TIME OUT LONDON (9-15 FEB 12)

MOXIE POSTERS FOR SALE

I had some Moxie posters made for the bear's appearance at Sundance. I've got a bunch left over and available to buy (all proceeds go towards my dildo fund next film).

If you'd like one click the paypal button below...


click to view a bigger version

£12 (including postage and packing)
29.7cm x 42cm on 130gsm silk stock

Let me know if you want something scribbling on the back (my name/your name/some tits or a bum, etc).

SUNDANCE SCREENING TIMES

If you're at Sundance this week / next week Moxie is playing in the Shorts Competition (Program V)

Friday 20th January, 9.30pm
Redstone Cinema, Park City

Saturday 21st January, 9.00pm
Broadway Centre Cinema, Salt Lake City

Tuesday 24th January, 2.30pm
Prospector Square Theatre, Park City

Friday 27th January, 1.00pm
Holliday Village Cinema, Park City

More details > here <

MOXIE NEWS & WHATNOT

Moxie will screen at Sundance in January (19 - 29) in the International Narrative Shorts programme.
Full list at the Hollywood Reporter (full screening dates will follow soon...)

It's also playing at IFF Rotterdam and the London Short Film Festival in January.

And it received an Honourable Mention at Etiuda&Anima in Krakow in November.

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Some nice words from Dan Sarto in his Ottawa roundup...

"Moxie, by Stephen Irwin – I actually picked this film to win the Grand Prix, which it did. Unlike so many films ruined by pointless absurdities inserted by filmmakers trying too hard to be cute, hip, odd or suicidal, Moxie displayed both the heft and the quirkiness a truly funky, offbeat film must have in order to ring genuine. I didn’t always know what was going on, but it made sense somehow in a completely enjoyable way."
http://www.awn.com/blogs/animated-travels/final-thoughts-ottawa-2011

and more nice words from The Animation Pimp...

"...I will take messy, flawed films (e.g. Phil Mulloy's work, the late Helen Hill's Mouseholes, J.J. Villard's Son of Satan, Stephen Irwin's Moxie and Black Dog) that bear souls, that show proof of a human touch trying to make some sense of the world, trying to articulate a deeply personal experience, not allowing technology, preacher teachers, Preston Blair or "proper" aesthetics to dictate and direct their voice. I will always take the sloppy joes over those achingly crafted and polished works that show no evidence of human touch."
http://www.awn.com/blogs/animation-pimp/sensual-healings

THE WORLD HISTORY OF ANIMATION

click = big

The Black Dog has found his way into "The World History of Animation" by Stephen Cavalier

££ BUY A COPY HERE WHY NOT $$

HORSE GLUE strip / storyboard

*click each one to make them biggerer so you can read the text and whatnot*

I put this comic strip / storyboard together when I was developing Horse Glue. I think I prefer it to the film...

MOXIE WINS GRAND PRIZE AT OTTAWA

Moxie won the GRAND PRIZE for Best Independent Short Animation at The Ottawa International Animation Festival on Sunday.

This was the Bear's first outing and it's a great way to kick start the festival run. It's encouraging when a festival like Ottawa selects your work (which they've done for the past few years), and even more so when it wins an award like this.

I was also pleased to see Phil Mulloy win the Grand Prize for Best Feature. He's a fellow Animate filmmaker and his work has had a big influence on me.

Here's some coverage on the festival and awards....

Cartoon Brew
Ottawa Citizen
Animation Magazine
CTV Ottawa
Animation World Network
Suite101
Canadian Animation Resources

MOXIE - trailer & screenings

My new film 'Moxie' will premiere at the Ottawa International Animation Festival, 21 - 25 September 2011.

Full screening and programme details > here <



Click here to view BIGGER

Click here to view even BIGGERER (full screen hd)


it'll also be on at Animest Int'l Animation Festival, Bucharest, 7 - 16 October 2011. 

More screening details and whatnot coming soon...

animateTV: 20 Years of Experimental Animation

Why not grab yourself a copy of the animateTV dvd!

Packed full of great work, it'll help you forget about how awful things are in the world!

CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE ANIMATE PROJECTS SHOP

Until 30th September you can get 15% off by using the code FFF15 (enter it in the ‘special instructions’ box on the paypal payment )

'Peddling a brand of animation notable for its dark humour and restless, relentless inventiveness. These 23 selected films are unashamedly artful, adult fare that implicitly call for a reappraisal of what the form is capable of… Highly recommended.' 5 stars.
Phil Harrison, Time Out London, October 2010


...and/or help support Animate Projects HERE

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lost and found

I found this poor little fella lying in the street this morning. If it was you who smashed his face in and abandoned him in the north london area but would now like him back, please get in touch... otherwise I'll look after him.

(he/it smells of lynx deodorant)

film review: yogi bear the movie

Yogi Bear (2010, eric brevig)

thoughts: to quote one of the youtube reviews of BDP...
"Needs moar raep and kill it with fire."

I give it 3 bear paws out of a possible 10

'animate projects presents' at the saatchi gallery

The Black Dog's Progress is included in a programme curated by Animate Projects at the Saatchi Gallery, part of COLLECT 2011 the annual fair for contemporary craft, on 7th May.

Full programme here

nice things about horse glue

Here's some nice words about Horse Glue posted on various internet websites...

Twitch Film  (and another one here)
Short of the Week
Directors Notes
Cartoon Brew
Electric Sheep Magazine
Gina Kamentsky blog
Animal New York
Annals of Americus
Candle Light Stories
Essay by Angela Kingston

thank you!

HORSE GLUE

View it in glorious HD by clicking the image above...

or heeeeerrrrre if you don't want to move the curser all the way up there.

or see it on the big screen at one of the uncoming festival screenings (details over there on the right).