7:00pm – 11:00pm
 The Maker by Christopher Kezelos | USA A strange creature races against time to make the most important and beautiful creation of his life. |
 The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by Moonbot Studios | USA A love letter to books, this animated short film is about the curative power of story. 2012 Oscar winner, Best Animated Short |
 Ãmár by Isabel Herguera | Spain Inés travels to India to visit her friend Ãmár, who has been living in a mental institution for years. Inés recalls the last days they spent together and her promise to return. |
 The Pocket Watch by Greg Doble | Canada Two worlds collide as an astute gentleman finds himself entangled with an expressive punk culture populated by fantastical characters. |
 Pages of Fear by Dina Velikovskaya | Russua A children’s horror story brings a carefree little girl into the world of the last war. After all she suffers, she comes back a very different person. |
 Floyd the Android – Teleporter by Jonathan Lyons | USA Floyd is a robot who stumbles into strange situations, but always gets himself back out of trouble. In this misadventure, Floyd’s curiosity gets him mixed up in a novelty teleporter. |
 The Story of a Nice Girl by Jean Yi | USA A humorous personal exploration about being the ‘Nice Girl’ and coming to terms with that label’s different meanings. |
 Birdboy by Pedro Rivero & Alberto Vazquez | Spain A terrible industrial accident changes little Dinki’s life. Now Dinki’s fate may ride on the wings of her eccentric friend Birdboy, a misfit who hides in the Dead Forest lost in his fantasies. |
 Enrique Wrecks the World by David Chai | USA Enrique learns the hard way that actions speak louder than birds! |
 Floyd the Android – Dim Bulb by Jonathan Lyons | USA Floyd must change a light bulb at the top of a preposterously high skyscraper. |
 Bottle by Kirsten Lepore | USA Animated on location at a beach, in the snow, and underwater, this stop-motion short details a transoceanic conversation between two characters via objects in a bottle. |
 7th by Sara Pocock | USA When a girl gets off at the wrong bus stop on her way to meet a new friend, she finds herself alone in an unfamiliar part of the city. As she nervously navigates through dark streets, she is overcome with terror. The real threat, however, does not come from the streets. |
 Cellular Circuitry by Benjamin Ridgway | USA A stream of digital sculptures and soundscapes dynamically transmute between organic and circuit-like motifs. |
 Hamster Choccies by Lee Daniels | England It’s not nice to taunt your pet hamster with treats. |
 Captain Hu by Basil Vogt | Switzerland After a violent storm, Captain Hu is stranded with his ship in the Alps. A helpful farmer finds new uses for the deep-sea equipment. However, Captain Hu draws the line at that. |
 (Baby) It’s You! by David Cowles, Jeremy Galante & Brad Pattullo, song by The Boys | USA Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy grafts girl’s head onto robot body. |
 Cold Country by Chris Palmer & Travis Overstreet | USA In this short biographical animation inspired by the exile of Stalin, a lone bear rides an abandoned train through the frozen Siberian wilderness. |
 This is Not Real by Gergely Wootsch | England A young boy’s chimerical journey from a small English town to the Himalayas leads him to an all-defining conclusion. |
 At the Opera by Juan Pablo Zaramella | Argentina A really moving night at the opera. |
 The Machine by Rob Shaw / Bent Image Lab | USA This modern fable follows an innocently forged creation as he becomes determined to consume everything in his path. |
 Luna by Rainmaker Entertainment | Canada A debonair caterpillar and a graceful moth engage in a flirtatious dance. Is it love at first sight — or will they be overcome by the attraction of another suitor? |
 Tchaikovsky – an elegy by Barry J.C. Purves with author Irina Margolina | Belarus, Russia An adaptation of the great Russian composer’s life, based on Tchaikovsky’s Letters by Irina Margolina. |
 LAIKA presents: The making of the handcrafted stop-motion features Coraline and ParaNorman with Mark Shapiro A special hour-long presentation from LAIKA — the company behind 2009′s hit animated feature film, Coraline. Get a behind-the-scenes look into LAIKA’s stop-motion masterpieces, Coraline and ParaNorman (coming to theaters Aug 17, 2012). Mark Shapiro will present time-lapse imagery and short vignettes that detail the major undertaking involved in creating these two films. Production puppets from Coraline will be on display. Stay to the end for rarely-seen clips from ParaNorman, along with the newest trailer. |