Ingrid Pitt: Beyond The Forest
An animated short film by Perry Chen, Kevin Sean Michaels and Bill Plympton
Narrated by Ingrid Pitt
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About the short film
Memories from the Holocaust have been portrayed in almost every medium, but rarely animation -- and never before by a child animator. Animated short film "INGRID PITT: BEYOND THE FOREST" is a cross-generational collaboration between a world-class animation master, two-time Academy Award-nominated Bill Plympton, and a first-time animator, 11-year-old artist Perry Chen. It is narrated by Ingrid Pitt herself.
Starting with Ingrid Pitt's poignant narration and Bill Plympton's 23 traditional pencil sketches as storyboard, award-winning artist and film critic Perry Chen brings this moving story and its contemporary implications alive. Read more
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Events in July 2011
July 20 through 24, 2011
Special Events at Comic-Con
| What: | Comic-Con attendees will have the opportunity to meet Kevin Sean Michaels and Bill Plympton throughout the convention by stopping by Bill Plympton's booth. |
| When: | Wednesday July 20 through Sunday July 24, 2011. See Comic-Con website for each day's schedule. |
| Where: | San Diego Convention Center booth #1537, 111 W. Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101 |
| More info. | Official Comic-Con website. |
July 23, 2011
Screening at Reading Cinemas Gaslamp in San Diego, CA
| What: | Screening at Reading Cinemas Gaslamp 15 in San Diego, CA, with special guests Perry Chen, Zhu Shen, Bill Plympton, Kevin Sean Michaels, and Karina Bessoudo (VP of Marketing & Communications for Toon Boom Animation) |
| When: | July 23, 2011, 8:00 PM. |
| Where: | Reading Cinemas Gaslamp 15, 701 5th Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101 |
| More info. | Reading Cinemas Gaslamp 15 website |
July 23, 2011
Screening at LA Shorts Fest
| What: | Ingrid Pitt: Beyond the Forest will be included in a program of short films. Perry Chen will be in attendance. |
| When: | Saturday, July 24, 2011, in Program 11 starting at 3:15 PM. |
| Where: | Laemmle Sunset 5 Theaters, 8000 Sunset Blvd. West Hollywood CA 90046 (at the start of the famous Sunset Strip at the corner of Sunset Blvd. and Crescent Heights). |
| More info. | Official LA Shorts Fest website. |
July 24, 2011
Panel at San Diego Comic-Con:
The Holocaust Through the Eyes of a Child
| What: | Bill Plympton (Two-time Oscar-nominated animator, author of Independently Animated), 11-year-old animator and child film critic Perry Chen with his mother Dr. Zhu Shen, Karina Bessoudo (Toon Boom, Vice President of Marketing and Communications) and Kevin Sean Michaels (Director, Ingrid Pitt: Beyond The Forest) will share insight and a sneak preview of the film Ingrid Pitt: Beyond The Forest and the cross-generational collaboration that was formed to create it. The short animated film illustrates the miraculous true story of the late Ingrid Pitt (The Wicker Man, Where Eagles Dare) who, in 1945, escaped at age 8 from a Nazi concentration camp in Poland to later become one of the UK's biggest movie stars. Also screening will be a trailer for the new documentary on animator Plympton, Adventures in Plymptoons! Moderators: Pat Swinney Kaufman (Executive Director for the New York State Governor's Office for Motion Picture & Television Development) and Lloyd Kaufman (President/Co-Founder of Troma Entertainment, author of Sell Your Own Damn Movie). |
| When: | Sunday July, 24, 2011, 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM. |
| Where: | San Diego Convention Center Room 5AB, 111 W. Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101 |
| More info. | Official Comic-Con website. |
July 24, 2011
Screenings at San Diego International Children's Film Festival
| What: | We are pleased to announce that Ingrid Pitt: Beyond the Forest is an official selection of the San Diego International Children's Film Festival. It will be shown twice during the Animation Showcase, "A reel of short animation from around the world, some of the best and most creative all-ages animation on the planet, including films from Germany, Canada, UK, Denmark, France, Italy, Croatia, Japan, Singapore and more!" The Animation Showcase is free for all Comic-Con attendees. |
| When: | Sunday, July 24, 2011. Ingrid Pitt: Beyond the Forest will be included in Program 2 from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM, and program 4 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM. |
| Where: | San Diego Convention Center room 9, 111 W. Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101 |
| More info. | Official San Diego International Children's Film Festival website. |
July 28, 2011
Screening in Burbank, CA for ASIFA-Hollywood members
| What: | Screening in Burbank, CA for ASIFA-Hollywood members only! |
| When: | July 28, 2011, 7:00 PM |
| Where: | ASIFA members will get evites with details. |
| More info. | ASIFA-Hollywood website. |
This page last updated July 21, 2011.
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