Grantee tags animation

“Journey of the Invader Spirit”

Morrison , Mandy

Year Grant Awarded: 2023

"Journey of the Invader Spirit" is a fictive narrative that weaves dark humor and fantasy, with the dilemma of post-consumer waste. The link is a 5-min excerpt. Total running time is 15:47 Read More

Augmented

Rea, Raymond

Year Grant Awarded: 2023

“Augmented” (working title) is a short experimental animation incorporating traditional analog photography with digital animation techniques and digital editing to examine and educate about disability in a visceral way. Read More

Tune in to Green short film series

Diorama Room, LLC

Year Grant Awarded: 2022

Tune in to Green short film series, featured artists who work in dialogue with nature and was available for rent on Vimeo with three live screenings. Nine shows were created, featuring over 155 international filmmakers and sound producers. Several virtual, artist talks also took place. Read More

ACLU-NJ: Automated Injustice

ACLU of New Jersey Foundation

Year Grant Awarded: 2022

Automated Injustice Project: a series of animated shorts to explain how government use of algorithms can perpetuate racial bias, with no opportunity or due process to challenge unjust decisions. Read More

I (heart) Jack LaLanne: A Cartoon Memoir

Erickson, LeAnn

Year Grant Awarded: 2021

The filmmaker, a Lesbian, feminist, baby boomer, shares her coming out story with the help of fitness guru Jack LaLanne. Read More

Squirrel Hill Falls

Hilary Brashear

Year Grant Awarded: 2019

The tale of a magical abandoned park, its local history, and a new neighbor curious to get inside. This quirky, DIY documentary, uses playfulness and fantasy to tell the story of a Philadelphia neighborhood mystery. Read More

Misread Signs

Yuliya Lanina

Year Grant Awarded: 2019

"Misread Signs" is a multimedia three channel installation. It explores the effects of trauma on human psyche. All images are hand painted and then animated on the computer. Each channel is projected onto the adjacent walls, creating a seamless immersive story. Read More

For A Better Life

Yasmin Mistry / Foster Care Film & Community Engagement Project

Year Grant Awarded: 2017

"For A Better Life" is the fourth film in an eight part documentary film series, created by the Foster Care Film & Community Engagement Project (FCFCEP), which tells the true-to-life stories of foster youth in order to create greater understanding of the U.S. child welfare system. Read More

Organisms

Laracuente, Andrés

Year Grant Awarded: 2017

I understand these paintings as organisms, generating 2D life. For over a year I created hundreds of ink paintings on paper with the intent of developing a large population or data set. The paintings on paper were then expanded using virtual reality and 3d modeling, circulating digitally. Read More

Negative Space

Kuwahata, Ru & Porter, Max

Year Grant Awarded: 2015

“Negative Space" is a short, animated film that tells a story about a father-and-son relationship through the act of packing a suitcase. Based on a 150 word short story by Ron Koertge, our adaptation will be realized as a 4-min film. Read More