CHICAGO Animation Festival
38m
The Town Without Laws, 3min., USA
Directed by Kiarra Angelique Moore
A rag tag trio of criminals are tasked by the devil, to hunt down an outlaw trying to outrun his debt.
https://www.instagram.com/nightielightie/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-town-without-laws
Mare in the Grass, 3min,. USA
Directed by Beza Solomon
Bryce, the coolest kid at Destiny Middle, is bound to win the school talent show. Mary, Mikey, and Stephen won't stand by and let this happen.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-marie-in-the-grass
Gnomes of New York=, 4min., USA
Directed by Shane Willett
New York is a busy city, everyone is always coming and going and never stopping. What if you stopped and took time to watch the city, carefully, around a secret world exists. Gnomes, they keep the city alive and thriving. Without them, New York would not be the same. [Process consisted of filming the entire project on a digital camera and creating plates to add in CGI]
https://www.instagram.com/ai_car_pool/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-gnomes-of-new-york
TROOP 13, 4min., USA
Directed by Alice Elizabeth Trisha Vogel
Troop 13 is a short horror stop motion comedy about a troop of campers who are out in the woods. The fire begins to die and one by one the campers go off to find wood and earn their fire-wood gathering patch but once they set off none return. The troop leader then goes off to get firewood on his own, and just when he thought he was safe he is met with the same fate as the campers.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-troop-13
Onion Dog, 7min., USA
Directed by Michelle Pozen
The story of an ordinary American dog.
Struggling to find his place in the modern world, he points his beak toward the Old West in search of purpose and meaning.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-onion-dog
PATCHWORK, 2min., USA
Directed by Karsyn Fletcher
A determined sprite builds a scarecrow to save her pumpkin, but when it grows too big, she must adapt in the face of change.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-patchwork
DYNAMICS, 14min., Netherlands
Directed by Teo Baehler,
DYNAMICS (Frozen Movements) is an experimental, dreamy and surreal stop-motion film, created using everyday materials. The film offers a visual reflection on transformations that emerge through the intuitive blending of dissimilar elements. The result is a non-narrative art film where fantasy, form and texture merge into a sensory experience.