RON FLEISCHER’S debut eight-minute animated short “Lemmings” took home the Chicago Award at the Chicago International Film Festival. Fleischer was an animator for “Animaniacs,” “Tiny Toon Adventures,” and “The Power Puff Girls Movie.”
Other locals honored at CIFF include a Silver Plaque to Justin Hayward for his short “Divorce Lemonade,” and a Gold Hugo for Best Student Film to Josh Hyde for his short “Chicle.”
Krysztof Krauze’s Polish feature “My Nikifor” took a Gold Hugo for Best Film and a Silver Hugo for Best Actor for Roman Gancarczyk.
