ASIFA-Hollywood: Stop-Mo Expo



	20th Century Fox/ Blue Sky Studios DisneyToon Studios DreamWorks Animation SKG Nickelodeon Animation Studios PDI/DreamWorks Pixar Animation Studios Sony Pictures Animation Sony Pictures Imageworks STARZ Animation Walt Disney Feature Animation Walt Disney Television Animation Warner Bros. Animation Warner Bros. Pictures All events are made possible by a generous grant from the Walter Lantz Foundation		Burbank, CA (April 6, 2007) – ASIFA-Hollywood will raise the curtain on a timeless art form by hosting the Stop-Mo Expo, a daylong event celebrating the art of stop-motion animation at Woodbury University on Saturday, April 21, 2007. The expo will be comprised of two distinct events: beginning at 9 a.m. panel discussions and seminars with animation professionals and at 6 p.m. a film festival that will showcase classic and current stop-motion animated films, including rare 16 mm stop-motion films from the collection of animation director Mark Kausler. Running concurrently with these two events will be a stop-motion animation jam, a unique feature where professionals, students and members of Movies By Kids will combine their talents to create a stop-motion film. Special guests for the panels will include: Academy Award and primetime Emmy Award winning director/producer Will Vinton Members of the special effects animation company Chiodo Brothers Productions Animation producers Mark Caballero & Seamus Walsh of Screen Novelties Lighting and visual effects animator Jim Aupperle Robot Chicken and Moral Orel animator Tennessee Reid Norton Visual effects supervisor Gene Warren, Jr. Animation designer Randy Cook ...and many more! There will also be artifacts on display from the ASIFA-Hollywood Archive, including part of the set from Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, the stop motion model from the animated short Africa Parting and a number of items from Chiodo Brothers Productions. "Once again, ASIFA-Hollywood will celebrate an art form that is still relevant today as it was forty years ago," said animation professor and ASIFA-Hollywood board member Larry Loc. "From King Kong to Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride, stop-motion animation took audiences to places they’ve never been before and still excites the imagination of twenty-first century movie-goers." Admission Information Reservations are not required and tickets for both events can be purchased at the door together for $50 or separately: $25 for the panel discussions and seminars and $35 for the film festival. Members of ASIFA-Hollywood can enjoy a $10 discount on each separate admission or $15 off an all-access ticket. Parking is free. Woodbury University is located at 7500 Glenoaks Blvd., Burbank 91510-7846. Complete Event Information To download the event packet, which includes complete information on the entire event, click on this link: Stop-Mo Event Packet. (To view the flyer, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed in your system. If you do not have it, click on the image below for the free download.)