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Special Features include:
All 23 Episodes of the Pigeon: Impossible Podcast
An 18-minute Featurette on the Story Process
3 Commentary Tracks (Director, Animation & Technical)
All-new 5.1 mix
Nearly 3 Hours of Bonus Content
Pigeon: Impossible wins Jury Award at Animatron
Pigeon: Impossible has just taken the jury award in the humor category at Animatron, the Babelgum Animation Film Festival. The film was also screened as part of a special screening at the Hamptons International Film Festival.
Pigeon: Impossible joins Spike and Mike
We're proud to announce that Pigeon: Impossible has become part of an animation legacy: Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation.
Pigeon: Impossible is a viral hit!
After just a few months online, Pigeon: Impossible has reached over 5 million views and topped several lists as the most viral movie of the week! Thanks for spreading the word and please keep it up!
Pigeon: Impossible wins Mopti award at KLIK!
In addition to supporting the Mopti Foundation which digs wells in Mali, every year the KLIK! Animation Festival sends a special short film program curated especially for the audience in Mopti. This year, the audience and local dignitaries selected Pigeon: Impossible as the winner of the Mopti Award. Check out a video of the screening here.
Pigeon: Impossible takes top honors in Montreal
Pigeon: Impossible was awarded the first prize for Best Short at the Montreal World Film Festival (Festival des Films du Monde.)
Pigeon: Impossible interview on FXGuideTV
While at the 2009 SIGGRAPH conference in New Orleans, director Lucas Martell was interviewed for episode #63 of FXGuideTV.
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Awards & Honors
Jury Award Winner - Humor Category - Babelgum Animation Film Festival (Animatron)
First Prize - Best Short - Montreal World Film Festival
Best of the Fest Finalist - Red Stick Animation Festival
Best Animation - Savannah Film Festival
Best Animated Film Award - Sardinia Film Festival
Best Animated Short Film (Professional) - FICCI BAF
First Prize - Best Animation - Rhode Island International Film Festival
Palm Springs Shorts Fest - Best of the Fest Showcase
Best Animation - Childrens' Jury Award - Encounters Short FIlm Festival
Best In Show - ArtFutura (Spain)
Best Film (Professional) - Silver Salt Animation Festival
Best Director - Silver Salt Animation Festival
Best Short - Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival - Mopti Award
Athens Film Festival - Third Place - Best Animation
DC Shorts - Audience Choice Award
Garden State Film Festival - Best Short Animation (CGI)
Rhode Island International Film Festival - Best of the Fest Showcase
Kids' Choice - In The Bin Short Film Festival
It's Art Magazine - Hall Of Fame Award
SIGGRAPH 2009 - Electronic Theater
Huatulco Film & Food Festival - Best Short Film
DC Shorts - Best of the Fest Showcase
3D World Magazine - Competition Winner (Issue 98)
Texas Film Production Fund recipient (2007 TFPF Grant)
Film Festivals & Screenings
London International Animation Festival (Aug 27 - Sept 5, London, UK)
Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation (Touring)
Okanagan Film Festival (Kelowna BC, Canada)
Animatron/Babelgum Animation Film Festival (Online/Hamptons, NY)
Mumia Underground World Animation Festival (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
KROK International Animation Festival (Touring through Russia and Ukraine)
Sardinia Film Festival (Sardinia, Italy)
Nashville Film Festival (Nashville, TN)
Atlanta Film Festival (Atlanta, GA)
Anibar Animation Festival (Kosovo, Albania)
Brussels Short Film Festival (Brussels, Belgium)
Caixina dos Mistos (Travelling throughout Spain)
5 The Film Festival (Lake Park, FL)
Maryland Film Festival (Baltimore, MD)
Fant Bilbao (Bilbao, Spain)
Athens Video Art Festival (Athens, Greece)
Australian International Animation Festival (Wagga Wagga, Australia)
Anifest (Templice, Czech Republic)
Seattle International Film Festival (Seattle, WA)
The Guardian Hay Festival (Somerset, UK)
Webcuts (Berlin, Germany)
EuroAsia Short Film Festival (Washington DC, USA)
Nantucket Film Festival (Nantucket, MA)
L'Aquila International Film Festival (L'Aquila, Italy)
BEFilm Underground Film Festival (New York, NY)
Arcipelago International Festival of Short Films (Nantucket, MA)
Melbourne International Animation Festival (Melbourne, Australia)
EarthDance Film Festival (Oakland, CA)
Tofifest Film Festival (ToruĊ, Poland)
Bristol Harbour Festival (Bristol, UK)
Salento Finibus Terrae Film Festival (Apulia, Italy)
Sala Montjuic (Barcelona, Spain)
Curtas Vila Do Conde (Vila du Conde, Portugal)
Umbria Film Festival (Montone, Italy)
Jerusalem Film Festival (Jerusalem, Israel)
Anima Mundi (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil)
Artscape (Baltimore, MD)
Shorts At Moonlight (Frankurt, Germany)
Indianapolis International Film Festival (Indianapolis, IN)
Cortoons (Rome, Italy)
Festival Illumines (Douai, France)
CMS Children's IFF (Lucknow, India)
San Francisco IFF (San Francisco, CA)
Hill Country Film Festival (Fredericksburg, TX)
AnimaBasauri - AnimaBasque (Bilbao-Bizkaia, Spain)
Short Film Festival La Fila (Valladolid, Spain)
RiverRun IFF (Winston-Salem, NC)
Washington DC IFF (Washington DC, USA)
Athens International Film & Video Festival (Athens, OH)
Newport Beach Film Festival (Newport Beach, CA)
Aspen Shorts Fest (Aspen, CO)
Tallahassee Film Festival (Tallahassee, FL)
Boston IFF (Boston, MA)
Florida Film Festival (Orlando, FL)
FICCI Frames (Mumbai, India)
Animfest (Athens, Greece)
Monstra Animation Festival (Lisbon, Portugal)
San Luis Obispo IFF (San Luis Obispo, CA)
Cleveland International Film Festival (Cleveland, OH)
Garden State Film Festival (Asbury Park, NJ)
Stains Festival du Court Metrage pour Jeune Public (Stains, France)
California Independent Film Festival (Orinda, CA)
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (Clermont-Ferrand, France)
Byron Bay International Film Festival (Byron Bay, Australia)
Carolina Film Festival (Greensboro, NC)
Future Film Festival (Bologna, Italy)
Offord Film Festival (Offord D'Arcy, Cambridgeshire UK)
Silver Salt Animation Festival (Travelling throughout India)
Nevermore Film Festival (Durham, NC)
Citrus Cell Animation Festival (Jacksonville, FL)
Fargo Film Festival (Fargo, ND)
Oxford Film Festival (Oxford, MS)
SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 (Yokohama, Japan)
Berlin Interfilm Short Film Festival (Berlin, Germany)
Encounters Short Film Festival (Bristol, UK)
VIEW Conference (Turin, Italy)
Cinanima (Espinho, Portugal)
St. Louis International Film Festival (St. Louis, MO)
Savannah Film Festival (Savannah, GA)
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival (Birmingham, AL)
Fantastic Fest (Austin, TX)
Other Venice Film Festival (Venice Beach, CA)
Tucson Film and Music Festival (Tucson, AZ)
Huatulco Film and Food Festival (Huatulco, Mexico)
Sapporo Short Fest (Sapporo, Japan)
Austin Film Festival (Austin, TX)
SIGGRAPH 2009 (New Orleans, LA)
Rhode Island International Film Festival (Providence, RI)
SICAF 2009 (Seoul, South Korea)
In The Bin Short Film Festival (Currumbin, Australia)
Super Shorts (London, UK)
LA Shorts (Los Angeles, CA)
Montreal World Film Festival (Montreal, Canada)
Palm Springs Shorts Fest (Palm Springs, CA)
Prix Ars Electronica (Linz, Austria)
DC Shorts (Washington DC, USA)
KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Press
It's Just Movies - (Written Interview) 8/5/10
3DArtisan - March 2010 - (Cover Story/Written Interview) 3/1/10
ItsJustMovies.com (Written Interview) 2/16/10
Animation Reporter - February 2010 Issue - (Article) 2/15/10
GQ.com (Article) 2/8/10
ScreenRant (Front Page Feature) 1/29/10
Yahoo! (Front Page Feature) 1/6/10
iSofa.tv - 50 Top Videos of 2009 (#19) 12/31/09
College Humor (Front Page Feature) 12/9/09
Vancouver Animation (Written Interview) 12/4/09
Devils, Angels & Dating (Audio Interview) 11/28/09
3D World Issue #124 (Article) 11/21/09
Film School Rejects (Front Page Feature) 11/19/09
The Guardian (Top Viral Video) 11/19/09
Digg (Front Page Feature) 11/18/09
Moviefone (Front Page Feature) 11/17/09
Entertainment Weekly (Popwatch Feature) 11/11/09
Buzzfeed (Front Page Feature) 11/10/09
Boing Boing (Front Page Feature) 11/10/09
Laughing Squid (Front Page Feature) 11/10/09
CG Society (Front Page Feature) 11/10/09
FXGuideTV (Video Interview) 8/7/09
MicroFilmmaker Magazine (Article) 8/1/09
CG News (Article) 5/22/08
This Week In Media (Guest Appearance) 9/17/08
This Week In Media (Discussion @33:06) 9/2/08
That Media Show (News Feature) 8/1/08
Animwatch (Audio Interview) (Transcript) 10/16/07
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