Special Screening: Two Ships (2025)

In this hand-drawn film, a couple working opposite schedules attempt to maintain their connection through fleeting encounters. Screening will include a special message from the filmmakers.

This screening will occur ahead of (and is included in the purchase of a ticket to) the scheduled Sunday, November 9 screening of The Emperor's New Groove (2000).

Please note: Children under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult who shall be responsible for the child at all times. Tickets reserved for children under the age of 5 without an accompanying adult ticket in the same order will be automatically returned. Lapsitting infants under the age of 1 do not require an additional ticket. See calendar for showtimes and exceptions. Screenings are subject to change.

Tickets for this film will be available online beginning Tuesday, October 28.

Please note: This screening is included in the purchase of a ticket to the scheduled Sunday, November 9 screening of The Emperor's New Groove (2000).

McKinley Benson is a filmmaker and alumnus of the Savannah College of Art and Design, graduating summa cum laude with a BFA in Film and Television. He is a director, producer, and writer responsible for dozens of narrative shorts, television pilots, and documentaries, screening at Oscar®-qualifying festivals around the world and garnering three Emmy® Awards. In 2017, McKinley co-founded the independent production studio Room 330, dedicated to high-quality, storyteller-driven projects. Over the course of his career, he has had the pleasure of working with companies such as Netflix, Amazon Studios, The Walt Disney Studios, Paramount, and XYZ Films. Two Ships marks McKinley’s first animated film, which he is grateful to be producing in partnership with the Oscar®-nominated production cooperative COLA Animation.

Mackenzie Benson is a photographer and alumnus of the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Photography. She is currently working as a freelance photographer, retoucher, and color specialist. Her portfolio combines soft, ethereal tones with bold contrasts, capturing the unique character of her subjects in both color and black-and-white. This sensibility extends to the visual style of Two Ships, which marks Mackenzie’s first venture into both filmmaking and animation.

Jodi Benson has received worldwide recognition & critical acclaim as the voice of Ariel in Walt Disne Animation Studios’ The Little Mermaid (1989), the titular role in Warner Bros’ Thumbelina (1994), Weebo in Walt Disney Pictures’ Flubber (1997), and Tour Guide Barbie in Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 2 (1999)and . She starred in Crazy For You as Polly Baker, receiving Tony® and Helen Hayes® Award nominations for Best Actress in a Musical. Other Broadway credits include Smile, Welcome to the Club, and Marilyn. Internationally, she has had the honor of sharing the stage with her husband, Ray Benson, at the European premiere of Ira Gershwin’s My One & Only, starring as Miss Edythe Herbert. In Los Angeles, she starred in the critically-acclaimed Reprise/UCLA production of Babes in Arms, South Pacific, Flora the Red Menace, Oklahoma!, My Fair Lady, and Chess, for which she won the Best Actress Drama League Award. Two Ships, created by her son, McKinley, and his wife, Mackenzie, marks Jodi's first time as an executive producer.