CXC Opening Night 2024 with Ohio Animation Showcase
Run Time: 90 min.
6:00 PM Reception | 7:15 PM Welcome | 7:30 PM Ohio Animation Showcase | 8:30 PM Panel
Kick off the festival with our CXC Opening Night reception! Celebrate Cartoon Crossroads Columbus 2024 at the Gateway Film Center. Gather with old friends and meet new ones over a Gateway / CXC signature cocktail. Volunteers will be available to help you make your plans to experience CXC’s panels, expo and afterparties. Reception followed by a welcome from CXC staff at 7:15 PM and the first CXC presentation, the 2024 Ohio Animation Showcase beginning at 7:30 PM.
Curated by Vincent Alexander, Kangmin Lim and Rafael Rosado, this screening will showcase a variety of Ohio animated films to help kick off CXC 2024! Panel discussion to follow, 8:30-9:15 PM. The 2024 Ohio Animation Showcase Program Lineup:
- The Dust Pixies – Album (Anthony Lotta, 2:08 mins)
- The Stain (Darrian Johnson, 4:30 mins)
- Frames Per Second ( Aha Media/CCAD, 3:41 mins)
- A Snake Called Perseus (Yara Elfouly, 10:00, mins)
- Good Wheel Hunting (Gavrilo Gnatovich, 7:22 mins)
- Catfished (Alaska Gordon, 4:30 mins)
- Self in Progress (Kayla Lehman, 3:53 mins)
- Gassy’s Gas N’ Stuff 2:Lotto (Sarah Schmidt, 3:30 mins)
- WallieWog (Mollie Malizia, 2:50 mins)
- Under The Dark Clouds (Kangmin Lim, 3:30 mins)
- Kindergarden (CCAD group project; Areli Garcia Natividad, Gia Kornfeld, Maggie Murphy, Meg Tysen, Precious Garcia, Ryan Carpenter, 2:13 mins)
- The Demolition of Gold Hill Mall (Violet Bock, 2:43 mins)
- Demons Day Out (Eleanor Hauck, 1:24 mins)
- Fruity Flakes Freakout (Vincent Alexander, 2:00 mins)
- One (Tom Richner, 11:00 mins)
- The Dust Pixies – Milk (Anthony Lotta, 1:50 mins)
No registration required, this is free to attend.
Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) is a free comics art & animation festival based in Columbus, Ohio. This year’s festival takes place September 26th to 29th. Visit cartooncrossroadscolumbus.org for more information.
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