Saturday, June 4, 2022 at 5:30 & 7:00 p.m.

James Bridges Theater, Melnitz Hall, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television

Animation Extravaganza is an all-inclusive, annual event for our graduate and undergraduate animators to showcase their finished films. From 3D to traditional, stop-motion to interactive, all facets of the medium are explored by M.F.A. students. It is a time where animators get to reap the rewards of their hard work and share their introspective, funny and awe-inspiring stories through animation. Come join us for a night celebrating our outstanding animation students and enjoy the films they have crafted during their time in the Animation Program here at the UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television. In addition, each year the students choose an inspiring recipient of the Crystal Anvil Award and honor their contributions to the field of animation.

Student Hosts: Liddy Salter & Marc “GIVE.ME.MÁS” Sánchez

5:30PM – Program I: An eclectic mix of non-M.F.A. films completed in the Animation Program course 181C and the stop-motion class

7:00PM – Program II: Crystal Anvil Award Honoree, Student Awards and films from the individual voices of the M.F.A. Animation Program: stop motion, 2D and 3D CG animation

Crystal Anvil Award Honoree – Jorge R. Gutierrez

Emmy and Annie award winning Jorge R. Gutierrez is a Mexican animator, painter, voice actor, writer, and director. Born in Mexico City, raised in Tijuana, CalArts graduate, Gutierrez has completed various films, cartoons, and paintings exploring his love affair with Mexican pop and folk culture. Gutierrez was the director & co-writer of the Guillermo Del Toro produced animated feature The Book of Life for Fox which earned him a 2014 Golden Globe Award nomination. He was also the writer & director of the Emmy nominated Son of Jaguar VR short for Google. Along with his wife and muse, Sandra Equihua, they created the multiple Emmy Award–winning animated series El Tigre, The Adventures of Manny Rivera for Nickelodeon. Gutierrez most recently created the event series Maya and the Three for Netflix which recently won 2 Annie Awards, including Best Children’s TV/Media award.

2022 MFA Student Awards

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Most Innovative 

Bird’s Eye View | Matt Sheehan

 

Best Art Direction 

Ecotone | Aston Kellman-Holmes

 

Best Story 

Special Delivery | Olivia Baylor

 

Best Animation 

Sirius | Xiangning Jie

 

Best in Show 

Winter in a Day | Liddy Salter

PROGRAM 1: Non MFA Films

Floria Huang – The Way Things Have been going lately

Summer Brotman – Grim’s new friend. 

Julia Schmidt – Int. jims room – Night

Floria Huang – the Scar 

Allie Panariello – Spark Joy 

Shania Salentine – House Cat 

Georgia Smith – Tatum 

Maryam Mostafavi – First Love 

Elizabeth Smith – URSA 

Anna – Puttiing knowledge to Work – Stop Motion 

Ankita Nambiar – A Big Bunch of Nothing. 

Courtney Chapman – Home Cooked 

Niall Murphy – Third Eye Alan 

PROGRAM 2: MFA films

TAYLOR GOETHE – DRUNK FILM

TYLER COMEAU – EMO CROW

LIDDY SALTER – WINTER IN A DAY

OLIVIA BAYLOR – SPECIAL DELIVERY

ALEX VOUTSINAS – SURVIVING STATEN ISLAND

DEMITRIOUS TZAMARAS -EYES OF THE WARLORD

JESSICA ASUELIME – PATHS

FOROUZAN SAFARI – A LUNAR DETENTE

XIANGNING JIE – SIRIUS

JUSTIN VU – SOLSTICE

LORENA SANTOS -SELF COMPASSION

AUDREY HECTOR – KARL

MARC “GIVE.ME.MAS” SANCHEZ – SOMBRAS

ZAINAB BAKARE – GRANDMAS GARDEN

MONIQUE TUDON – LIFE AFTER DEATH

ALEX VOUTSINAS – UNDERSTANDING

JESSICA ASUELIME – BUBBLES

JANE JINGYU ZHANG – ECOTONE

MATTHEW B.W. SHEEHAN – BIRDS EYE VIEW