Grim Natwick Film Festival
Encyclopedia
The Grim Natwick Film Festival is an annual film festival
, inaugurated in 2010. The three day festival is held every in July in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
.
The Festival presents animation
by Grim Natwick
, Betty Boop
cartoons animated by Natwick and others, work by the Fleischer Studios
and animation by Wisconsin animators across several screening venues. Also featured are academic panels, animator panels and discussion groups. The Festival is held in Wisconsin Rapids as this was the birthplace of animator Grim Natwick, who worked for studios such as Fleischer, Disney, Walter Lantz, Iwerks and UPA from the 1920s to the 1960s. The Festival is part of the annual Betty Boop Festival. Art and museum exhibitions also featured including lectures from film historian Stephen Worth and contributions from academic Dr Frances Aulds of the University Of Wisconsin Baraboo and relatives of both Grim Natwick and Max Fleischer
.
Guests for the 2010 Festival included cartoonist and animator Nina Paley
and other animators from Wisconsin.
Guests for the 2011 Festival included Ginny Mahoney, head of Fleischer Studios and granddaughter of ax Fleischer], Betty Boop Collectibles expert Denise Hagopian, and Wisconsin animators Tommy Simms and Hannah Strenger.
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
, inaugurated in 2010. The three day festival is held every in July in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
.
The Festival presents animation
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
by Grim Natwick
Grim Natwick
Myron "Grim" Natwick was an American artist, animator and film director. Natwick is best known for drawing the Fleischer Studio's most popular character, Betty Boop.-Background:...
, Betty Boop
Betty Boop
Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character created by Max Fleischer, with help from animators including Grim Natwick. She originally appeared in the Talkartoon and Betty Boop film series, which were produced by Fleischer Studios and released by Paramount Pictures. She has also been featured in...
cartoons animated by Natwick and others, work by the Fleischer Studios
Fleischer Studios
Fleischer Studios, Inc., was an American corporation which originated as an Animation studio located at 1600 Broadway, New York City, New York...
and animation by Wisconsin animators across several screening venues. Also featured are academic panels, animator panels and discussion groups. The Festival is held in Wisconsin Rapids as this was the birthplace of animator Grim Natwick, who worked for studios such as Fleischer, Disney, Walter Lantz, Iwerks and UPA from the 1920s to the 1960s. The Festival is part of the annual Betty Boop Festival. Art and museum exhibitions also featured including lectures from film historian Stephen Worth and contributions from academic Dr Frances Aulds of the University Of Wisconsin Baraboo and relatives of both Grim Natwick and Max Fleischer
Max Fleischer
Max Fleischer was an American animator. He was a pioneer in the development of the animated cartoon and served as the head of Fleischer Studios...
.
Guests for the 2010 Festival included cartoonist and animator Nina Paley
Nina Paley
Nina Paley is an Americancartoonist, animator and free culture activist.She directed the animated feature film Sita Sings the Blues. She was the artist and often the writer of comic strips Nina's Adventures and Fluff, but most of her recent work has been in animation...
and other animators from Wisconsin.
Guests for the 2011 Festival included Ginny Mahoney, head of Fleischer Studios and granddaughter of ax Fleischer], Betty Boop Collectibles expert Denise Hagopian, and Wisconsin animators Tommy Simms and Hannah Strenger.