Slamdance Film Festival 2009

An exploration of childhood memories: combining loosely interpreted scientific theory, the wandering mind of a child, and largely abstract sound design to evoke feelings of nostalgia, familiarity and comfort in the audience. The function of text in visual art has been always mysterious, but powerful. By the way, in 5 , the contribution of scientific fomulae are more than text compounding, because theory is being implied and memory explained through them. This, a sort of antinomy, places me on the borderland between symbol and message. I could see new possibility for the moving text through this animation and anticipate his next work. - Shon Kim, Film Programmer

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What initially appears to be the scene of a car accident turns out to be the stage for a couple's amazing dance set entirely against the ground. Relationship themes are conveyed with a dramatic two-dimensional dance that has a man and a woman falling in and out of love.

In many ways, Ledo and Ix are just like us. Sleeping under the stars makes them philosophical, ometimes they wonder if they should have chosen different careers, and they avoid dens of monsters when possible. But in one crucial way, they're different: they're fantasy adventurers in an eight-bit video game. A look at the inside lives of two 16-bit video game characters. Charming, funny, and existential. - Sam Roberts, Director of Film Competitions

When 12 year-old Alexa goes for a forbidden swim, she unlocks a world of intrigue and surprise.

In this stop-motion animation, a fragile character confronts her fears that lie waiting in the silence of the darkness. She empowers the objects surrounding her, allowing them to overwhelm her. A moody and interpretive animated short film. Alice’s Attic made me think with metaphor, and laugh with gallow’s humor. - Sam Roberts, Director of Film Competitions