AUGUST 12, 2026 at the DAVIS THEATER​

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featurED WORK

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Menards - Hotdog Hotdog

Salad Face - Straight to Tell

Sobeeitasitmaybeso - Brian C Stevens

Road Trip - Kelsey Robinson

The Sunset Maker - Doug Alberts

The Tale of Osmanthus - Qianwen Yu

deep sleep - Evan Lindsey

Running Out of Time - Giorgio Requiescat

Haute Wheels - Jess Batson

Off RIP - Capgun Studio

Grilled Cheese - Tommy Martin & Connar Brown Sprenger

Mouse - Alex Rumsa

Graduation Assembly! - Marel Ragchaasuren

Circles - Doug Alberts

Best of Chile - Matt Butler

Painted Mermaid in a Haunted Aquarium - Olivia Moon

Hair Today Gone Tomorrow - Jake WIlliams

Gator Loop - Drew Shields

Upside Down - Jake Mathew

Dark Sports - Sergey Zharkiy

Pains - Jaws of Malice - Torey Korvick

Movements Pt 3 - Melinda Klein Chao

Glambar - Glam Hewitt

Editing Made Easy - Rob Steinberg

a Pint of Bitter - Conor Kehelly

Lets All Go To the Movies - Ryan Bechtel

 

INTERMISSION

Ian Ballentyne, Dan Forke, Margaret Bialis

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Empire - Hotdog Hotdog

Hydra - Sarah Schmidt

Pen Pals - Straight to Tell

Studio Magic - Dave Holm

Hermit Shoe - Cullen Parr

The Archer - Shane Chung

Mood Swings - Masha Kostevich

Your Land is Burning - Greg Radi

The Protagonist Gene - Kyle Leland Cullerton

I Am In A Church In Gravesend Listening To Old Vinyl And Drinking Coffee - Michael McAfee

Nested - Taylor Moore

Wolves in Riso - Jeffrey Lawson

Making of Mothman - Julie Mullins

Language Launcher - Wendy Jia and Andrew Wernette

Morphing Metallic - Grace Cliff

Hotdog Hotdog Explainer - Hotdog Hotdog

Matchaoppossom - Ming Liu

SCP Foundation - Emma Gautier

a Mads Toon - Dan Henrick

mochimochiworld cats - Anna Hrachovich

the Creator - Zach Michaliska

Interview with the Giant - Stavros Hatzopoulos

Sunset Drive - Cullen Parr

Hand Job - Meezahn Senbatta/ Davis Cameron Chu

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​​​title animation​

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Nick Maher

Co-Director, DP, Editor

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Ethan Barnowsky

Co-Director, Art Director

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Popcorn Guy

as Himself

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Dan Clason

as Dirf Claybor

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Animators

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Cullen Parr

Brad Naugle

Jake Mathew

Julie Mullens

Katrina Zimmerman

Matthew Butler

Mike Pindara

Ryan Bechtel

Doug ALberts

Greg Radi

Jake Williams

Kelsey Robinson

Dan Forke

Margaret Bialis

Davis Cameron Chu

Katie Schade

JC Tecklenberg

Ian Ballentyne

Olivia Moon

Lisa Spiegelman

Ethan Barnowsky

 

Organizers, volunteers, and moral support

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Bradley Naugle

Dan Clason

Andrew Graham

Katherine Graham

Katrina Zimmerman

Erik Jensen

Big Foot

KGB

Nick Hopkins

Sergio Salgado

Emily Barnowsky

Becky Whitfield

Nick Maher

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T-Shirt Design by Joshua Noom

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Poster Design by Max Hauler

 

branding and organized

by ethan barnowsky

 

SpONSORED BY OUR FRIENDS

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Chicago women in motion design,

half rez, cmag, SAROFSKY, NOODLE​

 FURNACE FPS, Run Kick Shout,

digital FICTION, INDIE CITY GAMES

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​​​​​See you next time!

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