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Safron is careful to make the fest student-friendly, requiring a low student submission fee and an open mind for fresh, experimental ideas. “The biggest thing is finding new, original voices,” admits Safron. “An accepted film has something that hits me, a look I had not seen before. Sometimes it’s something that is so simple that it just strikes you. Sometimes, for a more experimental film, the experience watching the visuals grab me in such a way that a narrative short might not.”
Some choice animated pieces included “Shut Eye Hotel” by Bill Plympton and “Everything Will Be OK” by Don Hertzvelt, as well as up-and-comers like “Doxology” by Michael Langan, “The Wisdom Tooth” by Phillippa Rice, the perfectly-titled “Untitled” by Anthony Mair, and “Stoned Wheat” by a young upstart.
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