Animation Show of Shows
The Animation Show of Shows is a traveling selection of the year's best animated short films. It is curated and presented by Acme Filmworks founder Ron Diamond. The show began in 1998 with the aim of showing the most original, funny, and intelligent short animated films from all over the world by presenting them to major animation studios, in hope of inspiring their influential animators and directors. Since 2007, a number of the films have been released as DVDs.
Films included in the Shows
1st Annual Animation Show of Shows • 1999
- Village of Idiots by Eugene Fedorenka and Rose Newlove
- My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts≈ by Torill Kove
- 3 Misses≈ by Paul Driessen
- When the Day Breaks≈ by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis
2nd Annual Animation Show of Shows • 2000
- Father and Daughter± by Michael Dudok de Wit
- La Pista by Gianluigi Toccafondo
- Run of the Mill by Borge Ring
- Crime and Punishment by Piotr Dumała
3rd Annual Animation Show of Shows • 2001
- Radio Umanak by Marie José van der Linden
- A Hunting Lesson by Jacques Drouin
- Black Soul by Martine Chartrand
- Aria by Pjotr Sapegin
4th Annual Animation Show of Shows • 2002
- Flux by Chris Hinton
- From the 104th Floor by Serguei Bassine
- Hasta Los Huesos by René Castillo
- Mt. Head≈ by Kōji Yamamura
- The Rise & Fall of the Legendary Anglobilly Feverson by Rosto
- Aunt Luisa by Tim Miller
5th Annual Animation Show of Shows • 2003
- Fast Film by Virgil Widrich
- Cameras Take Five by Steven Woloshen
- Falling in Love Again by Munro Ferguson
- Car Craze by Evert de Beijer
- Nibbles≈ by Christopher Hinton
- The Toll Collector by Rachel Johnson
- Harvie Krumpet± by Adam Elliot
- Destino≈ by Dominique Monféry
- 2D or Not 2D by Paul Driessen
6th Annual Animation Show of Shows • 2004
- Get in the Car by Greg Holfeld
- Lorenzo≈ by Mike Gabriel
- Suite for Freedom by Aleksandra Korejwo, Caroline Leaf, Luc Perez
- The Man Without a Shadow by Georges Schwizgebel
- The Revolution of the Crabs by Arthur de Pins
- Ryan± by Chris Landreth
7th Annual Animation Show of Shows • 2005
- At The Quinte Hotel by Bruce Alcock
- City Paradise by Gaëlle Denis
- Fallen by Peter Kaboth
- The Fan and the Flower by Bill Plympton
- Jona/Tomberry by Rosto
- Life in Transition by John Dilworth
- Morir de Amor by Gil Alkabetz
- One Man Band≈ by Andrew Jimenez, Mark Andrews
- Overtime by Oury Atlan, Thibaut Berland and Damien Ferrie
8th Annual Animation Show of Shows • 2006
- Quien Engana No Gana by Rajiv Eipe, Kaustubh Ray
- The Danish Poet± by Torill Kove
- A Gentlemen’s Duel by Francisco Ruiz and Sean McNally
- My Love by Alexandr Petrov
- Shipwrecked by Frodo Kuipers
- No Time for Nuts≈ by Chris Renaud, Michael Thurmeier
- Tragic Story with Happy Ending by Regina Pessoa
- Lifted≈ by Gary Rydstrom
9th Annual Animation Show of Shows • 2007
- John and Karen by Matthew Walker
- Forgetfulness by Julian Grey
- I Met The Walrus≈ by Josh Raskin
- Madame Tutli-Putli≈ by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
- Some Friends He Made: Molotov Alva Meets the Hobo King by Douglas Gayeton
- Ujbaz Izbeniki Has Lost His Soul by Neil Jack
- La Memoria Dei Cani by Simone Massi
- The Pearce Sisters by Luis Cook
- How to Hook Up Your Home Theater by Kevin Deters, Stevie Wermers-Skelton
- En Tus Brazos by Fx Goby, Edouard Jouret and Matthieu Landour
- The Irresistible Smile by Ami Lindholm
- Beton by Ariel Belinco and Michael Faust
- Administrators by Roman Klochkov
- t.o.m. by Dan Gray and Tom Brown
- Életvonal by Tomek Ducki
- Camera Obscura by Matthieu Buchalski, Jean-Michel Drechsler and Thierry Onillon
10th Annual Animation Show of Shows • 2008
- Keith Reynolds Can’t Make It Tonight by Felix Massie
- La Maison en Petits Cubes± by Kunio Katō
- Kudan by Taku Kimura
- A Mouse's Tale by Benjamin Renner
- I Slept with Cookie Monster by Kara Nasdor-Jones
- Glago's Guest by Chris Williams
- Hot Seat by Janet Perlman
- Presto≈ by Doug Sweetland
- Skhizein by Jeremy Clapin
- KJFG No.5 by Alexey Alexeev
11th Annual Animation Show of Shows • 2009
- Photograph of Jesus by Laurie Hill
- The Da Vinci Time Code by Gil Alkabetz
- Volgens de Vogels by Linde Faas
- Santa: The Fascist Years by Bill Plympton
- Nuvole, Mani by Simone Massi
- El Empleo by Santiago "Bou" Grasso
- The Spine by Chris Landreth
- Chick by Michal Socha
- Partly Cloudy by Peter Sohn
- Runaway by Cordell Barker
12th Annual Animation Show of Shows • 2010
- Coyote Falls, Matthew O'Callaghan
- Luis, Cristóbal León, Niles Atallah and Joaquín Cociña
- Tick Tock Tale, Dean Wellins
- Love & Theft, Andreas Hykade
- The Silence Beneath The Bark, Joanna Lurie
- The Cow Who Wanted To Be a Hamburger, Bill Plympton
- Maska, Brothers Quay
- Jean Francois, Tom Haugomat & Bruno Mangyoku
- Galeria, Robert Prouch
- The Lost Thing±, Shaun Tan & Andrew Ruhemann
13th Annual Animation Show of Shows • 2011
- La Luna≈ by Enrico Casarosa
- Mobile by Verena Fels
- Paths of Hate by Damian Nenow
- Schlaf by Claudius Gentinetta and Frank Braun
- Wild Life≈ by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis
- Luminaris by Juan Pablo Zaramella
- Romance by Georges Schwizgebel
- The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore± by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
- Journey to Cape Verde by José Miguel Ribeiro
14th Annual Animation Show of Shows • 2012
- Paperman± by John Kahrs
- The Centrifuge Brain Project by Till Nowak
- Here and the Great Elsewhere by Michèle Lemieux
- Una Furtiva Lagrima by Carlo Vogele
- I Saw Mice Burying a Cat by Dmitry Geller
- The Case by Martin Zivocky
- 7596 Frames by Martin Georgiev
- Le Taxidermiste by Dorianne Fibleuil, Paulin Cointot, and Maud Sertour
- Flamingo Pride by Tomer Eshed
- Daffy's Rhapsody by Matt O'Callaghan
- Oh Willy! by Emma de Swaef and Marc James Roels
- Tentation by Loris Accaries, Marie Ayme, Claire Baudean, and Audrey Janvier
- Tram by Michaela Pavlatova
15th Annual Animation Show of Shows • 2013
- Get a Horse!± by Lauren MacMullan
- Gloria Victoria by Theodore Ushev
- Bless You by David Barlow-Krelina
- Subconscious Password by Chris Landreth
- The Blue Umbrella by Saschka Unseld
- Drunker Than a Skunk by Bill Plympton
- International Fathers Day by Edmunds Jansons
- Home Sweet Home by Alejandrio Diaz, Pierre Clanet, Romain Mazevet and Stephane Paccolat
- My Mom is an Airplane! by Yula Aronova
- Madly in Love by Ikue Sugidono
- Nana Bobo by Andrea Cristofaro, Valentina Del Miglio, Francesco Nicolo Mereu and Lucas Wild do Vale
- Requiem for Romance by Jonathan Ng
- Marcel, King of Tevruen by Tom Schroeder
- Ascension by Caroline Domergue, Florian Vecchione, Martin de Coudenhove and Thomas Bourdis
16th Annual Animation Show of Shows • 2014
- Feast± by Patrick Osborne
- Bang Bang! by Julien Bisaro
- Marilyn Myller by Mikey Please
- Lava by James Murphy
- Me and My Moulton≈ by Torill Kove
- 365 by Greg and Myles McLeod
- We Can't Live Without Cosmos≈ by Konstantin Bronzit
- Duet by Glen Keane
- Hunger by Petra Zlonoga
- The Bigger Picture≈ by Daisy Jacobs
- Hipopotamy by Piotr Dumała
17th Annual Animation Show of Shows • 2015
- The Story of Percival Pilts by Janette Goodey and John Lewis
- Tant de Forets by Geoffrey Godet and Burcu Sankur
- Snowfall by Connor Whelan
- Ballad of Holland Island House by Lynn Tomlinson
- Behind the Trees by Amanda Palmer and Avi Ofer
- We Can't Live Without Cosmos by Konstantin Bronzit
- Messages Dans L'Air by Isabel Favez
- Stripy by Babak and Behnoud Nekooei
- Ascension by Thomas Bourdis, Martin de Coudenhove, Caroline Domergue, Colin Laubry, and Florian Vecchione
- In the Time of March Madness by Melissa Johnson and Robertino Zambrano
- World of Tomorrow≈ by Don Hertzfeldt
18th Annual Animation Show of Shows • 2016
- Stems by Ainslie Hendersen of Scotland
- Shift by Cecilia Puglesi and Yijun Liu of U.S.
- Pearl≈ by Patrick Osborne of the U.S.
- Crin-crin by Iris Alexandre of Belgium
- Mirror by Chris Ware, John Kuramoto, Ira Glass of U.S.
- Last summer in the garden by Bekky O’Neil of Canada
- Waiting for the New Year by Vladimir Leschiov of Latvia
- Piper± by Alan Barillaro of U.S.
- Bøygen by Kristian Pedersen of Norway
- Afternoon Class by Seoro Oh of Korea
- About a Mother by Dina Velikovskaya of Russia
- Exploozy by Joshua Gunn, Trevor Piecham, and John McGowan of U.S.
- Inner Workings by Leo Matsuda of U.S.
- Corpus by Marc Héricher of France
- Blue by Daniela Sherer of Israel
- Manoman by Simon Cartwright of England
- All Their Shades by Chloé Alliez of Belgium