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Quick Updates | Press | Awards | Distribution
Quick Updates
| Animation Coop Interview With Mike Blum |
| August 01, 2007 | | The Animation Coop has an interview with director Mike Blum featured this month. |
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| It's Art Magazine profile on Mike Blum. |
| June 08, 2007 | | The French Magazine, It's Art, just published a 20 page profile on director, Mike Blum. You can download a free copy of the magazine from their website. |
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| The Zit now streaming on-line at Atom Films. |
| April 02, 2007 | | Check it out here. |
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| The Zit wins 2 awards at the International Festival of Cinema and Technology! |
| January 10, 2007 |
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| The Zit wins best children's animation award at the Lisbon International Independent Film Festival |
| April 30, 2006 | Mike Blum was on hand to receive the beautiful trophy and give thanks to the crowd of 700. The Zit beat out almost 30 films to win the best of the fest in the children's category. The festival was incredibly well run and the hosts were most gracious. The film festival attracted almost 30,000 attendees in just its 3rd year!
Check out some photos from the festival:
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| "A Day In The Life" Feature! |
| February 20, 2006 | | Check out the nice feature Animation Magazine is doing on me in the March issue! |
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Press
| Animation Coop Interview With Mike Blum |
| August 01, 2007 | | An August 2007 profile of director Mike Blum by the Animation Coop |
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| It's Art Magazine profile on Mike Blum. |
| June 08, 2007 | | Download a free copy of the magazine from their website. |
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| Atom Films Interview |
| May 11, 2007 | | Check out the nice write-up on Atom Films |
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| Big Picture Radio review |
| January 26, 2007 | | ...the wonderful adolescent comedy, The Zit |
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| Video Pick of the Week from The School Library Journal |
| May 15, 2006 | | This award-winning short film will amuse and captivate viewers of all ages. |
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| Great review from the Video Librarian Magazine |
| May 01, 2006 | | "...the cinematic denouement--involving some creative thinking on the part of the lad and a willing cat--is admirably over-the-top gross (if you're a pre-teen, read: cool), and our hero learns a time-honored lesson: i.e., don't sweat the small stuff, whether it's a pimple or a cowlick." |
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| Moviehole review |
| April 10, 2006 | | The attention to detail and comedic timing is reminiscent of some of the best computer-animated films of the past few years. |
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| Lansing State Journal Feature |
| March 23, 2006 | | Check out this nice write-up on me in the Lansing State Journal. |
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| East Lansing Film Fest Review |
| March 23, 2006 | | ...funny and well-crafted... |
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| Rowan James SXSW Review |
| March 09, 2006 | | Excellent music, fine animation, a cool cat. Big thumbs up for me. |
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| The Paisano Review |
| February 13, 2006 | | ... “The Zit” can easily be compared to Disney/Pixar “The Incredibles” or “Finding Nemo.” |
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| Daily Texan Review |
| January 26, 2006 | | This year’s three-dimensional standouts include the decidedly gross “The Zit” and “Piñata,” which feature amazingly vivid colors and are, by far, the most visually pleasing shorts of the festival. |
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| Salt Lake Tribune |
| January 19, 2006 | | Check out this nice feature on Slamdance shorts with Utah connections in the SLC Tribune. |
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| Real Detroit Weekly |
| December 21, 2005 | | The finished effort is gorgeous to look at and sick enough to make the cut at Spike & Mike.
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| Georgia Straight, Vancouver, BC |
| November 15, 2005 | |
The Zit... does for pus what The
Perfect Storm did for water.
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| Animation World News review |
| August 22, 2005 | |
"...frenetic and the ideas inspiring, driving the viewer's interest right through to the finale." |
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| Computer Graphics World Review |
| August 08, 2005 | | "My personal favorite was Mike Blum's The Zit which showed in the screening rooms and was wonderfully cute and perfectly gross all at the same time." |
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| Cartoon Mogul Review |
| August 01, 2005 | | "...great looking film and enjoyable to watch." |
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| Film Threat review from Jacksonville Film Festival |
| May 19, 2005 | | "The Zit is a humorous tale..." -- Michael Ferraro (for Film Threat) |
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| Musings review |
| April 12, 2005 | | "...gross but hilarious" -- Alyce Wilson (Musings: An online journal of sorts) |
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| "The Zit" is an over-the-top, hilarious film - I wish I'd done it. |
| February 18, 2005 | | - Bill Plympton (Oscar Nominated animator/director) |
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Awards
Best Comedic Animation
Honorable Mention: Best Animation
International Festival of Cinema and Technology |
| January 10, 2007 | | Click here for more information |
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| Finalist, Audience Award Best Short Film: Indianapolis International Film Festival |
| May 04, 2006 |
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| Winner: Indie Junior Award: Lisbon International Independent Film Festival |
| April 30, 2006 | | The Zit beat out over 25 live action and animated films to win the best children's film at the festival. |
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| 2nd Place, Audience Award for Best Short Film: East Lansing Film Festival |
| March 26, 2006 | | The Zit took 2nd Place in the audience poll for short films competing against more than 40 other short films: animation, live action and docs! |
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| Finalist, Best Animated Film: Alice's 3 Minute Film Festival |
| March 25, 2006 | | The Zit will be competing for the $3000 cash prize on April 8, 2006. See the screenings page for more information. |
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| Audience Award, Best Animated Film: Delray Beach Film Festival |
| March 12, 2006 |
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| Winner: Cloud 9 Short Film Festival (January 2006) |
| February 06, 2006 | | Winner of the January edition on the Cloud 9 Short Film Festival. |
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| 4th Quarter Finalist: Golden Shorts Film Festival |
| January 30, 2006 |
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| 2006 Best Video/DVD: YALSA (Young Adult Library Association) |
| January 24, 2006 | | The Zit was chosen as best DVD for young adults ages 12-18 by YALSA.
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| Finalist, Best Children's Animation: Bradford Animation Festival |
| October 01, 2005 |
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| Audience Award, Best Animation: Orinda Film Festival |
| September 25, 2005 |
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| Best Animation Award: Great Lakes Film Festival |
| September 25, 2005 |
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| Audience Award: Filmstock International Film Festival |
| June 05, 2005 | | Winning gives The Zit automatic entry into Filmstock Hungry next year. |
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| 1st Place: FirstGlance Philadelphia Film Festival |
| May 15, 2005 | | 1st Place: Best Shorts Too |
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| One of the best pre-feature shorts! |
| March 20, 2005 | | The Zit was chosen as one of the best pre-feature shorts at the 29th Cleveland Film Festival. |
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Distribution
| Italian DVD rights |
| June 01, 2010 | | Exclusive DVD rights for all Italian territories went to the Future Film Festival. |
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| Internet distribution with Atom Films |
| April 01, 2007 | | We have a non-exclusive deal with Atom Films signed. |
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| US TV: exclusive on PBS (for ITVS) |
| December 26, 2006 | | This is an 18 month exclusive deal. Cable rights are available after this time. |
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| Itialian TV: exclusive free television rights for RTI |
| May 01, 2006 | | This is a 2 year distribution deal. |
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| Swedish TV: exclusive free television rights for SVT |
| May 01, 2006 | | This is a 3 year distribution deal. |
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| Frontier Airlines for 1 month only! |
| January 01, 2006 | | The Zit will be seen by tens of thousands who fly Fontier Airlines during January 2006. |
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| Theatrical distribution deal with Spike & Mike |
| December 15, 2005 | | The Zit screened for 2 years as part of the Spike & Mikes Sick and Twisted touring animation festival. |
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