Esurance Animation Showcase
 | How To Hook Up Your Home Theater Kevin Deters, Stevie Wermers-Skelton (US, 2007, 6 min 20 sec) Following in the great tradition of his classic “How To” animated shorts of the 1940’s, Goofy makes his return to the big screen in “How To Hook Up Your Home Theater.” When Goofy is desperate to watch the Big Game, he heads to his local electronics store to tackle every consumer’s nightmare – selecting the perfect home theater system and worse, trying to hook it all up. |
 | Lapsus Juan Pablo Zaramella (Argentina, 2007, 3 min 18 sec) A curious nun ventures into the darker side of her animated world. Vail Premiere |
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Lifted Gary Rydstrom (USA, 2007, 4 min 48 sec) A young alien student tests the patience of an increasingly weary instructor as he attempts to abduct an innocently slumbering farmer in Lifted, the comical latest short film from Pixar Animation Studios. |
 | Operator Matthew Walker (U.K., 2007, 1 min 50 sec) Man makes a phone call to God -- and He answers. Vail Premiere |
 | The Pearce Sisters Luis Cook (U.K., 2007, 9 min 20 sec) An amusingly bleak hearted tale of two weather lashed old spinsters. Lol and Edna Pearce live on a remote and austere strip of coast. They scrape out a miserable existence from the sea. The Pearce Sisters is a tale of love, loneliness, guts, gore, nudity, violence, smoking and cups of tea. Vail Premiere |
 | Shuteye Hotel Bill Plympton (USA, 2007, 7 min) Shuteye Hotel is a film noir murder mystery that takes place in a sleazy hotel. As cops investigate the gruesome murders they become victims of this evil force. What Jaws did to swimming, Shuteye Hotel will do for sleeping. Vail Premiere |
 | Sweet & Sour Eddie White (Australia, China, 2007, 17 min 13 sec) A bittersweet love affair between a dog and Chinatown. CO Premiere |
PIXAR PRESENTATIONRatatouille: Acting and Performance in Animation 
In a very special multi-media presentation, Pixar supervising animator Dylan Brown will use behind-the-scenes material and the lovable characters from the hit film Ratatouille (winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature) to illustrate the role of acting and performance in animation. Phil Robinson, co-founder of W!LDBRAIN and director of the Esurance spots, will give an introductory presentation to Pixar's Dylan Brown. |
