17th Annual Animation Show of Shows

It's not too often we get to see animated short films on the big screen. But producer and curator Ron Diamond is bringing his Animation Show of Shows cross country throughout October and November. This looks to be a great opportunity to see shorts using many different animation styles from a number of countries. Diamond has a knack for picking out great shorts; many shorts from previous shows have gone on to be nominated for the Academy Award Best Animated Short Film, with a number of them winning the award.

The list of films include:

• Ascension - Colin Laubry, Thomas Bourdis, Martin de Coudenhove, Caroline Domergue, Florian Laubry, France
• The Ballad of Holland Island House - Lynn Tomlinson, USA
• Behind the Trees - Amanda Palmer & Avi Ofer, USA
• Love in the Time of March Madness - Melissa Johnson, and Robertino Zambrano, USA
• Messages Dans L’Air - Isabel Favez, France/Switzerland
• Snowfall - Conor Whelan, Ireland
• The Story of Percival Pilts - Janette Goodey & John Lewis, Australia, NZ
• Stripy - Babak Nekooei & Behnoud Nekooei, Iran
• Tant de Forets - Geoffrey Godet & Burcu Sankur, France
• We Can't Live Without Cosmos - Konstantin Bronzit, Russia
• World of Tomorrow - Don Hertzfeldt, USA

 Here is the trailer for the show:

The tour will visit approximately 2 dozen theaters during its run, with Ron Diamond attending a number of them. Additional screenings may be added so keep an eye on their website or Facebook page! If you're lucky enough to attend, I'd love to hear what you thought of the films!