After 15 years, the Apocalypse it back! Stream Scrap Metal now on AnimationMnM-TV! Ad-free, money-free, AI-free! Ditch your shitty phone or laptop monitor and watch the colours pop on your home television screen! 

Just search "AnimationMnM" in the apps for your Roku, Apple TV or Android TV. Kick back and let the nostalgia wash over you. Watch the world strangled to death by killer plants rather than bland AI memes. This is how the Aplocalypse SHOULD be!

Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) 2018

 Scrap Metal was featured as part of a screening for animated films created by Laika employees in the 2018 Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, aka the Internationales Trickfilm Festival Stuttgart (ITFS) on Saturday, April 28, 2018 from 4:00pm to 5:30pm.

Klamath Independent Film Festival 2017

Scrap Metal was featured in the Klamath Independent Film Festival at the Ross Ragland Theater in Klamath Falls, Oregon on Sunday, September 17, 2017 as part of the Laika Shorts segment at 1:30pm.

StopTrik International Film Festival 2016

Many Canadian films that showed in the Stop-Motion Film Festival, including Scrap Metal, will be featured in the 2016 StopTrik International Film Festival in Maribor, Slovenia on October 30 and in Łódź, Poland on November 13

OMSI Animation FIlm Festival

Scrap Metal will be part of Reel Science: Laika:
 A Giant Skeleton & Animated Shorts

 

This will kick off the Animation Film Festival 2016 hosted at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland, Oregon from September 15-18

Come Thursday, September 15, doors will open at 6:20pm where a lecture on Laika's Odokuro (giant skeleton) will begin followed by Q&A and then the screening of some short films by Laika employees (including mine) at 8:30 followed by Q&A. This will be the largest screen that Scrap Metal has ever and probably will ever be screened on, so don't miss it!

Melbourne International Animation Festival

Scrap Metal was featured in the Melbourne International Animation Festival in Australia on Sunday June 23, 2013 as part of the Best Of The Next: International Graduate Festival.

Geekie Awards - Animated Short Winner

Scrap Metal has won Best Animated Short Film at the 1st Annual Geekie Awards of 2013!

Scrap Metal is also in the running for Best Short Film. The awards are in Hollywood, but I may just have to make the trip out there because the event will also award Stan Lee a lifetime achievement award!

Sunday, August 18th, 2013 from 5:30 PM to 11:00 PM (PST)
The Avalon / Hollywood, CA

The Geekie Awards will celebrate the most talented indie creations in these categories: Short Films; Web Series; Podcasts; One Shots (Trailers, Music Videos); Comics & Graphic Novels; Toys & Tabletop Games; Art, Craft & Food; Websites & Retail Stores; and Crowdfunding.

The Awards show begins at 7:30 PM. Red carpet arrivals begin at 5:30 PM.

All guests who purchase tickets are invited to the after party on the main floor of The Avalon. The after party will begin around 9:00 PM.

Beverages and a limited food menu are available at nine cash bars throughout the venue. Credit cards accepted.

Dress is fancy attire… but you’re welcome to wear something crazy. Cosplayers welcome!

The Awards are planned to be streamed online, and all of the entrees can be viewed and even streamed from the Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/TheGeekieAwards

 View the live streaming of the awards here: http://www.ustream.tv/user/TheGeekieAwards  

update:

Videos of the event are free to view here: http://YouTube.com/thegeekieawards  

Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival 2013!

Scrap Metal has been accepted into the annual Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival (CCI-IFF) 2013, which is attached to the 2013 San Diego Comic Con!

I will personally be in attendance to speak about the film and answer any questions! I encourage anyone who can make it to come. My panel is scheduled for:

Thursday, July 18. 7:45-8:10pm

Marriott Hall 2, Marriott Marquis & Marina

View schedule here

Lakeshorts International Short Film Festival

Scrap Metal has been accepted into the 3rd annual 2013 Lakeshorts International Short Film Festival in Toronto, ON, Canada.

 

 

 

Scrap Metal was one of the 15 shorts selected out of over 160 submissions! I want very much to attend this fest as it is taking place in the Toronto homeland. But alas, my contract in the USA once again denies my the pleasure. Please check out the festival if you can:

 

The Assembly Hall

1 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Dr

Toronto, ON M8V 3W8, Canada

 

Friday, May 3rd, 2013



2013 Rising Star Award Winner!

Scrap Metal has won the Rising Star Award from the 6th annual 2013 Canadian International Film Festival!

 

 

 

The award is in the Animation section of the competition. The Festival takes place on April 5th-6th in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

 

It is a great honour to be recognised by this prestigious community.



Local Focus 5 Film Festival Winner!

Scrap Metal is this year's winner Animated Film category of the Local Focus 5 Film Festvial!

This is the fifth annual festival of its kind, hosted in my hometown by the Multicultural Cinema Club. Scrap Metal screened in the 8pm block at Queen Street Commons Café on November 22, 2012.
I meant to go to this but, unfortunately, completely forgot because I just finished moving back home from California. It`s a real shame I didn't go.

My prizes include a $600 HD Equipment Package & One Year Membership at the Multicultural Cinema Club! In addition, I'm receiving a certificate and getting paid CARFAC recommended artist fees. CARFAC is an organisation that makes it their priority to ensure artists are paid a cut of profits resulting from the screening or distribution of their work. This is fantastic and I think other festivals should make this a priority as most other festivals actually cost the artist money to submit, but don't offer any financial return or reimbursement after the festival is over.

Props to the Multcultural Cinema Club, you guys are awesome!

2012 St. Louis International Film Festival

Scrap Metal has been accepted into the narrative shorts category of the 21st annual St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF).

 

 

SLIFF offers an official Academy-sanctioned short subject competition, which allows winners in all categories to be eligible for consideration for an Oscar nomination without doing a theatrical release. So this is a very prestigious festival to be a part of!

 

Scrap Metal will be screening Sunday, November 11th at 9pm at the Tivoli Theatre as part of the Animation 2 program.

2012 Zero Film Festival - Canada

Scrap Metal recently screened as part of the 2012 Zero Film Festival in Toronto and Montreal.

 

 

 

This was launched very last minute, so I only got around to posting about it now and I was unable to attend, but its still pretty cool!

 

Scrap Metal showed in the Toronto Festival On September 28th in the 9pm block of Toronto filmmaker shorts



Mt. Hood Independent Film Festival 2012

Scrap Metal has been offically selected for the first ever Mt Hood Independent Film Festival for the "horror/sci-fi short" category

 

 

The Mt. Hood Independent Film Festival seeks to bring films of multiple genres including Narrative, Animation, Documentary, and Sports Documentary to the community of Hood River, OR and the Columbia River Gorge area. The Film Festival also seeks to provide a venue to screen films from around the world which otherwise would not be seen in this area.

 

October 26-28 at the Columbia Centre for Arts in Hood River, Oregon.



Grand River Film Festival 2012

Scrap Metal will be screening in my own backyard! Come out for the 6th annual GRFF!

 

I am featured in the Waterloo Region Short Film portion of the festival, taking place Tuesday, October 16 at 7pm at the Princess Twin Waterloo at 46 King Street North, Waterloo.

 

This includes the awards presentation as well as the screening of the finalists, followed by a catered networking event.

 

GRFF runs October 16-21, 2012.

 



Toronto International Film and Video Awards

Scrap Metal is nominated as one of four finalist for an award in the children's category for the 2nd annual Toronto International Film and Video Awards

 

 

The festival organisers seem to have a pretty cool arsenal of firearms, so make sure you all check out this festival or your car could be next!

 

They've started an indiegogo campaign if you can't go but would still like to support.

I can't find information on the website about the time and place, but I am assuming that TIFVA is being held on October 12-14, 2012

UPDATE:

Scrap Metal won for Best Children's Film!

 

 



Off International 2012

Scrap Metal is officially selected in the animated shorts category of the 15th annual Okanagan Film Festival

 

 

 Off is an exclusive multimedia event showcasing talent in international works of cinema. Their  mission is to bring the culture of international cinema to the Okanagan. To Inspire. To Encourage. To Support.

 

Off International takes place on October 11-14  at the at the Paramount theatre in downtown Kelowna, BC.

 

 

The schedule has been released.


UPDATE:

Scrap Metal won the award for Best Animated Short. Thank you to those who organised and supported Off International.



Toronto International Student Animation Festival 2011

Just found out that Scrap Metal was featured in the 5th Annual Toronto International Student Animation Festival

 

 

 

 

Sheridan must have submitted my film, because I did not and I only found out now when I googled by film name. Scrap Metal showed in the stop-motion category of the post-secondary section on Friday, November 4th 2011. It was shown at the NFB in Toronto too, which is really awesome! Wish I knew about it when it showed...



New Orleans Horror Film Festival 2012

Scrap Metal has been accepted to the Sci-Fi Shorts category for the 2nd annual New Orleans Horror Film Festival.

 

 

 

The Festival takes place October 25th - 28th

 

at

 

The Inn on Bourbon, 541 Bourbon Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130

 

The Schedule has yet to be released. This looks like a fun and cool festival though. I hope my film plays okay, it will be surrounded by intense horror flicks whereas Scrap Metal is intended as a family accessible Sci-Fi monster flick; hopefully the audience will be open to that and/or at least enjoy the visuals.

 

At the very least, it has an awesome laurel to put on my site!

2012 SoCal Film Fest

Scrap Metal has been accepted to the short film category for the 8th annual SoCal Film Fest which strives to be an outlet for independent films.

 

 

 

 

The schedule is available here

 

Location:

 

Huntington Beach Library Theatre at 7111 Talbert Ave, Huntington Beach, CA 92648

 

 

Scrap Metal will show at 2:35 pm, on September 28th