ANNY launches the virtual festival weekend

Animation Nights New York (ANNY) presents its Annual Festival (COVID online addition) this Saturday and Sunday, December 19-20. The virtual festival kicks off ANNY's monthly screening events with two animation programs, each followed by mixer events at 20pm. EST in the ANNY VR event space. (No headset required. All platforms are accessible on PC / Mac / Mobile.)

RSVP at the Annual Festival kick-off event here. Donations are accepted and appreciated.

ANNY plans to continue her monthly screenings, bringing season 5 of her short film presentations into 2021 and then into a Best of Fest celebration in the fall. Follow these events at www.animationnights.com.

Screening 1 (Saturday, December 19; available from 15pm to 00pm EST)

"Love Lost & Found"

DAUGHTER. Daria Kashcheeva. Czech Republic, 14:44.
NO REASON. Amanda Bonaiuto. United States, 03:28.
THE CRANE LOVER. Zhang Jinruo. China, 06:47.
YOU USED ME TO BRING FLOWERS. Nofar Schweitzer. Israel, 04:44.
SOLITARY. Samantha Clark. UK, 04:00.
DANDELION IN THE WIND. Do Thi Ngan Giang. Singapore, 03:33.
SLED. Mickaël DUPRÉ. France, 12:36.
HEAT MECHANICS. Maria Piskunova. Russian Federation, 01:30.
BILLIE. Maki Yoshikura. UK, 04:00.
COFFEE. Margaret Spencer. United States, 04:48.
JERICHO. Sarah Andrews. UK, 01:40.
ARMOR OF AMOR. Kirk Kelley. United States, 01:45.
POLICEMEN AND THIEVES. Florian Maubach. Germany, 08:15.

Screening 2 (Sun Dec 10; available 15pm - 00pm EST)

"Our house"

GRAVEDAD. Matisse Gonzalez. Germany, 10:30.
HOUSE: A PORTRAIT OF NEW YORK CITY. John Morena. United States, 2:33.
IHR. Amélie Cochet, Louis Möhrle. Switzerland, 06:10.
RED EARTH. Michael Kenny. Australia, 04:32.
CAN I KEEP IT? María Rosario Carlino, Patricia Gualpa. Argentina, 04:28.
RIDE. Richard O'Connor. United States, 1:45.
THE SHADOW OF THE SUN. Ido Hartmann. Israel, 8:17.
Break the fire. Mei Li. China, 5:50 am.
LOVE IS BIGGER THAN ANYTHING IN A WAY. Broken Fingaz. 03:39.
SILENT. Maxim Kulikov. Russian Federation, 9:43 am.
LINES OF OBLIGATION. Paola Cubillos. Belgium, 4:03.

The short film programs are curated by Animation Nights New York, with programming by Chitra Roy.