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Comfort Film Presents: THE TRANSFIGURATION

  • Comfort Station Logan Square 2579 North Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL, 60647 United States (map)

Comfort Film Presents:

THE TRANSFIGURATION

THE TRANSFIGURATION is a marathon of films from thoughtful animators that, when watched in succession, will reveal something new in the air and cause the viewer to leave the showcase a changed person. BEWARE! Curated by Jonni Phillips.

Filmmakers:
Amy Lockhart, Asaki Nishino, Benni Quintero, Chris Kim, Danielle Kogan, Dena Springer, Emily Malone,
Fernanda Goshdarlin, Griffin Lewis, Harrison and Parker, Ingo Raschka, Isabel Higgins, Jacob Sluka, Jamie Griffiths,
Jennifer Nie, Josh Weisbrod, Kyuri Park, Lori Damiano, Luca Depardon, Natalie Baber, Noah Malone,
Rachel Nakawatase, Ryan Betschart, Shin Hashimoto, Ted Wiggin, Victoria Vincent, Yoko Yuki, Zach Dorn

The Retro Comeback Bad Experience - Griffin Lewis 4:22
Free TV - Jennifer Nie 0:48
No Other One - Asaki Nishino 3:07
Church of Bird - Jacob Sluka 2:16
Cock-a-doodle-doo - Noah Malone 1:36
Beluga - Shin Hashimoto 5:27
Pray Me, Rosemary - Kyuri Park 10:24
Lesson 2 - Dena Springer 0:30
Itchy - Luca Depardon 1:47
S.M.I.L.E. - Isabel Higgins 2:29
A Single Tear - Amy Lockhart 1:39
See Ya Mr. Banno! - Yoko Yuki 4:22
Lizard Ladder - Ted Wiggin 5:21

Intermission - The Tale of Despereaux - Harrison and Parker 0:23

Windows_h264_01 - Ingo Raschka 1:15
I Made You This - Zach Dorn 2:16
Fired - Victoria Vincent 3:07
Economics in Chateau Versailles - Danielle Kogan 2:46
R1CT - Natalie Baber 4:34
Inside the Digi-Tale - Fernanda Goshdarlin 1:02
Unfriended - Josh Weisbrod 10:14
Queenie and the All Or Nothing Thin King - Benni Quintero 4:04
Please Look at/For Her - Chris Kim 1:28
Pinto - Emily Malone 6:46
Venus - Jamie Griffiths 3:37
Lord I: The Records Keeper - Lori Damiano 15:00
Girl Becomes Snow - Rachel/Ryan 6:00

Media: Digital Projection

Programmer bio:
Jonni Phillips is an award-winning animator and filmmaker, responsible for “Goodbye Forever Party”, “Disciples of Ascensia”, “Secrets and Lies in a Town of Sinners”, “Barber Westchester”, among other things. She has been an animation programmer for Slamdance Film Festival for 4 years and was recently a jury member at Ottawa International Animation Film Festival.

Programmed for Comfort Station by Raul Benitez, Emily Perez and Mathew Tapey.

Free
Screening is indoors.