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Seth MacFarlane hosts the Academy Awards.

Surreal and bizarre short films, based around a chosen theme.

Transforming familiar objects into fresh guacamole.

XXX chair-on-chair action.

Metal objects of the past come to life in the depths of the sea.

The Animation Show is back with an all new collection of incredible independent animation! This year Mike Judge has gathered together over two dozen of his favorite funny short films from around the world. It's a ground breaking program of eye-popping adult animation from tomorrow's next great animators. This isn't an "adults only" animation show but the program does skew towards a mature audience with some explicit language and adult subject matter. This year the Animation Show has gone out to four incredible artists for some truly amazing new commissioned work. Kicking things off is the uber talented Joel Trussell with an epic viking Animation Show Intro. Australian animator Dave Carter debuts three new commissioned shorts with the hilarious Psychotown. Dave continues his collaboration with the comedy team "The Nice Guy" here for a blend of cut out and stop-motion animation. Also featured is the stop-motion superstar PES who has been an Animation Show regular the last two tours and returns this year with the instructional cooking treat Western Spaghetti. Finally we're proud to feature the first commissioned short film from the commercial design team Smith and Foulkes (known for their award winning commercial spots for Coke and Motorola) with the CG tale This Way Up. The piece centers around two undertakers working hard to lay the dead to rest. Like past tours this new program is packed with festival favorites and premieres. This year we're proud to be the first to theatrically share the work of Steve Dildarian (New HBO series THE LIFE AND TIMES OF TIM debuting in September). Another highlight is the collection of films never seen in the US from the prestigious French animation college Gobelins featuring the shorts Burning Safari, Cocotte Minute, Voodoo and Blind Spot. Returning this year are animation greats Bill Plympton with the premiere of Hot Dog, Corky Quakenbush with the irreverent Yompi and Georges Schizgebel's gorgeous Jeu!

Everyday objects become delicious ingredients as we learn how to cook spaghetti through stop-motion photography.

A documentary film about Oscar-nominated animator Bill Plympton. This is a portrait piece that includes interviews with family, friends, colleagues, critics, and fans.

First short of the Oscar nominated director PES.

Take a journey through six decades of Honda innovation as multiple animators manipulate thousands of hand-drawn illustrations

Director PES recreates five classic arcade games (Centipede, Frogger, Asteroids, Space Invaders, and Pac-Man) by manipulating familiar objects in stop-motion.

A butcher makes an unusual submarine sandwich using some sports equipment.

A man wakes up in the middle of the night because of an emergency.

Suddenly, a fine golden drizzle starts falling on a calm little woodland pond.

Familiar objects are transformed into a candy-coated vision of war in this seminal stop-motion short by PES.

Candies, coins, and an array of other objects form beautiful fireworks.

Early stop motion play from PES - with people skateboarding around.

Focuses on a selection of nominated short filmmakers with an inside look at the emotions and experiences of those individuals up for some of the short-film industry's most prestigious awards.

The saddest love story of two swans.

A gold mannequin is overtaken by nature in this surrealistic short by Oscar-nominated director PES.

Peanut drowning in a peanut butter sea.

Alright boys and girls, are you ready for the best birthday party ever?