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July 1, 2008
 It's a week of firsts for this blogger - this is my first post on fps and my first experience with Montreal's famous genre spectacle, the Fantasia Film Festival. Illustrator and fellow fps blogger Matt Forsythe and I attended the press symposium and were treated to a preview of what we can expect from July 3rd-21st. This year's animated offerings feature an unusual and unintentional focus on collaborative efforts and collections of short films, from DC Comics' Batman: Gotham Knight, Studio 4C's aptly named anime extravaganza, Genius Party, and the cutting-edge showcase, Best of Ottawa Animation Festival 2007. There are only two single-narrative feature-length animated presentations in the entire fest - Bill Plympton's poetic, pencil-scratch surrealist vision, Idiots and Angels and John Bergin's bleak, post-apocalyptic fable, From Inside. We'll cover each entry in more detail throughout the festival. Continue past the jump for a full schedule of the animated films screening at Fantasia 2008:  July 4th - 7:30PM - Hall Theatre - Genius Party July 5th - 12:00PM - Hall Theatre - Batman: Gotham Knight July 5th - 1:00PM - J.A. De Seve - Best of Ottawa Animation Festival 2007 July 6th - 1:00PM - Hall Theatre - Genius Party July 7th - 9:45PM - Hall Theatre - Peur (s) Du Noir July 9th - 3:00PM - J.A. De Seve - Peur (s) Du Noir July 9th - 7:30PM - Hall Theatre - Idiots and Angels (Hosted by creator, Bill Plympton) July 12th - 2:40PM - J.A. De Seve - Outer Limits Of Animation 2008 (Shorts from around the globe) July 13th - 9:40PM - J.A. De Seve - From Inside July 14th - 3:00PM - J.A. De Seve - From Inside (Okay, who's the putz that programmed Batman: Gotham Knight to screen at the same time as the Ottawa Festival shorts?! ...sigh... guess I'll have to watch you at home on Blu-ray, Batman...) Tickets go on sale July 2nd at 2PM at the Concordia Hall Theatre (Guy-Concordia Metro) and throughout the Admission Network at $7.50 each. Directions:Hall Theatre - 1455 Maisonneuve O. (Guy Metro) Map and Directions DB Clarke Theatre - 1455 Maisonneuve O. (Guy Metro) Map and Directions J.A. De Seve - 1400 Maisonneuve O. (Guy Metro) Map and Directions Previously on fps: 2007 Fantasia Line-Up Batman: Gotham Knight Online Genius Party Trailers Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton Labels: anime, Batman, Bill Plympton, Fantasia festival, festivals, Genius Party, OIAF, Ottawa International Animation Festival, shorts, Studio 4C  
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Welcome, Brenden! At least Batman and the Ottawa shorts do not overlap completely, although you will have to make a tough decision about which 15 minutes you will miss.
Thanks, kino kid! It's nice to be here.
My OCD demands that I experience things in as complete a fashion as possible. Missing 15 minutes of either spectacle just won't do! I was planning on picking up the animated Batman film on Blu-ray anyway. My fps review will sadly have to wait until I get my grubby hands on it next Tuesday, July 8th... |
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