The stateside festival circuit for films produced domestically or abroad continues to wind its way across the nation as the fall season approaches. For moviegoers located in the midwest, the Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF) may occupy a few weeks of their time, as the 44th installment of the wide-ranging festival gets underway come mid-October 2008. Although not particularly devoted to the animation arts, the Chicago International Film Festival nevertheless features multiple screenings of quality feature-length and short form cartoon filmmaking that every animation enthusiast should see.
This year, the CIFF is bringing its usual small but powerful line-up of animated presentations for viewers to feast upon; titles produced mostly by independent animators. Films such as Bill Plympton's soul-searching dark humorist tale of Idiots & Angels (2008) and Nina Paley's fun but emotionally sensitive endeavor Sita Sings the Blues (2008), are currently on the bill alongside other intriguing items.
Although the Chicago International Film Festival appears to no longer have in place its "Anime Focus" program--which in the past has spotlighted a handful of insightful Japanese animation productions such as Hosoda's dramatic film The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)--the film does still have a single anime title on its schedule, called ICE (2007). The festival itself lasts two weeks, from October 16th through the 29th
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Thursday, October 9, 2008
Animation at the 2008 Chicago International Film Festival
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