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Showtime Features Hertzfeldt’s Wisdom Teeth

Aaron — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 13:46:00 +0000

Showtime, as part of their Short Stories progject, have picked up Don Hertzfeldt’s latest short Wisdom Teeth. The 6-minute animation has been done for some time now, and has been part of Don’s touring program for those lucky enough to see it. The project had an earlier life as a comic strip, which you can still see on Don’s site. Showtime has now released it on the web for all to see. So inject some novacaine and have a watch:

Clip From Hertzfeldt’s I Am So Proud of You

Aaron — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:01:22 +0000

Don Hertzfeldt, the Academy-Award nominated animator, continues to work on his trilogy, which so far includes Everything Will Be OK (2006) and I Am So Proud of You (2008). The third segment is apparently in the works. Clips are hard to come by, but this summer a segment from I Am So Proud of You was revealed on YouTube. The short won Best Picture at the Fargo Film Festival.

Animated Shorts Set For Sundance

Aaron — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:49:04 +0000

The 2010 Sundance Film Festival starts on January 21st, and I spotted some interesting animated films included in the line-up. I don’t have a clip for the one I’m perhaps most excited about – Don Hertzfeldt’s latest film Wisdom Teeth, which I believe is loosely based on this comic strip he created a while back.

So here goes:

Let’s Harvest the Organs of Death Row Inmates – animated by Chris Weller

One Square Mile of Earth – by Jeff Drew

Rains by David Coquard-Dassault

Pictoplasma Kicks Off With OReilly Animation

Aaron — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:08:12 +0000

This year’s Pictoplasma Pictopia event is upon us. Events run from the 17th of March to the 22nd, all centered at Berlin’s Haus der Kulturen der Welt (House of World Cultures), which was designed by Hugh Stubbins Jr in the 1950s. The Speakers include Saiman Chow, James Jarvis and STUDIOaka’s Marc Craste, and there’s a vast animation line-up including Don Hertzfeldt’s Everything Will Be Ok, Jamie Hewlett’s piece for the BBC Journey To The East and David OReilly’s Please Say Something and Octocat Adventure. Speaking of David OReilly, here’s his Official Opening Animation clip, which is based on a concept he and event co-founder Peter Thaler dreamed up.

Sundance Announces Animation Entries

Aaron — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:22:50 +0000

The 2009 Sundance Film Festival is upon us, and aside from excitement that my friend Doug Pray’s documentary, Art & Copy, made it in, I’m overloaded with animated shorts to watch. There’s two main animation categories – U.S. Animated Shorts and International Animated Shorts. Today, let’s see what’s cooking in the US of A. A number of these in past posts, which we’ll show you below, but they’re also screening Western Spaghetti from PES, Hot Dog from Bill Plympton and I Am So Proud of You by Don Hertzfeldt.

Field Notes From Dimension X: Oasis was directed by Carson Mell:

From Burger It Came was directed by Dominic Bisignano:

I Live In The Woods by Max Winston:

Later in the week, we’ll cover the International films. It’s animation overload!