Press Releases

These press releases and photos are intended for reporters covering the Northwest Animation Festival. Please feel free to download and use whatever you see here that will help you write your story.

2014 Festival

PRESS COVERAGE
April 30, 2014 – Oregonian: See the world’s best animation at Portland’s NW Animation Festival
April 30, 2014 – Blue Mountain Eagle: Portland is Getting More Animated
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Featured festival image – Premier Automne by Carlos de Carvalho and Aude Danset (1280×720)
Two children meet in a magical woods: one a child of summer, the other of winter.
Thursday May 15 – Oregon Animation Industry Showcase (1280×720)
Get a tour of the amazing commercial animation work being done in Oregon: advertisements, music videos, product demos, visual effects, video games, and interactive environments.
Friday Night – Rollin’ Safari by Kyra Buschor, Anna Habermehi, Constantin Paplow (1920×1080)
Ordinary life is hard for the balloon animals of the savannah.
Saturday Afternoon – Jazz That Nobody Asked For by Rune and Esben Fisker (1920×1080)
A young man inherits a mysterious box that contains something incredibly dangerous: an unstoppable jazz band!
Saturday Afternoon is an all-ages show—bring the kids!
Saturday Night – Hollow Land by Michelle and Uri Kranot (1920×1080)
An expatriate couple expecting their first child land in a Kafkaesque country where wearing toilet plungers is mandatory.
2013 Festival

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April 22, 2013 – About NW Animation Fest 2013 (PDF)
April 22, 2013 – Portland Schedule, May 10-20 (PDF)
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PRESS COVERAGE
May 30, 2013 – Eugene Weekly: Beyond Cartoons
May 30, 2013 – DailyEmerald: Largest animation festival in the US comes to Eugene
May 15, 2013 – Oregon ArtsWatch: Two Transcendental Animations
May 15, 2013 – Portland Mercury: NW Animation Festival
May 13, 2013 – BePortland: Three Days of Animation at The Hollywood Theatre
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Featured festival image – Butterflies by Isabel Peppard and Warwick Burton (1280×719)
A young artist sits on the sidewalk, struggling to make a living. She sells drawings to passersby. A businessman who recognizes her talents offers her a job. The prospect seems inviting but the reality threatens to kill her imagination.
Friday Night – Paperman by John Kahrs and Kristina Reed (1920×1080)
The story of a young man in NYC relying on his heart, imagination, a stack of papers—and a little luck—to win the girl of his dreams.
2013 Oscar Winner for Best Animated Short
Saturday Afternoon – The Green Land by Beijing Film Academy (1425×802)
A stranger with a unique present comes to Green Village. But like a virus, the present brings terrible sickness to the land. A little boy stumbles upon the stranger’s dark secret.
Saturday Afternoon is an all-ages show—bring the kids!
Saturday Night – Feral by Daniel Sousa (1920×1080)
A wild boy is found in the woods by a solitary hunter and brought back to civilization. Alienated by a strange new environment, the boy tries to adapt by using the same strategies that kept him safe in the forest.
Sunday Afternoon – Amazonia by Sam Chen (1280×720)
In the dangerous world of the Amazon Rainforest, finding a meal proves to be an impossible task for a hapless little treefrog named Bounce—until he meets Biggy, a blue-bellied treefrog who takes him under his wing and shows him the ways of the perilous jungle.
Sunday Afternoon ends with a special 1-hour “strange and sexy” block.
Sunday Night – The Chase by Philippe Gamer (1280×720)
A crazy, irresistible, intense, spectacular car chase between police and four unlikely accomplices.

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