Film at Artscape: MdFF 2018 Animated Shorts

37 Minutes

Throughout Artscape weekend, the SNF Parkway is proud to present shorts from the 2018 Maryland Film Festival completely FREE! Join us Saturday and Sunday, between 1 and 7 PM, when a different program of films will start at the top of each hour.

Animated Shorts:
A rich collection of animated shorts produced using a broad range of techniques, from the painstakingly handmade to the meticulously digital. These films bring visual pleasures and splendors unique to their respective mediums.

Saturday, July 21st: 1:00 PM
Saturday, July 21st: 6:00 PM
Sunday, July 22nd: 5:00 PM

Film at Artscape is a program of the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts, Inc. (BOPA). Artscape is produced by the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts, Inc. on behalf of the Baltimore Festival of the Arts, Inc.

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AIRPORT

Michaela Müller, 2017, Switzerland/ Croatia, 11 MIN

Airports - the pinnacle of modern society, places where the limits of borders, security and tolerance are constantly tested.

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THE BIGGEST WAD IS MINE

Sam Gurry, 2016, USA, 3 MIN

Junior High is one sticky situation.

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THE ELEPHANT'S SONG

Lynn Tomlinson, 2018, USA, 8 MIN, World Premiere

An old farm dog recounts the true tale of Old Bet, the elephant at the start of the American circus. Their mournful melody is hand-crafted using both oil pastel and painterly clay-on-glass animation techniques.

GREEN WATER

Marnie Ellen Hertzler & Beth Hoeckel, 2017, USA, 2 MIN

Easter is here and things are starting to get strange.

SANS CHLOROPHYLL

Phil Davis, 2017, USA, 3 MIN

An experiment in animated choreography with autumn leaves. Consisting of hundreds of scanned and photographed leaves animated to a banjo soundscape. A celebration of the vibrant burst of seasonal beauty.

UGLY

Nikita Diakur, 2017, Germany, 12 MIN

An ugly cat struggles to coexist in a fragmented and broken world, eventually finding a soulmate in a mystical chief. Inspired by the internet story ‘Ugly the Cat’ and animated with computer simulated marionettes.