UCLA Animation Workshop presents
2025 FALLING LIZARD WEEKEND
Please join us!
Participating workshoppers from past and present gather together for a weekend of animating! Friday evening is spent brainstorming and choosing the theme of an animated short film, while Saturday and Sunday are spent animating with friends and food. The final film is screened at a later date.
Event begins at 6:00 pm on
Friday, January 31 at our
2487 Melnitz
wrap no later than midnight Sunday Feb 2
We’ll start a list of potential topics the week before, with an updated Google Doc to allow suggestions to be made remotely. Check the bulletin board in the main room and add your inspired ideas.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 31st:
6:00 Zoom launch, Arrivals, screening of previous Lizards
6:40 Overview: How it works
7:00-ish Vote the theme (submit your theme suggestions at https://fallinglizard.com/ideas)
Followed by food & drinks; boarding & pitches; fun & games & animation…
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1st: Go time! (Production)
…and as a special bonus!
Join us for an encore screening of
THE WORK OF THE WORKSHOP
Featuring select animated shorts
made in The Workshop
Saturday, February 1, 2025
UCLA Darren Star Theater
11:00 am and
3:00 pm and
6:30 pm
The program is the same for each encore screening.
Commemorative Workshop coaster to the first 20 people at each screening!
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2nd: (or sooner): Race to the Finish! (Turn it in by 11:59 PM)
If you have work due for 481C, 489B, or other courses: Feel free to do a Lizard project that encompasses your existing work, so you can join in the fun without slipping behind on deadlines or production schedules.
If you’re in good shape on your film, you might use the weekend to try something completely different.
Collaborations are also encouraged!
Falling Lizard Weekend is a great time to work collaboratively with your peers, to meet & mingle with alumni, and to put out & take in some creative energy!
Looking forward to another Lizard!
