to play at the Michigan Theater on Sunday, March 24th. I'll post more details as I receive them.

And earlier this week at the UICA, the movie won the audience vote at the Open Projector Night series. So, many thanks to everyone who was there for the support! And thanks to the UICA for supporting local film makers!

The monster premiered,…

Many thanks to everyone that came out (approximately 160) for the opening this past Friday!  Your support and encouragement was greatly appreciated! And you made the Q&A after the film a lot of fun, especially with all the questions from the kids. It was incredibly satisfying to see the film spark so much interest with them!

The UICA theatre as the audience filtered in. (Photo: Leigh Moore) 

I also want to thank Ryan Burkholder of Organisum and Ryan Dittmer, Brandon Belote, Nick Hartman and Taylor Greenfield of the UICA for all their assistance in the weeks running up the event. And thanks again to Angie and Angie for showing their film with ours. The audience really enjoyed it.

From the Q&A (Photo: Betsy Klingensmith)

Lastly, thanks to One Trick Pony for accommodating everyone that turned out for the "afterparty." 

We all had a blast.

Monster,me + one

Very pleased to announce that the Oct 26th premiere of "monster,me" is now a  double feature!  The animated short "Cuckoo for Two" by Angie Hauch & Angie Tidball has joined the bill.

"Cuckoo" was Angie & Angie's collaborative thesis project while at Kendall College of Art and Design and has enjoyed a run in the festival circuit over the last year. It's shown at both the Chicago International Children's Film Festival 2011 and the Waterfront FIlm Festival 2012.

Both Angela's are professional animators/motion designers now: one in Chicago at Woodlawn Avenue Productions and the other in Grand Rapids at Story Telling Pictures. So very glad to have them involved with this event! I hope you'll enjoy their work as much as I have. 

See you on the 26th!

Monster,me Premiere!

I can now officially announce the first ever exhibition of "monster,me!" 

It will take place in the theater of the Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts in downtown Grand Rapids on October 26th. Showtime will be 7PM and the admission is FREE!

If you're not familiar with the UICA, or if you're just looking for parking suggestions, here's a link to their website with directions and parking options.

Here's a link to the online invitation. If you have any questions, please use the contact button near the bottom of the invite.

I'm currently talking with a few animators about making the event a 'double feature' or possibly a triple or quadruple.  Once those possibilities have been ironed out, I'll post the details here.

Hope to see you on the 26th!