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November 4, 2026
Cannes Indie Shorts Awards
Cannes, France
Semi-Finalist: Fuzzysurf's "Don't Go Overboard"
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October 31, 2026
Dana Point Film Festival Celebrating Our Oceans
Dana Point, California
Official Selection: Fuzzysurf's "Don't Go Overboard"
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October 24, 2026
Port Shorts Film Festival
Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia
Official Selection: Fuzzysurf's "Don't Go Overboard"
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October 17, 2026
Green Bay Film Festival
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Official Selection: Fuzzysurf's "Don't Go Overboard"
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October 14-21, 2026
LUSCA Fantastic Caribbean Film Fest
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Official Selection: Fuzzysurf's "Don't Go Overboard"
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October 3, 2026
Sheboygan Film Festival
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Official Selection: Fuzzysurf's "Don't Go Overboard"
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September 12, 2026
Milwaukee International Short Film Festival
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Official Selection: Never Fell In Love
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August 22, 2026
PFCAT - Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology
Empirical IMAX Theater · OMSI · Portland, Oregon
Official Selection: Fuzzysurf's "Don't Go Overboard"
Nominee - Best Music Video
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August 4, 2026
Rio de Janeiro World Film Festival
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Semi-Finalist: Fuzzysurf's "Don't Go Overboard"
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June 19, 2026
Fuzz Flix Fringe Fest
Wailuku, Hawaii
Official Selection: Fuzzysurf's "Don't Go Overboard"
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May 16, 2026
Atlanta Shortsfest
Atlanta, Georgia
Official Selection: Fuzzysurf's "Don't Go Overboard"
Nominee - Innovative Vision
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April 28, 2026
Milwaukee Film Festival
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Official Selection: Fuzzysurf's "Don't Go Overboard"
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March 9, 2026
WPL Film Festival
Watertown, Wisconsin
Official Selection: Sucky
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October 25, 2025
Hobnobben Film Festival
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Official Selection: Sucky
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September 6, 2025
Milwaukee International Short Film Festival
Milwaukee Wisconsin
Official Selection: Sucky
Winner - Best Ensemble
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April 12, 2025
Green Bay Film Festival
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Official Selection: Top Secret Jazz
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January 25, 2025
The Tombstone Film Festival
Tombstone, Arizona
Official Selection: Top Secret Jazz
Nominee - Best Sound
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November 17, 2024
Billy The Kid Film Festival's Best of The Fest
Clifton, Texas
Official Selection: Top Secret Jazz
Winner - Ruth Buzzi Music Award
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November 7, 2024
Tucson Film Festival
Tucson, Arizona
Official Selection: Top Secret Jazz
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November 2, 2024
Billy The Kid Film Festival
Hico, Texas
Official Selection: Top Secret Jazz
Winner - Ruth Buzzi Music Award
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October 12, 2024
Almería Western Film Festival
Tabernas, Almería, Spain
Official Selection - Outlaw Film: Top Secret Jazz
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October 12, 2024
Sawdust City Fright Fest
Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Official Selection: Top Secret Jazz
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October 5, 2024
Hollywood Horrorfest
Los Angeles, California
Honorable Mention: Killing Time
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October 4, 2024
Hobnobben Film Festival
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Official Selection: Top Secret Jazz
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September 28, 2024
Chicago Horror Film Festival
Chicago, Illinois
Nominee - Best Animated/Puppet Horror: Killing Time
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September 14, 2024
Port of Fear Film Fest
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Nominee - Best Wisconsin Film: Killing Time
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September 8, 2024
Milwaukee International Short Film Festival
Milwaukee Wisconsin
Official Selection: Top Secret Jazz
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April 21, 2024
Milwaukee Film Festival
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Official Selection: Liberty
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December 2, 2023
Sin City Horror Fest
Las Vegas, Nevada
Official Selection: Killing Time
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October 21, 2023
Twisted Dreams Film Festival
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Official Selection: Killing Time
Winner - Best Directors, Best Gore, The Jury Award
Nominee - Best Cinematography
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October 21, 2023
Hobnobben Film Festival
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Official Selection: Sheep Shed
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October 15, 2023
VHS: Vancouver Horror Show
Vancouver, BC Canada
Nominee - Best Short Horror Comedy: Killing Time
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September 8, 2023
Milwaukee International Short Film Festival
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Official Selection: Sheep Shed
Winner - Best Wisconsin Film
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June 28, 2023
International Music Video Awards
Budapest, Hungary
Finalist - Best Rock Music Video: Sheep Shed
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April 27, 2023
San Francisco Arthouse Short Festival
San Francisco, California
Semi-Finalist: She Was Crying Sugar
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April 24, 2023
Milwaukee Film Festival
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Official Selection: Sheep Shed
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January 9, 2023
Dubai Independent Film Festival
Dubai, UAE
Semi-Finalist: She Was Crying Sugar
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November 19, 2022
ANIMAZE - Montreal International Animation Film Festival
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Official Selection: She Was Crying Sugar
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September 10, 2022
Milwaukee International Short Film Festival
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Official Selection: She Was Crying Sugar
Winner - Best Director
& 2nd Place, Honorary Mention
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July 29, 2022
Hobnobben Film Festival
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Festival Launch Feature: Killing Time
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July 4, 2022
Cannes Shorts
Cannes, France
Official Selection: She Was Crying Sugar
Winner - Best Music Video
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July 1, 2022
Vision Feast Film Festival
Auckland, New Zealand
Official Selection: She Was Crying Sugar
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March 13, 2022
AniMate: Australian Animation Film Festival
Sydney, Australia
Semi-Finalist: She Was Crying Sugar
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March 4, 2022
Green Bay Film Festival
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Official Selection: She Was Crying Sugar
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February 11, 2022
International Cosmopolitan Film Festival of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
Semi-Finalist: She Was Crying Sugar
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December 4, 2021
L.A.A.F.
Los Angeles Animation Festival
Burbank, California
Official Selection: She Was Crying Sugar
Winner - Best Mixed Media
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November 27, 2021
#MoStopMo - Stop Motion Shorts Festival
YouTube, United States
Official Selection: She Was Crying Sugar
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October 15, 2021
Hobnobben Film Festival
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Official Selection: She Was Crying Sugar
Surprise Feature: Killing Time
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October 9, 2021
Beet Street Music Video Showcase
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Film: She Was Crying Sugar
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September 11, 2021
Milwaukee International Short Film Festival
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Official Selection: Reanimation of The Imagination
Winner - Best Wisconsin Film
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August 10, 2021
2D & 3D Animation Film Festival
Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi, Italy
Official Selection: She Was Crying Sugar
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July 16, 2021
Rome Music Video Awards
Rome, Italy
Official Selection: She Was Crying Sugar
Honorable Mention - Best Animated Music Video
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June 24, 2021
International Music Video Awards
London, United Kingdom
Official Selection: She Was Crying Sugar
Honorable Mention - Best Animated Music Video
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May 31, 2021
London Indie Short Film Festival
London, United Kingdom
Semi-Finalist: She Was Crying Sugar
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May 31, 2021
Vesuvius International Film Festival
Campagna, Italy
Official Selection: She Was Crying Sugar
Winner - Best Music Videoclip
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May 6, 2021
Milwaukee Film Festival
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Official Selection: She Was Crying Sugar
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October 23, 2020
Hobnobben Film Festival
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Official Selection: Killing Time
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October 15, 2020
Milwaukee Film Festival
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Official Selection: Killing Time
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September 6, 2020
Rincón International Film Festival
Rincón, Puerto Rico
Official Selection: Killing Time
Rincón, Puerto Rico
Official Selection: Killing Time
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October 23, 2019
Milwaukee Film Festival
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Official Selection: Denny
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Summer 2019
Mark Kistler's Visual and Performing Fine Art Camps
Albuquerque, New Mexico & Houston, Texas
Film Premiere: Reanimation of The Imagination
Finale Performance: Friend Like Me
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October 2, 2017
Milwaukee Film Festival
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Official Selection: Genie Gypsy Woman
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Rincon International Film Festival
Rincon, Puerto Rico
Official Selection: Genie Gypsy Woman
Winner: Best Animated Music Video
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May 14 - May 25, 2014
Court Métrage
67th Festival de Cannes
Cannes, France
Official Selection: The Legend of Leatherface Larry
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AniFilm 04 - International Festival of Animated Films
Třeboň, Czech Republic
November 30 - December 15, 2012
YoungBlood Theatre presents:
"CARTOON" a play by Steve Yockey
The Milwaukee Fortress · Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Official Selection: The Legend of Leatherface Larry
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YoungBlood Theatre presents:
"CARTOON" a play by Steve Yockey
The Milwaukee Fortress · Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Featuring Animated Projections by Tommy Simms
June 22 and 23, 2012
The Grim Natwick Animated Film Festival
At the Cranberry Blossom Festival · Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Official Selections:
The Legend of Leatherface Larry
The Magician
May 26, 2012
An Evening with Young Wisconsin Animators
Best Place at the Historic Pabst Brewery · Milwaukee, WI
Featured Film: The Legend of Leatherface Larry
May 12, 2012
Milwaukee Public Television - Student Operations Day
Milwaukee, WI
Featured Films: Puppet Promos
In Heaven There Ain't No Beer
Big Ball's in Cowtown
December 16, 2011
61st Student Film & Video Festival
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Union Theatre · Milwaukee, WI
Official Selection: The Legend of Leatherface Larry
Winner: 2nd Place
July 29 and 30, 2011
The Grim Natwick Animated Film Festival
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The Grim Natwick Animated Film Festival
At the Cranberry Blossom Festival · Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Official Selections:
The Legend of Leatherface Larry
The Magician
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An Evening with Young Wisconsin Animators
Best Place at the Historic Pabst Brewery · Milwaukee, WI
Featured Film: The Legend of Leatherface Larry
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May 12, 2012
Milwaukee Public Television - Student Operations Day
Milwaukee, WI
Featured Films: Puppet Promos
In Heaven There Ain't No Beer
Big Ball's in Cowtown
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61st Student Film & Video Festival
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Union Theatre · Milwaukee, WI
Official Selection: The Legend of Leatherface Larry
Winner: 2nd Place
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The Grim Natwick Animated Film Festival
at the Second annual Betty Boop Festival
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Official Selections:
If I Only Had a Brain
If I Only Had a Brain
Feed Me
The Legend of Leatherface Larry
The Legend of Leatherface Larry
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60th Student Film & Video Festival
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Union Theatre · Milwaukee, WI
Featured Film:
The Legend of Leatherface Larry (3 Minute Preview)
May 11 - May 21, 2011
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Peck School of the Arts
Art and Design - Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Exhibition
Inova Arts Center, UWM · Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Featured Film:
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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Peck School of the Arts
Art and Design - Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Exhibition
Inova Arts Center, UWM · Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Featured Film:
The Legend of Leatherface Larry (Act One)
December 15, 2010
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Peck School of the Arts
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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Peck School of the Arts
Arts+Tech Night
Kenilworth Square East · Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Featured Films:
Feed Me
Transition
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
Leatherface Larry Teaser
Transition
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
Leatherface Larry Teaser
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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Open House
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Featured Films:
Transition
Feed Me
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
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August 6 and 7, 2010
The Grim Natwick Animated Film Festival
The Grim Natwick Animated Film Festival
at the first annual Betty Boop Festival
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Official Selections:
Branch Library
If I Only Had a Brain
Feed Me
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July 17 and 18, 2010
Poetry Everywhere Local Edition Premiere
Poetry Everywhere Local Edition Premiere
John Michael Kohler Arts Center · Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Film: Spring
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May 11, 2010
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's
First Student Animation Festival
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's
First Student Animation Festival
UWM Union Theatre · Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Featured Films:
Transition
Feed Me
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
Leatherface Larry Teaser
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May 8, 2010
PBS Student Ops Day - Milwaukee Public Television
PBS Student Ops Day - Milwaukee Public Television
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Featured Films:
Feed Me
Feed Me
Transition
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April 17, 2010
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Peck School of the Arts
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Peck School of the Arts
Kenilworth Open Studios
Kenilworth Square East · Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Featured Films:
Transition
Feed Me
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
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March 27, 2010
Present Music - Omnivorous Furniture Concert
Present Music - Omnivorous Furniture Concert
Turner Hall Ballroom · Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Projected Films Featured:
The Magician
Transition
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Spring 2009
PBS, itunes, Transit TV, and various websites
PBS, itunes, Transit TV, and various websites
associated with Poetry Everywhere
Nationwide
Film: Branch Library
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April 30, 2009
Poetry Everywhere Series 2 Premiere
Poetry Everywhere Series 2 Premiere
Downer Theater · Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Film: Branch Library
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