Press "Enter" to skip to content

TIFF Preview: ‘Interregnum’ – Nick Fox-Gieg

By sir warren b leonhardt on September 1, 2010

Last updated on September 2, 2010

The Toronto International Film Festival is literally just around the corner – next week, in fact. It’s high time that we started previewing the animated fare that’ll be screening at the fest. Online tickets are now closed, you’ll have to hit a box office You can order single tickets online (or call the box office) on Sept. 3 – that’s tomorrow – through till the festival starts, or you might be able to get last minute tickets the day of a screening. This series of posts headed ‘TIFF preview’ are just a slice of what’s on. Given our website name, I thought it’d be appropriate to focus on the animation ‘locals’ from the world’s largest small town, Canada.

‘INTERREGNUM’ – Nick Fox-Geig, English, 7 min.

“Vichy 1942. Nazi occupied France has a population under threat. One man’s attempt to thwart a corrupt system shapes a dramatic sequence of events. Loosely based on René Carmille, the first known computer hacker, animator Nick Fox-Gieg’s latest film synthesizes digital imaging software to tell a tale of humanity set right at the birth of the information age.”

Director’s Bio:
Nick Fox-Gieg is a Toronto-based animator and video artist. He holds a B.F.A. from Carnegie Mellon University and an M.F.A. from the California Institute of the Arts. His short films include The Orange (05), I Wanna be Famous (06), The Foxhole Manifesto (07), The Orange (09) and Interregnum (10).

Screening at:
Short Cuts Canada: Programme 4

Director’s Website & Trailer:
http://www.fox-gieg.com

Published in News

sir warren b leonhardt
sir warren b leonhardt

Warren Leonhardt spent too much time watching tv, reading comics, or doodling in his math textbooks to really pay attention, but he thinks he was raised the Kootenays of British Columbia by two grownups and a sister. After realizing that cartoons and animated films don’t make themselves but were actually made by people, he decided to become one of those people. Over time he’s managed to fool companies like House of Cool, Disney Canada, Spümcø, Sony Pictures Animation, Blue Sky Studios and Corus into actually paying him money to draw funny pictures and generally goof around as a storyboard artist for animated features and television. He currently lives in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada with his long-suffering wife and toddler. In between drawing till his hand falls off and fending off the wildlife invading his property, he interviews people more interesting than himself for CAR.CA.

More posts from sir warren b leonhardt

More from NewsMore posts in News »

2 Comments

  1. Barry A Sanders Barry A Sanders September 2, 2010

    I believe the general public will be able to buy tickets online as of Sept 3rd. “Advanced” ticket ordering is only for donors but public sales should be online as well as at the box office as of Friday. Short programs are less likely to sell out but it does happen so it’s a good idea to get your tickets as early as you can.

Leave a Reply