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Squeaky Wheel’s 23rd Animation Fest!

December 4 @ 7:00 pm8:30 pm EST
Free – $10.00

Friday, December 4, 7 pm ET
In-person at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum and online
In-person is free as part of M&T First Fridays.
Online is free or $10 suggested donation

Squeaky Wheel is excited to present the 23rd annual Animation Fest! With 11 short animated films from filmmakers and artists from Buffalo and beyond, this year’s edition features work by:

anivides (Cristal Buemi and Franci Duran), Heidi Stavrevski, Lysander Wong, Mahda Purmehdi, Martha Griffith, Natalia Ryss, Sanam Sheriff and Sonali Gulati, Scarlet Thibodeau, Suzanne L. Schulz, Tony Nash, and Wendy Cong Zhao

To attend in-person: The screening will take place at 7:00 pm at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum’s auditorium. Just show up!

To attend online: Get your ticket below! Upon check-out, you will receive an email titled “Your Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center order has been received!”. A private link will be included in that email; the event will be available at the link at the start date and time. You will have access to the event for 24 hours; Squeaky Wheel members receive 72 hour access. Not a member yet? Sign up here.

This year’s Animation Fest was curated by Carra Stratton, Mark Longolucco, Donte McFadden, Dorothea Braemer, and Kalmia Strong.

 

Thank you to our generous sponsors: Daemen University, Buffalo Spree, Tri-Main Center, Council Member Joel Feroleto, West Herr, Harlequin Pet Services, Rich’s, Rigidized Metals Corporation, Hodgson Russ, Stephens & Stephens, Rose Jade Consulting, Marketing Tech, Evolve Fitness, Jody LaFond, Media Production at Buffalo State, Lumpy Buttons, Larkin Development Group, eco_LOGIC studio, Buffalo Toronto Public Media

And to our generous host: Buffalo AKG Art Museum

 

Banner image: A still from Scarlet Thibodeau’s Jeff and the Moon Have Tea. A frame from a stop-motion animation of two characters sitting across from each other with a table and tea set between them. The first character is a large blue moon and the second one is blue man with a square head and large eyes.

 

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Free - Online Screening 23nd Animation Fest
You will receive an email with a private link on the day of the event. You will have access to the event for 24 hours; Squeaky Wheel members receive 72 hour access.
$ 0.00
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$10 - Online Screening 23nd Animation Fest
You will receive an email with a private link on the day of the event. You will have access to the event for 24 hours; Squeaky Wheel members receive 72 hour access.
$ 10.00
Unlimited

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Squeaky Wheel’s programs are made possible with major support by Teiger Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the County of Erie and County Executive Mark Poloncarz, and The Children's Guild Foundation. Our programs would not be possible without the support of members, businesses, and individual supporters such as yourself.
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Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center
2495 Main Street, Suite 310, Buffalo, NY, 14214
(716) 884-7172
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