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An Evening with Don Hertzfeldt

Wednesday, April 18, 2012 from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM (CT)

Memphis, TN

An Evening with Don Hertzfeldt

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Cult animator and Academy Award nominee Don Hertzfeldt (Rejected, Billy's Balloon, the Meaning of Life) is coming to Memphis for one of his rare one-night-only events! A selection of Don's classic animated shorts will return to the big screen, culminating in the exclusive regional premiere of his newest film, It's such a beautiful day: the third and final chapter in a trilogy about a mysterious man named Bill.

Chapter One, Everything will be OK, won the Sundance Film Festival's Jury Award in Short Filmmaking and was named by many critics as one of the "best films of 2007."

Chapter Two, I am so proud of you, received twenty-seven awards and was described by the San Francisco International Film Festival as "[his] best yet... even the Hertzfeldt faithful may be too stunned to laugh."

Nearly two years in the making, the 23-minute It's such a beautiful day is Don's longest, and most ambitious, piece to date: blending traditional animation, experimental optical effects, trick photography, and new digital hyrbids printed out one frame at a time, the movie was captured entirely on an antique 35mm animation stand, one of the last remaining cameras of its kind left in America.

The entire animated trilogy will be screened together for the first time via new 35mm prints, immediately followed by a live on-stage interview and audience chat with Don Hertzfeldt!


Bio: Don Hertzfeldt's animated films have been featured around the world and have collectively received over 150 awards. Some notable honors include a Short Film Palm D'or nomination at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival (Billy's Balloon), a 2001 Oscar nomination for Best Animated Short (Rejected), the Sundance Film Festival's Jury Award in Short Filmmaking (Everything will be OK), and Best Picture and Best Screenplay from the Fargo Film Festival (I am so proud of you). In 2010, Don received the San Francisco International Film Festival's "Persistence of Vision" Lifetime Achievement Award at the age of 33.

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Studio on the Square
2105 Court Avenue
Memphis, TN 38104

Wednesday, April 18, 2012 from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM (CT)


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Indie Memphis is an ArtsMemphis funded 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which connects the Memphis community while cultivating interest in, and development of, independent film though diverse year-round programming, a world-class annual festival, and ongoing efforts to include new voices, new media, and new audiences.

The organization's 15th annual Indie Memphis Film Festival will take place November 1-4, 2012 at the Playhouse on the Square, The Circuit Playhouse, the Studio on the Square and the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. MovieMaker magazine named the festival one of "25 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee" in the Spring 2011 issue of their national publication, and one of the "25 Coolest Film Festivals" in their Summer 2009 issue. Indie Memphis has twice received special support from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to produce its annual event.