[NEohioPAL] the Freakishly Short Animation Festival @ the Akron Art Museum

[Kendra L. Minadeo]

The Akron Independent Film Festival begins its partnership with the  
Akron Art
Museum with a free evening of Halloween animated shorts

The Akron Independent Film Festival will kick off a series of events  
to be held at the Akron Art Museum (One South High, Akron, OH 44308)  
with the Freakishly Short Animation Festival on Thursday, October  
23rd, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. The program, taking place in the Charles and  
Jane Lehner Auditorium, will feature seventy minutes of Halloween- 
themed hand-drawn, stop motion, and computer animated films from  
around the world; check out the trailer here.

“After seeing overwhelming crowds at the 2008 Akron Independent Film  
Festival in April, the AIFF has decided to expand by organizing  
programs throughout the year,” said festival founder Rob Lucas. “By  
partnering with the Akron Art Museum we can now bring more film,  
video, and interactive media programs to a larger portion of the  
Akron community.”

“We’re very excited to collaborate with such a creative organization  
and use our new auditorium space to showcase original programming,”  
said Akron Art Museum associate educator Alison Caplan. “The Akron  
Independent Film Festival’s sellout screenings this past year reflect  
a need for quality local film programs. We would like the film fest  
to bring local filmmakers and fans together, and the Akron Art Museum  
will allow the festival to reach out to an even larger audience.”

Among the films featured will be Northeast Ohio resident Megan  
Ehrhart’s Audition, the story of an eyeless cousin of an elephant who  
reluctantly enters the spotlight to try out for a part in a major  
motion picture. Ehrhart is a Professor of Animation at the Cleveland  
Institute of Art.

Parking for the event is free after 6:00 p.m. in the High Street  
municipal garage directly across the street from the entrance of the  
Akron Art Museum. Galleries are open until 9 pm. Admission fees apply  
to the galleries.

The film program is free, but seating is limited and will be  
available on a first-come-first-serve basis.
The full list of the animated shorts can be found on the second page  
of this press release. A video trailer featuring clips from the  
program and high resolution digital stills can be found at  
www.akronfilmfestival.com.

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For more information please contact festival co-director Mike Honeck  
by phone at (330) 703-0351 or festival director of operations Rob  
Lucas at (330) 618-4405.

The festival can be contacted by email at
info at akronfilmfestival.com
www.akronfilmfestival.com


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