Synopsis:
A cartoon history of the evolving urban landscape in Midtown Manhattan, its various uses and abuses, accompanied by a wild sax. Commission animation for the New York Times.
- Director:
- Gary Leib
- Year:
- 2009
- Country:
- United States
- Running time:
- 1 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producer:
- Gary Leib
- Animator:
- Gary Leib
- Music composer:
- Mike Hashim
- Audience:
- Adults
- Festival selections:
- Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
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History of the Meatpacking District
2008 16+ 1 min
by Gary Leib
A cartoon history of the evolving urban landscape on the West Side of Manhattan, from colonial times to postmodern gentrification, all to a jazz beat. Commission animation for the New York Times.
- Comedy
- Experimental
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Baboon
2011 16+ 2 min
by Lanzhu Jian, Einar Baldvin
By all accounts, it was a bad day to punch a clown in the head.
- Experimental
- Abstract
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Evelyn Evelyn – Have You Seen My Sister Evelyn
2011 16+ 3 min
by Hoku Uchiyama
This was my first music video and to this day probably the hardest film I’ve ever made. I’m surprised and delighted that people still feature this in series and festivals. It’s dear to me, and I’m glad some folks get a kick out of it.
- Drama
- Music Videos
- Tragicomedy
- Experimental
- Musical
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Stuck In The Sound – Brother [Official Video]
2011 16+ 3 min
by Se7en
- Drama
- Music Videos
- Tragedy
- Sci-Fi
- Abstract
- Experimental
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The Renter
2011 Adults 10 min
by Jason Carpenter
A young boy is dropped off at an elderly woman’s home for the day. A lone man, who rents a room, adds to the unsettling atmosphere.
- Drama
- Experimental
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Underworld – Boobs
2011 Adults 1 min
by Matt Campbell and Kaz
Snuff is upset to find that Creep Rat got breast implants.
- Comedy
- Experimental
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Underworld – Damn Kids
2011 Adults 1 min
by Matt Campbell and Kaz
Some people say cartoons make children violent. But they can also teach them how to survive violence.
- Comedy
- Experimental
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Underworld – Shit Wagon Passenger
2011 Adults 1 min
by Matt Campbell and Kaz
When a shit wagon driver’s mother nags him about not being married, he explains his lowly status with a stinky example.
- Comedy
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Visitation
2011 Adults 9 min
by Suzan Pitt
In an outer-world night, creatures that live beneath human consciousness emerge and take hold of the narrator, dissecting his spirit and dismembering his thoughts. He beholds a mythical eternity filled with shadowy industrial scenes and monochrome textures—a heavenly hell of unending life and death.
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Blockhead – ‘The Music Scene’ (Official Video)
2010 16+ 5 min
by Anthony F. Schepperd
Official music video for “The Music Scene” by Blockhead.
- Music Videos
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Barko
2009 10+ 7 min
by Allison Craig
Barko is a lonely and unloved dog that has established himself as the unwilling clown of a circus run by poodles. His seemingly random fear of hot dogs is rationalized by flashbacks conveying a former owner who occupies his time tormenting the poor pup with the processed snack. Yet, in the end, Barko suddenly finds himself in the arms of a caring boy who shows him that he can experience a little love after all.
- Comedy
- Tragicomedy
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Would You Be Impressed?
2009 Adults 3 min
by Jurjen Bosklopper
This is Streetlight Manifesto’s second music video, this time for “Would You Be Impressed?” from the record “Somewhere In The Between”.
- Music Videos
- Comedy
- Tragicomedy
- Action