Événement

THE ILLUMINATION OF JIM WOODRING with MUSHROOM PARK and PLANKTON

THE ILLUMINATION OF JIM WOODRING
World Premiere
Director: Chris Brandt
Country: USA, Running Time: 97 min
Drawing from haunting childhood visions, cartoonist Jim Woodring reveals a beautiful, nightmarish wonderland. His artwork and stories breach the veil of mundane perception, and reveal deeper dimensions beyond, as Woodring discusses his career and process while revealing a wealth of artwork, some of which has remained private to this day.

Followed by a Q & A with the filmmakers
Preceded by:

PLANKTON
Director: Gustaf Lindstrom
Country: UK, Running Time: 5 min
In Plankton we get a glimpse of the ideas and aspirations that float around at the bottom of the food chain through casual and improvisational sounding comedic dialogue, tackling insecurity and self-doubt, life choices and social hierarchies. The tiniest of organisms seem to have their own petty ideas of whos the most popular and important. And hey, in the grand scheme of things, were all specs in the vastness of the universe, arent we? Plankton allows us to take this perspective and ultimately laugh at ourselves.

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MUSHROOM PARK
Director: Timothy Rauch
Country: USA, Running Time: 14 min
Two friends locked in a love-hate relationship bury a dead frog as rain begins to fall. They make a fateful decision to wait out the storm under a tree, but wake up in a world quite unlike the one they left behind.