World Premiere
Puppet
| USA | 7 MINUTES | EnglishAnimation
A young man innocently fabricates a simple sock puppet, only to discover that his puppet is possessed by evil. Featuring the ghoulish animations of Patrick Smith, whose animated MTV series Downtown received an Emmy nomination.
Cast & Credits
Directed by
Patrick Smith and Steven Lippman
Self-taught animator Patrick Smith made his directorial debut in the Emmy-nominated MTV animated series Down-town. He then directed several seasons of Daria. Smith's films have been featured on MTV, several Spike and Mikes collections, Avoid Eye Contact (The best of NYC), and over a hundred international film festivals. Today, the 34-year-old animator is writing his first feature and animating his next independent short.