The complete lineup for the 2016 Woodstock Film Festival has been published, including this year’s 82-minute short animation program (plus Q&A). This is the first Woodstock toon section curated by newcomers Joy Buran and Noelle Melody, who have taken over for indie animation legends Signe Baumane and Bill Plympton.
The former curators still leave a mark on this year’s festival, however. Baumane’s 2-minute short The ABC of Travel makes its debut, and is about several families of letter-people who meet in an airport. And the sixth, latest installment of Plympton’s series of “Dog” shorts follows the travel theme: Cop Dog, clocking in at 7 minutes, follows the canine hero making the rounds as a drug-sniffing airport guard dog — leading to drug-fueled mayhem involving passengers and pilots.
Further highlights and a link to the schedule PDF are available here.
Animation with Joy & Noelle
Fri., Oct. 14, 4:30 p.m. (Community Center) and Sun., Oct. 16, 11:30 a.m. (Bearsville Theater)
The ABC of Travel by Signe Baumane (USA)
Adam by Evelyn Jane Ross (USA, Rhode Island School of Design)
Behind the Schoolbag by Nic Ho Chun Yu (Hong Kong)
Bone Guitar by Payton Curtis (Canada)
Borrowed Time by Lou Hamou-Lhadj and Andrew Coats (USA)
Cacophony by Melody Aihsuan Shih (USA)
Cookies by Leah Shore (USA/Canada)
Cop Dog by Bill Plympton (USA)
ed by Taha Neyestani (Canada, Sheridan College)
Filthy but Fine by Arthur Metcalf (USA)
Look-See by Daniel Savage (USA)
Makeshift Satellite by Cody Walzel (USA)
Patti Smith – Blank on Blank by Patrick Smith (USA)
Perched by Liam Harris (UK)
Perfect Houseguest by Ru Kuwahata and Max Porter (USA)
Potatoes for Pado by Joy Buran and Noelle Melody (USA)
The Sea Is Blue by Vincent Peone (USA)
Sisters by David Chontos (USA)
Slow Wave by Andy Kennedy (USA)
There’s Too Many of These Crows (USA)
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