ITFS: Best of Trickstar Nature

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Please purchase tickets at the door Box Office: opens one hour before showtime Payment method: we accept cash and credit cards ((including tap-to-pay) Admission: $10 general, $9 for seniors, Webster alumni and students from other schools, $8 for Webster faculty & staff, free for Webster students with proper ID. Location: Winifred Moore Auditorium (Webster Hall, 1st floor center hall, 470 E. Lockwood, Webster Groves, MO 63119) Parking: parking in front of Webster Hall (Lot B) and behind the building (Lot D) is free for patrons on screening nights! (various, 2024, various, 83 minutes) The Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) is one of the largest and most important festivals for artistic animated film in Europe and worldwide and it is an Oscar-qualifying film festival. What happens if rays take over the world? What if the glaciers melt and the sea levels rise? What if the world suffocates in smog and plastic waste? How does a society change when natural resources are no longer sufficient for everyone? Do we retreat and resign ourselves to defeat, or do we take radical action to save the world after all? This year’s Best of Trickstar Nature programme shows us that we still have options. Please note: This program contains material not appropriate for young children. Co-presented with St. Louis Filmworks. Program Lineup Hic svnt Dracones directed by: Justin Fayard // France 2024 // 13:49 // production, school: École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs de Paris – ENSAD // producer, world sales: Justin Fayard According to myth, ancient nautical charts marked the boundaries of the known world with the Latin phrase: ‘Here be dragons’ (hic sunt dracones). Like giant ice dragons, the film plunges through glaciers on a journey in which the dimensions of space and time disintegrate. When Ocean Rises directed by: Yongxin Wang // Germany 2024 // 6:16 // producer: Yongxin Wang // production, school, world sales: Filmuniversität Babelsberg…

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