Alien Short Film Crash Lands in Mississippi and California
John Taddeo’s award-winning animated short film, Zoom Suit, has been selected to screen at two more major film festivals, the Crossroads Film Festival in Jackson, Mississippi and the Mendocino Film Festival in Mendocino, California.
Palm Beach, FL, March 29, 2006 --(PR.com)-- John Taddeo’s award-winning animated short film, Zoom Suit, has been selected to screen at two more major film festivals, the Crossroads Film Festival in Jackson, Mississippi and the Mendocino Film Festival in Mendocino, California.
“Both of these are great festivals and I’m thrilled they’ve selected Zoom Suit to be a part of their events,” said Taddeo. “The Zoom Suit animated short continues its success at festivals like the little train that could.”
The Seventh Annual Crossroads Film Festival allows film fans the opportunity to meet many of the filmmakers and discuss the filmmaking process as well as participate in a free screenwriting workshop offered on Saturday. Even the youngest fans will get a chance to learn about the filmmaking process through scheduled events on Saturday at the Museum of Art in downtown Jackson. The festival is being held March 30 to April 2 with Zoom Suit being screened on April 1. For more information, log onto: www.crossroadsfilmsociety.com.
The Mendocino Film Festival, May 18 to 21, is dedicated to providing quality independent films, documentaries, foreign films, short films, and animation to audiences of all ages and cinematic tastes and to educate film and video students in the art of filmmaking and production. For information visit: www.mendocinofilmfestival.org.
Zoom Suit #1, the premiere issue of the four issue limited series, is slated to hit comic shops April 26th. The series is officially sold out at the publisher and will be allocated to comic shops.
About Zoom Suit:
Zoom Suit has appeared in over 60 film festivals since the world premiere at the Palm Beach International Film Festival on April 18, 2005 where it won “Best Animation” from the Palm Beach Film Society. Since then Zoom Suit has been featured in film festivals across the country, including New York City, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Texas, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Michigan, San Francisco and San Diego where it was an official selection of the 2005 San Diego Comic Con Film Festival. Zoom Suit has garnered numerous awards including “Best in Show,” “Grand Festival Award,” and multiple “Best Animation” awards. At the current rate, Zoom Suit will be viewed by over 500,000 fans of comics and animation. Zoom Suit the comic, written by John Taddeo with art by Billy Dallas Patton and featuring covers by Gene Colan, Jim Starlin, Bob Layton and Bart Sears, is planned for release in April, 2006. For more information or artwork, please visit the Zoom Suit web site at www.superverse.com.
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“Both of these are great festivals and I’m thrilled they’ve selected Zoom Suit to be a part of their events,” said Taddeo. “The Zoom Suit animated short continues its success at festivals like the little train that could.”
The Seventh Annual Crossroads Film Festival allows film fans the opportunity to meet many of the filmmakers and discuss the filmmaking process as well as participate in a free screenwriting workshop offered on Saturday. Even the youngest fans will get a chance to learn about the filmmaking process through scheduled events on Saturday at the Museum of Art in downtown Jackson. The festival is being held March 30 to April 2 with Zoom Suit being screened on April 1. For more information, log onto: www.crossroadsfilmsociety.com.
The Mendocino Film Festival, May 18 to 21, is dedicated to providing quality independent films, documentaries, foreign films, short films, and animation to audiences of all ages and cinematic tastes and to educate film and video students in the art of filmmaking and production. For information visit: www.mendocinofilmfestival.org.
Zoom Suit #1, the premiere issue of the four issue limited series, is slated to hit comic shops April 26th. The series is officially sold out at the publisher and will be allocated to comic shops.
About Zoom Suit:
Zoom Suit has appeared in over 60 film festivals since the world premiere at the Palm Beach International Film Festival on April 18, 2005 where it won “Best Animation” from the Palm Beach Film Society. Since then Zoom Suit has been featured in film festivals across the country, including New York City, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Texas, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Michigan, San Francisco and San Diego where it was an official selection of the 2005 San Diego Comic Con Film Festival. Zoom Suit has garnered numerous awards including “Best in Show,” “Grand Festival Award,” and multiple “Best Animation” awards. At the current rate, Zoom Suit will be viewed by over 500,000 fans of comics and animation. Zoom Suit the comic, written by John Taddeo with art by Billy Dallas Patton and featuring covers by Gene Colan, Jim Starlin, Bob Layton and Bart Sears, is planned for release in April, 2006. For more information or artwork, please visit the Zoom Suit web site at www.superverse.com.
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