A screening of works by Academy Award-winning animator Faith Hubley, senior critic of filmmaking at the School of Art, will be among the special events offered during Film Fest New Haven, Friday-Sunday, April 9-11. Now in its fourth year, Film Fest New Haven showcases the wide variety of films and videos being created by today's independent filmmakers. The offerings include everything from shorts and features to comedies, dramas, documentaries and other works. Films will be screened at three venues: York Square Cinema, 55 Broadway; The Little Theatre, 1 Lincoln St.; and the Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall St. Tribute to Hubleys. This year's festival will include a tribute to the work of Faith Hubley and her daughter, Emily Hubley, who is also a renowned animator. During the past four decades, Faith Hubley has designed, directed and produced 22 animated films. She and her husband, the late John Hubley, established an independent studio, which produced films that broke new ground in the world of animation. The Hubleys employed a free-form visual style and often used improvised dialogue by their children and others, as well as jazz music by such artists as Dizzy Gillespie and Benny Carter. The Hubleys received three Academy Awards for their films, and their work has been celebrated at film festivals and exhibits throughout the country. Faith Hubley's solo work has been marked by an emphasis on world mythology and the art of indigenous peoples. In a 1998 article in the Wall Street Journal, Joe Morgenstern wrote: "[H]er animation teems with images so zestful, so restless and, for the most part, so joyous that they seem to be celebrating their release from tubes of paint and bottles of ink." The special event "Faith Hubley: Program of Animated Films" will take place at 3:45 p.m. on Saturday in the York Square Cinema. The featured works will be the Academy Award-winning "Moonbird," about two brothers who hunt an imaginary bird; "Time of the Angels," a view of the Americas from an indigenous perspective; "Africa," a lyrical look at the myths and evolving culture of the continent where humankind began; "Voyage to Next," in which Mother Earth and Father Time examine the state of life on the planet Earth; "Cockaboody," about two sisters who explore their parents' bedroom and bathroom; and "My Universe Inside Out," an animated autobiography of the filmmaker's life. The screening of films by Faith Hubley follows a celebration of works by her daughter. "Emily Hubley: Program of Animated Films" will be shown at 12:45 p.m. on the same day and in the same venue. In additon, Faith Hubley's film "Beyond the Shadow Place," a meditation on mortality and the hereafter," will be shown prior to the 2 p.m. screening that day of "Shadrach," a drama by Susanna Styron. At the Whitney Humanities Center. The four major films and selected shorts being shown at the Whitney Humanities Center reveal in microcosm the range of works being offered at Film Fest New Haven. They are: * "Gut Feeling" by Ian Sears, a dark comedy exploring the question "Can meaningful relationships exist within the advertising industry?" and the shorts "Legally Dead," "Billy's Ballroom" and "Script Doctor," which will be shown at 7 p.m. on Saturday; * "Maxwell's Demon" by David Clark, a retelling of the Oedipus Rex myth set as a contemporary film noir "screwball tragedy," and the shorts "Rubber Gloves" and "Two Coffees," to be screeened at 9 p.m. on Saturday; * "Mystic Nights & Pirate Fights" by Douglas Lively, a coming-of-age story in which three children seek the meaning of clues to the lost fortune of Captain Kidd, and the short "Wild Card," to be shown at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday; and * "Road Kill" by Matthew Leutwyler, a dark comedy about two students and a female assassin on a fatal road trip, and the shorts "Cry Radio" and "Devil Doll," which will be screened at 2:45 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets and schedule. Individual tickets for Film Fest New Haven shows are $5 ($10 for the special screening of "Slam" at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday, April 8, at the York Square Cinema), and a variety of discounted pass options are also offered. Call 481-6789 for information on tickets and passes. Information about Film Fest New Haven is also available on the Internet at www.filmfest.org. T H I SW E E K ' SS T O R I E S '339 Yale homebuyers -- and counting! A house becomes a home on Bristol Street 'Private Censorship and Perfect Choice' Special events pay tribute to Native American culture A Conversation With a Peace Maker Improving health of minorities is top priority, Satcher says The Surgeon General speaks out on some tough issues Yale Opera to present Verdi's adaptation of Shakespearean comedy Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke to talk at Divinity School Graphic! 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