Euganea Film Festival

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• friday 3 july
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Hot Dog

by Bill Plympton

Animation | USA | 2008 | 35mm | 6 min.

date

friday 3 july

location

TEOLO, Parco delle Fiorine, Monte della Madonna

This is the third in the DOG series. In this episode our plucky hero joins the fire company to save the world from house fires and gain the affection he so richly deserves. Typically, the results never turn out the way he planned.

Mr. Plympton is considered the King of Indie Animation and is the only person to hand draw an entire animated feature film. Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, he graduated from Portland State University in Graphic Design. Bill Plympton moved to New York City in 1968. He began his career creating cartoons for publications such as New York Times, National Lampoon, Playboy and Screw. In the late 80's he was a GAP model for Gus Van Sant. In 1987 he was nominated for an Oscar® for his animated short "Your Face". In 2005, Bill received another Oscar® nomination, this time for a short film "Guard Dog". "Push Comes to Shove" another short film, won the prestigious Cannes 1991 Palme d'Or. After producing many shorts that appeared on MTV and Spike and Mike's, he turned his talent to feature films. Since 1991 he's made 9 feature films, 6 of them, "The Tune", "Mondo Plympton", "I Married A Strange Person", "Mutant Aliens", "Hair High" and "Idiots and Angels" are all animated features.

Direction

Bill Plympton

Story

Bill Plympton

Script

Bill Plympton

Photography

Kerri Allegretta

Editing

Biljana Labovic

Music

Corey Jackson

Production

Biljana Labovic

Distribution

SND Films

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