SYNOPSIS

The Bird Empire expands beyond the Earth boundaries and falls under unexpected circumstances.

OTHER SELECT FESTIVALS AND AWARDS

• Honorable Mention, Tribeca Film Festival
• Excellence in Design, ASIFA-East
• Official Selction, Seattle International Film Festival
• Official Selection, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Scotland
• Official Selection, Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival

DIRECTOR'S BIOGRAPHY

Alex Budovsky was born in St-Petersburg, Russia on January 21st, 1975. He moved to New York in 1994. In 2000, he graduated from Brooklyn College, (Bachelor of Arts) with an emphasis in Film. In 2002 he produced two animated music videos for British musician Stephen Coates also known as (The Real) Tuesday Weld or the Clerkenwell Kid. One of the films, "Bathtime in Clerkenwell" received recognition and awards in many film festivals around the world, including the Jury Award for the Best Animation at Sundance Online Film Festival 2004 In 2003, he produced three animated promos. In 2004, he completed 4 minute animated music film based on a song "Brazil" by Geoff Muldaur and two 75 sec educational music animations for children, commissioned by MaGiC Studios. In 2004-2005, he created four commercial ads for an advertising campaign of energetic drink Lucozade in UK. In 2006, he competed animated music video based on Jim Avignon’s song “Jukebox” and his original drawings. Jim Avignon is considered the pioneer of a new generation of pop artists. A lauded and much-respected cult figure in Techno subculture in Berlin. In 2007, he created 5 one-minute educational animations for little kids with company Lilipip which is based in Seattle, and also made an animated short “Guitar Birds” commissioned by Sesame Street® and a commercial ad for Greenpeace. In September, he completed a new music video for The Real Tuesday Weld – a 4-minute animation called “Last Time in Clerkenwell”, which is a second episode of “Bathtime in Clerkenwell”, made 5 years earlier. This animation received quite a few awards at Film Festivals around the world. In 2008, he completed the animated short “The Royal Nightmare” and animated intros for two animation festivals – IFF Krok and festival of Russian animation in Suzdal.

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SHOWTIMES

TUES. 5/19 at 8:00PM
Matinée Movie Lounge

FRI. 5/22 at 6:00PM
Matinée Movie Lounge

CAST AND CREW

Production: Figli-Migli Productions
Animation: Alex Budovsky
Music: Stephen Coates

SOURCES

Print Source:
www.figlimigliproductions.com