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GLAS Animation Festival Unveils 2016 Competition Selections

Selections announced for Narrative, Non-Narrative, Graduate, Student and Commissioned Film competition categories.

The GLAS Animation Festival is on its way! After receiving over 1400 submissions we are pleased to announce the 65 Official Competition Selections. Categories include Narrative, Non-Narrative, Graduate, Undergraduate, and Commissioned Shorts.

Keep an eye out in the coming weeks for more additions to our special programs lineup as well as the selections for Children’s Competition, U.S. Competition, and International Showcase.

Take a look at the GLAS Website for information about Official Selections, Special Programs, Festival Passes, Volunteering, Hotel Discounts, and more.

NARRATIVE COMPETITION

  • PERIPHERIA -- David Coquard Dassault -- France
  • WAVES ‘98 -- Ely Dagher -- France
  • YÚL ET LE SERPENT- Gabriel Harel -- France
  • LEFTOVERS -- Sarolta Szabo & Tibor Banoczki -- France
  • ORIPEAUX -- Sonia Gerbeaud & Mathias de Panafieu -- France/Belgium
  • TEETH -- Holbrooks -- U.K./Hungary/U.S.
  • THE MASTER -- Riho Unt -- Estonia
  • LA CHAIR DE MA CHERE -- Calvin Antoine Blandin -- France
  • LIFE WITH HERMAN H. ROTT -- Chintis Lundgren -- Estonia
  • HOU.S.E OF UNCONSCIOU.S.NESS -- Priit Tender -- Estonia
  • HAIRCUT -- Virginia Mori -- France/Italy
  • MAKU -- Yokiro Mizushiri -- Japan
  • MONKEY LOVE EXPERIMENTS -- William Anderson and Ainslie Henderson -- U.K.
  • MYNARSKI DEATH PLUMMET -- Matthew Rankin
  • SNOWFALL -- Conor Whelan
  • SWALLOW -- Xi Chen
  • WE CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT THE COSMOS -- Konstantin Bronzit

NON-NARRATIVE COMPETITION

  • L’ŒILE DU CYCLONE -- Masanobu Hiraoka -- Japan
  • WITH JOY AND MERINESS -- Jeanne BoU.K.kra -- Belgium
  • DARK MIXER -- Hirotaoshi Iwasaki -- Japan
  • FIVE MINUTE MU.S.EUM -- Paul Bush -- U.K.
  • SONAMBULO -- Theodore Ushev -- Canada
  • GOODBYE RABBIT, HOP HOP -- Caleb Wood -- U.S.
  • A PLACE I’VE NEVER BEEN -- Adrian Flury -- Switzerland
  • HAPPY BOGEYS -- EPISODES 10-12 -- Kurihara Takashi -- Japan
  • L.A.Y.L.O.M. -- Peter Millard -- U.K.
  • HERE THERE -- Alexander Stewart -- Croatia/U.S.
  • SUNDAY LUNCH -- Celine Devaux -- France
  • THREE THE PEEHOOD -- Kapie Eipak -- Singapore
  • LUCY -- Evert de Beijer -- The Netherlands
  • METROPOLITAN TRIANGLE GARDEN -- Rui Hu -- U.S.
  • RETRO FUTURE -- Mirai Mizue -- Japan
  • RHIZOME -- Brois Labbe -- France
  • UNDER THE SUN -- Luisa Cameron -- U.S.

GRADUATE COMPETITION

  • ARCADIAN FEVER -- Tea Stražičić -- Croatia – Academy of Fine arts, Zagreb
  • BEAR -- Pascal Flörks -- Germany -- Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • COSMOETICO -- Martina Scarpelli -- Italy -- CSC Animazione
  • FLAWS -- Josh Shaffner -- U.S. -- CalArts
  • HOPKINS & DELANEY LLP -- Sean Buckelew -- U.S. -- CalArts
  • INDRA/NET -- Josh C. Simmons -- U.S. -- UC Irvine
  • INSECT BITE -- Grace Rhee -- U.S. -- CalArts
  • LOOP RING CHOP DRINK -- Nicolas Menard -- Canada/U.K. -- RCA
  • LUCKY -- Kirsten Carina Geisser, Ines Christine Geisser Germany -- University of Art and Design Halle
  • MY DAD -- Marcus Armitage -- U.K. -- RCA
  • NOTHING YOU NEED TO SEE -- Keigo ITO -- Japan -- Osaka University of Arts
  • QUE DALLE -- Hugo de Faucompret, Eva Lusbaronian, Caroline Cherrier, Johan Ravit, Arthus Pilorget -- France -- Gobelins
  • ROADTRIP -- Xaver Xylophon Boehm -- Germany -- Kunsthochschule Berlin Weißensee
  • SMALL PEOPLE WITH HATS -- Serina Nihei -- U.K. -- RCA
  • STILL LIFE -- Kevin Eskew -- U.S. -- CalArts
  • VELODROOL -- Sander Joon -- Estonia -- Estonian Academy of Arts
  • WILDFIRE -- Hugues Opter, Pierre Pinon Nicole Stafford, Valentin Stoll, Arnaud Tribout, Shang Zhang -- France -- Gobelins

UNDERGRADUATE COMPETITION

  • EYE YOU -- Nick Simpson -- Austrailia -- RMIT
  • GOODBYE -- Tyler Russo -- U.S. -- CalArts
  • LAZY DAZE -- Brian Smee -- U.S. -- CalArts
  • MADE IN CHINA -- Vincent Tsui -- France -- Gobelins
  • MASTER BLASTER -- Sawako KabU.K.i -- Japan -- Tama Art University
  • RIPPLE -- Conner Griffith -- U.S. -- RISD
  • TPJ -- Grace Mi -- U.S. -- U.S.C
  • UUUUUU -- David Delafuente -- U.S. -- RISD

COMMISSIONED COMPETITION

  • DELOREAN ‘CRYSTAL’ -- Joan Guasch -- Spain
  • IF YOU GO AWAY -- Ashkan Rahgozar -- Iran
  • PARADISE AWAITS -- Tomek Ducki -- Poland/U.K.
  • OWEN PALLET ‘THE SKY BEHIND THE FLAG’ -- Eno Swinnen -- Belgium
  • VAMPILLIA ‘LILAC (BOMBS JUN TOGAWA)’ -- Toshikazu Tamura
  • YU.K.I ‘SU.K.ITTE NANDAROU...NAMIDA’ -- ShiShi Yamazaki -- Japan

FESTIVAL PASSES

GLAS Festival Pass

Attend all 4 days of and have access to all GLAS events with the Festival pass including all screenings, panels, workshops, installations, guest lectures, and parties!

Weekend Pass

Planning on coming on Saturday and Sunday only? Don’t worry. We have a weekend pass just for you. Weekend passes go on sale December 1st.

SPECIAL DISCOUNTS

ASIFA Members

GLAS offers special pass discounts to ASIFA members and students. If you’re an ASIFA member you can enjoy 15 percent off festival passes.

Students

GLAS Animation Festival Passes are available to students for 20 percent off the original price.

Group Passes

Whether you’re a group of students, a team of friends, or office mates, GLAS offers a special 25 percent off festival passes for groups of five or more. Contact info@glasanimation.com (link sends e-mail) for more information or to book your group.

VOLUNTEER

Volunteers at the GLAS Animation Festival will receive a festival pass permitting you to attend events in exchange for volunteering. Whether you are an animation lover, art advocate, or simply curious, volunteering is a great way to become involved in the festival and animation community. For students, it’s not only a great way to be involved but also to acquire additional school credit. Not to mention, it’ll be an experience to remember! To volunteer, send an email to our Volunteer Coordinator (link sends e-mail). Please include a letter of interest and resume.

Source: GLAS Animation Festival

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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.