Animated

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All of the films below are in competition unless otherwise noted

Crosswalk Man

Friday, 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Fine Arts Theatre – lower

(6 minutes) A flashing crosswalk man spies a mysterious package left on the street and is lured into an evening of drinking, debauchery and danger.

Director/Producer: Gina Kamentsky Production Company: Pixeltoon

Germination

Friday, 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Fine Arts Theatre – lower
World Premiere

(3 minutes) Chronicles a literal pot-head’s encounters with the various plants sprouting from his cranium. This claymation was constructed entirely by two teenagers as an independent short animation. Filmed in North Carolina.

Director: Zach Riddle Producer: Matt Masterson

Infinitum

Saturday, 1:45 – 4 p.m.

Saturday, 9 – 11 p.m.
Asheville Community Theatre
World Premiere

(1:17 minutes) A minimalistic interpretation of a poem by Jonathan Swift in which a robot unwittingly discovers the interminable nature of the world in which it exists. Filmed in North Carolina.

Director/Producer: Sam Brubaker

Puppet

Saturday, 12:15 – 1:45 p.m.
Fine Arts Theatre – upper
North Carolina Premiere

(6 minutes) A young man fabricates a simple sock puppet, not knowing the abuse the entity will soon inflict. Through an escalating series of torture, the possessed puppet takes on the embodiment of fear, chaos and willful self-destruction.

Director/Producer: Patrick Smith

The Wraith Of Cobble Hill

Saturday, 2:15 – 4 p.m.
Lord Auditorium at Pack Memorial Library
North Carolina Premiere

(15 minutes) Planning his holiday departure, Mr. H asks Felix, his neglected teenage neighbor, if he would take care of his dog, Mitzie.

Director: Adam Parrish King Producer: Monique Zavistovski Production Company: University of Southern California

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