COLD WAR* "East Coast Premiere"
Chicago, IL.

Director:
Brian Garrigan

Writer:
Brian Garrigan

2004/3min./Color

Animation/Comedy/Short

“Cold War” is a high tech mix of “old meets new.” The art direction and character design are influenced by 1930’s sci-fi pulp magazines and vintage advertising posters. It’s a tribute to Warner Brothers and Mad Magazine. All these influences were brought together by two students at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan for their Thesis film project. “Cold War” seeks to veer away from standard student films and get back to the roots of animation, namely comedy.

www.garrigan.net

DIXIE-G

HANDSHAKE* "Southern Premiere"
New York, NY.

Blend Films

Director:
Patrick Smith
Writer:
Patrick Smith

2004/5min./Color

Animation/Drama/Short

In this animated film, an innocent greeting is quickly transformed into a sticky, tangled struggle for survival, illustrating the twists and turns of love at first sight.

www.blendfilms.com

DIXIE-G

JOYRIDE*
Winston-Salem, NC.

WINNER:

BEST ANIMATION

Out Of Our Minds
Animation Studios

Director:
John Cernak*

Writer:
John Cernak

2005/5min./Color












Animation/Comedy/Political Satire/Short

Don’t Tread on Me

What “THE MAN” wants, “THE MAN” gets...and if you don’t pay attention it will all go by in the blink of a sound bite!

ANIMATOR
Danny Oakley  
Derek Cernak  
Matt Thurber  
Dennis Nikolaidis  
Rebecca Jones  
Keith Hobgood  

*Dixie Film Fest 2004 WINNER:
Best Short Film, 1st Runner Up--"FLYAWAY"

www.outofourmindsstudios.com

DIXIE-PG (AT)

LIGHTMAN* "World Premiere"
San Francisco, CA.

2005/2min./Color/B&W/

Animation/Short

My characters use simple shape. I have four characters. The main character is Light-man and the other characters are Light-man’s boss, the alarm clock and the Light-dog. All characters have a sphere for the head and two cylinders for the eyes. The body is made of a cylinder. I create to make a simple and friendly face.

He lives with an Alarm clock. Although Light-man has a flaw in his character. He always oversleeps and has a bad memory. He oversleeps ,rushes and tears out of the house. He has to run and run. He causes trouble. But he arrives just in time at the Theater.

DIXIE-G

RED PLANET BLUES* "Southern Premiere"
Chicago, IL./Carrollton, TX

Big Pix Ent. &
Mixed Emotions Prod.

Director:
David H. Brooks

Writer:
Carol Gottlieb Singer

2004/13min./Color

Animation/Comedy/Short

A little Martian, longing for blue skies and singing birds, thinks his chance has come to hitch a ride to Earth when he spots a NASA rocket heading towards Mars.

www.bigpix.com


DIXIE-G

SILENT FOX AND THE
HEN HOUSE* "World Premiere"
Alameda, CA.

Silent Fox Studios

Director:
Randy Butterfield

Writers:
Randy Butterfield

2005/2min./Color

Animation/Comedy/Short

A sly fox is on the prowl for a tasty morsel. Today, chicken is the preferred choice on mother nature’s menu. Will the wily fox be victorious and catch his prey? Or will the cornered chicken get the best of the silent hunter in the end?

LEAD ACTOR
Silent Fox  

www.silentfox.com

DIXIE-G

STORY OF ARCHIBALD WHIMSINGTON, The* "Southern Premiere"
Hilliard, OH.

Director:
Travis Simon

Writer:
Travis Simon

2005/3min./Color

Animation/Comedy/Short

Archibald Whimsington is an eccentric old man, an immigrant from England, and a storyteller. Throughout 'The Story of Archibald Whimsington', we see Archibald and his grandson, Danny, at a dinner table. The bulk of the visuals take place in the animated flashback-like stories themselves.

His stories reveal that he takes credit for the lean in the Tower of Pisa, the creation of Stonehenge, and an unfortunate disaster that closely resembles New Jersey's Hindenburg crash.

The stories make Archibald seem a senile old man, until the end - which leads us to wonder: was he speaking the truth all along?

The comedy is rather kid-friendly until the near-end, but it's still stuff that would likely go over kids' heads.

LEAD ACTOR
Travis Simon  (All voices)


DIXIE-PG (AT)

ZIT, The * "Southern Premiere"
Van Nuys, CA .

Director:
Mike Blum

Writer:
Mike Blum

2005/5min./Color

Animation/Comedy/Short

A small tale about a giant pimple.

Timmy, a young boy on his way to the big school dance is forced to deal with his first pimple problem--and what a problem it is! Every attempt he makes to rid himself of the ever-growing dilemma, only succeeds in making the situation worse. Timmy comes up with an ingenious plan to rectify his situation, but he never anticipated the surprising consequences of his actions. And neither will the audience.

LEAD ACTOR
Alex Page  

www.pipsqueakfilms.com

DIXIE-PG