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2003 American film
The Time-Out Chair
Directed byJosh Selig
Written byJosh Selig
Music byMark Suozzo
Production
company
Little Airplane Productions
Distributed byTribeca Film Institute
Release date
  • May 3, 2003 (2003-05-03)
Running time6 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Time-Out Chair is a short film written and directed by Josh Selig in 2002. It was produced by Little Airplane Productions, a New York studio that Selig co-founded with Lori Shaer. The film premiered at the 2003 Tribeca Film Festival and was later acquired by the Museum of Modern Art.

Synopsis

The film follows a preschool-aged girl who leaves her classroom after being sent to the time-out chair. She spends the afternoon in the East Village of New York, dragging the chair behind her.

History

The film's music was composed by Mark Suozzo. The Time-Out Chair was originally screened at the 2003 Tribeca Film Festival. The Museum of Modern Art in Midtown Manhattan acquired the film in 2004. It was included as part of the museum's family film screening on January 15, 2011. It was featured as the second short in MoMA's "Figuring Out Feelings" series on March 5, 2016.

References

  1. "2003 Tribeca Film Festival Restored and Rediscovered". Film Foundation. May 6, 2003.
  2. "Interview with Josh Selig". NYMetroParents.com. Metro New York. September 21, 2004.
  3. ^ "Wonder Pets Creator Has Time Out with Live-Action Short". Animation World Network. January 13, 2011.
  4. "Little Airplane - Our Work". Little Airplane Productions.
  5. Germano Celant (January 2004). Tribeca talks. Progetto Prada Arte. ISBN 978-88-87029-30-7.
  6. "Studio 100 Teams Up with Little Airplane Productions to Produce New Global Pre-School Animation Series" (PDF). Studio 100. September 20, 2012.
  7. "Talking Shop with Josh Selig". Big Apple Parent. September 1, 2004. Archived from the original on November 20, 2012.
  8. ^ "Family Films - Figuring Out Feelings". Museum of Modern Art. March 5, 2016.
  9. "Arts Initiative - MoMA Films". Columbia University. March 5, 2016.
  10. "Little Airplane Productions Shows". Little Airplane Productions.
  11. "Josh Selig, Little Airplane Productions". Gothamist.com. Gothamist LLC. Archived from the original on April 12, 2016.
  12. "About the Author: Josh Selig, Small Potatoes". Barnes & Noble. Archived from the original on April 30, 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
  13. "See 'The Time-Out Chair' at MoMA's Family Films Series on Saturday, January 15". Time Out New York. January 14, 2011.
  14. Máire Messenger Davies (April 1, 2010). Children, Media and Culture. McGraw-Hill Education. pp. 164–. ISBN 978-0-335-24006-7.

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