Director: Ron Merk
Screenwriters: Chris Holter, Ron Merk, Shledon Maldoff
Production Designers/Animation Directors: Arne Wang, Jaroslav Baran
Producers: Igor Meglic, Chrkis Halter, Rona Merk
Music: Chris Many
Cast: Nicholas Gonazalez, Tony Pape, Elea Bartling, John Matthew

Young Marco, a seventeen-year-old sailor whose ancestor was the famous explorer Marco Polo, travels to the fabled kingdom of Xanadu in search of the other half of is ancestor's medallion. During his travels he gathers up an entourage that includes Reginald the Seagull and Delicate Dinosaur. He finds teh Princess Ming Yu, who holds the other half of the medallion. But evil lurks in the form of Kubla Kahn's minister, Foo-ling, who stole a matching medallion and has used it to travel to the time of the Princess. He has now seized the throne, and is on a quest of his own - to destroy the last descendant of Marco Polo and get both medallions to gain ultimate power over the universe. The restored medallion enables Young Marco and his pals to challenge Foo-ling through space and time and bring him to justice. What is even more amazin is the story of this film's production, spanning five years of work across such countries as Australia, Slovakia and China, utilizing 120,000 drawings to complete an eighty-two minute feature on par with any good studio release. International Chidlren's Jury Prize for Best Animated Film, Ziln International Festival for Children and Youth, Czech Republic, 2001.

There's Only One Jimmy Grimble
UK, 2000, 105 mins.
North American Premiere

Director: John Hay III
Screenwriters: Simon Mayle, John Hay III, Rick Carmichael
Executive Producers: Alexis Lloyd, Andrea Calderwood, Bill Godfrey
Director of Photography: John de Barman
Editor: Oral Norrie Ottey
Music: Simon Boswell, Alex James
Cast: Lewis McKenzie, Robert Carlyle, Ray Winstone, Gina McKee, Jane Lapotaire

Jimmy Grimble has a hard time smiling about anything in his life. His mother is dating a moronic biker, the bullies at school won't leave him alone, and he can't talk to the girl of his dreams. To top it off, he can play soccer, but not when others are watching. That all changes when a strange old lady, living in a condemned building, rescues him from tow school bullies and gives him an old pair of soccer shoes that once belonged to a long gone legend. Jimmy emerges from his isolated shell with a passion for soccer that infects all those around him. This does not sit well with the team's best player, who decides the shoes must go. Will Jimmy be able to play without them? The plot is propelled by a cast of characters whose own secrets delicately weave a warm, bittersweet urban fairy tale about what it means to grow up today. You can't help but fall in love with Jimmy Grimble (Lewis McKenzie) and his ability to take on his world with such empathy. There are also two standout performances by Robert Carlyle (The Full Monty) as the washed-up coach who's bulled by his own past and the present school administrator; and by veteran British stage actress Jane Lapotaire as the eccentric homeless lady, living with the ghosts, who mysteriously begins the adventure for Jimmy that ends with a smile. Winner of the Glass Bear for Best Feature Film at the Berlin Film Festival 2001.

Little Miss Spider
USA, 2001, 3 mins.
World Premiere

Directors: Diana Walczak, Jeff Kleiser
Writer/Illustrator: David Kirk
Animation: Kleiser-Walczak
Executive Producer: Nicholas Callaway
Producers: Molly Windover, Jeremy Ross
Narrator: Susan Sarandon
Cast: Michael MacDonald, Judith McSpadden, Fred Newman

On the very first day of her life, Little Miss Spider sets out to discover who her mother really is. Based on the children's book Little Miss Spider by David Kirk, the animators have brilliantly transformed Kirk's vibrant oil paintings into bright, saturate colors swirling in a magical garden of super-polished animals, creating a jewel of a 3D animated tale, topped with a smooth narration by Susan Sarandon.