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April 16 , 2008 Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot has been nominated for a 2008 Channel Frederator Award in the "Best Traditional Film" category, along with Sub by Jesse Schmal, and Art’s Desire by Sarah Wickliffe! !
Channel Frederator, the largest Internet cartoon network in the world and one of the founding networks of Next New Networks, today announced the nominations for its second annual Channel Frederator Awards. Winners will be honored at an awards party in New York City that will air online June 10, 2008. The Channel Frederator Awards honor a wide array of achievements seen throughout the year on weekly Channel Frederator episodes. Films submitted to Channel Frederator range from traditional pen and ink, to stop motion, to paper collage and a variety of mixed media. Categories include Best Flash Film, Best Foreign Film, Best Music Video, Best Traditional Film, Best CG Film, Best Design, Funniest Film, The Sick Sick Sick Award, The So Cute it Hurts Award, Kiwi Award, and The Badass Bunny Award. Voting starts today and the awards will air online on June 10, 2008. Please click here to check out all of the nominees and cast votes for your favorites!
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January 21 , 2008
Three House of Chai films are available for viewing on the mighty Channel Frederator!
Stoopid Movie!!! is up along with Daddy and James by Dave Carter, and Barfy the Pig in 'A Day at the Park by Ryan Page and Joel Foster on the Get Stoopid Tuesday episode. And if that's not enough, check out Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot on the New Year's Episode or cuddle up with some of the women in your life and check out Cole Needs Women on Episode 110!
November 12, 2007
We just finished an animated short for Nickelodeon in November. Unfortunately, we can't show any of the work right now, but will be sure to do so as soon as we can! Congratulations and big thanks to the production crew!!!
Screen left to right: Konstantin Abadjiev, JP Balmet, Saul Ruiz, Aletta Wenas, Andrew Harkins, Dave Chai, Januel Mercado, Paul "The Thriilla" Abadilla, and Corey Tom. (Missing in action: Kris Toscanini, Jesse Warren, and Chris McKane)
August 1 , 2007
"Cole Needs Women" will be screening at the San Diego Asian Film Festival!
Saturday afternoon, October 13 and Wednesday evening, October 17th
This year's animation lineup includes:
Badass Mofos dir. James Jaculina
The Bastard dir. Dave Quion
Black Pig White Pig dir. Zhng Gong
Bottled dir. Jian Lee
City Paradise dir. Gaelle Denis
Cole Needs Women dir. David Chai
Cyclone Armor Guardian dir. Gary Liew
A Drunken Old Man's Adventure dir. Qin Xiaosong
Egg Ghost dir. Dongkeun Lee
Fission dir. Kun-i Chang
The Gloaming dir. Andrew Huang
Lost Utopia dir. Mirai Mizue
Naked Branches dir. Will Kim
Reunion dir. Jung-kyu Park
The Space Burger dir. Sookyoung Choi
Under the Honey Chestnut Tree dir. Hyun-min Lee
PLUS, they will be honoring the legendary George Takei's 49 years in Hollywood!
"The amazing actor, George Takei, will accept our Lifetime Achievement Award at the Gala Awards Dinner on Saturday, October 13 at the Doubletree Hotel. The Festival will also present a one-on-one discussion with Mr. Takei on Sunday, October 14, at the theatre."
Please click here to visit the main festival site
July 3, 2007
"Cole Needs Women" will be screening at the ANIMATION BLOCK PARTY SUMMERFEST
SATURDAY, JULY 28 at 8:30, 10:15 and 12:00 midnight
in the Pioneer Theater in Manhattan, NY
Animation Block Party Pioneer Screening Lineup… Utopiate – Lee Noble |
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The after party will begin after the 10:15 screening ends at Julep at 9 Avenue A with Budweiser flowing courtesy of America’s Finest News Source, The Onion, Inc.
Please click here for ticket information and the complete four-day Summerfest lineup!
July 2, 2007
"Cole Needs Women" will be screening at the ASIFA-San Francisco FREE OPEN SCREENING and BASTILE DAY PARTY, SATURDAY, JULY 14, AT 8 PM! At Stephen Parr’s Oddball Films, 275 Capp Street (3rd floor)
It is time to celebrate with good animation, wine, cheese and other delights. See David Chai’s new award winning Cole Needs Women, recently completed student films from San Jose State, SF State and other schools, plus commercial and other independent work. There are bound to be a few surprises that might just “knock your panties off!” (Thanks Signe for that great quote.) Everybody is welcome to bring something to show and/or nice things to eat or drink that can be shared with others. ASIFA-SF will provide some of the basic needs of this party; you bring the special treats.
The event will be at Oddball Cinema and they can show DVDs, VHS tape and 16mm film. While they use 2 DVD players, they suggest you bring a tape backup just in case your DVD-R does not work in their machines (that has happened in the past).
The fun starts at 8 PM at Stephen Parr’s Oddball Films located in a giant 3rd floor warehouse/loft, a film archive full of real films, at 275 Capp Street, between 17th and 18th Street. Capp runs parallel to Mission and Van Ness and is right between them. The warehouse is near the 16th St. Bart Station and the Victoria Theatre. (415) 558-8117 www.oddballfilm.com
details respectfully copied from the ASIFA-SF website (click here to visit!)
June 8, 2007
Cole Needs Women screens at Annecy Plus 3, programmed by Nancy Denney-Phelps!
Le Venitien Bar and Lounge on the Square de l' Eveche, June 15, 2007
right mouse click here and select "save target as..." to download a print resolution program (1.15 MB)
June 7, 2007
25 Ways to Die screens at Pat Smith's CARTOONS FROM HELL!
Platform Film Festival, 1111 SW Broadway, Portland , OR
Brunish Hall in the Portland Center for Performing Arts
A program of dark and twisted animation that will scare the fluffy bunnies out of any animator. This collection of disturbing shorts, past and present, has been hand picked by Satan himself.
"Puppet" by Pat Smith, "Shut Eye Hotel" by Bill Plympton, "Loom" by Scott Kravitz, "Ah L'Amour" by Don Hertzfeldt, "25 Ways To Die" by David Chai, "Fifty Percent Grey" by Ruairi Robinson, "The Box Man" by Nirvan Mullick, "Son of Satan" by JJ Villard, and "Seventeen" by Hisko Hulsing.
May 6, 2007
Cole Needs Women is the 3rd Place Winner in the Independent Films Category at the ASIFA EAST Animation Festival 2007!
Big congratulations to Pes taking First Place in Independent Films for the great short film Game Over, animation powerhouse Pat Smith for Puppet taking second, and Don Hertzfeldt for Everything Will Be OK, taking BEST IN SHOW!
click here for a complete list of winners
April 11, 2007
Cole Needs Women will be having four premiere screenings this May! The World Premiere at AniFest in the Czech Republic; the North American Premiere at The Silver Lake Film Festival in Los Angeles, California; the New York Premiere at the ASIFA-EAST Animation Festival; and the Asian Premiere at the Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival in South Korea!
click here for screening details
February 26, 2007
Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot will be screening in the The 16th Annual Florida Film Festival taking place March 23 - April 1, 2007.
Now in its sixteenth exciting year, the Florida Film Festival showcases the best American Independent and Foreign Films. Welcome to the glory of spring - Florida style!
click here for festival details
February 14, 2007
Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot will be screening in the "Best of ASIFA-East 37th" Annual Competition" for ASIFA members.
When: Wednesday, February 21st at 7:00 pm
Where: Dreamworks Animation - 1000 Flower St. - Glendale, CA
RSVP: Email your full name, guest name, and daytime phone number to publicity@asifa-hollywood.org no later than 2/20 .
hosted by ASIFA-Hollywood
February 12, 2007
Winners of the 26th Annie Awards have been announced!
Congratulations to Blue Sky Studio's "No Time for Nuts" for winning the best short subject category! Best of luck at the Academy Awards. Big shout out to the "Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot" crew, Bill Plympton & Acme Filmworks , and Nickelodeon for their short subject nominations as well!
Also, congratulations to Dreamworks and Aardman Animations, taking home more trophies than any other film for one of my favorite animated features of last year, "Flushed Away".
click here for a full list of nominees and winners!
February 4, 2007
Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot has been selected by the Children's Jury of Cinema K: Children's Film Festival Seattle 2007 as the Best Animated Film of the Festival, in which Ten cinema-wise kids aged 8-12 were chosen to pick their favorite live-action and animated films.
Liz Shepherd, Festival Director, writes "The film was included in competition with 22 others in the festival. This is the first year our festival has given prizes, all awarded by the Children's Jury. Thank you so much, once again, for allowing us to include your delightful film in our festival."
Thanks to Liz, the jury members, and the staff at the Cinema K festival for the award and all the kind words! Glad you liked the film!
January 2007
Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot nominated for best short subject category in the 26th Annie Awards, along with Adventure Time (Nickelodeon), No Time for Nuts (Blue Sky Studios), and Weird Al Yankovic’s “Don’t Download This Song” (Acme Filmworks – Bill Plympton).
Balloting for the selection of the award recipients for the Annie Awards will be taking place online beginning Tuesday, January 16 and end on Friday, February 3, 2007.
The Annie Awards will take place on Sunday, February 11, 2007, at the Alex Theatre in Glendale. Keep your toes crossed for us!
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December 15, 2006 Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot is now available on the “One of Many: Pawky Shorts 2006” DVD. Available Now!
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