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Doors 5:30, Show at 6, Admission $10 or PWYC.

"How to Spot Counterfeit Beanie Babies" is a program of 20 short films about toys coming to life. The films range in medium from animation to puppeteering to non-fiction documentary. The program will spotlight works by (among others) Cecelia Condit and Jodie Mack. Additionally, the program will feature the world premieres of videos by Camille Cooper, Natthew Marvan, & Mark Zubrovich.

"Furpile" is a please-touch plushie sculpture show showing in various venues throughout Pittsburgh this summer. 70+ artists were invited to produce a unique stuffie that audiences are encouraged to see, touch, squeeze, sniff, and play with. These plushies will be present for this event, and audiences will be invited to cozy up with them for the duration of the screening. Whose additionally invites you to bring your own beloved plushie friends to this screening (playdates are encouraged).

The full program will run as follows:

-The "Teddy" Bears (Wallace McCutcheon & Edwin S. Porter, 1907, 14 mins)

-The Ruling of the World (Bea Orlandi, 2019/2026, 5 mins)

-A Day In The Life (um dia na vida) (flavushh, 2022, 4 mins)

-Why a 'crying horse' toy is going viral in China (2026, 3 mins)

-PRIMARY (Camille Cooper & Natthew Marvan, 2026, 6 mins)

-Embryonic (Jackie Blue, 2023, 2 mins)

-Life in Plastic (Lucie Cartwright, 2024, 3 mins)

-Dedicated Propensity to Unfolding, or The Taste of Fixatives (William Leonard, 2019, 5 mins)

-Chucky: Building a Nightmare (2007, 10 mins)

-Bruce Walks The Length Of My Hallway One Hundred Times (Abridged)(Mark Zubrovich, 2024/2026, 7 min)

(Interlude)

-Evil Stick Wand Toy for Toddlers Reveals Picture of Young Girl Cutting Her Wrists With Knife (2014, 2 mins)

-Juguetes (dir. María Luisa Bemberg, 1978, 12 mins)

-whats it like being a robot (Skuncc, 2019, 3 mins)

-Training Video: Wearing the Tex Suit (Tex Saber, 2026, 3 mins)

-Pizzly Bear (Cecelia Condit, 2017, 4 mins)

-Dam$els of Luxury (Jennifer Marie Cella, 2024, 5 mins)

-(boxed) BunKnee (Eleanor McQueeney, 2019, 2 mins)

-Posthaste Perennial Pattern (Jodie Mack, 2019, 4 mins)

-Paracas (Cecilia Vicuña, 1983, 19 mins)

-Crayon Bunnies (Mark Hughes, 2009, 3 mins)

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