We're big supporters of the Salt Lake City Film Festival, FilmQuest! Not only was their inaugural year (last year's festival) one of our favorite festivals, it was also one of our favorite trips. We had the chance to not only explore Salt Lake, but we also headed off to beautiful Park City and stopped by Sundance. It was an amazing trip (we were even able to tack on Idaho and Wyoming as well).

Last year FilmQuest was one of the great film festivals that played the Macabre Trilogy (The Umbrella Factory, Jack the Ripper, Haunting of the White Sparrow) and this year they'll be debuting our newest short, Around the World in 80 Days!

for more information check out the Official Website:

http://www.filmquestfestival.com

This July, Around the World in 80 Days is Heading to Hollywood! Screening at the very cool Raleigh Studios, The SoCal film festival takes place in the screening room nestled among the sound stages right there on Melrose. The studios are pretty historic, dating back to the founding in 1912, so if you'd like tickets, you'll be among Hollywood history! Pretty cool.

The film festival will take place July 23-26.

For more information check out the official websites right here:

http://www.raleighstudios.com/hollywood

http://www.socalciff.com

That's right, our short film, Around the World in 80 Days is heading back to the Bay!

The film will screen as apart of the Long Day Short Film Festival, held on June 21st, the longest day of the year! (Woot, summer solstice, folks!) We're also really proud to be a part of the festival now two years in a row! Last year, The Umbrella Factory screened and it was a fantastic evening with good films, good folks, and lots of good wine!

For more info check out the official sites:

http://facebook.com/longdayshortfilm

http://ldsf.tumblr.com

June gets even busier for Jules Verne Jr and Ava as they head to Little Rock this summer! As part of the creative community in Arkansas, The Film Society of Little Rock will be holding film festivals all summer long. On June 17th, The Good Things / Small Packages will be screening Around the World in 80 Days and it's going to be awesome!

For more information check out the Official Websites right here:

http://www.filmsocietylr.com

https://www.facebook.com/FilmSocietyLR?_rdr

June is going to be BUSY! We're so excited to announce Around the World is heading to another film festival! Next up you'll be able to catch Around the World on the big screen this June in the lovely state of Tennessee! Every summer the Blue Plum Festival hosts a film festival spotlighting animation and we couldn't be more proud to be apart of it!

For more info check out the Official Websites:

http://www.blueplum.org

http://www.blueplum.org/events/animation-festival/

Our newest short film, Around the World in 80 Days, is heading to the UK! Our European Premiere will be held this June as part of the British Animation Film Festival! The Festival itself will be held at the Empire Cinema in beautiful Leicester Square!

Official details will be coming soon!

For more information, check out the official websites:

http://www.empirecinemas.co.uk

http://www.thefilmfestivalguild.com/#!british-animation-film-festival/cav0

What do Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Umbrella Factory have in common? They both won at the American Movie Awards (just a few years apart)! We're thrilled that our short film about the three unlucky brothers is still racking up awards and laurels! This latest win is for Best Animated Film! High five.

Check out the official site right here:

https://americanmovieawards.com

The Gold Coast International Film Festival is amazing! Taking place in Long Island New York every year, they feature some of the coolest indie films hitting the festival circuit! We're really proud to be apart of this festival two years in a row now!

The Festival doesn't take place until November, (Nov 9-15) but we just received our official laurels and got really excited so thought we should announce it NOW! I mean, why wait for good news?

More info to come on the official website:

http://www.goldcoastfilmfestival.org

If you'd like to see our brand new short film on the big screen this summer, it'll be screening at the Seattle True Independent Film Festival! We are thrilled to be a part of the festival and cannot wait! The world of Jules Verne Jr on the big screen will look fantastic!

For more information and schedules (coming soon) check out the official website below:

http://trueindependent.org

Our brand new short film starring Jules Verne Jr is heading to the big screen! One of the coolest festivals we attended last year was Filmquest in Salt Lake and this year we're heading back! If you check out any film festivals this year, I'd would say: GO TO FILMQUEST! It's super awesome. Lots of great films, celebrities, and directors on hand to discuss the films themselves. Plus you get to hang out in Salt Lake and Park City!

For more info check out:

http://www.filmquestfestival.com

Our brand new short film, Around the World in 80 Days, is here! You can watch it right here on Naissance or over on our Vimeo in all of it's HD glory! So pop some pop corn, grab your favorite worldly beverage, click full screen mode, and travel the world with Jules Verne Jr.

Here's a first look at our upcoming short film, Around the World in 80 Days! We're ridiculously excited to start unveiling the world of Jules Verne Jr and his upcoming adventures!

One of our favorite moments in the upcoming short is the Nautilus, piloted by the infamous Captain Nemo! AND yes, we love 20,000 Leagues as well. Both novels make our short list for all time classics!

Here's the official synopsis:

Around the World in 80 Days: The brash, young Jules Verne Jr. has just decided to go around the world in 80 days to live up to the legacy of the books that have made his name world famous.

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So, among other recent and giant sized events, we've also been hard at work with a roster of amazing artists and talent on a brand new short film! We are beyond excited to announce: AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, a fully animated adaption of the classic Jules Verne novel from 1873.

Around the World in 80 Days is one of our favorite novels of all time! The works of Jules Verne have been a source of inspiration for a long time for us and we are beyond excited to start unveiling all the amazing art being created here at the studio!

More coming very soon!

The Umbrella Factory is going on tour! This year those in the state of Washington will have a bunch of great chances to check out The Umbrella Factory on the big screen along with a line up of other great films by some fantastic film makers! The festival is the Tri-City Intenrational Fantastic Film Festival.

The first showing is this weekend! February 13-15 in Pasco as part of RadCon!

Next up is the Seattle Crypticon Horror Convention May 23!

Then in August, as part of the 2015 Worldcon, August 17-20 in Spokane at the Sasquan International Film Festival!

Finally, the Official Tri-Cities International Fantastic Film Festival will take place in Richland October 16-18!

Our Macabre Trilogy is heading to Greece this March! That's right, our three short films: Haunting of the White Sparrow, Jack the Ripper, and The Umbrella Factory are all heading off to the Mediterranean as part of the upcoming Motion International Festival!

As part of the International Festival of screenings, the Motion Festival of Cypress is celebrating the very best of Motion Graphics, Music Videos, Commercials, Opening Titles, 3D Mapping, CGI, and Broadcast Design.

For more information on the showtimes and the other absolutely amazing films playing check out the official website right here:

http://www.motionfestivalcyprus.com

Tomorrow we'll be at the Napa Film Festival for a screening of The Umbrella Factory as well as a potential Q&A afterwards. If you're interested in watching some great films, spotting a few celebrities, and drinking some fantastic wine, it should be a great afternoon!

Here's the information and showtimes on the site:

http://napavalleyfilmfest.org/films/animated-shorts

Stoked to find out that we just won the Audience Choice Award at the Open Wound Film Festival! I'm not sure if people still say they're stoked, but we are totally stoked! (Maybe it's totes stow now, I don't know).

The Open Wound Film Festival is a festival held shortly before Halloween and is part of the Santa Fe Comic Con!

We're excited to find out that The Umbrella Factory has just been nominated for best Animated Short of the year at the The Short Film Awards this December! The film, narrated by the super talented James Brinkley, has had an amazing run this year playing both Internationally and across the States. The most recent screenings have been at the ever impressive Gold Coast and Ojai Film Festivals as well as taking a special audience award at the Holly Shorts Film Festival in Hollywood!

Next up is the Napa Film Festival here in Northern California, kicking off tomorrow night!

For more information on the nom check out the official website right here:

http://www.theshortfilmawards.com

It's a big couple of months for Film Festivals! Not only is The Umbrella Factory heading to Napa and Long Island, but the Umbrella Factory is now also heading to the ever awesome Ojai Film Festival in Southern California! If you've never been to the picturesque Ojai Valley, this is a great opportunity. You can hang out in this beautiful historic town all day and watch The Umbrella Factory. Win win if you ask me.

The Festival takes place: Nov. 6th - 10th

Here's the official Website:

http://www.ojaifilmfestival.com

The Umbrella Factory is heading back to the East Coast as part of this year's Gold Coast International Film Festival! The Gold Coast, as noted by the festival, was first made famous and now legendary as the locations for East Egg and West Egg in "The Great Gatsby."

Speaking of the Great Gatsby, Catherine Martin (Great Gatsby, Moulin Rouge, Romeo + Juliet, Australia -- and personal hero) will be there opening night as part of the Film Festival Artist of Distinction Award.

The Festival takes place: Nov. 3rd - 9th

We are really thrilled to be a part of the festival! For more information check out their official website:

http://www.goldcoastfilmfestival.org