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Making a positive impact through storytelling animation for TV and Film

Co-founded by Leah, Les and Lou Solis of award-winning independent studio
Solis Animation + James and Jared Priestner of internationally renowned band Rare Americans. - New videos slated for 2022
- Original animated TV series CROOKED CITY in development
- Original animated feature film BRITTLE BONES NICKY in development

12/12/2024

Meet Corey - Sammy's thug. Yearns to belong. Carries a secret about Billy.

THIS WEEKEND - (S)KiDS’ Italian Premiere at
Date: Sunday, December 15, 2024
Time: 10:00 PM
Theatre: Cinema Massimo at the National Cinema Museum

(S)KiDS is an animated punk rock musical, featuring songs from , it follows a group of disaffected teens navigating 1993, their last year of high school, as they uncover a dark truth about their Principal.

The first animated feature film for and .

05/12/2024

(S)KiDS will be celebrating Sottodiciotto Film Festival & Campus’s 25th anniversary with our Italian Premiere in Turin, Italy!

Sottodiciotto Screening
Date: Sunday, December 15, 2024
Time: 10:00 PM
Theatre: Cinema Massimo at the National Cinema Museum

(S)KiDS follows a group of disaffected teens navigating their last year of high school, in 1993, as they uncover a dark truth about their Principal.

Featuring songs from (S)KiDS is an animated punk rock musical and the first animated feature film for and .

09/11/2024

Celebrating (S)KiDS’ North American Premiere 2024, last Saturday, November 2, 2024 !

We had such an amazing time in Vancouver -

A huge thanks to the wonderful audience that night at the VIFF Centre!

Video - Post-screening Q&A
L-R: (Spark Animation Festival Director), Lou Solis (Animation Director), (Director-Writer), (Rare Americans, Creator), (Producer), (Rare Americans), (Rare Americans)

P1 - L-R: Lou Solis (Animation Director), Leah Solis (Producer), Les Solis (Director-Writer), James Priestner (Rare Americans, Creator), Jan Cajka (Rare Americans), Duran Ritz (Rare Americans)

P2 - L-R: Jan Cajka (Rare Americans), James Priestner (Rare Americans, Creator), Duran Ritz (Rare Americans)

P3 - L-R: Les Solis (Director-Writer), Lou Solis (Animation Director), Leah Solis (Producer)

P4 - L-R: Lou Solis (Animation Director), Leah Solis (Producer), Les Solis (Director-Writer), James Priestner (Rare Americans, Creator), Jan Cajka (Rare Americans), Duran Ritz (Rare Americans), (Molly)

P5 - L-R: Marina Atunes (Spark Animation Festival Director), Les Solis (Director-Writer)

P6 - James Priestner (Rare Americans, Creator) and Les Solis (Director-Writer) signing autographs

31/10/2024

Introducing Sammy - School drug dealer. Controlling. Temperamental.

(S)KiDS is an animated punk rock musical, featuring songs from , it follows a group of disaffected teens navigating 1993, their last year of high school, as they uncover a dark truth about their Principal.

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE screening:
Saturday - November 2, 9:00 PM
VIFF Centre · Vancity Theatre
1181 Seymour St · Vancouver · BC · V6B 3M7

IN ATTENDANCE:
Director Les Solis
Animation Director Lou Solis
Producer Leah Solis

Rare Americans: James Priestner, Duran Ritz, Jan Cajka

For more info, link in bio or click here https://linktr.ee/crookedcitystudios

12/09/2024

Tamping down temptation can be tricky.

SADIE JANE by Rare Americans
Animation proudly produced by us

05/09/2024

Introducing Billy - he’s the leader of the outcasts. “Leaving no SKID behind” are words he lives by.

(S)KiDS is an animated punk rock musical, featuring songs from , it follows a group of disaffected teens navigating 1993, their last year of high school, as they uncover a dark truth about their Principal.

screening dates in Baden, Switzerland:
Friday, September 6 - 10:45 pm at Trafo 3
Saturday, September 7 - 8:45 pm at Sterk 1

For more info, link in bio or click here https://linktr.ee/crookedcitystudios
Solis Animation Inc

29/08/2024

The (S)KiDS ride continues to the Fantoche International Animation Film Festival 2024 for its Swiss Premiere!

screening dates in Baden, Switzerland:
Wednesday, September 4 - 8:45 pm at Sterk 1
Friday, September 6 - 10:45 pm at Trafo 3
Saturday, September 7 - 8:45 pm at Sterk 1

Featuring songs from , (S)KiDS is an animated punk rock musical and the first animated feature film for us and .

For more info, link in bio or click here https://linktr.ee/crookedcitystudios

22/08/2024

Crank up this anthem!

SONG FOR THE PEOPLE by Rare Americans
Animation proudly produced by us

15/08/2024

Guess who’s back? Manfred and Anna from Berlin!

X ON YOU by Rare Americans
Animation proudly produced by us.

01/08/2024

Such a special (S)KiDS family and friends screening in Toronto, on the heels of (S)KiDS’ incredible Festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy world premiere.

Will Letos (voice of Billy in the film) flew in from Virginia to join us!

Featuring songs from Rare Americans, (S)KiDS is an animated punk rock musical and the first animated feature film for us and Solis Animation Inc.

Set in 1993, (S)KiDS follows a group of disaffected teens navigating their last year of high school as they uncover a dark truth about their Principal.

Group shot in video - L-R:
Sitting in front: .art , Will Letos
2nd row (kneeling): Leah Solis, Qianrong Liu
3rd row (standing): Michael Corr, Lou Solis, , Elisa Moya
4th row (standing): Les Solis, Michael Concannon, Sean Janisse, Mylène Li

25/07/2024

Look who's back - Nicky from Brittle Bones Nicky - see him in this tease for FORTUNE COOKIES by

Check out all the other cool stuff we’ve got going on, go to the link in our bio or go here https://linktr.ee/crookedcitystudios

18/07/2024

So great to see (S)KiDS in print!

Thank you to Oliver Armknecht for the mention in the July 2024 edition of Deadline Magazin (Germany).

Rare Americans Solis Animation Inc Festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy

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