PuppetFest, College Park MD, July 10-13, Vol III

More information coming soon. In the meanwhile, be sure to check out Puppetfest 2008

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World Festival of Puppet Art, Prague, June 2008, Vol III AWARD!

Handmade Puppet Dreams (Vol III) was given a special award for "Puppet Film Experimentation" at the 12th Festival of Puppet Arts in Prague. The Festival was held June 2nd-June 8th, 2008.

Last year, Handmade Puppet Dreams was the given the "Best Puppet Film" award. The other nominees included:

"Faust: Last Dance" - Ritz-Barr Production from USA, France and Japan

"Fisherman and Little Fish" - Sojuzmultfilm from Russia

For more information about the festival, please visit Festival

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SCAD Savannah, GA & UCONN, CT Host HMPD Gallery June-Nov

June 12-July 12, 2008
"Bringing Stories to Life" Exhibition
Red Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St., Savannah, Ga.

Featuring Handmade Puppet Dreams artists Jean Stern, Lyon Hill, Guilherme Marcondes, Simon Brown, Paul Kloss & Matt Acheson.

The exhibitions department at SCAD hosts "Bringing Stories to Life," which explores modes of storytelling in puppetry arts. Puppetry has been used throughout the world to tell historical, political and folkloric stories through various media such as video, animation and live performance. Storytelling is a celebrated foundation of puppetry arts and continues to evolve as puppeteers explore new techniques and adaptations of traditional puppetry. This exhibition features a group of artists who explore the whimsical, satirical, autobiographical, poetic, fictional and non-fictional genres of storytelling in puppetry arts.
SCAD


April 27 -November 30 2008
"Puppets Through The Lens: Puppetry in Film, Television, and
the Internet"
Ballard Institute & Museum of Puppetry 6 Bourn Place,
Depot Campus University of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut

Featuring Handmade Puppet Dreams artists Tim Lagasse & Jim Napolitano, Genevieve Anderson, Janie Geiser, Xander Marrow, and Scotty Shoemaker.

A nation-wide group show of puppets, sets, and
moving images from commercial film, the avant-garde,
television commercials, and cyberspace. Featuring the
work of Janie Geiser, Rufus and Margo Rose, Bil Baird,
Basil Milovsoroff, Jim Henson, Ralph Chessé, Larry Smith,
Jim Napolitano, Tim Lagasse, Brad Williams, Christine
Papalexis, Sandow Birk, Rene Zendejas, Michael Bannon,
Frank Ballard, Jeff Sias, Laura Heit, Bernd Ogrodnik,
Theodora Skipitares, Marty Robinson, and Paul Zaloom.
UCONN

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Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta GA, June 21, Vol III

Enjoy an adult evening out with
"Handmade Puppet Dreams III"
Curated by Heather Henson

Handmade Puppet Dreams III is a selection of eleven puppet film shorts by independent artists exploring their handmade craft, specifically for the camera. Created by Heather Henson, Handmade Puppet Dreams showcases a new generation of puppeteers who embrace film as a medium for their individual expressions. The films focus primarily on real-time performed puppetry with an emphasis on character.

Featured in this screening are the HMPD exclusive, Too Loud a Solitude by Genevieve Anderson and Atlanta local Jason Von Hinezmeyer's film,
In Private.


Center for Puppetry Arts

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Newport Beach Festival screening Saturday 4/26/08
Current mood: excited

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PUPPETRY!!!

UPCOMING SCREENING THIS SATURDAY


Saturday, April 26 at 11:30am For Kids, along with Shadow Puppet Making workshop with IPM & 1:30pm Adult Program, with Special Filmmaker presentation by Steven Ritz-Barr at Newport Beach Film Festival, 999 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660.


Handmade Puppet Dreams For Kids & Adults
For more information go to Newport Beach Film Festival

SPROUT, By Jeanne Stern

Handmade Puppet Dreams For Kids
Handmade Puppet Dreams presents a selection of four family friendly puppet films followed by an interactive shadow puppet show and workshop. The whole family can enjoy these unique mini puppet films. Join us for the whimsy of assemblage puppets made from found paper and recycled objects. Sprout, a film by Jeanne Stern is about a kitchen sink over-flowing causing the room to flood and sprout to life. Trixie and the Treetrunks by Quintron and Miss. Pussycat, after receiving a secret message from a talking "Happy Tree", Trixie and Marsha embark on a quest to start a band. Bottle Bug Band by John Kennedy asks the audience to find out what all of the buzz is about and sing along with the Bottle Bugs, as they teach the world that every day should be Earth Day. Piano Mouths by Jeanne Stern treats us to a quick snippet of how an ordinary instrument can be turned into a puppet with eighty-eight musical mouths. Pupsock & Wendell in The Gallery of Doom by Patrick Algermissen features a puppet dog named Pupsock Jackson and his animated sidekick, Wendell. They attempt to save Princess Stacie from her kidnappers in a haunted museum. The screenings will be followed by a live puppet show of The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Alan Cook from The International Puppetry Museum. You are then invited to make your very own shadow puppet with folks from the International Puppetry Museum.

Screening 11:30 AM Sat, Apr 26

FAUST, By Steven Ritz-Barr

Handmade Puppet Dreams For Adults
Stylistically, the films run the gamut from marionettes to finger puppets to paper cutouts, each artist articulating their own unique approach to animation and film. Too Loud A Solitude by Genevieve Anderson is based on the novella by Bohumil Hrabal and contains all the magic still present in the twisted streets of Old Town Prague. Too Loud a Solitude spins a tale of passion, beauty, and high moral stakes in the midst of a crumbling civilization. In Private by Jason Von Hinezmeyer about a mustached man who visits a primitive pre-film private viewing booth and gets more for his change than he bargains for. Faust by Steven Ritz-Barr and Hoku Uchiyama is a film in which Dr. Johannes Faust faces a dilemma when his bargain with Mephisto sours. All Faust wanted was more power, more glory, and more appeal to lure a young Gretchen. But in the end, in the face of his failure to love, he transcends his worldly desires to achieve immorality. This film is a visual interpretation of Goethe's Faust part one, and first in the Classics in Miniature series. The puppets from Faust will also be on display and following the screening, Steven Ritz-Barr will give a lecture focusing on The Legend of Faust including the history, its cultural hybrids, and why Puppets work with this theme.

Screening 1:30 PM Sat, Apr 26

Handmade Puppet Dreams Film Series is a collection of puppet film shorts by independent artists exploring their handmade craft specifically for the camera. The series consists of Volumes I, II, III, Kids, and Highlights. Curated by Heather Henson and Michelle Renee, Handmade Puppet Dreams is an IBEX Puppetry production. For more information, please visit www.ibexpuppetry.com or www.handmadepuppetdreams.com.

The Newport Beach Film Festival takes place April 24-May 1, 2008. For more info about the festival, please visit www.newportbeachfilmfest.com.

FirstWorks Screeening & Heather this Thurs 4/24/08 in Prov RI
Current mood: productive

UPCOMING SCREENING THIS THURSDAY


Thursday, April 24 at 7pm & 9:30pm at RISD's Memorial Hall, 266 Benefit Street. Henson herself joins FirstWorks for an Artist-Up-Close discussion following both screenings


Handmade Puppet Dreams Volume Highlights
For more information go to First Works Prov or call 401-421-4278

FirstWorks
Expect Astonishment



Contact: Annette Robinson
annette@firstworksprov.org

Handmade Puppet Dreams: Coming To A Reality Near You

FirstWorks presents another first this Spring with a free puppet film festival!

PROVIDENCE, R.I.,FirstWorks announces a special appearance by Heather Henson, daughter of legendary Muppets creator Jim Henson, at a free puppetry film festival this Spring. Henson curates this two-part screening – one for adults and one for kids – of film shorts created by independent artists. TAKE ONE: Handmade Puppet Dreams will be screened Thursday, April 24 at 7pm & 9:30pm at RISD's Memorial Hall, 266 Benefit Street. Henson herself joins FirstWorks for an Artist-Up-Close discussion following both screenings. TAKE TWO: Handmade Puppet Dreams for Kids, Henson's family-friendly program, will be screened Friday, May 16 at 6pm at the Providence Children's Museum. As an added bonus, admission to the entire museum is free from 5 – 8pm thanks to MetLife Family Fridays.

Handmade Puppet Dreams is a whirlwind of graphic surprises, funhouse angles and new takes on classic. This zany collection of shorts showcases a new generation of puppeteers exploring unique approaches to animation and film through a gamut of puppetry styles. It's poignant, it's frightening, it's hilarious – and it's another first for FirstWorks, and for Providence.

FirstWorks connects arts with audiences through festivals, education and special firsts in the arts year round. Executive Artistic Director Kathleen Pletcher is pleased to announce that with Handmade Puppet Dreams For Kids, FirstWorks is expanding. Rather than a one-day family festival in June, 2008 launches family-friendly programming year-round. So be sure to stay tuned: in May FirstWorks will unveil its fall FirstWorksProv lineup, with fresh and exciting premieres for the whole family to enjoy (and even a few new tricks up our sleeve). Check www.FirstWorksProv.org regularly for details.

Handmade Puppet Dreams is presented by FirstWorks in collaboration with the Rhode Island School of Design's Office of Student Life.

Founded in 2004, FirstWorks is a non-profit organization creating cultural destination festivals in collaboration with the City of Providence's Department of Art, Culture and Tourism and a growing list of partners. Dedicated to artistic excellence, affordable programming, and community outreach, FirstWorks annually presents the FirstWorksProv Festival, Pixilerations festival of digital media, year-round youth arts education and other special firsts in the arts. For more info. visit www.FirstWorksProv.org or call 401-421-4278.

2007 Tour Info Schedule
Current mood: accomplished

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON PLACES TOURED, PLEASE CONTACT US!!!

UPCOMING SCREENINGS THIS SUNDAY

DECEMBER 2ND, 2007 @ 8:00 PM

Handmade Puppet Dreams Volume lll @ The Voice 4 Vision puppet festival in NY

For more information go to Voice 4 Vision

OCTOBER 26th, 27th & 28th AT THE ORLANDO PUPPET FESTIVAL! SELECTED FILMMAKERS PRESENT FOR TALK BACKS AND BEHIND THE SCENE PHOTOS.

OCTOBER 26th @ 7:00 pm

A Handmade Puppet Dream exclusive!

Puppet filmmaker Genevieve Anderson presents a very
special screening of this newly created Handmade
Puppet Dreams Film Exclusive
"TOO LOUD A SOLITUDE"! Explore the mind of
this amazing puppet artist and view her behind the
scenes photographs with talk back.

FOR MORE INFO GO TO

OrlandoPuppetFestival.com

OCTOBER 27th @ 4:00 - 5:30 pm

Family-Friendly selection of puppet film shorts from our Handmade Puppet Dreams collections, including the newly added

"DUDLEY AND THE TOY KEEPERS CHEST" Puppet filmmaker Patrick Algermissen will present a talkback with exclusive behind the scenes photos of his film.
Venue:Mad Cow Theatre Stage Right
Cost:$3

FOR MORE INFO & TO PURCHASE TICKETS GO TO
OrlandoPuppetFestival.com

OCTOBER 28th @ 4:00 - 5:30 pm

Screening our NEWEST collection Handmade Puppet Dreams Volume lll.

Featuring exclusive behind-the-scenes photos and a talkback with Puppet filmmaker Jeanne Stern, director of "LES MALAVENTURES DE ZUT-ALORS".

Venue: Mad Cow Theatre Stage Left

Cost:$3

FOR MORE INFO & TO PURCHASE TICKETS GO TO
OrlandoPuppetFestival.com




Handmade Puppet Dreams goes International!

Traveling abroad? Don't miss these upcoming screenings in Singapore, London, Prague, and Israel!


For more information visit HandmadePuppetDreams.com or email info@handmadepuppetdreams.com


Singapore: May 21st 2007, 7pm
Handmade Puppet Dreams-The Movie will screen at the Out of the Box Festival of Puppet Theatre at the Esplanade Theatre Studio in Singapore.

Limited seats available. To attend, please register by email: puppet@teamworkprod.com
View event details:OutOfTheBox.com

London: May 23, 2007, 7pm
Handmade Puppet Dreams Volumes I & II will screen for the Puppet Centre Trust at the Battersea Arts Centre.
London-based "Project Huxley" director Simon A. Brown, will be present for questions and answers on his featured short!
For more on the Puppet Centre Trust: http://www.puppetcentre.org.ukPuppetCentre.org


Prague: June 1st & 2nd, 2007, 4pm
Handmade Puppet Dreams will screen at the 11th WORLD FESTIVAL OF PUPPET ART at the City Library Film Hall.
For more on this festival visit: www.puppetart.com

Israel: July 18-22nd 2007
(Theatre screening date & time TBA)
Handmade Puppet Dreams Vol I & II will screen for The 10th International Puppet Theater and Film Festival at the "Israeli Puppet Center.
During this festival, a gallery in "The Israeli Center of Digital Art", will be equipped with armchairs and monitors so people may enjoy daily private screenings of the films!

For more on the Israeli Puppet Center visit www.www.holonfoundation.org
For more on "The Israeli Center of Digital Art" visit www.digitalartlab.org

Back In The States!

St Paul, Minnesota: July 18th 2007, 11:00pm

Showing Handmade Puppet Dreams Volume ll


St Paul, Minnesota: July 19th 2007, 7:30pm & 9:00pm

The World premier of Handmade Puppet Dreams Volume lll will be screened at the National
Puppeteers of America Festival at Concordia University

To attend, one must register for the festival

For more information go to www.PuppetRampage2007.org



Huntington, Long Island, NY: August 9, 8:30pm

Handmade Puppet Dreams the Family Edition will be screened at the

Huntington Summer Arts Festival, Chapin Rainbow Stage, FREE.



Huntington, Long Island, NY: August 15, 7:30pm

Handmade Puppet Dreams- Highlights from Vol. 1, 2, & 3 will be screened
at the Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington, Ticketed

Puppet Rampage Festival Presents Handmade Puppet Dreams Volume ll

July 17th - 22nd, 2007

http://www.puppetrampage2007.org/pages/performances.html

Official website:

http://www.puppetrampage2007.org/


HANDMADE PUPPET DREAMS is a touring festival of independent artists films exploring their handmade craft specifically for the camera. These films have allowed artists to build their vision, then breathe life into their dreams.

Showing Films 1/25/2007 in Utah / Sundance Film Festival


DREAMLAND VILLAGE PRESENTS

HANDMADE PUPPET DREAMS
"THE MOVIE"

SHOWING IN PARK CITY, UTAH DURING THE SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL

THURSDAY JANUARY 25TH, 2007 @ 6:00 pm

SPECIAL EVENT & RECEPTION TO CELEBRATE THE ART OF PUPPETRY

LOCATED @
THE YARROW RESORT HOTEL

1800 Park Avenue

Park City, UT 84060

(435) 649-7000

HANDMADE PUPPET DREAMS
"THE MOVIE"


SHOWING IN DELHI, INDIA


WEDNESDAY JANUARY 17TH, 2007 @ 6:30 pm


AT INDIA HABITAT CENTRE




Ishara International Puppet Festival in Delhi


The Hindu on Ishara International Puppet Festival in Delhi

The Following Films will be Screened:

Harker

Finger Puppets Everywhere

Unicycle Baby Guy

Prelude

Ola's Box of Clovers

A Small World

Last Rites

Sammy & Sofa

Everloving

Amazing, Mysterious & True Story of Mary Anning & Her Monsters

Project Huxley

Moonfiishing

Graveyard Jamboree

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HANDMADE PUPPET DREAMS


SHOWING IN CHICAGO


LINKS HALL

Links Hall in Chicago welcomes Handmade Puppet Dreams in Chicago this weekend:

PROGRAM TWO - HANDMADE PUPPET DREAMS VOLUME ll

Friday & Saturday, January 12 & 13, 8pm
Sunday, January 14, 7pm
$12 ($10 students and seniors)

Mistress of Puppets

Heather Henson and other puppet artists from the Handmade Puppet Dreams series are interviewed by the OCWeekly in connection with the Grand Central Art Center gallery show read the 4 page article here

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The puppets of HMPD in a major gallery exhibit

Puppets on display at the Grand Central Art Center
April 7 - May 20, 2007

In celebration of the fine art of object performance and well crafted puppetry, this exhibition organized by Rat Powered Films and Heather Henson featuring many of the HMPD artists such as Shoemaker, Heit, Sidle, Uchiyama, Anderson, Hill, Walsh & Caballero, Geiser, Marsian, Presser. The gallery also will screen the Vol 1 & 2 collections of short films by more than twenty filmmakers who use puppetry as a vehicle to convey contemporary artistic concerns.

Where: Grand Central Art Center
125 N. Broadway Santa Ana, California

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Seeking Live Action Puppet Films for Volume lll...

Currently accepting submissions for

HANDMADE PUPPET DREAMS Volume lll


To submit your film, go to the "SUBMIT" link @

HANDMADE PUPPET DREAMS

Please submit asap as we will be premiering the collection on Saturday April 21st, 2007!
For additional information please email info@handmadepuppetdreams.com

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