The 21st Annual Animation Show of Shows @ Boedecker Theater

The ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS, a curated selection of the “best of the best” animated short films created by students and professionals around the world, returns to theaters across North America. Featuring 10 films from seven countries, the 2019 edition of the program offers an array of highly imaginative, thought-provoking, and moving works that reflect the filmmakers’ unique perspectives and their relationship to the world. (1:24)

This year’s show is kid friendly, life-affirming, funny, inspirational, purposeful and memorable.

THE 21ST ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS includes 10 films, three of which have qualified for Academy Award® consideration.

The complete lineup is:

Kids – Michael Frei, Mario von Rickenbach, Switzerland
Rubicon – Gil Alkabetz, Germany

Portrait of Gil Alkabetz (Rubicon) – Marta Trela Germany

Five Minutes to Sea – Natalia Mirzoyan, Russia

Récit de soi (Self-Narrative) – Géraldine Charpentier, Belgium

Le jour extraordinaire (Flowing through Wonder) – Joanna Lurie, France

Hounds – Amit Cohen, Ido Shapira, Israel

Portrait of Amit Cohen and Ido Shapira (Hounds) – Shlomi Yosef

The Fox and the Bird (Le renard et l’oisille) – Sam & Fred Guillaume, Switzerland

Daughter – Daria Kashcheeva, Czech Republic