‘Animation Show of Shows’ overflows with cutting-edge shorts by Tom Keogh Special to The Seattle Times

THE 19th ANNUAL ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS will be presented for the students and faculty of Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design at this special screening. Please note that each person must register for their own ticket reservation with a unique email address, ticketing and seating is on a first come first served basis. This show will be oversold due to large numbers of no shows from past shows. We will make every effort to seat everyone possible.

The Show features the work of nine women directors in many of the 16 internationally acclaimed animated short films from Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Sweden, Switzerland and the U.S. The program includes the extraordinary stop-motion musical The Burden from Swedish director Niki Lindroth von Bahr, grand-prize Cristal Award winner at the 2017 Annecy International Animated Film Festival. Other program highlights include Los Angeles-based Irish director David OReilly's visually stunning Everything, based on a 1973 talk given by the renowned British-American philosopher Alan Watts, and the 1964 classic Hangman by Paul Julian and Les Goldman which was recently restored by The Animation Show of Shows, Inc. as part of its film preservation program supported by grants from ASIFA Hollywood and The National Film Preservation Foundation.

All 16 films will be shown at this 93-minute screening.

Not rated: All ages 6+, contains mature themes and images some may find disturbing that appear in the program.

THE 19TH ANNUAL ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS includes the following films:

CAN YOU DO IT by Quentin Baillieux (France)
TINY BIG by Lia Bertels (Belgium)
NEXT DOOR by Pete Docter (U.S.)
THE ALAN DIMENSION by Jac Clinch (Great Britain)
BEAUTIFUL LIKE ELSEWHERE by Elise Simard (Canada)
HANGMAN by Paul Julian & Les Goldman (U.S.)
THE BATTLE OF SAN ROMANO by Georges Schwitzgebel (Switzerland)
GOKUROSAMA by Aurore Gal, Clémentine Frère, Yukiko Meignien, Anna Mertz, Robin Migliorelli, & Romain Salvini (France)
DEAR BASKETBALL by Glen Keane (U.S.)
ISLAND by Robert Löbel & Max Mörtl (Germany)
UNSATISFYING by Parallel Studio (France)
THE BURDEN by Niki Lindroth von Bahr (Sweden)
LES ABEILLES DOMESTIQUES by Alexanne Desrosiers (Canada)
OUR WONDERFUL NATURE - THE COMMON CHAMELEON by Tomer Eshed (Germany)
CASINO by Steven Woloshen (Canada)
EVERYTHING by David OReilly (U.S.)

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Thanks very much for participating! See you at the Show!

THE ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit created for the expressed purpose of expanding awareness of exemplary animated short films and animated short film restoration and preservation. Donations are tax deductible. Earnings from the distribution of the Animation Show of Shows will be used for the sustainability of our mission and compensate the participating animators/rights holders. More information is available at www.AnimationShowofShows.com.

For its first 16 years, THE ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS founded and curated by Ron Diamond, has been presenting new and innovative short films to animation studios, societies, schools and festivals around the world. Over the years, 36 of the films showcased in the Show of Shows went on to receive Academy Award® nominations, with 10 films winning the Oscar®. The only downside was that only a relatively small number of people, primarily in the professional animation community, had the opportunity to see these cinematic gems in a theatrical setting. So, in 2015, the 17th edition was expanded to include public screenings in cities around the world, allowing general audiences to experience these singular works of art on the big screen, as they were meant to be seen.

This first public program in 2015 was the biggest in the show’s history, including 435 screenings in 50 cities in the U.S., Canada, Spain, South Africa, and Australia. Also for the first time, the films were paired with originally produced revealing documentary portraits of a number of the directors that illuminated the motivation, process and experiences that led them to make their films. The 17th Annual Animation Show of Shows continues it's release with public showings in Cairo, Egypt; Poznan, Poland and throughout Italy. Please contact Ron.Diamond@AnimationShowofShows.org if you would like to help facilitate a showing of the program in any new place, including college campuses and foreign lands.

For any questions or problems registering for this event, contact Ron Diamond at Ron.Diamond@AnimationShowOfShows.org. We look forward to seeing you there!

The 19th Annual Animation Show of Shows (Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design)