ANIMATED SHORTS IN CHELSEA MARKET
*What: Beautiful, hilarious, personal, animated short films about people trying to fit in, stay together, and pull away with wine, beer and snacks in Chelsea Market.
*Where: Chelsea Market
Enter at 75 9th Avenue in Chelsea,
(Between 15th and 16th Streets)
* When: Monday, May 12, 7:00 PM
Films at 7:30 PM
*Admission: No Charge

Head over to Chelsea next Monday, May 12th, for the last program of short films that Rooftop Films will be presenting before the Rooftop Summer Series begins on May 31st. The screening will take place within the lovely halls of Chelsea Market. There will be no charge for admission and the show is open to all. There will be beer and wine courtesy of Green Table, Jewish Deli Specials courtesy of Ffriedman's Deli , A gelato cart courtesy of L'arte Del Gelato and spring Rolls and vegetable Rolls courtesy of Chelsea Thai.

We're excited about the treats, but the best part of the show will be the films, of course. We've put together a great selection of really fascinating and ground-breaking and innovative animated short films. Though many of these films are dynamic and beautifully composed, these aren't your typical kids' cartoons--these are poignant, carefully thought out films with big ideas, expressed with elegant animation and featuring brilliant writing. The program includes work by Carson Mell, Adam Parrish King, Ian Gouldstone, Andy Blubaugh, Jesse Epstein, Ian Stewart, Chris Shephard and David Srigley, and long-time Rooftop favorite Lev Yilmaz.

The Films:
WHO I AM AND WHAT I WANT (Chris Shepherd and David Srigley, 7:30)
It's good to be honest about yourself ("I suffered from mental illness"), to admit your faults ("some of the things I did were wrong and evil") and proclaim your desires ("I want to be dressed as a lion and be put in a cage with the clowns.") That way you will know your place in society ("My name is muck, but you can call me Pete"). 

THE WRAITH OF COBBLE HILL (Adam Parrish King, 15:00)
In this subtle and sweet claymation set near Rooftop's home base, a lackadaisical teenager is trusted to look after neighbor's store and dog. His slacker ways and history of familial neglect are tested in this lovely coming-of-age drama.

GUY 101 (ian W. Gouldstone, 8:30)
Told with an eerie calm, this is a terrifying story of one stranger meeting another on the internet, and hearing a horrific but erotic story of robbery, rape and pleasure. 

CRAZY EYES DOLPHIN VS. THE MAD COWS (Ian Stewart, 5:40)
A sobering animated expose about how Mad Cow Disease is now killing dolphins. Via karate.

CHONTO (Carson Mell, 15:00)
A hard living country-western star looks back on his relationship with a pet monkey from South America. If you don’t find this funny, then you probably don’t see anything funny about, well, a hard living country-western star with a pet monkey.

SCAREDYCAT (Andy Blubaugh, 13:00)
After being mugged and beaten, the filmmaker conducts a stunning interview with one of his attackers, and uses a mix of documentary and animation to examine contemporary criminal justice and his own potentially racist fears.

THE GUARANTEE (Jesse Epstein and Robert Castillo, 11:00)
In this droll animated documentary, a young dancer trying to make it in New York's competitive dance scene is pressured into having a nose job in order to secure a place in the company.

HOW TO BREAK UP WITH YOUR GIRFRIEND (Lev Yilmaz, 2:00)
Lev, the king of animated heartbreak and frustration, explicates on his processes. (Part of Lev's series, "Tales of Mere Existence.")

ABOUT CHELSEA MARKET
Chelsea Market is an enclosed, urban food court and shopping mall in Chelsea. The 22-building complex fills two entire blocks bounded by 9th and 11th Avenues and 15th to 16th Street. Retail facilities were introduced into the building by connecting the original back lots of individual buildings to a central, ground-level concourse with entries at 9th and 10th Avenues (completed in April 1997). Stores include the Manhattan Fruit Exchange, 202 by Nicole Farhi, Amy's Bread, Buddakan, Fat Witch Bakery, Ruth's Bakery, Eleni's, and Chelsea Thai, Morimoto, owned by Food Network "Iron Chef" Masaharu. Above Chelsea Market, passing through the building on the 10th Avenue side, a new urban landscape is in the process of development called the High Line. The developers of Chelsea Market have encouraged a symbiotic relationship among their tenants with the vendors supplying the restaurateurs with fresh ingredients, such as seafood, vegetables, fruit and meats. The site also allows businesses to combine their manufacturing and retail assets under one roof.