Cartoons Underground 2012
The first edition of Cartoons Underground!
We were proud to present Singapores first ever underground animation festival in 2012. Looking back on this year, it was the beginning of many great things. Our festival has grown tremendously from these early days. We will always treasure the support for all our early backers. Most of all, we have eternal thanks to all the animators who submitted their films for this first edition!
At the time, animation was still very conservative in Singapore. Some of the works we received really broke new ground in terms of quality and subject matter.
Cartoons Underground 2012 was a landmark even in the Singapore arts scene.
Cartoons Underground Presents
Film Selection
2012
Moon Child
Sara Chong and Yanyun Chen
Yanyun and Sara are illustrators and animators from Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Sara is currently studying in The Florence Academy of Arts while Yanyun is a lecturer at NTU.
Laser Girl
Diana Tantillo
A recent New York University Tisch Asia graduate, Diana’s Laser Girl is Cartoons Underground official opener.
Wonder
Christy Karacas
Christy is a director and writer, known for Superjail! (2007), Space War (1997) and Robotomy (2010).
Fisch
Thomas is a german animator who has worked on movies including Bee-movie, Puss in Boots feature and Ratatouille.
Rippled
Darcy is part of the Oh Yeah Wow is an award winning creative house that simply love making content. They have worked with bands and brands like Gotye, Slash, Woolworths, Aloe Blacc and Wax Tailor.
Masks
Patrick Smith
Patrick is an international award-winning animator from New York. Currently, he is working on PBS series Blank on Blank, featuring lost interviews with cultural icons, famous names and celebrities.
Friendly Fire
Tripp is an American animator, and game designer working in London. Friendly Fire is an interactive animation built using an Arduino micro-controller, encased in a military ammunition box, and programmed in Processing.
The Wrong Number
Colleen is an animator and illustrator based in Brooklyn. Wrong Number Singapore recently won the Best Animation award at the first annual Scribble Junkies Festival of Drawn Animation that was held in Brooklyn, New York on Aug. 14.
Santa The Fascist Years
Bill Plympton
Bill is best known for his 1987 Academy Award-nominated animated short Your Face and his series of shorts Guard Dog, Guide Dog, Hot Dog andHorn Dog.
Music Scene
Anthony is an award winning director and animator living in Philadelphia who is well-known for his unique psychedelic style.
Mr. Coo
Nacho is a freelance animator from Madrid and is well-known for the character, Mr. Coo.
Love and Theft
Andreas is an animation director from Germany. At present, Hykade is working at his first feature-length film. He revealed that the film would revolve around the life of Jesus.
Fresh Guacamole
PES
PES is an American director and stop-motion animator of numerous short films and commercials. Fresh Guacamole was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[1] It is the shortest film ever nominated for an Oscar.
Factory
Jen Woo
Jen Woo graduated from New York University Tisch asia. Factory is built all around a hand-drawn cycle and even carries the theme of “man-made.”
Rating Advisory
All Films | 56 mins | Rating M18 – Mature Content