Award-Winning Animator Candy Kugel Joins The Black Maria Film Festival at the Madison Public Library

Candy Kugel is co-owner of Buzzco Associates, Inc., a boutique animation studio in New York City. She started her career at Perpetual Motion Pictures where she worked on political cartoons for NBC, commercials, five Berenstain Bears' 1/2-hour holiday specials and Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City. In 1983 Candy directed Deck the Halls with Wacky Walls for NBC. Since 1984, Buzzco Associates has produced TV programming, educational films and ads - most notably MTV's Top of the Hour and the I Want My MTV campaigns, Talking About Sex, a 30-minute video for Planned Parenthood, and Between the Lions (PBS) for which she won an Emmy for the 2008/9 episodes.

Buzzco has made over a dozen award-winning independent animated shorts, including A Warm Reception in LA, Fast Food Matador, KnitWits, and Nothing at All. The MoMA Film Archive has acquired all of Buzzco's oeuvre.

Through Buzzco Associates, Candy has made prize-winning educational films for TED-Ed, health education films for the iHeed Institute and continues to produce other episodic web animation, commercials and commissioned work. Candy created a tribute to her late creative partner, Vincent Cafarelli, The Last Time, which had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in April, 2013, traveled with the Black Maria Film Festival in 2014, and continues to be shown in film festivals around the world.

The Black Maria Film Festival, now in its 37th year, features some of the best short films and videos being made today. Programs are custom curated for each site, featuring a rich international selection of narrative, documentary, animation and experimental works. Festival representatives are on hand to provide perspective and a post-viewing discussion.

Selected trailers and clips from the films can be viewed on the Black Maria Website.

The Madison lineup is listed below.

Tickets are $10 and are available at the door.

Student Discount $5 with valid ID

Tickets can also be purchased in advance through Writers Theatre of New Jersey's online service.

(a $2.00 processing charge per ticket applies)

Tickets can be purchased online until 7 pm Saturday, February 17

Doors open at 7:30 pm for the 8:00 pm screening.