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BACK TO THE BEACH SUMMER SAMPLER

Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!

Run Time: 55 min. Format: DCP Rating: NR

Join curator Willy Hartland for this sun-filled sampler of animated films set at the beach.

Program

1. Michaela Müller “Miramare” 2010 8 mi

2. Dave Fleischer “Betty Boop’s Lifeguard” 1934 6 min

3. Malcolm Sutherland “Tourists” 2002 7 min

4. Willy Hartland’s “Wham Blam Thank You Clam!” 1982 2 min

5. Bill Plympton’s “Deep End” 2014 4 min

6. Bill Plympton’s “Summer Bummer” 2012 1:49 sec

7. Kirsten Lepore’s “Hi Stranger” 2016 2:43 min

8. Xeth Feinberg’s “Bulbo in Surf n Turf” 2004 1 min

9. Xeth Feinberg’s “Our pal Bulbo in Back to Nature” 2004 1 min

10. Anthony Gross & Hector Hoppin’s “LA JOIE DE VIVRE” 1934 9 min

11. Louis Netter “Paradise Beach” 2009 2:11 min

12. John Morena “Piss & Vinegar” 2017 30 sec

13. John Morena “Home: A Portrait of New York City” 2017 30 sec

14. Bruno Bozetto “Mister Rossi at the Seaside” 1964 10:35

15. Kirsten Lepore’s “Bottle” 2011 6 min

16. Pes “The Deep” 2010 1:34 sec

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