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In is a 23-minute CG/live-action short created by Philipp Hirsch and Heiko Tippelt in 2004. I have a bit of a history with this film; here is what I wrote about it after watching a portion of it at Annecy in 2004.

“The program was also home to the oddest film in the competition, the enigmatic IN by Philipp Hirsch. A significant portion of the audience, myself included, walked out in the middle of this 24-minute film. The Dada-ish looking short generated quite a bit of discussion during the last couple days of the festival and after speaking to folks who managed to sit through it, I regret not having had the patience to make it through the entire film.”

Animation director Peter Chung saw my comment recently and emailed to let me know that the film is online in its entirety. Watch In here. Chung was part of the 2004 jury for the Holland Animation Film Festival that awarded In the top prize for non-narrative short film. In his note to me, Chung offers valuable advice to anybody who plans to watch this film: “Forget everything you’ve known about animation before this—and just watch with an open mind. This is filmmaking by someone inventing a new way to see, a film that breaks the boundaries between inner and outer experience.”

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Adventure Time T-Shirts

February 12, 2008 12:50 am

UPDATE: More details about new Adventure Time merchandise here.

I was a fan of Pen Ward’s warped cartoon genius before I saw his two incredible Random Cartoons: Adventure Time and The Bravest Warriors. I have no idea when this series of cartoons will air on Nickelodeon (I’d assume they’ll show up sometime this year, considering they got a four page spread in the Nicktoons book), but while we wait, Ward has started marketing Adventure Time with a series of tee shirts based on the short.

Ward had a bunch of good ideas for the tees (12 in all) and is making a different one available each week on Cafe Press. Collect them all! The whole set will be posted on Channel Frederator Raw as they are produced.

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The 2008 Debate: How Will You Vote?

February 11, 2008 2:47 pm

While the rest of the US concerns itself with the 2008 Presidential circus, we in the animation world recognize what the real issues are…

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Max Hattler

February 11, 2008 12:03 pm

Directors Notes offers a 16-minute audio interview with Max Hattler about his new experimental short Drift, which can be viewed here. Hattler is a director to keep an eye out for; he manages to inject a distinctive graphic sensibility into both his personal works and commercial pieces, like this recent IKEA commercial he directed.

(via The Animation Show)

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Spongebob Voice-Overs

February 11, 2008 12:30 am

One of the highlights of the Annie Awards last Friday night was a small video concocted by the cast of Spongebob Squarepants (M.C. Tom Kenny, along with presenters Rodger Bumpass, Carolyn Lawrence and Bill Fagerbakke), created to prove they shouldn’t be stereotyped simply as Spongebob, Patrick, Squidward and Sandy. Here’s the video, see if you agree:

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Annie Awards coverage

February 10, 2008 3:12 pm

Photos and article about the Annies at CGSociety.org. I enjoyed this excerpt from the article about Jerry receiving his award from June Foray:

Foray listed the many achievements of recipient Jerry Beck, far too many to place here, including his blog cartoonbrew.com – though she admitted, “I don’t have a computer so I haven’t seen it,â€? to the amusement of the audience.

(photo above, l. to r.: Jim Smith, Steve Worth, Mike Fontanelli, Eddie Fitzgerald)

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