The 3rd Annual Los Angeles Animation Festival (LAAF)—the largest international animation festival in California—takes over the Regent Showcase Theater in Hollywood this week (March 7-11).
CalArtian filmmakers play a central role at this year’s festival. On Sunday, the tribute program, The CalArts Legacy, features short animations by School of Film/Video students and recent alumni as well as industry veterans, including John Lasseter (BFA 79), Pete Docter (BFA 90) Henry Selick (MFA 77) and Stephen Hillenburg (MFA 92).
In a separate event on Friday, there’s cast and crew screening of the feature-length film, The Iron Giant, followed by a Q&A with director and CalArts alumnus Brad Bird (BFA 76).
The CalArts Legacy: Character Animation Program
- Shape (2:30, 2011) – Eusong Lee (BFA 13)
- Hummingbirds and Holograms (4:00, 2011, music video) – Jeff Liu (BFA 11)
- Vampire Gastelbrau (2:30, 2011) – Hannah Ayoubi (BFA 13)
- Russ’s Funk (2:25, 2011) – David Wolter (BFA 13)
- Blew Dandelion (1:30, 2010) – Manny Hernandez (BFA 13)
- Hughbert (1:30, 2010) – Mallory Dyer (BFA 14)
- When the Time is Ripe (3:30, 2010) – Shion Takeuchi (BFA 10)
The CalArts Legacy: Experimental Animation Program:
- The Renter (9:52, 2011) – Jason Carpenter (MFA06)
- Bottle (5:25, 2011) – Kirsten Lepore (MFA 12)
- Jumping Puddles (2:00, 2010) – Scott Peters (MFA 11)
- Thembi’s Diary (5:30, 2010) – JiSoo Kim (MFA 12)
- The Nest (3:30, 2010) – Ethan Clarke (MFA 12)
- Waterboy (5:00) – Sun-Kyum Hong (MFA 11)
- False Notes (5:00) – Moises Jimenez (MFA 11)
- Pummel Nankeen (4:45) – Ismael Sanz-Pena (MFA 11)
- Lady and the Lamp (4:21) – John Lasseter (BFA 79)
- Somewhere in the Arctic (3:48) – Andrew Stanton (BFA 87)
- Next Door (3:21) – Pete Docter (BFA 90)
- Changes (3:00) – Genndy Tartakovsky (Certificate 92)
- Whoopass Stew (3:37) – Craig McCracken (92)
- Wormholes (7:18) – Stephen Hillenburg (MFA 92)
- Phases (5:40) – Henry Selick (MFA 77)
The Iron Giant, special screening with director Brad Bird
Friday, March 9 at 7:30 pm
Tickets: $10
The CalArts Legacy
Sunday, March 11, 12-2 pm
Tickets: $10
LA Animation Festival
Regent Showcase Theater
614 N. La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles