This year’s “Official
selection” of animated and puppetry arts films hails from all over the
world! We love to see what filmmakers
are producing in terms of animation from different countries in different styles
and especially in terms of stories.
Unfortunately,
there is only one puppetry arts film screening this year and its director Sean
Price’s “Sam” [United States] but it tells a story with puppets in the same
universe as live humans and is a very heartfelt tale.
In terms of
animation styles each of the films being screened this year is unique and bold
and none more so than director Farnoosh Abedi’s “Malakout” [Islamic Republic of
Iran] which is a dark and gothic tale that borders on being a horror
fable. From Spain comes director Abraham
Lopez with his “Blue & Malone: Impossible Cases” whose style is realistic
and will have you thinking of something that Pixar or Disney had come up with. Also from Spain is Jose Luis Quiros &
Paco Saez with their “Madrid 2120” a film that belongs to the tradition of
Heavy Metal magazine (or the films).
Wenkai Duan presents
his “Tacit Blue” [China] which follows the explosive tradition of anime with
its heavy use of science fiction and crime story that is sure to
entertain. Ho Kwon Kim’s film “Division
Series” [Republic of Korea] is a political allegory that will keep you laughing
while also having you questions the leaders of the free world and how delicate
relationships between them truly are.
The final
animated film that we are screening is the Monty Python-ish “The Legend of
ChickFish” [Canada] from director Giles Sander which will leave you on the
floor laughing in its complete absurdity.
We hope that
this selection of animated and puppetry arts films will entertain and engage audiences
and that audiences get a larger understanding of the types of films being
produced by filmmakers all over the world.
For more info
about Something Wicked Film Festival and this year’s Online Festival Event
visit our website at www.somethingwickedfilmfestival.com
and tickets can be purchased through Film Freeway (https://filmfreeway.com/somethingwickedfilmfestival/tickets)
and Ticket Leap (https://something-wicked-film-festival.ticketleap.com/something-wicked-film-festival/).
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