2014 Epic ACG Fest event brouchure

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In February 2013, Maeya proudly presented Cheng Ying Rescues the Orphan, Maeya’s first theater production at Studio 54

Theater in New York’s Broadway as well as at the Warner Grand Theater in Los Angeles.

The Maeya Culture Exchange Group LLC provides a platform for different cultures to explore, share and communicate with one another. Our purpose is to increase mutual understanding and appreciation between people from different cultures through education and culture exchange. The Economic globalization brings financial benefit; Maeya Culture Exchange Group LLC brings harmony through culture and art environment.

As a cultural project management firm, Maeya Culture Exchange Group LLC produces and manages two international film festivals every year in the United States. One is Universe Multicultural Film Festival that is held in Los Angeles every April, and the other is San Diego International Kids’Film Festival that is held in San Diego every September. Maeya’s brand-new annual production is Epic ACG Fest that is held in Albany every November.

Maeya has many years of experience in the promotion and distribution of family-friendly films, both in the U.S. and in China. As of to date, Maeya has the distribution rights of 63 films imported from China. All of the films have been promoted through participation in various film festivals.


EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Lynn Tang

MARKETING DIRECTOR Ni Huang

PUBLIC RELATION Judy Hu

GRAPHIC DESIGNER Elaine Hu

Haily Duke

VIDEO EDITOR Yunicia Sun

SHOWCASE DIRECTOR Sheila Santa Maria

Facebook.com/EACGFest @ EpicACG

Dear EACG attendees, Welcome to the 2014 Epic Animation Comic and Game (EACG) Fest in

the beautiful East Bay of San Francisco in California. All EACG activities

will be held in the Albany Community Center in the city of Albany. This

will be our very first edition of showcasing animations, comics, and

games. We will be bringing artists from around the world to screen,

exhibit and compete their work for the local audience.

We will be screening over 20 animated films that have been selected

from submissions from all over the world. There will be special guest

appearances from both domestic and international, such as top

Japanese animator Yuichi Ito, and two-time Emmy Award winner

Nelson Recinos. The jury members will consist of Pixar animators and

DreamWorks team of Animation TV series.

This year's gaming tournament will be a cube puzzle competition, a

class but very challenging game. In addition to the fun, we will also be

hosting panels regarding industry updates and a red carpet award

ceremony with recognitions to some of the best competitors.

On behalf of the entire EACG committee, we thank you for being a part

of our festival. EACG will continue to grow with your support and care.

I sincerely thank for the sponsors, supporters, volunteers who make

this event possible.

Sincerely,

Welcome Letter from

Executive Director

Lynn Tang

Nelson Recinos Robb Denovan

Ashanti Altovese Griffin Vindi Birch


SPONSORS/PARTNERS


SPONSORS/PARTNERS

Courtyard Oakland Emeryville


SPECIAL GUESTS

Yuichi Ito Animator/Director

Yuichi Ito mainly uses clays, but also uses any other materials and animation techniques. He directed the original animation film Harbor Tale, which won the Best Animated Film and Audience Awards at The 52nd Zlín International Film Festival. He established and became the president of I.TOON Ltd. in 1998. He became a professor of Graduate School of Film and New Media Tokyo University of the Arts in 2008.

Nelson Recinos Animator/Director

Nelson Recinos is a two-time Emmy Award-winning Animation Director. He has more than twenty years experience in the animation industry, the last ten as a Producer/Director/Creator. At Warner Brothers Animation, he directed some of their top rated shows, including Pinky and the Brain (for which he received five Emmy nominations), Batman, Animaniacs, and Baby Looney Tunes. He has worked on 2D-traditional, CG-computer and flash projects for companies such as Disney, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, 20th Century Fox, Starz, and Scholastic Entertainment.

Lon Lopez Animator/Producer

Lon Lopez is an award-winning filmmaker and producer from San Jose, CA. Known for his narrative and documentary features, Lon also has a passion for animation. His last short, the stop motion action figure film, The Setback won best animated short at the Famous Monsters of Filmland filmfest 2014 and at the Big Wow Comic Fest. He is currently in post-production of his next stop motion film, C.O.B.A.L.T., which is slated to release later this year. As a huge fan of Comics, Games and Films, Lon and the EACG just might be a perfect match.

Robb Denovan Animator

Robb Denovan has worked in the animation industry for over a decade at some of the industry's top studios including MPC London, Weta Digital and Pixar Animation Studios where he has been for the past 5 years. Mr. Denovan studied Classical Animation at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario before animating on the Academy Award winning short film, Ryan. Since then, he has worked on many highly successful films including King Kong, Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Clash of the Titans, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Brave, Cars 2 and Monsters University. He is currently working as a Senior Animator on Pixar's upcoming film Inside Out.

John Tupper Animator

John Tupper has been a freelance animator at Illusive Reality Animation, in Silicon Valley, since 1998, and was an aerospace engineering designer before that. John’s passion remains story telling. His first animated short film, On the Rise, played in some 40 film festivals internationally and won multiple awards, including a Platinum Award at World Fest. His first feature-length animation screenplay, Spirit of the Rain, also won multiple awards including a Diamond Award at the California Film Awards.

Ashanti Altovese Griffin Costume Designer

Dancer, Actor, Model, & Costume Designer are just some of the titles Ashanti Altovese dons on a daily basis. She uses her skills in the creative arts to develop original designs for bikini competitions, dance performances, and pageant shows. With a single semester of Sewing 101 during her high school learning, Ashanti has gone on to create a fashion line for women called Bellas & Bikinis, a collection of matching evening gown and swimwear sets. In addition, she developed her own fragrance line called Salsalicious to celebrate the sexy dance of Salsa, in which she is a professional performer, instructor, and competitor.


Events Schedule

Comic Art Show

1:30 PM – 9:00 PM Saturday, November 22, 2014 The Community Room (Hall)

1:30 PM – 6:00 PM Sunday, November 23, 2014 The Community Room (Hall)

Sherwood Jones

Chairman

2014 San Diego

International Kids’ Film

Festival

Game Tournament

4:00 PM – 7:00 PM Saturday, November 22, 2014 The Community Room (Hall)


Masquerade Contest and Red Carpet


Industry Panel Discussion

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Saturday, November 22, 2014 Talk about Animation

The Community Room (Hall)

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Sunday, November 23, 2014 Talk about Cosplay

The Community Room (Hall)

Award Ceremony


Vindi Birch Cosplayer

Vindi Birch is a proud, plus-size cosplayer who loves to bring her favorite characters to life using unconventional materials. She has been creating costumes for over ten years and is the founder of the East Bay Renegade Cosplay Meetup. When she isn't helping out with cosplay projects, Vindi is a self-published author, singer, casual gamer and avid reader of comics and other fine literature.

S P E C I A L G U E S T S (Continued)


TICKETING

1-day Fest Pass $20

$10 (Seniors/Students)

Online Ticketing http://2014eacg.eventbrite.com/

Group Tickets (minimum 10) call 310-541-8040

On the Door Accept cash and major credit cards

VENUE

Albany Community Center 1249 Marin Ave

Albany, CA 94706


Animation Film Screening Schedule

Auditorium

Both on Saturday, November 22 and Sunday, November 23, 2014

1:30 PM

ORANGE DREAMS Slovenia 3 mins

SHOEMAKER SAVES MARIBOR Slovenia 2 mins

COUNTRY BY COUNTRY Russia 11 mins

THE LETTER Slovenia 3 mins

WINTER APPLE Slovenia 4 mins

2:15 PM

TENEBRIS Romania 6 mins

BEAUTY IN THE EYES China 2 mins

LIFE OF SARUMOMO Japan 11 mins

INTERESTING China 4 mins

3:00 PM

JOBWATCH Turkey 6 mins

FIFI CAT THERAPIST: PANIC ATTACK USA 3 mins

LIGHT MAN, THE NEW YORK CITY SAVIOUR UK 7 mins

THE BEGGAR Iran 4 mins

3:45 PM THE GARDEN KEEPER Israel 11 mins

THE PAPA LEONE'S PIZZA SHOW: PUS USA 11 mins

UPGRADE Israel 4 mins

4:30 PM

DORON CORON Japan 3 mins

HARBOR TALE Japan 18 mins

BLUE EYES IN HARBOR TALE Japan 8 mins

YOKOHAMA TALE Japan 3 mins

Special Screening on Saturday, November 22, 2014

5:30 PM

ROXY AND LIAM USA 8 mins

DESERT RAT: DUSTER’S BREAKFAST USA 2 mins

ON THE RISE USA 5 mins

6:00 PM Best Animated Feature Film 2014 San Diego International Kids’ Film Festival

THUNDER AND THE HOUSE OF MAGIC Belgium 82 mins


ANIMATION

COUNTRY BY COUNTRY

Russia︱11 min Short︱Education︱Animation

Director/Producer/Screenwriter Milana Kasakina

This film is dedicated to the Olympic SOCHI-2014. Earlier the Winter Olympiads were hosted by 10 other countries. Each episode of this film was shot in his animation technique that never repeats.

ORANGE DREAMS

Slovenia︱3 min Short︱Animation

Directors Jakob Korošec, Dominik Pinterič, Uroš Zagoranski Mentor Mojca Guštin

Apple juice? Yummy … Orange … Who knows?

SHOEMAKER SAVES MARIBOR


Director Jakob Korošec, Tomi Peršo Mentor Hana Repše

The story of the little shoemaker who saves Maribor is well known amongst its citizens. But what if, instead of the Turks, aliens come to Maribor?

THE LETTER

Slovenia︱3 min Short︱Drama︱Animation

Directors Maja Kukovičič, Pia Golob, Tinkara Radmilovič Mentor Marko Šebrek

What happens when you send a letter to your favorite music star?

WINTER APPLE


Directors Jakob Korošec, Dominik Pinterič, Blaž Koprivšek, Nino Trdin, Svit Repše Rupnik Mentor Hana Repše Producers Hana Repše, Rene Puhar

The unexpected can happen when someone sneezes in the park...

Made by Kids


ANIMATION

BEAUTY IN THE EYES

China︱2 min Short︱Romance

Directors/Screenwriters Shanchun Yan, Xiyong Yin, Mingming Chen Producer Shanchun Yan

A shy man and a pretty woman fall in love at the first sight on the side of the West Lake.

BLUE EYES IN HARBOR TALE

Japan︱8 min Short︱Animation︱Fantasy

Director/Screenwriter/Producer Yuichi Ito Animator Fumi Inoue Cast Maria Kawamura

In a port town “Y”, where there are many old artifacts which are animated through a long time, a piece of brick lives as a pilot for the “guests” from overseas. One day, he meets a doll girl came out from a boat house on a river and their story begins.

DORON CORON

Japan︱3 min Short︱Animation︱Adventure

Director/Screenwriter/Cast Yuichi Ito Producer Etsuko Iwata Animators Ikuko Iwatsuki, Mayuko Tazumi, Motoki Ohno Shin Hosokawa, Masato Hayafune

Doron Coron is animated in an unexpected way with mud and angel’s pee. He leaves the town and meets various kinds of creatures throughout the year…

FIFI CAT THERAPIST: PANIC ATTACK

USA︱3 min Short︱Animation︱Comedy

Director/Screenwriter/Producer Mike Blum Animator Ramiro Olmos Cast Sascha Alexander, Artt Butler, Spike Spencer

You’ll never believe what’s causing Jersey-tough, Bobby the Bobcat’s panic attacks! Bada-bing, bada-boom!

HARBOR TALE

Japan︱18 min Short︱Animation︱Fantasy

Director/Screenwriter/Producer Yuichi Ito Animators Fumi Inoue, Masato Hayafune Cast George William, Yuichi Ito

A red brick which is a piece of a brick-buit building has watched the changing times of the Harbor for a hundred years. One day, he gets out of the building wall…

INTERESTING

China︱4 min Short︱Animation︱Music

Director/Screenwriter Zongqing Sun Producers Zongqing Sun, Yamin Feng

The film illustrates an amazing Chinese ink painting. In a river, a black fish was attracted by a beautiful red fish, which is surrounded by flowers and dancing elegantly to the music of a lovely waltz.


ANIMATION JOBWATCH

Turkey︱6 min Short︱Animation︱Comedy

Director/Producer Yoong Wah Alex Wong Animators Zeynep Ozel, Muge Mahmutcavusoglu, Ecem Bezer, Basak Erbakan, Burak Ertekin, Pamir Mundt, Eylul Guler, Hendrik Ludders, Tugce Karakaya, Ensar Gunesdogdu, Yigit Sakin

"Jobwatch" showcases the conceptual representation of a tedious interview process that leads to humorous and unexpected ending.

LIFE OF SARUMOMO

Japan︱11 min Short︱Animation︱Family︱Romance

Director/Screenwriter/Producer Takumi Kawagoe

A poor mother and her son live in a small house. After the mother dies of illness, the sad son meets a dear girl, but a war begins soon.

TENEBRIS

Romania︱6 min Short︱Animation︱Drama

Director/Screenwriter/Producer/Animator Sova Ion

When death haunts the battlefield, the last wish of a soldier is to join his beloved person. This is the tale of Tenebris who fights his way to meet his wife.

THE BEGGAR

Iran︱4 min Short︱Animation | Comedy

Director Mohammad Reza Gholami Screenwriter Gholami Saadatmand Producers Gholami

This is a story of two beggars who will do whatever to get money...

THE GARDEN KEEPER

Israel︱11 min Short︱Animation︱Drama | Adventure

Directors Ariad Shiknagi, Gal Genossar Producer Netanela Evyatar Screenwriter Ariad Shiknagi Cast Liel Krawczyk, Sara Agmon, Evyatar Halimi

An entire imagined world develops within the mind of Yossi, a daydreaming adventurous boy who decides to save the nursery from the clutches of Lizzy the teacher of "Emerald" preschool.

LIGHT MAN, THE NEW YORK CITY SAVIOUR

United Kingdom︱7 min Short︱Animation︱Crime︱Sci-Fi

Director/Producer Marek Light Animator Jawaad Nazir

Light Man is now the new superhero of the earth, based in New York City. Miraculous changes have happened since his arrival and crime and corruption are starting to fade. The purity of truth of the light exposes the weakness in the darkness through Light Man’s awesome ethereal power.


ANIMATION

THE PAPA LEONE'S PIZZA SHOW: PUS

USA︱11 min Short︱Animation︱Fantasy︱Mixed Media

Directors/Producers/Screenwriters/Cast David Lowitz, Eon Oxer

Faddy uses the pus from Alvin's wound as a delicious pizza topping, and pizzas start selling like hotcakes!

UPGRADE

Israel︱4 min Short︱Animation︱Adventure

Director/Producer/Screenwriter Koby Hadour

This is a story of an unlucky lizard, in an ongoing epic quest after the unreachable.

YOKOHAMA TALE

Japan︱3 min Short︱Animation

Director/Screenwriter/Producer/Cast Yuichi Ito Production Company I.TOON Ltd.

This film is collaboration by three artists who love the port town “Yokohama” in Japan. There are three parts in the film, which are Chat, Once Upon A Time in Red Brick Warehouse, and The White Seamew.

ROXY AND LIAM

USA︱ 8 min Short︱Animation︱Education | Kids-made

Director/Producer/Screenwriter Ruby Janzen

Using a bag of magic letters, Roxy and Liam Birdie make it through a forest full of dangerous obstacles to get to a campout with their friends.

ON THE RISE


Director/Producer/Screenwriter/Animator John Tupper Cast Tom Shea, Linda Montgomery

Zeke is a rancher with a solution to his sheep’s climate-warming pollution. Bullet is his loyal dog who must save Zeke from his own uplifting brilliance. The result is spectacular!

Special Screening

DESERT RAT: DUSTER’S BREAKFAST


Director/Producer/Screenwriter/Animator John Tupper

Duster is a scruffy little Desert Rat who finds breakfast. Will he eat it or visa versa?


COMIC

Drift Buyi Li, 2013

Susan’s Dairy Youhui Zhang, 2013, China

Susan’s Dairy is like a prose. With just simple painting and short scripts, it illustrates a city girl’s inner voice, confusions and endeavor.

Survival Rules for

Work Place Youhui Zhang, 2013, China

Survival Rules for Work Place was published as comic series in Guangzhou Daily for quite some time. It tells a cat’s funny stories in his work place. In China, work place has its implicit rules that are never spoken of.

Drift Buyi Li, 2013, Canada

This is a lonely person’s whole world.


GAME

Harmony in Red, Henri Matissse, 1908

Café Terrace at Arles Van Gogh, 1888

Still Life with La Danse, Henri Matissse, 1909

The Black Table Henri Matissse, 1919

The Window Henri Matissse, 1916

Yellow Chair Van Gogh, 1888

Puzzle Maeya

Puzzle Maeya is a unique puzzle concept consisting of 130 ½” cubes self-packaged in a 5” x 7” clear plastic case.

Presents the incomparable art of Vincent Van Gogh and Henri Matisse (Mar. 30, 1853 – Jul. 29, 1890) (Dec. 31, 1869 – Nov.3, 1954)

Contained in this single set of 130 cubes are two of Van Gogh’s and four of Matisse’s most famous paintings. To solve this puzzle

1 Select one of the images from the full-sized pictures inside

2 Rotate each cube so that the side displayed is one that is included within the selected image

3 Then arrange the cubes to reconstruct the image exactly ( If only it was as easy as these instructions make it sound )

Be prepared for the challenge of a lifetime! Combines six artistic masterpieces in a unique new format that puzzle-lover will find impossible to resist. Have fun in gaming!


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