I wish ANIMATION IS FILM was in New York because I could get to go. One of the best programmed animation festivals it has bumped uncomfortably against both the New York Film Festival and Doc NYC so I can't make time to fly out.
I have been covering the festival in one form or another since it starts and I've had a blast. The festival is a great look at the films that are going to be big in the final months of the year. This year the fest is running FLOW, MEMOIRS OF A SNAIL, INSIDE OUT 2, COLORS WITHIN and THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP A LOONEY TUNES movie all of which are potentially in the running for an Oscar. It's a one stop shop for Oscar an animation junkies.
As this posts I'm trying to get access to those and other films. I'm trying to work out what I can get to here in NYC (I have press screening invites) and what I can wrangle other ways. I hope to have more coverage coming.
For now I've seen two of the films screening:
I saw REDLINE in 2012 and it blew me away. My brief reference at Unseen back then was as follows: "the Madhouse produced anime Redline. Its a wild and weird science fiction race film,that is just so wonderfully over the top I can't recommend it enough." It's a great deal of fun- and even more so on a big screen.
BOYS GO TO JUPITER was a film I saw at Tribeca earlier this year. It's a low fi animated film with its own bent view of the world (it feels like something from a couple decades back). I had a number of discussions at Tribeca about the film. It split audiences, some people loved it, some people were less enthused. I had a long discussion with an animator who saw the film multiple times at that festival and he said that the director is well aware it's not for everyone, but he is okay with it because it's the film he wanted to make.
For now if you are in Los Angeles or can get there go buy some tickets and go. The website is here.
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