Adobe First Frame at First Look Festival 2012
Wednesday, May 1, 7:30 pm
DGA Theatre Complex, 7920 Sunset Blvd.,
Los Angeles, CA 90046
The Program at the Director's Guild of America on May 1, 2013
A modern day fairytale about a young girl who discovers the key to creating a new world.
ryan@kravetzcreative.com
www.kravetzcreative.comRyan Kravetz, MFA 2012
Festivals:
Foyle Film Festival
Cleveland International Film Festival
Palm Springs International Short Fest
If a cat has nine lives, can we see nine shadows of it?
moon0089@hotmail.comLi Yizhou, MFA 2015
Trapped within the constraints of his own programming, a circuitry malfunction sends MX-93 into a surreal journey of the self.
maria.g.sequeira@gmail.com
http://www.mformaria.com
www.facebook.com/filenotfoundfilmMaria Sequeira, MFA 2012
Festivals:
In Motion Animation Festival
Peacock Visual Arts Centre for Contemporary Art
Boston Sci-Fi Film Fest
A new strand of Cordyceps fungi makes its way from South America to the Florida Everglades.
rgillis@usc.edu
gillizama@gmail.com
www.ryangillis.comRyan Gillis, MFA 2014
Ray, a man who is down on his luck, encounters an unusual deity who shows him the true meaning of paying it forward.
tskanter@gmail.com
http://www.tomkanter.comTom Kanter, BA 2012
A music video about the adventure that is manning a cash register.
joshopus@gmail.com
www.joshweisbrod.comJoshua Weisbrod, MFA 2015
Our lizard hero is on the verge of escaping death by a hungry bird when he
realizes he's not the only critter on the lunch menu.
matthewsteidl@gmail.com
matthewsteidl.blogspot.comMatthew Steidl, MFA 2012
Abstract and simple objects play with the music.
simoliu88@gmail.com
www.simoliu.comSimo Liu, MFA 2014
Whatever you do, don't touch the floor.
careeningle@gmail.com
careeningle.comCareen Ingle, BA 2012
Festivals:
Foyle Film Festival
Adobe Design Achievement Awards (semifinalist, Best Animation)
The 12th LA Comedy Fest,
The Mosaic Film Experience,
Studio City Film Festival (nominated, Best Animated Short),
WAMMFest,
High Desert Shorts International Film Festival,
Cape Fear Independent Film Festival
Three friends grow up and get young again.
lousimor@gmail.com
www.louisjmorton.com
cargocollective.com/amyleeketchumLouis Morton & Amy Lee Ketchum, MFA 2013 (both)
An adaptation of an old African-American/Appalachian region folktale about a hunter and his dog haunted by a red-eyed monster seeking revenge for its eaten tail.
lamarfordjr.tumblr.comLaMar Ford Jr., MFA 2014
Festivals:
Atlanta Film Festival
Broadcast Education Awards Festival of Media Arts (1st Place Animation/
Experimental/Mixed)
Court Métrage Short Film Corner Festival De Cannes 2013
Wiggles and chimes, dinks and times build and fade.
lousimor@gmail.com
www.louisjmorton.comLouis Morton, MFA 2013
A man with dementia awakens and begins to wander, only to encounter a mysterious woman that may have a connection to his past.
jordan9882@gmail.com
www.jordanprieto.comJordan Prieto, MFA 2011
Using cut-out animation, this music video describes how a man is comforted while taking a 'special journey'
jakezhang@outlook.com
www.jakeanime.comJunjie 'Jake' Zhang, MFA 2015
Under any Colombian stoplight a beautiful circus act becomes a terrible horror show.
simonwilchesc@gmail.com
www.simonwilches.comSimon Wilches-Castro, MFA 2014
When the Kitchen becomes silent the tomato meets its mate during an unexpected journey.
chiu.shihchieh@gmail.comShihChieh Chiu 'Jack', 2012-13 Visiting Taiwanese Scholar
A boy, Hu, discovers one of the most creative games to make friends.
skimation@gmail.com
skimation.comShaun Seong-young Kim, MFA 2012
Festivals:
Hollywood International Student Film Festival (Grand Jury Award)
Asians on Film (Honorable Mention)
Adobe Design Achievement Awards (Semi-Finalist)
Tehran International Animation Festival
Puchon International Student Animation Festival (PISAF)
Warsaw Film Festival
Indie AniFest
The Great Wall of Oakland
An internal journey through a mind that eventually externalizes and culminates in a realization.
renodustin@gmail.com
dustinreno.comDustin Reno, MFA 2015
Festivals:
College Film Slam! at Echo Park Film Center
A mundane afternoon at a comic book store turns into a brawl between two boys over a girl.
blue4est89@gmail.com
dianaling.comDiana Ling, BA 2012
Festivals:
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
San Diego Asian Film Festival
Philadelphia Asian Film Festival
Asians On Film Festival
South Dakota Animation Festival
SoCal Independent Film Festival
ONECLOUDFEST
California International Shorts Festival
By all accounts, it was a bad day to punch a clown in the head. baronsitron@gmail.com
einarbaldvin.tumblr.comEinar Baldvin, MFA 2014
Festivals:
Slamdance
Bitfilm Festival
Ottawa International Animation Festival
Annecy International Animation Festival
Fest Anca
The Melbourne International Animation Festival
The Maryland Film Festival
In this mini-musical, the dweebish Sir Knightly sets off to rescue the Princess from a dragon. Unfortunately, the Princess thinks the dragon is way 'hotter' than Sir Knightly. rothenbergjoseph@gmail.com
joerothenberg.comJoseph Rothenberg, BA 2012