Still from Paperman directed by David Borish. (Courtesy of the festival.)

The opening night screening was packed with goodies.

Escape, 2010 by Li Songsong. Courtesy of The Pace Gallery, New York.

Chinese artist Li Songsong is showing new paintings at The Pace Gallery in New York until August 5, 2011.

Still image from The Main Complaint by William Kentridge. (Image courtesy of "Duckrabbit Speaks.) 

A grand show of early animation and current work by South African artist William Kentridge.

Raymond Pettibon, Repeater Pencil, 2004. Still from singular screen animation with sound. Courtesy David Zwirner, New York, and Regen Projects, Los Angeles.

The Drawing Center (New York) in collaboration with Smart Spaces, the not-for-profit art space that uses vacant store fronts as their roaming venue, is presenting a show of animated shorts called Framed: Drawings In Motion.