Animation at Newport Beach

This year's Newport Beach Film Festival, which starts next Thursday, is going to feature twenty-seven different animation programs.

Among the highlights:

• "An Evening of Disney Animation Rarities with Roy E. Disney and Don Hahn": On April 30, Roy and Don will screen a collection of short animated films that had limited theatrical releases, some of which are not on DVD. Among the highlights will be How to Hook-Up Your Home Theater starring Goofy, The Little Match Girl, Lorenzo, Destino (the Disney/Salvador Dali collaboration), Redux Riding Hood, and Disney's first crack at computer animation, Oilspot & Lipstick.

• Leslie Iwerks's documentary, The Pixar Story, will be screened on April 26 and 27.

Click the above links for screening and ticket information.