moxie article - animation reporter

a piece about moxie featured in the 'animation reporter' last year
click here for full size readable version

MOXIE REVIEWS (sponsored by google alerts)

Here's a few reviews and whatnot of Moxie since I put it up online...
cartoonbrew
shortoftheweek
forcesofgeek
cartoons you should see
newsfromthebog (lizzy hobbs blog)
wearethefrontier.com
directors notes
aqnb.com
we drink your milkshake blog
empty kingdom
awesome-robo.com
crackajack.de
vimeo staff picks
annarbor.com web picks
and someone made moxie ani-gifs! gumibogyo.tumblr.com

also I was really happy to see Don Hertzfeldt mention the film on twitter / fb


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a present for you all at this happy time of the year... an EXCLUSIVE 'behind the scenes' pic from the moxie shoot. Merry Chrimbus!

MOXIE - full film now online

After just over a year on the festival circuit with 80+ screenings and picking up a few awards along the way, 'Moxie' is now up on vimeo. Hope you like!



Also, I've enabled the new vimeo tip jar so feel free to throw me a $ £ ₩ ¥, or even a cheeky € if you like it, and I'll put it towards some new wellington boots for the bear. And if you don't, then don't :)

If you REALLY like it there's still a few posters left - GET ONE HERE

MOXIE NEWS UPDATE NEWS

Moxie recently won a couple of awards...

Best Short 5 - 15 min at Anifest (wonderful trophy above), and the Audience Award at the 50th Ann Arbor Film Festival.

Lots more screenings coming up including Annecy and Zagreb (full list over there on the left...) 

and here's   some    nice    write-ups  from the internet

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

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 <



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

More screening details and whatnot coming soon...