Adventures of an *. USA. 1956. Directed by Faith Hubley, John Hubley. 10 min. 35mm.
“Crayons and black ink and reticulating textures. This was the beginning of freeing the form and effecting a transformation from hard-lined cel animation to textured, subtle, new styles, more connected to the history of art than to the Disney or UPA look” (Faith Hubley). About the film’s score, Mark Hubley remarks, “[Benny] Carter’s arrangements and compositions for Adventures of an * (featuring Lionel Hampton) and Urbanissimo are beautiful and integral to what makes these films exceptional.”
Windy Day. USA. 1967. Directed by Faith Hubley, John Hubley. 8 min. 35mm.
“[We] had invited a group of child psychiatrists and such to listen to the soundtrack…it was so incredible to listen to those folks talk about animal identification and death and marriage theories” (Faith Hubley). Georgia Hubley recalls, “The experience of watching Windy Day (with an audience) when it was completed was like learning for the first time what humiliation and embarrassment felt like. And to such a devastating extent that I marvel at how we got away with such blissful lack of self consciousness for those first six to eight years. Our parents managed to capture that essence beautifully. It took me years to finally recognize and embrace this one.”
Hello. USA. 1984. Directed by Faith Hubley. 9 min. 35mm.
In this short, featuring music by William Russo and solos by Dizzy Gillespie and Toots Thielesmans, three musicians discover life on the planet.
The Tower. USA. 1984. Directed by Emily Hubley, Georgia Hubley. Music by Don Christensen. 11 min. 16mm.
A subject enters the realm of a tower, where they are victimized. Emily recalls, “I loved Georgia’s paintings and she agreed to make a film with me if we got funded. It was one of the most fun years of my life—drawing/coloring all day and going to hear music at night. We used up a closet full of ancient art supplies when Faith downsized her studio.” Georgia adds, “Kind of amazing Emily and I got to make this hallucinatory short. And I thank her for bringing me in and, furthermore, showing me some animation tools I didn’t pay much mind to growing up. It was a blast to make and I still do not know how we made sense of this storyline, but we truly had one in our minds!”
Time of the Angels. USA. 1987. Directed by Faith Hubley. Music by William Russo. 9 min. 35mm.
The history of the Americas is considered from an Indigenous perspective, featuring the poetry of the Aztec emperor Nezahualcotl, Jose Chocan, and Gabriela Mistral.
Octave. USA. 2005. Directed by Emily Hubley. Music by Yo La Tengo. 7 min. DCP.
Musical tones play with shifting symbolic images to create moments when things mysteriously come together. Georgia Hubley recalls, “[This was] the first fully original score Yo La Tengo did for Emily—previous films had used adaptations of pre-existing songs. She was very open to our approach, which was possibly less linear than she expected. Grateful for the opportunity to try something more experimental.”
and/or. USA. 2012. Directed by Emily Hubley. With the voices of Kevin Corrigan, Emily Hubley, Tiprin Mandalay. Music by Yo La Tego. 6 min. DCP.
An artist struggles to navigate the territory between despair and epiphany. Emily writes, “Inspired by the haunting piano piece created for The Toe Tactic, I imagined a personal kind of musical notation.”