After the Fall
(1991, 6 minutes, drawings
on index cards)
After
the Fall
is about relationships and the frustration of not being able to connect with
others. The animation was drawn on
index cards that were shot outdoors, at a fast food restaurant, garbage dump,
flower farm and near Mt. Hood. After the Fall ends with the hero
finding community by planting a seed from his heart. The final shot reveals how
the film was made.
ÒFor
segments of the 1991 piece, After the Fall, Priestley propped up a sheet of clear
plexiglas at various outdoor locations and shot animation by placing sequences
of drawings in its center. In the
finished film, the smooth hand-drawn animation is framed by stuttering
approximations of live-action backgrounds.Ó -Sharon Mizota, Los Angeles Times
Produced,
directed and animated by Joanna Priestley. Music composed and produced by Billy Oskay and Cal Scott.
Awards
National
Independent Film Competition (USA): Grand Prix
Athens
Film and Video Festival (USA): First Prize
Northwest
Film and Video Festival (USA): First Prize
Sinking
Creek Film Festival (USA):
Cash Award
Winner
Black
Maria Film Festival (USA):
JurorÕs
Award
Festivals
New
York Film Festival (USA)
Bombay
International Film Festival (India)
San
Francisco International Film Festival (USA)
Screenings
Museum
of Modern Art (New York, USA)
Masters
of Animation Festival (Trivandrum, India)
Northwest
Film Festival Tour (Portland, USA)
Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, USA)
High Museum (Atlanta, USA)
All My Relations
(1990, 5 min.,
16mm, drawings on paper with 3-D frames)
All
My Relations
satirizes the pitfalls of romance, from marriage, childbirth and upward mobility
to the disintegration of a relationship. The animation is framed by a series of
sculptural assemblages, which emphasize the message implied by the archetypal
characters whose dilemmas may be familiar to those who have bought into the
American Dream.
Produced, directed and
animated by Joanna Priestley.
Voices by Victoria Parker and Scott Parker. Sound effects by Dennis Wiancko. Sound produced by Joanna Priestley. Assistant animation by Kathleen Nichols
and Janet Karecki.
Awards
National Independent
Film Competition (USA):
Grand Prix
Black Maria Film and
Video Festival (USA):
Jury Award for Excellence
Big Muddy Film Festival (USA): Best of Festival
American Film and Video
Festival (USA):
Second Place/Red Ribbon Award
Black Maria Film
Festival (USA):
Jury Award for Excellence
Northwest Film and Video
Festival (USA):
Honorable Mention
Athens International
Film Festival (USA):
Honorable Mention
Marin County Film
Festival (USA):
Third Prize
Festivals
New York Film Festival (USA)
Annecy International
Animation Festival (France)
Hiroshima International
Animation Festival (Japan)
TournŽe of Animation (USA)
Odense International
Film Festival (Denmark)
Bombay International
Film Festival (India)
Stuttgart International
Animation Festival (Germany)
PIA Festival (Japan)
U.S.A. Film Festival
Andaluz
(2004, 6 minutes, drawings
on paper, screen ratio 1.33:1)
A travelerÕs love
letter to Andaluc’a, this animated film is an homage to the culture, landscape,
and architecture of southern Spain. The film explores details of the natural
world in relation to the four elements, and suggests the close relationship
between people and the land which they inhabit.
"Short
but sweet, this new animated tribute to southern Spain is just six minutes
long, but the tale spans centuries."
-Cheryl Sinapis, Boston Globe
Directed,
produced and animated by Joanna Priestley and Karen Aqua. Sound designed, produced and mixed by
Lance Limbocker. Edited by Cam
Williams.
Music
composed by Juanito Pascual. Music
produced by Ken Field.
Musicians: Juanito Pascual
(guitar, palmas), Fernando de Malaga (vocals), Adolfo Herrera (percussion,
palmas), Ken Field (flutes).
Camera by Joanna Priestley and Shannon Turk.
Awards
Black
Maria Film and Video Festival (USA): Director's Choice Award
ASIFA-East Animation
Awards (USA):
Excellence in Experimental Techniques
Kalamazoo Animation
Festival International (USA): First Prize
USA Film Festival: Finalist
ASIFA-San Francisco
Animation Awards (USA):
Second Prize
Bimini International Animated Film Festival (Latvia):
Special Jury Diploma
New England Film & Video Festival (USA): Jury Award for
Best Independent Animation
Festivals
New York Film Festival (USA)
Big Muddy Film Festival (USA)
Tehran
International Animation Festival (Iran)
James River Film Festival (USA)
Platform International
Animation Festival (Oregon, USA)
Leipzig International
Festival for Documentary and Animated Film
Nashville Film Festival (USA)
Newport International Film Festival (Rhode Island, USA)
Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films
Culture2Culture
Tricky Women Festival (Austria)
Anima Mundi (Brazil)
Starz Denver International Film Festival (Colorado, USA)
China International Cartoon and Digital Art Festival
I Castelli Animati (Italy)
Animac (Spain)
Northwest Film and Video Festival (Oregon, USA)
Jeon Ju International Film Festival (Korea)
C—rdoba Animation Festival (Argentina)
Down Under International Film Festival (Australia)
KROK International Animated Film Festival (Ukraine)
CineMujer Film Festival (Texas, USA)
Northampton
Film Festival (New
York, USA)
Womanimation!
Film Festival (New
Hampshire, USA)
Candyjam
(1988, 7 min., 16mm, object
animation, puppets and drawings on paper)
Candyjam is a whimsical, animated collaboration by ten
animators from four countries. Candy is the subject and each filmmaker brings
their own unique style to this experimental film which includes animated candy
and objects, drawings and puppet animation.
Produced
and Directed by Joanna Priestley and Joan Gratz. Sound designed and produced by
R. Dennis Wiancko. Sequence directors: David Anderson (England), Karen Aqua
(USA), Craig Bartlett (USA), Elizabeth Buttler (USA), Paul Driessen (Holland),
Tom Gasek (USA), Joan Gratz (USA), Christine Panushka (USA), Joanna Priestley
(USA) and Marv Newland (Canada).
Awards
Black Maria Film Festival (USA): First Prize
National Independent Film and Video Competition (USA): Honorable Mention
Chicago International Film Festival (USA): Certificate of Merit
Sinking Creek Film Festival (USA): Cash Award
Winner
Northwest Film and Video Festival (USA): Honorable Mention
Festivals
Zagreb
International Animation Festival (Croatia)
Flaherty
Film Seminar (USA)
Aspen
Film Festival (USA)
TournŽe
of Animation (USA)
Mill
Valley Film Festival (USA)
Denver
Film Festival (USA)
Cinanima
International Animation Festival (Portugal)
The Dancing Bulrushes
(1985, 5 min., 16mm,
sand animation)
The
Dancing Bulrushes is based on an Ojibwa Native American story about coyote, the
trickster, published by Barry Lopez.
The film was made by animating beach sand frame by frame, on top of a
sheet of glass, directly under the camera.
Directed,
produced and animated by Joanna Priestley and Steven Subotnick. Written by Barry Lopez. Music composed and performed by
Miroslav Tadic. Narrated by Fran
Bennett. Made at California
Institute of the Arts.
Awards:
USA Film Festival (USA): Special Judges Award for
New Animation Talent
Sinking Creek Film Festival (USA): Cash Award Winner
FOCUS Film Festival (USA): Third Place
Festivals
Athens International Film Festival (USA)
San Francisco International Film Festival (USA)
Chicago International Film Festival (USA)
Los Angeles International Animation Celebration (USA)
Centre Pompidou (Paris, France)
Screenings
Museum
of Modern Art (New York, USA)
Masters
of Animation Festival (Trivandrum, India)
Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, USA)
Northwest Film Festival Tour (Portland, USA)
Dear Pluto
(2010, 4 min., DVD- Beta
SP-Blu-ray, stereo, 16:9)
ÒDear
Pluto, you will always be a planet in my Solar System! The International
Astronomical Union has demoted you, cast you in with the other icy bodies of
the Kuiper Belt. But what do they know?Ó
A tribute to Pluto, everyoneÕs favorite planetoid, from the poem ÒPizzaÓ
by slam poet Taylor Mali. Created with Maya,
Directed
and produced by Joanna Priestley.
Sound Designed and produced by Lance Limbocker.
Written and performed by Taylor Mali.
3-D animation by James OÕNeill and Russell Wilkins.
Design and 2-D animation by Joanna Priestley.
Compositing by Randy Wakerlin.
Additional computer animation by Fred Ruff.
Edited by Joanna Priestley and Randy Wakerlin.
Music by Lance Limbocker.
Character voices by Rob Sample.
Assistant modeler: Luc CoteÕ.
Storyboards by Dan Schaeffer.
Character designs by Don Flores.
Supported by the Regional Arts and Culture Council.
Dew Line
(2005,
4.5 minutes, 2D computer animation, 1.33:1)
Synopsis: A rich abstract tapestry of biomorphic forms that
hints at the loss of botanical diversity.
The title refers to the shapes created by condensation and to the line
of radar stations (Distant Early Warning) built in Alaska, USA during the Cold
War. Made with FlashMX.
ÒPriestleyÕs
playful eye takes us on a tour through the cycle of life and death as cells
split apart, regenerate and dance a microbiological twist.Ó -Sam Green, San
Francisco University
Credits
Directed, produced and animated by Joanna Priestley.
Sound designed and produced by Jamie Haggerty.
Edited by Jamie Haggerty.
Supported by a grant from the Regional Arts and Culture
Council.
Awards
Big Muddy Film Festival: First Prize
Animated Worlds Tour and DVD (throughout USA)
Fantoche International Animation Festival: Best of the World
Program (Switzerland)
Hiroshima International Animation Festival: Best of the
World Program (Japan)
Black Maria Film Festival: DirectorÕs Citation
Festivals
Anima Mundi Animation Festival (Brazil)
Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival (South
Korea)
Prix Ars Electronica (Germany)
Ottawa International Animation Festival (Canada)
Mediawave International Film Festival (Hungary)
London International Animation Festival (UK)
Melbourne Animation Festival (Australia)
Leipzig International Festival for Documentary and Animated
Film (Germany)
I Castelli Animati (Italy)
Bimini International Animated Film Festival (Latvia)
Flying Broom International WomenÕs Film Festival (Turkey)
Black Nights Film Festival (Estonia)
Newport International Film Festival (Rhode Island)
Seattle International Film Festival (Washington)
Portland International Short Shorts Festival (Oregon)
Los Angeles Short Film Festival
Dallas Video Festival (Texas)
Portland International Film Festival (Oregon)
Northwest Film and Video Festival (Oregon)
Hi Mom Film Festival (North Carolina)
Anchorage Film Festival (Alaska)
Screenings
Independent Exposure Tour (international)
Northwest Film and Video Festival Tour (throughout USA)
Women with Vision, Walker Art Center (Minnesota)
Extended Play
(2007, 4 min., digital,
animated installation, screen ratio 3:1)
Extended Play is an animated,
experimental exploration and rediscovery of youthful pastimes. Set within the spotlight of a
elliptical border, games, diagrams and objects of amusement create an evocative
metaphor of childhood play.
Extended Play was a large scale,
outdoor installation with two performers providing live foley sound. It
premiered on June 28, 2007 at ÒInside OutÓ, Platform International Animation
Festival, in Portland, OR, USA.
Directed,
produced and animated by Joanna Priestley.
Digital
effects artist: Daniel Phillip Johnson.
Sound
designed and produced by Marc Rose.
Live
sound and sound effects by Sam Mowry and Martin Gallagher.
Vocal
performances by Shannon Day and Janet Day.
Eye Liner
(2010, 4 min., DVD/Blu-ray/
Beta SP, stereo, 16:9)
Bold, crisp, playful animation that explores the organic geometry and archetypes of the human face. Eyeliner choreographs the flow and ebb of abstract and cultural effigies that echo facial features.
Directed,
produced and animated by Joanna Priestley.
Sound Designed and produced by Jamie Haggerty.
Supported by the Regional Arts and Culture Council.
Grown
Up
takes a humorous and poignant look at what it means to be turning 40 and
growing older.
ÒIn
a time when everyone seems to be writing about aging, Priestley does a
brilliant job of reclaiming 40 and her own process of middle aging with humor,
optimism and an award winning animation style that just might make
twenty-somethings
wish they were older.Ó -Bill
Foster, Northwest Film Center
ÒEverybody from Germaine Greer to
Gloria Steinem to Betty Friedan are writing about aging, but what about
middle-aging? Priestley does a
brillant job of reclaiming 40, and believe me, I have a vested interest in this
subject. An animation that just
might make twenty-somethings wish they were older.Ó –B. Ruby Rich
Produced and directed by Joanna Priestley. Sound
produced by Lance Limbocker.
Written by Barbara Carnegie and Joanna Priestley. Music by Steve Christopherson and Warren
Rand. Props by Paul Harrod. Made
possible by a grant from the Independent Television Service with funds provided
by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding provided by a
Western States Regional Media Arts Fellowship.
Awards
Northwest Film and Video Festival (USA): First Prize
Marin County Film Festival (USA): First Prize
Worldfest Houston (USA): Gold Award
Black Maria Film and Video Festival (USA): DirectorÕs Citation Award
Worldfest Charleston (USA): Gold Award
Columbus International Film Festival (USA): Honorable Mention
Intercom International Festival (USA): Certificate of Merit
Festivals
Telluride Film Festival (USA, Premiere)
New York Film Festival (USA)
Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema (USA)
Athens International Film and Video Festival (USA)
Ottawa International Animation Festival (Canada)
U.S.A. Film Festival
Stuttgart International Animation Festival (Germany)
Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival (USA)
San Francisco International Film Festival (USA)
Sinking Creek Film Festival (USA)
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (USA)
Hand Held
(1995, 7 minutes, ink and
watercolor on paper with pixillated hands)
Hand Held is about organizing to
confront oppression. The
animation, made with
ink, watercolor and pastels
on index cards has been shot while being held in real
people's hands. Models of all ages (infant to JoannaÕs
93 year old grandmother)
and races, prosthetic hands
and animal paws create a symbolic community of hands
that surround the artwork.
The soundtrack for Hand Held was
performed by the
acclaimed acappella
quartet: The Bobs, Joe Finetti, Richard Greene, Janie Scott
and Matthew Stull.
Produced, directed and
animated by Joanna Priestley.
Sound produced and composed
by Richard Greene and
Joe Finetti. Soundtrack performed
by The Bobs: Joe Finetti,
Richard Greene, Janie
Scott and Matthew Stull. Sound
effects by Jaime Haggerty.
Funding provided by the
National Endowment for the Arts.
Special thanks to the
MacDowell Colony and
Teknifilm Labs.
Awards
Marin County Film Festival (USA): First Prize
Northwest Film and Video Festival (USA): First Prize
Black Maria Film Festival (USA): DirectorÕs Citation
Humbolt Film Festival (USA): Honorable Mention
Medicine Wheel Animation Festival (USA): Honorable
Mention
Festivals
Stuttgart International Animation Festival (Germany)
Leipzig International Film Festival
Schorndorf International Cartoon Festival
Screenings
Museum of Modern Art (New York, USA)
Masters
of Animation Festival (Trivandrum, India)
Northwest
Film Festival Tour (Portland, USA)
Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, USA)
Jade Leaf
(1985, 5 min., 16mm, 2-D computer animation)
Jade
Leaf is an abstract computer painting that was
inspired by botanical forms. The images were made with a keyboard on a Cubicomp
and IBM-AT, using Lumena, Easel and PC-10 software. Digital images were shot onto 16mm film using a Bolex
camera, mounted on a tripod, pointed at the monitor. Jade Leaf is the first computer animated film made at
California Institute of the Arts. Priestley was in the schoolÕs first computer
animation class (1984-85), taught by Vibeke Sorensen.
ÒPriestleyÕs
abstract painting has a wonderful graphic flow, not completely geometric, yet
not completely organic.Ó -Phil Borsos, NW Film and Video Festival Juror.
Directed,
produced and animated by Joanna Priestley. Music by Howard Richman.
Award:
Northwest Film and Video Festival (USA): First Place
Festival: Computer Animation Conference (USA): Oregon School of Arts and
Crafts
Kali Yuga
(2000, 5 min., 16mm and
digital, pixillation and object animation)
Kali
Yuga
was a pro bono commission for the contemporary music ensemble, Fear No
Music. It includes two animation
experiments: pixillation of yoga instructor Diane Wilson (age 50) that was shot
in the forest over a six month period and object animation of construction
tools, bolts, screws and nails. The music, by modern classical composer Joseph
Waters, was synchronized to the edited film.
Directed,
produced and animated by Joanna Priestley. Music composed by and sound produced by Joseph Waters. Yoga performance by Diane Wilson. Music performed by the Fear No Music Ensemble and guests:
Andrew Ehrlich (violin), Philip Hansen (cello), Joel Bluestone (percussion),
Jeffrey Payne (piano), Mika Sunago (piano) and Joseph Waters (electronics). Edited
by Steve Greiner, Creative Media Development. Special thanks to: Bill Foster, Larry Johnson, Winks
Hardware and Paul Johnson.
Performances
Reed College (Portland
Oregon)
University of California (San Diego)
Portland Art Museum (Portland, Oregon)
Missed Aches
(2009, 4 min., DVD/Blu-ray/
Beta SP, stereo, 16:9)
Have you ever worked very horde on a paper for
English clash, just to get a very glow raid? Proofreading your peppers is a
matter of the the utmost impotence!
Missed Aches demonstrates how the shortcomings
of spellcheck can result in unexpected double entendres. It combines animated characters with
moving text and was written and narrated by poet Taylor Mali, who led teams to
four championships in the National Poetry Slam (USA).
Directed,
produced and animated by Joanna Priestley.
Written
and narrated by Taylor Mali based on the poem ÒThe The Impotence of
ProofreadingÓ.
Sound Design by Normand Roger and Pierre Yves Drapeau.
Music by Pierre Yves Drapeau with Denis Chartrand and Normand
Roger.
Text Animation by Brian Kinkley.
Character
design and animation by Don Flores.
Storyboards
by Dan Schaeffer.
Supported
by The Regional Arts and Culture Council and the Caldera Institute.
Awards
USA Film Festival: Finalist
Black Maria Film Festival (USA): DirectorÕs Choice Award
Festivals:
Melbourne International Animation Festival (Australia)
AniMadrid Animation Festival (Spain)
Ottawa International Animation Festival (Canada)
Barcelona Festival of Independent Cinema (Spain)
Dallas Video Festival (USA)
Tricky Women Festival (Austria)
Northwest Film and Video Festival (USA)
New Orleans Film Festival (USA)
BEFILM Underground Film Festival (USA)
Visible Verse (Canada)
Crossroads Film Festival (USA)
Screenings:
REDCAT (Los Angeles, USA) Premiere 4-20-09
Words Worth a Thousand Pictures, Hollywood Theater (Portland, USA)
Cinemateca Santa ana (San Miguel de Allende, Mexico)
Pro and Con
(1993, 9 min., 35mm, object animation, cels,
drawings on paper, puppets and clay painting)
Pro
and Con
investigates life in prison through two monologues: one by a corrections
officer (Lt. Janice Inman), and the other by Oregon State Penitentiary inmate,
written by Jeff Green. The guard is concerned
both with the inability of our current prison system to deal with the increasingly
violent nature of crime and the cyclical nature of crime within families. The inmate reflects on the isolation he
feels- how much he misses not only his wife and family, but also such mundane
activities as riding in a car.
Pro and Con features self-portraits that were drawn by inmates at the
penitentiary and object animation of weapons and crafts that were confiscated
from inmates.
"Pro
and Con
is a brief but excellent exploration of the thoughts and emotions of those
working and living in our prison system." -Rebecca S. Albitz, Pyramid Film and Video
Directed,
produced and animated by Joanna Priestley and Joan Gratz. Sound designed and
produced by Lance Limbocker and Chel White. Music by Chel White. Narrated by Lt. Janice Inman and Allen
Nause. "Con" written by Jeff Green. Commissioned through the Metropolitan Arts Commission's
Percent for Art Program, Multnomah County, Oregon
Awards
Black
Maria Film Festival:
DirectorÕs Choice Award
Cindy
Competition:
Gold Award
Northwest
Film and Video Festival: Honorable Mention
Worldfest
Charleston: Gold
Award
Birmingham
Educational Film Festival: First Prize
Columbus
Film Festival:
Honorable Mention
CINE
Competition:
Gold Eagle Award
Festivals
Bombay
International Film Festival (India)
Annecy
International Animation Festival (France)
Holland
Animation Festival
Sinking
Creek Film Festival (USA)
Ottawa
International Animation Festival (Canada)
U.S.A.
Film Festival
Womanimation!
Film Festival (New Hampshire, USA)
(1983, 7 min., 16mm, rubber
stamps, watercolor and felt pen on index cards)
ÒAn imaginative, witty and energetic film. The images are all made from new and
old rubber stamps which combine, entangle and collide at a rapid and joyous
pace. A hundred little stories are
told as the images zip by to a collaged sound-track of voices and musical
fragments. Pure delight!Ó -Melinda
Ward, Walker Art Center
Directed, produced and
animated by Joanna Priestley.
Sound designed and produced by R. Dennis Wiancko.
Awards
New York Independent
Filmmakers Expo:
First Place
Motion Picture Sound
Editors:
Golden Reel Award
Northwest Film and Video
Festival:
First Place
Black Maria Film
Festival:
DirectorÕs Choice Award
Baltimore Film Festival: Second Place
Festivals
Telluride Film Festival
Hiroshima International
Animation Festival
Canadian International
Animation Festival
Aspen Film Festival
Chicago International
Film Festival
Screenings
Museum of Modern Art (New York)
Masters of Animation
Festival (Trivandrum, India)
Walker Art
Center (USA)
Northwest Film Festival
Tour (USA)
She-Bop
(1989,
8 min., 16mm, drawings on index cards and puppet animation)
She-Bop is about power, rage and seizing control
of your life. The star of the film
in the film is cartoon Kali, the great destroyer/creator goddess. She-Bop combines drawings on index cards and
puppets, abstraction and character animation. It is based on a poem by Carolyn
Myers, performed by jazz singer Carolyn Lochert Curtis.
ÒAn ode to the
Goddess and female power, set to a poem by writer and performer Carolyn Myers.Ó
–Sharon Mizota, Los Angeles Times
Produced,
directed and animated by Joanna Priestley. Sound and music designed and produced by Dave Storrs. Written by Carolyn Myers. Narration by Carolyn Lochert
Curtis. Sound effects by R. Dennis
Wiancko.
Awards:
National
Independent Film and Video Competition (USA): Grand Prix
Black
Maria Film Festival (USA):
DirectorÕs Choice Award
San
Francisco International Film Festival (USA):
Special Jury Award
National
Educational Film Festival (USA):
Special Merit Award
Northwest
Film and Video Festival (USA):
First Prize
Sinking
Creek Film Festival (USA):
Cash Award Winner
Cinanima
International Animation Festival
(Portugal): Honorable Mention
Festivals
Annecy
International Animation Festival
(France)
Denver
Film Festival (USA)
Montana
Film Festival (USA)
Chicago
International Film and Video Festival (USA)
Odense
International Film Festival (Denmark)
Streetcar Named
Perspire
(2007, 6.5 min., BetaSP and DVD, 1.85:1, stereo,
2-D computer animation)
Streetcar
Named Perspire is a roller coaster ride through the hot flashes, mood swings,
depression, pimples, facial hair, rage, menstrual flooding, insomnia, memory
lapse, rapid heartbeat and brain fog of one of lifeÕs great transitions.
ÒStreetcar Named Perspire is an animated work by a noted artist
who quite literally tracks the highs and lows of dealing with the onset of
menopause as the heroine careens through hot spells, fluctuating libido, night
sweats and self acceptance. Serving both as a primer in what to expect from the
process and a witty yet gentle satire of the educational video, A Streetcar
Named Perspire finds the humor in a trying and universal experience.Ó –Black
Maria Film Festival
ÒPriestleyÕs
animated roller coaster ride through menopause both previews and celebrates-
depending on your age- one of lifeÕs most thrill-filled experiences.Ó -Heike
Kuehn, Northwest Film and Video Festival Judge
Credits:
Directed and produced by Joanna Priestley
Sound designed and produced by Lance Limbocker
Music composed by John Smith
Animation by Pascal Campion and Joanna Priestley
Written by Joanna Priestley and Victoria Parker
Pohl
Editing by Michael Corrigan and Joanna Priestley
Narrator: Paul Harrod
Funding: Regional Arts and Culture Council. Special
Thanks: The MacDowell Colony.
Awards
Black Maria Film Festival (USA): Third
Prize, DirectorÕs Choice Award
Kalamazoo Animation Festival International (USA): Finalist
Festivals
London International Animation Festival
Melbourne
International Animation Festival (Australia)
Stuttgart International Animation Festival (Germany)
China International Animation and Digital Arts Festival
AniFest (Czech Republic)
Animadrid (Spain)
Seoul International Cartoon and Animation
Festival
(Korea)
Dallas Video Festival (USA)
Exeter International Film Festival (UK)
Big Muddy Film Festival (USA)
Ann Arbor Film Festival (USA)
Festival Bimini (Latvia)
Tricky Women Film Festival (Austria)
Portland International Film Festival (USA)
Northwest Film and Video Festival (USA)
Portland WomenÕs Film Festival (USA)
Three Rivers Film Festival (USA)
Womanimation! Film Festival (USA)
Cinanima (Portugal)
Tacoma Film Festival (USA)
World of Women Film Festival (Australia)
China International Animation and
Digital Arts Festival
Michigan Womyns Film Festival (USA)
(2000, 7.5 minutes, 1.85:1
sound: Dolby Digital)
Surface Dive is an abstract animated film inspired by a snorkeling
adventure in a freshwater cenote in the Yucatan, Mexico. It combines three layers of artwork,
molded replacement sculptures, glass pieces and pastel drawings on paper. Each layer is animated separately and
shot on a multi-level stand. ÒMore
than 600 sculptures, 200 glass pieces and 2200 drawings combine to fashion a
work of dazzling detail and complexity.Ó -Bill Foster, Director, Northwest Film Center
Directed, produced and
animated by Joanna Priestley.
Sound designed and produced by Lance Limbocker and Drew Canulette. Director of photography: David
Trappe. Edited by David
Massachi. Camera: Emily Halderman
and Joanna Priestley. Sculpture
assistants: Catherine Dunn and Danh Nguyen. Multi-plane rig: Charles Rehwalt. Flame compositor: Phil Guzzo. A project of Creative Capital.
Awards
Seoul
International Cartoon and Animation Festival (Korea): First Place Award for Expression
World
Animation Celebration (Los Angeles, USA): Best Experimental Film
Black
Maria Film Festival (USA): DirectorÕs Citation Award
Culture2Culture
Tricky Women Festival (Austria): City of
Vienna Prize
Festivals
Sundance Film Festival (USA)
Taos
Talking Picture Festival (USA)
Anima
Mundi International Animation Festival (Brasil)
I
Castelli Animati Animation Festival (Italy)
Cinanima
International Animation Festival (Portugal)
Leipzig
International Festival for Documentary and Animated Film (Germany)
Northwest
Film and Video Festival (USA)
Nordic
and Baltic Animation Festival (Norway)
Big
Muddy Film Festival (USA)
Dallas
Video Festival (USA)
Animated
Encounters: Bristol International Animation Festival (UK)
Stuttgart
International Animation Festival (Germany)
ANIMAC
International Animation Festival (Spain)
James
River Film Festival (USA)
Ann
Arbor Film Festival (USA)
Filme Im
Schloss: Weisbaden Animation Festival (Germany)
Enzimi
Festival (Rome, Italy)
Times Square
(1986, 4 min., 16mm, 2-D computer animation,
not released)
Times
Square
is an abstract meditation on urban shapes and sounds. It was created at
California Institute of the Arts on a Cubicomp and IBM-AT, using Lumena, Easel
and PC-10 software. Digital images
on the computer monitor were shot onto 16mm film using a Bolex camera on a
tripod, pointed into the monitor.
Engel and Priestley were in the first computer animation class at Cal
Arts (1984-85), taught by Vibeke Sorensen.
Directed,
produced and animated by Jules Engel and Joanna Priestley. Sound designed and produced by R.
Dennis Wiancko.
Utopia Parkway
(1997, 5 minutes, drawings
on paper, sculptures and glass, 35 mm and DVD)
Utopia Parkway is an experimental exploration of
compartments, containers and boxes that was inspired by the sculptures of
Joseph Cornell, who lived on Utopia Parkway (Queens, NY) nearly all of his life.
The animation was made with drawings on index cards, 122 replacement sculptures
(made with Magi Sculpt and acrylic paint), wooden boxes, cigar boxes, glass
bottles and seashells.
ÒJoanna
PriestleyÕs Utopia Parkway explores new techniques, including animating 3-D
forms made out of what looks like glazed clay. The objects were sculpted to form a series that have smooth
transitions from one shape to another.
The work is technically brilliant and her use of new materials is quite
inventive.Ó -Karl Cohen, ASIFA-SF
Journal
Directed, produced and animated by Joanna
Priestley. Sound design and music
by Jaime Haggerty. Art Director: Paul Harrod. Directors of Photography: Charles
Rehwalt and David Trappe. Edited
by Chris Willging and Joanna Priestley. Sculpture
sequences: Chris Bourdette, Barry Bruce, Chuck Duke, Joan Gratz, Mark
Gustavson, Theresa Drilling, Jean Poulot and Joanna Priestley. Supported by a grant from the Oregon
Arts Commission. Special thanks to the MacDowell Colony.
"The
works I found most compelling not only had an intellectual and emotional
resonance beyond their construction, they also stood somewhere outside the
traditional narrative. Utopia Parkway was especially a pleasure to watch." -Rachel Rosen, Northwest Film and Video Festival
Awards
San
Francisco International Film Festival (USA): Golden Gate Award
Big
Muddy Film Festival (USA): Best of Festival
Northwest
Film and Video Festival (USA): JudgeÕs Award
Black
Maria Film Festival (USA): DirectorÕs Choice Award
U.S.A.
Film Festival- Finalist
Festivals
Fantoche
International Festival for Animated Films- Best of the World Program
(Switzerland)
I
Castelli Animati (Italy)
Zagreb
World Festival of Animated Films (Croatia)
Hiroshima
International Animation Festival (Japan)
Anima
Mundi International Animation Festival (Brasil)
Stuttgart
International Animation Festival (Germany)
Cinanima
International Animation Festival (Portugal)
Oslo
Animation Festival
(Norway)
Annecy
International Animation Festival (France)
Ecofilm
International Festival of Environmental Films (France)
Intercom:
International Festival of Films of the Environment (France)
The
World Animation Celebration (Los Angeles)
Mill
Valley Film Festival
(California)
Leipzig
Documentary and Animation Film Festival (Germany)
ANIMAC
(Spain)
Matita
Film Festival (Italy)
Malaysia
Video Awards (Malaysia)
Dallas
Video Festival (Texas)
Taos
Talking Picture Festival (New Mexico)
Vital
International Animation Festival (UK)
Philadelphia
Festival of World Cinema (USA)
Voices
(1985, 4 minutes, drawings on paper,
16mm, BetaSP, DVD)
A light-hearted exploration of
fear of the dark, of old age, of obesity, of monsters and of global
destruction. ÒPriestley gets
across a series of personal phobias in a refreshing and humorous fashion. We
get a superb, contemporary animated film with salutes to historical cartoon
figures scattered throughout. Delightful!Ó -Marv Newland, NW Film and Video
Festival Juror.
ÒPriestleyÕs
film shows great joy and delight in being alive. ItÕs a message with style.Ó -Ed Emshwiller
Directed,
produced and animated by Joanna Priestley. Sound designed and produced by R. Dennis Wiancko. Narrated by Joanna Priestley.
Awards
National
Independent Film Competition: First Place
National
Educational Film Festival: First Place
Algarve
Cinema Festival:
Best Animated Film (Portugal)
Tel Aviv
International Film Festival: First Place
Big
Muddy Film Festival: Best
of Festival
Canadian
International Animation Festival: Special Merit Award
Northwest
Film and Video Festival: Best of Festival
CINE
Competition: Gold
Eagle Award
Chicago
International Film Festival: Bronze Hugo Award
U.S.A.
Film Festival:
Finalist
Sinking
Creek Film Festival:
Cash Award Winner
Odense
International Film Festival: Special Jury Prize
Festivals
Telluride
Film Festival (USA)
Hiroshima
International Animation Festival (Japan)
Zagreb
International Animation Festival (Croatia)
Hong
Kong International Film Festival (China)
Los
Angeles International Animation Celebration (USA)
Denver
International Film Festival (USA)
Olympia
Film Festival (USA)
Black
Maria Film Festival (USA)
Stuttgart
International Animation Festival
Films
des Femmes: Festival International de CrŽteil (France)
San
Francisco International Film Festival
Montreal
International WomenÕs Film Festival
New York
FilmmakerÕs Expo
Bumbershoot
Film Festival (USA)
Flaherty
Film Seminar (USA)
Womanimation!
Film Festival (USA)