A month of animation films, of all kinds!
Maintenance Artist [2026] [SIFF2026]
Maintenance Artist follows Mierle Laderman Ukeles, the fifty-year artist in residence at the New York City Department of Sanitation. The compelling but scattered documentary is presented through the 2026 edition of The Seattle International Film Festival.
The Songbirds’ Secret [2026] [SIFF2026][ANI-MAY 2026]
Gorgeous and stunning cut-out animation drives the moving story of a young girl finding secrets, familial and historical, in the French countryside in Antoine Lanciaux’s The Songbirds’ Secret, presented as part of the Seattle International Film Festival 2026.
Short Film For You [Ani-May 2026]
WTF! Nightmare Fuel Shorts Block [SIFF2026]
Nine Wild, Terrific, and Terrifying: aka WTF?! Shorts are presented in the WTF: Nightmare Fuel block of the 52nd Seattle International Film Festival.
ShortsFest Opening Night [SIFF2026]
SIFF’s Opening Night Shorts Fest features six striking shorts across mood and method.
The Bootleg Files: Fallen Angels
BOOTLEG FILES 937: “Fallen Angels” (1974 British television version of the Noel Coward comedy starring Joan Collins and Susannah York).
LAST SEEN: On YouTube.
AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: None.
REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: It fell through the cracks.
CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Maybe someday.
One of the hottest tickets on Broadway today is the revival of Noel Coward’s 1925 comedy “Fallen Angels,” starring Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara is Tony Award-nominated performances. But if you can’t make it to Broadway – or if you can but don’t want to pay elevated prices to see that show – I would like to direct your attention to a 1974 British television of “Fallen Angels” starring Joan Collins and Susannah York.
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