Upcoming Screenings

California International Animation Festival, Galaxy Theatre, Riverbank, CA - September 27, 2009

chashama Film Festival, New York - October 22-26, 2009

South Asian International Film Festival, New York - October 21-27, 2009

chashama is a 'Festival of the Worlds', SAIFF is a showcase for Indian/South Asian films, and CalAniFest is animation-only, so it's a pretty neat group to be part of.

Finalist at Angelus Student Film Festival

http://www.angelus.org/winners-finalists.html

Update 9/7:

Although 'Topi' didn't win, I just learned that it will be screened at the DGA on Saturday September 19 (prior to the main screening) and included on a DVD compilation with the winners. Angelus does a really good job of publicizing films, so being included is huge.

First Independence Day Celebrations In Delhi (August 15,1947)

Recd an email forward with these pics that were taken shortly before the events depicted in 'topi':

Festival update

Upcoming screenings:

Animanima, Čačak, Serbia - September 9-12, 2009

San Diego Asian Film Festival, San Diego, California - October 15-29, 2009

Siggraph Asia Animation Theater, Yokohama, Japan - December 16-19, 2009

'Topi' wins 'Best Student Film' at Animation Block Party 2009

Wow! - http://www.animationblockparty.com/about.html

World Premiere!

Just got word that 'topi' has been accepted to the Rhode Island International Film Festival! The festival will be held in Providence, RI from August 4-9, 2009.

*** Update: June 30 ***

'topi' has also been accepted to Animation Block Party in Brooklyn, where it will screen on July 26, 2009, making that the first public screening.

I'm stoked!

Done!

Yesterday was my final 5.1 surround mix, and I did my HD layback this afternoon. The layback isn't quite done due to technical problems, but should be in a couple of days.

I had two mixers this time - Paul André Fonarev and David Lankton - who did a fantastic job. One of their best ideas was to repurpose an unused music cue to give the climactic confrontation scene a lot more weight. It was scary adding music at the last minute to a scene that I'd conceived as music-less from the very beginning, but I'm confident that it was the right call.

This is the final version of the scene with the music cue: