This time 'round, I reminisced with animators who produced short animated films for The Olympiad of Animation--Melinda Littlejohn (Breath of Seth), Raul Garcia (Animarathon), George Schwizgebel (Hors-Jeu), and Jonathan Amitay (The Spirit of the Olympics).

Olympiad of Animation film,Breath of Seth by Melinda Littlejohn.

Melinda Littlejohn's desert island picks...
"I love the idea and energy behind the Olympiad of Animation. It built up to a wonderful frenzy of animators and artists descending upon Los Angeles from all over the planet. We closed a few bars and opened a few breakfast joints before it was over--alot of those people still remain my dearest friends and networks! I think the funniest thing that happened was when the sound track failed on a rather politically graphic European film and the animator kept yelling CONSPIRACY! (that guy went on to work for Disney--embracing the LA lifestyle wholeheartedly".

1 The Rainbow Bear by Bill Melendez
2 The Bead Game by Ishu Patel
3 Anything by Oskar Fishinger
4 The Ladykillers by Alexander McKendrick
5 The first hour of The Black Stallion by Carroll Ballard (produced by Francis Ford Coppola)
6 Anything by Emory Hawkins (especailly the candy monster in Raggedy Ann & Andy)
7 Burden of Dreams by Les Blank
8 The Ghost of Rome by Antonio Pietrangeli
9 Anything animated by Bill Littlejohn (especially Snoopy flying his dog house)
10 All or Nothing by Frédéric Back

Raul Garcia's picks...
"When I was invited to participate in The Olympics of Animation I felt really honored and decided to make the most amazing animated film ever done--Hollywood here I go, ok back to reality. I ended up with the longest animated film that $150 can buy. Two minutes and 12 seconds and a cast of animators worth of a feature film. Necessity is the mother of all inventions and having no money to produce the film, I asked every friend working in animation to animate a scene. I shot the whole film by using the studio I worked at as an animator in the middle of the night and using leftover film and tails from my part-time job as a cameraman. When the film was finally finished, I had an opportunity to come to L.A. and present it. It was very exciting."

1 The Tell Tale Heart by Ted Parmelee
2 Pas de deux by Norman McLaren
3 One Froggy Evening by Chuck Jones
4 Little Red Hot Riding Hood by Tex Avery
5 Anna & Bella by Borge Ring
6 Creature Comforts by Nick Park
7 What's Opera Doc by Chuck Jones
8 Getting Started Richard Condie
9 The Man Who Planted Trees by Frédéric Back
10 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick