"Since 1998, The Animation Show of Shows has selected the best in animated short films from the world's most renowned animation festivals and presented them at the major animation studios to inspire their animators and directors. Now for the first time, the films featured in The Animation Show of Shows are available in this special DVD collection along with some of the most memorable animated short films of all time"--Container
v.25. Madagascar: "Drawings come to life, revealing the luxuriant landscapes of Madagascar, as the Western artist is confronted by Famadihana customs and the Malagasy culture"--Container. Ujbaz Izbeneki has lost his soul: "When Ujbaz Izbeniki descends into Hell, nobody is prepared for the chaos that follows"--Container. Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty: "In this wickedly funny retelling of Sleeping Beauty ... a seemingly sweet granny terrifies her granddaughter with a bitter fairy tale about exacting revenge on a youth and beauty-obsessed world"--Container
v.26. Quest: "In search of water, a sand puppet leaves the world of sand behind, wandering through worlds made of paper, stone and iron"--Container. Administrators: "Egor the rabbit's house is burning down. When he inquires about a fire extinguisher at the forest administration, he descends into a Kafkaesque nightmare of bureaucracy"--Container. At the Quinte Hotel: "A fluid, vibrant and kinetic riff on one of poet Al Purdy's best-known works"--Container
v.27. Harvie Krumpet: "A clay-animated biography of an ordinary man cursed with perpetual bad luck"--Container. Camera obscura: "A blind man dons a strange helmet, which fills the room with the fanciful images of his psyche"--Container. Keith Reynolds can't make it tonight: "Keith Reynolds is excited about Promotion Day, for it will finally make him a success and win the attention of Sarah. But things don't quite go as planned"--Container
v.28. La pista: "A fluid cavalcade of dance where Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers spin and stretch, as they've never done before, while sharing the dance floor with pigs and other animals"--Container. George and Rosemary: "In this romantic comedy ... two golden-agers prove that passion is not exclusively for the young"--Container. A little routine: "Toilet rituals, bedtime stories, songs, and creepy things under the bed are explored in this sensitive and humorous protrait of the parent-child war zone"--Container
v.29. The lady and the Reaper: "Follows a sweet old lady who, longing to be reunited with her husband in the afterlife, is unwillingly pulled into an existential tug-of-war between Death and an arrogant doctor"--Container. Your face: "Accompanied by the dulcet tones of Your face is like a song ... twists, curls, duplicates and explodes the human face in a tour-de force of lucid animation"--Container. Bike ride: "Free-associative animation melds the jazz drums of Dave King with James Peterson's story of riding his bike fifty miles to see his girlfriend, getting dumped, and riding back home"--Container
v.30. Madame Tutli-Putli: "Madame Tutli-Putli boards the night train, weighed down with all her earthly possessions and the ghosts of her past"--Container. I slept with Cookie Monster: "A sweet romance quickly turns violent ... Despite its serious theme, the story uses wit and humor to tell of one mother's escape from domestic violence"--Container. Nuvole, mani: "Follows the journey of a young man and a dog, delving into humans'inability to recognize the little blessings of daily life"--Container

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Cataloging source

CIA

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videorecording

Credits note

v.25. Madagascar: editor, Boubkar Benzabat. Ujbaz Izbeneki has lost his soul: music, Emma Lines ; editing, Eiko Emersleben. Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty: music, Gregory Magee ; editors, Alan Moran, Seamus O'Toole
v.26. Quest: music, Der Spyra. Administrators: music, Tiffany Veys
v.27. Harvie Krumpet: editor, Bill Murphy. Camera obscura: music, Olivier Slabiack, Les Yeux Noirs. Keith Reynolds can't make it tonight: music, Joe Paine
v.28. George and Rosemary: music, Patrick Godfrey. A little routine: music, Judith Gruber-Stitzer
v.29. The lady and the Reaper: editing, Claudio Hernandez ; music, Sergio de la Puente. Your face: music, Maureen McElheron (Your face is like a song) ; editor, Stephen Barr
v.30. I slept with Cookie Monster: music, Jeff McFarland. Nuvole, mani: director of photography and editor, Sara Sponga ; music, Stefano Sasso

Language note

Chiefly in English or wordless; one selection in French with English subtitles

PerformerNote

v.25. Ujbaz Izbeneki has lost his soul: voice, Mark McDonnell
v.26. Administrators: voices, Natalia Louponissova, Timur Dyusembekov, Simon Everaert, Yourri Mishin, Arsen Pogosov. At the Quinte Hotel: reader, Al Purdy
v.27. Harvie Krumpet: Geoffrey Rush (narrator), Kamahl, John Flaus, Julie Forsyth. Camera obscura: Bruno Netter, Jean-Claude Durand. Keith Reynolds can't make it tonight: Scott Johnson (narrator)
v.28. George and Rosemary: Cec Linder (narrator), Doris Malcolm, Marty Myers, Alexander Weldon. A little routine: Nora Griffin, George Griffin
v.29. The lady and the Reaper: Miguel Angel Perez, Eva Molina
v.30. Nuvole, mani: Serge Avédikian

Runtime

150

Technique

animation

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