One of the most buzzed about movies at the Sundance Film Festival may have been one that just slipped under your radar. Taking home the Grand Jury prize from Park City for Best Short Film, the animated "World Of Tomorrow" became one that was chatted up as a must-see movie. And today comes a little preview with this trippy teaser. But first, a few things about director Don Hertzfeld. He's an Oscar nominee (for "Rejected"), a Palme d'Or contender (for "Billy's Balloon"), and his career has been like that — quietly picking up major recognition before breaking through, and fyi, with seven projects screening at Sundance, he holds the record for most films screened in Park City. So if you didn't know him before, you know him now. And stay alert, because he's already at work on his feature debut. "World Of Tomorrow" arrives on March 31st via Bitter Films. Watch below.
- 2/19/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Tim here. It's such a beautiful day to be animator Don Hertzfeldt, whose newest short, World of Tomorrow, premieres at the Sundance Film Festival tonight - his seventh film to play there, a record. It's an even better day to be a fan of Don Hertzfeldt, for in addition to WoT (which has been popping up on "most anticipated" Sundance lists all over, as well it should), news has come down today that Hertzfeldt is about to beginning working on his second feature, Antarctica. It's going to be the first project of his career made with an actual team of animators, owing to its unprecedented complexity compared to everything he's ever made (besides which, his last feature took over six years to complete, dribbling out in the form of three short films released as they were ready). And let me tell you, the notion of a Hertzfeldt film of unprecedented...
- 1/22/2015
- by Tim Brayton
- FilmExperience
His delightful blend of dot-eyed stickmen and dizzying existentialism – showcased in 2012's It's Such a Beautiful Day – makes Hertzfeldt an unstoppable force in stop-motion cinema
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We take Gromit's eyebrows for granted. The trusty pooch of dithering inventor Wallace projects a vast spectrum of emotions via that small wad of clay that sits above his eyeballs. Manipulating that segment of the model just a millimetre too far in either direction could be the difference between intense elation and unalloyed gloom. In exactly the same way, the sublime output of Austin-based stop-motion animator Don Hertzfeldt projects the complex psychologies of his characters through minute enhancements of facial features. Yet he hasn't given himself much creative wriggle room, as the stars of his movies are all near-featureless stickmen with dots for eyes and a single line for a mouth.
Take Bill, for example, the...
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We take Gromit's eyebrows for granted. The trusty pooch of dithering inventor Wallace projects a vast spectrum of emotions via that small wad of clay that sits above his eyeballs. Manipulating that segment of the model just a millimetre too far in either direction could be the difference between intense elation and unalloyed gloom. In exactly the same way, the sublime output of Austin-based stop-motion animator Don Hertzfeldt projects the complex psychologies of his characters through minute enhancements of facial features. Yet he hasn't given himself much creative wriggle room, as the stars of his movies are all near-featureless stickmen with dots for eyes and a single line for a mouth.
Take Bill, for example, the...
- 5/2/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
by Kim Adelman (October 30, 2008) Don Hertzfeldt is hitting the road. Having won the 2007 Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Award in Short Filmmaking for his epic short film "Everything will be ok," the 32-year-old animator of such instant-classic shorts as "Rejected," "The Meaning of Life," and "Billy's Balloon" is spending October and November 2008 touring North America in a rare series of one-night-only screenings to premiere his longest piece ever, the 22-minute "I am so proud of you." With ten more cities on his schedule, Hertzfeldt updates indieWIRE on his touring experiences to date.
- 10/30/2008
- by peter
- Indiewire
Great news for the late comers! An Evening with Don Hertzfelt at the Alamo South Lamar just became one long night- another show's been added!
Cult animator and Academy Award nominee Don Hertzfeldt (The Meaning Of Life, Rejected, Billy's Balloon) joins us at the Alamo for a rare one-night-only event: A selection of Don's classic animated shorts return to the big screen, culminating in the exclusive regional premiere of his newest film, I Am So Proud Of You. His longest piece to date, I Am So Proud Of You is the eagerly anticipated second chapter to Everything Will Be Ok, Winner of the Sundance Film Festival's Jury Award in Short Filmmaking and named by many critics as one of the "best films of 2007". The screening will be immediately followed by a live on-stage interview and audience chat with Don Hertzfeldt.
Like all of Hertzfeldt's films, I Am So Proud Of You...
Cult animator and Academy Award nominee Don Hertzfeldt (The Meaning Of Life, Rejected, Billy's Balloon) joins us at the Alamo for a rare one-night-only event: A selection of Don's classic animated shorts return to the big screen, culminating in the exclusive regional premiere of his newest film, I Am So Proud Of You. His longest piece to date, I Am So Proud Of You is the eagerly anticipated second chapter to Everything Will Be Ok, Winner of the Sundance Film Festival's Jury Award in Short Filmmaking and named by many critics as one of the "best films of 2007". The screening will be immediately followed by a live on-stage interview and audience chat with Don Hertzfeldt.
Like all of Hertzfeldt's films, I Am So Proud Of You...
- 10/7/2008
- by Brad Parrett
- OriginalAlamo.com
We are excited to bring out one of our favorite animators, and favorite filmmakers in general - Don Hertzfeldt to the Alamo South Lamar for one night only Saturday October 11th.
Don will be bringing out a selection of Don's classic animated shorts, culminating in the exclusive regional premiere of his newest film, I Am So Proud Of You. His longest piece to date, I am so proud of you is the eagerly anticipated second chapter to Everything Will Be Ok, Winner of the Sundance Film Festival's Jury Award in Short Filmmaking and named by many critics as one of the "best films of 2007". The screening will be immediately followed by a live on-stage interview and audience chat with Don Hertzfeldt.
Like all of Hertzfeldt's films, I Am So Proud Of You was single-handedly animated and photographed by hand without the use of computers. It was shot entirely on an antique 35mm animation stand,...
Don will be bringing out a selection of Don's classic animated shorts, culminating in the exclusive regional premiere of his newest film, I Am So Proud Of You. His longest piece to date, I am so proud of you is the eagerly anticipated second chapter to Everything Will Be Ok, Winner of the Sundance Film Festival's Jury Award in Short Filmmaking and named by many critics as one of the "best films of 2007". The screening will be immediately followed by a live on-stage interview and audience chat with Don Hertzfeldt.
Like all of Hertzfeldt's films, I Am So Proud Of You was single-handedly animated and photographed by hand without the use of computers. It was shot entirely on an antique 35mm animation stand,...
- 9/29/2008
- by Lars Nilsen
- OriginalAlamo.com
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