AtomFilms Announces End of Year Entertainment Bonanza

AtomFilms Announces End of Year Entertainment Bonanza

Exclusive Holiday Releases Include Never-Before-Seen JibJab Content, Twisted "Holidazed" Spotlight, Aardman Special, and Oscar-Winner

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- AtomFilms(R) (www.atomfilms.com), the Web's leading service for original entertainment programming, today announced a powerful end-of-year programming lineup that will give viewers a respite from the pressures of the holiday season. AtomFilms has packed its weekly release schedule with world-class short films and animations, including premieres from Aardman and JibJab, a timely political satire, an Oscar-winning animation and much more.

Viewers looking for an antidote to sugary sweet seasonal sentiment can tune in to "Holidazed," AtomFilms' featured collection of 10 twisted seasonal shorts ( http://holidazed.atomfilms.com/ ). Whether it's a disgruntled elf going rounds with Santa or a quick look at what really happens to Santa when he goes down the chimney, AtomFilms is the place for anyone accustomed to getting lumps of coal in their stocking.

"The Web is emerging as an entertainment platform that rivals prime-time television," said Mika Salmi, CEO and founder of AtomFilms. "Our end-of-year programming roster demonstrates what can happen when innovative content creators are given an opportunity and an engaged audience for their talents and vision."

AtomFilms is also unveiling JibJab's "Dismail," ( http://dismail.atomfilms.com/ ), a series of hard-hitting hip-hop greeting cards created in 2001 but unreleased until now. Addressing topics ranging from bad breakups to stinky breath, Dismail has the perfect messages for life's most delicate situations and most annoying people. (Note: these explicit cards are probably not, however, perfect for your grandparents.)

"We're thrilled that AtomFilms is releasing the shorts we created with some of New York's most talented underground hip hop artists," said Gregg Spiridellis, co-founder of JibJab. "We've worked with AtomFilms since we founded JibJab and they've always supported cutting edge, independent content creators."

Other notable AtomFilms premieres this holiday season include:

-- Harvie Krumpet, 2004's Oscar-winning animated short from Adam Elliot
(coming December 6)
-- The Confession, a tense drama featuring Prison Break star Wentworth
Miller (coming December 13)
-- A 22-minute Angry Kid special from Aardman Animations, creator of
Wallace & Gromit. Builds on the AtomFilms-exclusive series that has
been viewed more than 20 million times. (coming December 20)
-- New Rocky & Bullwinkle spoofs -- The animated duo parodies current TV
hits, including "Desperate Moosewives," in five new vignettes
(Available now at
http://www.atomfilms.com/af/spotlight/series/rockyandbullwinkle/ )
-- Everybody Hates Saddam -- This timely musical spoof delves into the
dictator's thoughts as he prepares to stand trial (available now at
http://www.atomfilms.com/af/content/everybody_hates_saddam_af )
-- Learn Self-Defense -- This animated dark comedy with a political
message was a hit at Siggraph (coming in December)
-- And many more -- AtomFilms releases new titles every Tuesday for free
online viewing.

About AtomFilms

AtomFilms is where the Web goes to watch movies. Its award-winning Web site (www.atomfilms.com) offers on-demand viewing of a diverse and distinguished catalog of over 1,000 shorts in every genre, enabling new and innovative artists to reach millions of viewers worldwide. Based in San Francisco, CA, AtomFilms is a service of digital entertainment leader AtomShockwave Corp. For more information, please visit www.atomfilms.com and www.atomshockwave.com.

NOTE: AtomFilms is a trademark of AtomShockwave, Corp. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.

Source: AtomFilms

CONTACT: Jennifer Lauricella of SutherlandGold Group, 866-262-7373,
ext. 103, or jennifer@sutherlandgold.com, for AtomFilms

Web site: http://www.atomfilms.com/

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