The ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS—the premier North American showcase for animated short films—is proud to present its 23rd annual edition, with screenings at over 100 theaters and campuses in the U.S. and Canada. Featuring 14 award-winning films by some of the most acclaimed directors in the world of animation, the program offers the opportunity to see 11 rarely screened classic masterpieces that have won Grand Prizes at international festivals around the world. From Michaël Dudok de Wit’s poignant Oscar-winning Father and Daughter, to a hidden gem by the “King of Indie Animation,” Bill Plympton, to three all-new shorts from Croatia, Switzerland, and the U.S., the 23rd ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS is an incredible retrospective of some of the best animated shorts of the last 30 years, as well as a peek at a new generation of filmmakers. The 14 animated short films will be presented in the following order: XI – Vuk Jevremovic (Croatia/Germany) Volgens de vogels (According to Birds) – Linde Faas (Netherlands) Cameras Take Five – Steven Woloshen (Canada) Hillary – Anthony Hodgson (UK) The Record – Jonathan Laskar (Switzerland) John and Karen – Matthew Walker (UK) I'm Hip – John Musker (USA) Santa, The Fascist Years – Bill Plympton (USA) The Centrifuge Brain Project – Till Nowak (Germany) Hasta los huesos (Down to the Bone) – René Castillo (Mexico) Requiem for Romance – Jonathan Ng (Canada) When the Day Breaks – Wendy Tilby & Amanda Forbis (Canada) Overtime – Oury Atlan, Breakbot & Damien Ferrié (France) Father and Daughter – Michaël Dudok de Wit (Netherlands) All sales are final; there are no refunds. Five minutes after the listed showtime, any unused tickets will be considered no-shows and released to standby customers.

An English pianist living in Rome witnesses the brutal murder of his psychic neighbor. With the help of a tenacious young reporter, he tries to discover the killer using very unconventional methods. The two are soon drawn into a shocking web of dementia and violence. Anticipating the eerie magic of Suspiria, Deep Red finds Dario Argento and creative partner Daria Nicolodi presenting a simple, Christmas-set slasher. At least, that’s what it appears to be. But within two minutes, it’s obvious that there’s nothing “simple” about Deep Red at all. With this movie, Argento perfected the classy, ultra-violent sub-genre that would come to be known as giallo—and also perfected playing audiences like a fiddle. This includes Goblin’s soundtrack, which is a spook-a-delic prog-rock masterpiece that beautifully complements the movie’s dreamy mood. All sales are final; there are no refunds. Five minutes after the listed showtime, any unused tickets will be considered no-shows and released to standby customers.

A group of random people are invited to a screening of a mysterious movie, only to find themselves trapped in the theater with ravenous demons. Welcome to the most life-enriching Italian terror-party of 1985. Produced by Dario Argento (Suspiria, Deep Red) and directed by Lamberto Bava, Demons follows a panorama of punks, preppies, and ne'er-do-wells as they get trapped in a movie theater and possessed by gut-shredding Satanic demonoids. Featuring songs by Mötley Crüe and Billy Idol, gloopy effects, and the iconic Geretta Geretta in a lead role, this is the most fun you'll ever have in a movie theater while watching a movie about beasties on the loose in a movie theater. All sales are final; there are no refunds. Five minutes after the listed showtime, any unused tickets will be considered no-shows and released to standby customers.

An enduring, singular masterpiece of cinema starring Academy Award-winner Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed, Ken Russells's The Devils is a prescient epic of obsession and corruption—and a defining work of art from seminal filmmaker Ken Russell. Assembled from the original camera negative, this new restoration presents Ken Russell’s definitive vision of The Devils by referencing the edit he privately constructed in 2004. Ken Russell's The Devils is the uncut and unfiltered theatrical experience that Russell always envisioned. "An audaciously blunt, fever-dream portrait of religious-inspired sexual hysteria...the stuff of legend."—Slant All sales are final; there are no refunds. Five minutes after the listed showtime, any unused tickets will be considered no-shows and released to standby customers.

**All ticket proceeds to be donated to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund.** Filmed at night from Tel Aviv rooftops, this investigative documentary examines the civilian casualties of Israel's military operations in Gaza and the systems behind targeted killings of Palestinians. Winner—Special Jury Prize at Venice "Tough to watch, impossible to ignore."—NYTimes Critic's Pick "The spare, focused style of Naza has a grim, artful beauty, all in service of the subject matter. The results are impossible to shake."—NYMag "An essential record of engineered nightmare."—Irish Times In Hebrew, English w/English subtitles. All sales are final; there are no refunds. Five minutes after the listed showtime, any unused tickets will be considered no-shows and released to standby customers.

Through a series of misadventures, Matt and Jay try to inch ever closer to fulfilling their lifelong dream of playing a show at Toronto's Rivoli, a small concert space in Toronto's West End. Screening schedule, presented with new introductions: Monday, 11/30 - Season 1, Episodes 1-4 Tuesday 12/1 - Season 1, Episodes 5-8 Wednesday 12/2 - Season 2 - Episodes 1-4 Thursday 12/3 - Season 2 - Episodes 5-8 All sales are final; there are no refunds. Five minutes after the listed showtime, any unused tickets will be considered no-shows and released to standby customers.

NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE… THE COMMENTARY TRACK! When their plan to book a show at the Rivoli goes horribly wrong, Matt and Jay accidentally travel back to the year 2008. Coming to theaters for the first time, see the film accompanied by a commentary track by Matt Johnson, Jay McCarrol, Jared Raab, and Matt Greyson. All sales are final; there are no refunds. Five minutes after the listed showtime, any unused tickets will be considered no-shows and released to standby customers.

In 2006, To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history. "The best performance yet from the most intriguing actor of his generation."—BBC All sales are final; there are no refunds. Five minutes after the listed showtime, any unused tickets will be considered no-shows and released to standby customers.

Following the finale of his acclaimed HBO series “How To with John Wilson”, NYC documentarian John Wilson looks to the bedrock of his beloved New York City for inspiration and structure. Concrete, the world's most widely used building material, appears as an ever-present life force, and John sets out to make the definitive documentary on the matter. After attending a workshop on how to write and sell a Hallmark movie, he decides to use the industry-approved Hallmark formula to tell this seemingly drab story and increase his movie’s appeal. But his foundation soon begins to crumble—literally and figuratively—as he struggles to balance artistic freedom with the realities of the modern film industry. "I doubt any movie, especially any documentary, will make me laugh harder this year, and many of its emotional grace notes land fully. Even with my high expectations, The History of Concrete is a small triumph."—The Hollywood Reporter "It’s like Wilson has fully become a funnier, more frenetic version of Frederick Wiseman."—The Wrap All sales are final; there are no refunds. Five minutes after the listed showtime, any unused tickets will be considered no-shows and released to standby customers.

Thirty-four days before she’s sent to prison, notorious Silicon Valley founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move. What begins as an intimate portrait of an enigmatic felon becomes a mind-bending three-year journey into the abyss. From boundary-pushing directors Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim. All sales are final; there are no refunds. Five minutes after the listed showtime, any unused tickets will be considered no-shows and released to standby customers.

From writer-director Bassam Tariq, Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother stars Mahershala Ali as Latif, a devoutly religious hitman who struggles to balance work, faith and fatherhood. When his wife dies, he embarks on a desperate journey across Houston to protect his children, confronting the forces closing in around him - and the beliefs threatening to unravel within. "Ali’s performance is easily among the best of the year...a film that wants to entertain while it asks truly difficult questions about faith and family."—RogerEbert.com "A film about faith, grief, fatherhood, and stabbing people to death, and it whips ass in a way that makes its origin story feel downright serendipitous."—NYMag All sales are final; there are no refunds. Five minutes after the listed showtime, any unused tickets will be considered no-shows and released to standby customers.