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When the Mountains Tremble animation Station
USA
In the early 1980s, death squads roamed the Guatemalan countryside Workshops ASiFA-Colorado Animation prize Jury
Directors: Newton Thomas Sigel, in a war against the unarmed indigenous population that went largely Using traditional animation techniques, participants The ASIFA-Colorado Animation Prize judges will base
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Pamela Yates
unreported in the international media. Filmmakers Pamela Yates and will help create a short film. Budding animators are their decision on technique and creativity.
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Producer: Peter Kinoy
Newton Thomas Sigel (who is best known as a cinematographer, with invited to show up with a willingness to explore
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Evert brown is a freelance director and instructor at the Art
Cinematographer: Newton Thomas Sigel credits as diverse as Brokedown Palace and The Usual Suspects) threw and broaden the scope of their own creativity; they
Institute of Colorado in the computer animation department.
Editor: Peter Kinoy themselves into the task of bringing the crisis to the world’s attention by will also receive a voucher for tickets to the Starz
Brown has animated for a range of media. He has worked
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Cast: Rigoberta Menchú, Susan Sarandon
making a documentary that took them into remote areas of the country FilmCenter and an invitation to a private screening
extensively with Hollywood studios on the animation of many
1983 / color / 83 min.
where civilian massacres were taking place. of all the works created at the Animation Station.
different characters, including Charlie Brown, Garfield, and
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Central to their story is Rigoberta Menchú, a Quiché woman who was Competition
As an animator, web designer, instructor, and computer geek,
spurred into radical action by the murders of her father and two broth- Using any animation technique available, teams will
Ed Desroches has produced, directed, illustrated, and edited
nEWTon ThoMaS SiGEL
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ers, publicly standing up for her people against an oppressive, cutthroat have six hours to create their own film. This year’s numerous short films through workshops and independent
At 55, Newton Thomas Sigel has had a
regime. Menchú renders meaning from cruel and chaotic events, and theme will be announced at the competition. Teams
projects. His films have screened during film festivals the
prolific career as a cinematographer for
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both television and film. While he has
her presence is steady and calming against the frightening backdrop of may bring their own materials, including computers;
world over, and his articles have been published in such
journals as CARTOONS, ASIFA Magazine, and Animatoon.
done such work for notable films such as
brutality by a rogue military – whose leaders received support from the however, no images or material created prior to
The Usual Suspects (1995), X-Men (2000), US government. Her dedication to the truth – not just of this passage in the competition may be used. ASIFA-Colorado will
Judy gardner has taught computer animation, drawing,
and Valkyrie (2008), When the Mountains
and electronic imaging at the Art Institute of Colorado and
her country’s history but of human experience in general – yields hope provide basic animation materials (clay, cutouts,
Tremble is his first feature film as a
Metropolitan State College of Denver and currently teaches
for civilization in what might otherwise have remained a meditation on drawing paper) as well as cameras for capturing
director.
electronic imaging at Regis University. She also works as an
violence and horror. No less admirable, however, is the courage of the images; it will also do minor editing to put the films independent contractor on technical computer visualization
filmmakers, who capture such striking moments as the aftermath of one on a timeline. The competition will be judged by the
and animation projects for engineering firms, filmmakers,
massacre in which Guatemalan soldiers mill around awkwardly while ASIFA-Colorado board. The prize for best overall ani-
architects, and large construction companies.
PaMELa YaTES
Pamela Yates is a cofounder of Skylight
keening women stare into the faces of their murdered loved ones. mation is $600; other prizes to be offered. Each team
Julie goldstein is chair of the Media Arts and Animation
Pictures, a production company
When the Mountains Tremble, which was originally released in 1983, has
will also receive an invitation to a private screening
and Visual Effects and Motion Graphics departments at the
committed to making documentary films
been digitally remastered and updated since Menchú was awarded the
of all films created at the Animation Station.
Art Institute of Colorado. As owner and cofounder of Artifact
Pictures, Goldstein has directed, edited, and produced media
that focus on issues of human rights.
She has been nominated multiple times
Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. New features include a prologue by actress/ ASiFA-Colorado Animation prize
for over 15 years, working on a variety of projects from
SDFF 32 is proud to offer the first ASIFA-Colorado
character animation to 3D visualizations for a multimedia
for the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for
activist Susan Sarandon and commentary on changes in the Guatemalan
opera.
her documentaries and was a 2008 situation since the film’s debut. Animation Prize for best overall entry in the
Guggenheim Fellowship recipient.
Animation Station competition. ASIFA-Colorado has
With over 12 years of professional experience in illustration
Sponsored by:
and animation, Wes price has worked with such clients as
been uniting and representing animators for over
Filmography
New Life Cinema, Warner Brothers, Buena Vista Games, Simon
The Reckoning: The Battle for
eight years. ASIFA-Colorado also hosts animation
& Goodman Picture Company, and National Geographic. Price
the International Criminal Court (2009)
workshops, screenings, and other events to promote was instrumental in the success of the Animation Station
State of Fear (2008) the art and culture of animation – including the
workshop at SDFF 31.
Presumed Guilty: Tales of the
festival’s own Animation Station, which is open to
Public Defenders (2005)
the public and culminates in a team competition.
Poverty Outlaw (2002)
Takeover (1991)
Teatro! (1990)
When the Mountains Tremble (1983)
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