Official Trailer – 12th Annual TAIS Animation Showcase

Animated short films from Canada and around the world!

Saturday, July 28th, 2018
The Royal Cinema
608 College Street, Toronto
7pm box office, 7:30pm doors, 8:00pm start
$10 advance / $12 door / $8 door TAIS members
www.tais.ca/showcase
Advance tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/12th-annual-tais-animation-showcase-tickets-47732503202

On Saturday, July 28th, the Toronto Animated Image Society (TAIS) is thrilled to present a summer night of animated dreams: two 45 minute programmes of short animated films, the results of the 2018 Anijam competition, and a new commissioned work by Amanda Low.

Featuring 18 short animated films, the finalists in this year’s programme are diverse in style and content. Including themes of self-love and aspiration, loss and struggle, narratives of deception, community and connection, and playful experimental works exploring form and sound, this year’s programme proudly features films from 6 different countries: Canada, USA, Costa Rica, UK, China, and Taiwan.

This programme is for mature audiences only.

Awards will be given – as selected by the audience, and by a guest jury of animation artists.

Also featured is TAIS’ FAN FICTION Anjiam competition. With 12 entries this year, these 10-second animations are mash-up masterpieces, with creative never-before-seen combos that hint at unique universes filled with familiar characters. For the second year in a row, the Showcase Jury’s pick for Best Anijam will be awarded a cash prize and in-kind studio use toward production of a short animated project for presentation at TAIS Showcase in 2019. The audience will also decide a Best Anijam Audience Award on the night of the screening.

The Animation Showcase is produced by the Toronto Animated Image Society, an artist-run, non-profit charitable organization dedicated to exploring and promoting the art of animation through production, screenings, workshops and exhibitions, and offering affordable access to space and equipment for artists who make animated films within contemporary art practices. TAIS is dedicated to the art of independent animation.

Editing – Official Trailer: Lynn Dana Wilton

Films/clips in the Official Trailer, in order of appearance:

Shadow
Lei Lei
China, 5:32, 2017

Octane
Jeron Braxton
United States, 6:04, 2018

Pete the Peacock
Amanda Low
Canada, 2:52, 2018,

Super Serious Satsuma
Trang Nguyen
United Kingdom, 1:10, 2018

Maybe it’s me
Dimitris Simou
United Kingdom, 6:08, 2017

the Thing is Lost
Arash Akhgari
Canada, 2:31, 2018

Lady Strips
Adrienne Mountain
Canada, 4:16, 2018

Haley and Joanna
Laura Hodkin
United Kingdom, 2:46, 2018

AM I ORIGHT
Chen Yen-Liang
Taiwan, 4:07, 2017

The Missing Pig
Cecilia Corzo
United Kingdom, 4:04, 2018

the Thing is Lost
Arash Akhgari
Canada, 2:31, 2018

Phototaxis
Melissa Ferrari
United States, 6:50, 2017

The Curious Tale of Aunt Binks
Gentle Giants
Canada, 7:43, 2018

Super Serious Satsuma
Trang Nguyen
United Kingdom, 1:10, 2018

Shadow
Lei Lei
China, 5:32, 2017

Concatenate
Simone Northey
Canada, 3:34, 2018

True North
George Bowler
United Kingdom, 7:55, 2017

Reach the Sky
Daniel Sterlin-Altman
Canada, 5:50, 2018

The Curious Tale of Aunt Binks
Gentle Giants
Canada, 7:43, 2018

Cow Palace
Julian Gallese
Costa Rica, 2:25, 2018

Lady Strips
Adrienne Mountain
Canada, 4:16, 2018

The Missing Pig
Cecilia Corzo
United Kingdom, 4:04, 2018

New Math
William Allinson
Canada, 4:12, 2017

Phototaxis
Melissa Ferrari
United States, 6:50, 2017

AM I ORIGHT
Chen Yen-Liang
Taiwan, 4:07, 2017

Maybe it’s me
Dimitris Simou
United Kingdom, 6:08, 2017

Pete the Peacock
Amanda Low
Canada, 2:52, 2018

1992
Una Di Gallo
Canada, 1:47, 2018

True North
George Bowler
United Kingdom, 7:55, 2017

Reach the Sky
Daniel Sterlin-Altman
Canada, 5:50, 2018

Super Serious Satsuma
Trang Nguyen
United Kingdom, 1:10, 2018

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