Elegy has won Best Animation at the San Francisco Women’s Film Festival. I had to miss the event, but it’s fantastic that so many people are seeing something special in this piece!

Elegy will be showing at the Kalamazoo Animation Festival in Kalamazoo, MI, and the Antelope Valley Independent Film Festival just outside of Los Angeles. Both festivals are on the same weekend in May, the 13-15. Heather Blackmore, the short film coordinator for the Antelope Valley festival caught the screening of Elegy at South by Southwest in Austin, and invited me to screen at her festival. Very cool! Ever since Elegy received the Special Jury Award from SXSW, I’ve been getting invites to submit to several festivals, including Montreal and one in Paris.

Elegy has won Best Animation over at the Zoie Film Festival! You can check out the films online.

Well, sorry for the delay in between posts. I just learned that Elegy won a Special Jury Award for Animation at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, TX! Unfortunately I missed the awards show, having left Austin that same morning. But what a fantastic time it was at the festival! Austin is a great town. Elements of it remind me of San Francisco — namely the people and the the eclectic atmosphere. The festvial itself is very well known and regarded, so it’s a fantastic honor to have my animation recognized by the jury. Check out the other winners!

I just recieved word today that Elegy was accepted into the Ann Arbor Film Festival in Michigan! Woohoo! I may just need to extend my vacation to attend…

Well SF IndieFest is right around the corner. So glad Elegy can be a part of it! The SF Bay Guardian says it’s the best showing to date. Elegy will be a part of Munch on This, a short animation program which will be screening three times in three separate locations. Check here for details!

Slamdance is one helluva time. Elegy screened in the Anarchy competition on three separate occasions, and got a great response from everyone who saw it. People really are taken with my character — often people refer to his face and eyes as being especially emotive. It’s a wonderful feeling to be stopped by some random couple on the street to tell me that they loved my piece, and were very moved by it. Sadly, it didn’t get enough votes drummed up to win Global Anarchy. (It’s up to us, after all, to push for the votes!) However, Slamdance is not a festival to let you down!

I do need to mention a couple fantastic films. On the Outs was absolutely phenomenal — and won the grand jury prize for best narrative feature. And Abel Raises Cain, a fantastic and comic documentary which won it’s juried competition. Keep an eye out for these jems!

I just discovered that Elegy has been accepted into the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas! This happens to be one of the top 10 international film festivals and it’s incredible news!

The Slamdance Film Festival is coming up in a couple weeks! Elegy will be screening in the Global Anarchy competition, and there’s still time for all of you people out there to vote! Check it out!

I’ve also discovered that several cool music acts will be playing during Slamdance. Prince Paul of Handsome Boy Modeling School, Bernie Worrell from Talking Heads, and Michael Franti of Spearhead are set to play in Park City. The slate is full of other great bands who will be performing throughout the festival week.

This past October I screened my animated short Elegy at the Arpa International Film Festival where it was nominated for Best Animation. Jenny Kiljian of the Asbarez Armenian Newspaper was kind enough to write a very nice review in last week’s edition.