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The Mantis Parable
From story to visuals to music and sound, Josh created this computer animated film over an 18 month span at home in his spare time.
By day, Josh is the Art and Visual Design Director for Cyan Worlds, the creators of the popular games Myst, Riven, and URU: Ages Beyond Myst.
19 February 2008
Trailers have recently been added for 'Three-Fifty', 'Now You See Me, Now You Don't', 'The Mantis Parable' and 'Burley!' More...
30 August 2007
A trailer has been added for Josh Staub's 'The Mantis Parable' More...
21 November 2005
Josh Staub's "The Mantis Parable" has taken the People's Choice Award at the Denver International Film Festival. More...
9 November 2005
Best of category awards went to "Special People", "Through my Thick Glasses" ("Gjennom mine tykke briller") and "A Life to Live"... More...
32nd Athens International Film and Video Festival
29 Apr – 5 May | Athens, USA
31st Seattle International Film Festival
19 May – 12 Jun | Seattle, USA
Winnipeg International Film Festival
9 Jun – 12 Jun | Winnipeg, Canada
Boston International Film Festival
22 Jun – 26 Jun | Boston, USA
8 Jul – 24 Jul | Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil
11 Jul | New York, USA
9th Rhode Island International Film Festival
9 Aug – 14 Aug | Providence, USA
11th Palm Springs International ShortFest
20 Sep – 26 Sep | Palm Springs, USA
7th Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival
23 Sep – 25 Sep | Birmingham, USA
19th Edmonton International Film Festival
30 Sep – 8 Oct | Edmonton, Canada
18 Oct – 24 Oct | Hollywood, USA
24th Uppsala Internationella Kortfilmfestival
Uppsala International Short Film Festival
24 Oct – 30 Oct | Uppsala, Sweden
22nd Chicago International Children's Film Festival
27 Oct – 6 Nov | Chicago, USA
14th St Louis International Film Festival
10 Nov – 20 Nov | St Louis, USA
28th Denver International Film Festival
10 Nov – 20 Nov | Denver, USA
ION International Film Festival
16 Dec – 18 Dec | USA
24th IMAGINA: European Digital Content Creation Festival
1 Feb – 3 Feb | Monte Carlo, Monaco
8th Spokane International Film Festival
2 Feb – 9 Feb | Spokane, USA
21st Santa Barbara International Film Festival
2 Feb – 11 Feb | Santa Barbara, USA
25th Black Maria Film and Video Festival
3 Feb | Jersey City, USA
2 Mar – 5 Mar | Libertyville, USA
24 Mar – 26 Mar | Omaha, USA
24 Mar – 2 Apr | Maitland, USA
15th Philadelphia Film Festival
30 Mar – 12 Apr | Philadelphia, USA
31 Mar – 9 Apr | Sarasota, USA
4th BIMINI: International Festival of Animated Films
5 Apr – 9 Apr | Riga, Latvia
3rd Indielisboa: Festival Internacional de Cinema Independente
Indielisboa: International Independent Film Festival
20 Apr – 30 Apr | Lisboa, Portugal
25 Apr – 7 May | New York, USA
3rd Indianapolis International Film Festival
26 Apr – 4 May | Indianapolis, USA
3rd Cortoons: Festival di Corti di Animazione
Cortoons: International Short Animated Film Festival
26 Apr – 28 Apr | Rome, Italy
30th Festival International du Film d'Animation d'Annecy
Annecy International Animation Film Festival
5 Jun – 10 Jun | Annecy, France
9th Newport International Film Festival
6 Jun – 11 Jun | Newport, USA
7 Jun – 11 Jun | Jackson, USA
9 Jun – 17 Jun | Atlanta, USA
14 Jun – 18 Jun | Maui, USA
21 Jun – 25 Jun | St Paul, USA
Tahoe/Reno International Film Festival
23 Aug – 27 Aug | Tahoe, USA
2nd Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival
6 Oct – 15 Oct | Los Angeles, USA
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8 min
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Updated: 5 Jan 2009