"Staff Pick Premiere: or that time I went on a date with an alien" read the Vimeo Q&A with director Zachary Zezima: vimeo.com/blog/post/staff-pick-premiere-or-that-time-i-went-on-a-date

Everyone is an alien at first.

Based on a true story thanks to Sara Griffin. Voices by Tim Brown and Angela Stempel. Sound and music by Devin Anderson Wiley. Sound mix by Aidan Reynolds. Additional animations by Ana Mouyis and Tim Brown.

2018 FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
Ars Electronica Animation Festival, Linz, Austria
FILE Anima, Sao Paolo, Brazil

2017 FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
Sundance Film Festival, Park City, UT
Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, MI
Florida Film Festival, Winter Park, FL
Flatpack Film Festival, Birmingham, UK
RAW Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA
Montclair Film Festival, Montclair, NJ
Mammoth Lakes Film Festival, Mammoth Lakes, CA
Pictoplasma, Berlin, Germany
Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Annecy, France
Maryland Film Festival, Baltimore, MD
LA Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA
Animafest Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Animatricks, Helsinki, Finland
Fest Anca, Zilina, Slovakia
Palm Springs International ShortsFest, Palm Springs, CA
FILE Anima, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Maui Film Festival, Wailea, HI
Lago Film Fest, Revine Lago, Italy
Anibar Animation Festival, Peja, Kosovo (Special Mention Award)
San Diego Underground Film Festival, San Diego, CA

2016 FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
Animation Block Party, Brooklyn, NY
Ottawa International Animation Festival (Salon des Refuses), Ottawa, Canada
Raindance Film Festival, London, UK
Krok Animation Festival, Moscow, Russia
CutOut Fest, Queretaro, Mexico
London International Animation Festival, London, UK
Animated Dreams, Tallinn, Estonia

A series of serendipitous events lead to an unlikely encounter and the fulfilling of an old man’s last earthly desire.

Directed and animated by Luke Saunders

Music score by Luke Saunders
Sound Design by Ed Crocker
Score mixed by Richie Buxton

Special Thanks to Pixel, Nessa Edwards, Karen Luk, Kane Jorgenson, Jordan Lim, Disasterpeace

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY
Joseph Bennett
Charles Huettner

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Matt Harrigan
Dave Newberg

ANIMATION
Joseph Bennett
Charles Huettner
Caleb Wood
Nelson Boles
Jonathan Djob Nkondo
Sean Buckelew

BACKGROUND ART
Charles Huettner
Joseph Bennett

SOUND DESIGN
Mike Jansson

MUSIC
Joe Wong
Didier Leplae

Mirrors - a short animated film. 7 min.
graduation film made by Lee Dror and Yali Herbet
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
Sound design by Gil Landau.

synopsis: The relationship between a young girl and her father is being reflected as they spend time together in a car, driving on an endless road.

festival screenings:

Stuttgart ITFS trickfilm animation festival April 2016

GSF- global short films AWARDS , New York, April 2016

Toronto animation film festival, april 2016, canada

Anifilm, czech republic, May 2016

8th CMS International Children’s Film Festival April, 2016, Lucknow, India.

SEHSÜCHTE- 45th International, Student Film Festival

Next 10th International -Film Festival, April 2016, Bucharest, Romania

Cortocircuito - Savigliano Film Festival

NUFF- Nordic International Film Festival, June 2016, Norway

Promofest- Short of the year 2016- Special Jury Mention, Madrid , Spain

Asif Israeli Animation Festival Tel Aviv 2015

Haifa 31st International Film Festival 2015

Balkanima- Belgrade Animation Festival , Serbia, October 2015

International Festival of Puppet Theatre and Animated Films, Warsaw, Poland, October 2015

Delhi Short International Film Festival, India, November 2015

AS Film Festival, Rome, Italy, November 2015

International Jewish Film Festival , Jerusalem, Israel, December, 2015

Singapore World Film Festival, Singapore December 2015

Seville Animalada Animation Festival, Spain, December 2015

Miami Jewish Film Festival, Miami, January, 2016

Animex Awards England, January, 2016

Flutterby, animated short DIRECTED by Ruchirek Yui Somrit

Credits:

Music & Sound Design by Filipe Leitão
Concept Art by Kitikhun Pan Vongsayan
The girl rig modified & butterfly rigged by Jordan P. Jones (the girl is modified from Kayla rig by Josh Sobel)
Animated by Rachamongkol Pun Yothayai, Lily Cheng Yi Wu, Al Shao Yu Hsu
Environment assembly, surfacing, look development, lighting, and compositing by Ruchirek Yui Somrit