adventuresinplymptoons:

Hi,

So I have been having a blast on tour with my documentary about Bill Plympton, Adventures in Plymptoon!

One of the main reason I made this movie is to show people that you can do it too and spread that positive message.

I have been so lucky that I have been able to do that throughout the…

As part of a screening event of Alexia Anastasio’s documentary Adventures in Plymptoons! which explores the life and work of two-time Academy Award-nominee artist and animator Bill Plympton, UnionDocs is calling artists, filmmakers and animators to submit works for an animation contest.

The best works will be chosen by Plympton himself and screened before Adventures in Plymptoons! on May 27th at UnionDocs.

The works should be limited to two minutes and draw their inspiration from Plymptons’ works, style or themes. If there is a dialogue, it should be in English (or include English subtitles).

Deadline for submission: May 20, 2012.

Once the work is ready, please send a link and password to watch it online to program@uniondocs.org

The winning filmmaker would also receive a DVD and a drawing signed by Plympton.

To watch Bill Plympton and Alexia Anastasio’s personal invitation for the contest, click here:

Please join us in conversation on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ginger-Girls-The-secret-lives-of-redheads/207225236015422

Hi, 

So I’m in Seattle this week in support of my film, Adventures in Plymptoons! which is screening this week at the Northwest Film Forum. I am meeting some nice new people and getting to see the town. 

I went and saw Pike Place Market, West Seattle, eating delicious food at local restaurants including boom noodles and Louisa’s cafe.

Oh and yesterday I got to see a band called Vetiver at the Columbia City Theater. Now you might be thinking oh cool you got to see a band in Seattle in a place very grunge with hipsters.

So here is why this show was very special too me. Back when I first started filming Adventures in Plymptoons! I spent about 2 months in LA where I went on a couple of auditions for acting gigs and one of those was for a music video for the Vetiver “Everyday” song. Which was produced by the Tim and Eric Awesome Show crew and directed by Jonathan Krisel and Zach Cowie. I was so excited about audition because they were making it look like an 80’s style karaoke video that I got a wild colored shirt and even wore lipstick to the audition where they asked me to dance. Now I have a very geeky dance which landed me the part of the model in the music video. 

Anyhow I enjoyed the show immensely.

I am also getting to spend some quality time with my pal, Mark Lipsky whom you should check out his wonderful blog on the state of independent cinema. He has lots of plans to save the film industry and if you support that you should reach out and send him an email.

Looking forward to finishing a song that I started writing the first afternoon I got here. Why?…creativity must be in the air.

:) Smiles and giggles all around. 

Oh and don’t forget to spread the ginger love for my new project Ginger Girls which has only 12 days left to reach its all or nothing goal on Kickstarter. 

Gingerly yours, 

Alexia

drawnblog:

Trailer for Adventures in Plymptoons!, a documentary on indie animator Bill Plympton.

I’m curious to see this. In high school I was lucky to live near a video store that stocked all sorts of unusual things, and it was discovering a beat-up VHS copy of Bill Plympton’s The Tune that got me excited about independent animation — here was this feature-length film that seemed to be so clearly the work of a single person, and it spoke directly to my sense of humour at the time. I became an instant fan.

Hi, 

So, it has been real busy here in Alexia World.

Here are some upcoming events that I will be at.

LI PREMIERE @ HUNTINGTON’S CINEMA ARTS CENTRE

LOS ANGELES ANIMATION FESTIVAL

REGENT SHOWCASE THEATER
MARCH 10TH at 5:30pm in Los Angeles, CA