May 4, 2010

Official selection of Cartoon Brew TV's Student Animation Festival

The time has come to announce the selections for Cartoon Brew TV's Student Animation Festival. When we put out the call for entries for our inaugural online festival, we didn't really know what to expect. So we were thrilled to receive 122 student films from all corners of the globe including Brazil, Singapore, India, Australia, and all over Europe, the US and Canada. The quality of entries impressed us greatly, and it was no small challenge whittling down our choices to ten films. Thank you sincerely to each and every filmmaker who submitted work. Because of your enthusiasm, we are encouraged to continue building on this idea and turning CBTV's Student Animation Festival into the premiere online showcase for young animation filmmakers.

Here are the ten films that will comprise the first-ever Cartoon Brew Student Animation Festival. Screenings will begin on June 23:

August Directed by Matthias Hoegg Year of Production: 2009 School: Royal College of Art Country: Great Britain

Pdingpdoong Directed by Krishna Chandran Nair, Manasi Parikh, Nupur Mukherjee, Chewang Lepcha Year of Production: 2009 School: National Institute of Design Country: India

Always, Only, Ever Directed by: Barbara Benas Year of Production: 2010 School: Columbus College of Art and Design Country: USA

Pillow Peter Directed by: Nigel Clark Year of Production: 2010 School: School of Visual Arts Country: USA

Slim Pickings Fat Chances Directed by David de Rooij and Jelle Brunt Year of Production: 2010 School: Willem de Kooning Academy Country: The Netherlands

Fuzzy Insides Directed by Michaela Olsen Year of Production: 2009 School: Rhode Island School of Design Country: USA

Tiny Hats Directed by Penelope Gazin Year of Production: 2010 School: California Institute of the Arts Country: USA

Artichoke Hearts Directed by: Kazimir Iskander Year of Production: 2010 School:Minneapolis College of Art and Design Country: USA

Death Buy Lemonade Directed by Kyu-bum Lee Year of Production: 2010 School: Sheridan College Country: Canada

The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar Directed by Bahij Jaroudi Year of Production: 2009 School: Kingston University Country: Great Britain