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Best of the NW Animation Festival Set For Sept. 11

Selected from the largest showcase of short animations in the U.S., The Northwest Animation Fest is set to present 14 of this year’s best animated shorts from around the world.

The Northwest Animation Fest is set to present 14 of this year’s best animated shorts from around the world at the Best of the NW Animation Festival to be held at the Hollywood Theater in Portland OR on Friday, September 11 at 7:00pm. Tickets are $10.

Saturday screenings of the festival will also take place on Saturday, September 19 at the Bijou Metro in Eugene, OR. Screenings are at 1:00pm & 7:15pm, and tickets are $5 matinee/$7 adult, $6 student, $5 senior.

This spring, the NW Animation Fest hosted the largest showcase of short animations in the U.S. with more than 270 films. Audience members helped create “Best of the Fest” by voting for their personal favorites. Special award winners will be announced on September 11.

Here’s some of what’s in store…

Cosmonaut buddies compete for a chance to rocket into space, overcoming impossible odds to reach their childhood dream. A 5000-year-old mammoth is defrosted into an unrecognizable future controlled by humanoid elephants. A magical pink pony plays with happy monkeys, nibbles macaroons, chills with the duke of Merryville, and sets fire to a few buildings. A mysterious vinyl record grants a young woman the dangerous power to travel between distant moments in her own life. An orphan keeps his hometown safe from the dark cloud of pollution beyond his dam, despite school bullies and a thankless public… But when a new student joins his class, hope and despair build to a dramatic crisis that could change everything.

Best of the NW Animation Festival -- Portland, OR
14 audience favorites, one night only

Date: Friday Sept 11 @ 7pm
Runtime: 100min
Venue: Hollywood Theatre

Address: 4122 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland OR 97212
Tickets: $10 general admission

Best of the NW Animation Festival -- Eugene, OR
14 audience favorites, one day only

Date: Saturday Sept 19 @ 1:00pm & 7:15pm
Runtime: 100min
Venue: Bijou Metro

Address: 43 W. Broadway, Eugene OR 97401
Tickets: $5 matinee / $7 adult, $6 student, $5 senior -- Tickets on sale soon!

Source: Northwest Animation Fest

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Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network, Jennifer Wolfe has worked in the Media & Entertainment industry as a writer and PR professional since 2003.