IAO Gallery will host a premiere party for the short film “Battle of the Bonds” by Oklahoma City stop-action filmmaker Kyle Roberts at 7:30 p.m. May 19. The event, “Can’t Stop This Motion: A night of celebrating the short films of Kyle Roberts,” will include several of Roberts’ short films as well as musical guest Denver Duncan.

Roberts’ short films recently have earned national recognition in the stop-action field from blogs and publications including Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Gizmodo, WIRED Magazine, Mashable and GeekBeat.tv.

“Battle of the Bonds,” a James Bond parody, features some of YouTube’s most popular celebrities: DaneBoe, Brittani Lousie Taylor and Zack Scott. The film also features local comedian and actor Lucas Ross.

“Battle of the Bonds” took Roberts more than eight months to complete.

“Since it’s all stop motion, move take a picture, move take a picture … I basically had to have four or more hours at a time to shoot the project,” he said. “That would be equivalent to three seconds of the film not including all of the special effects.”

The short film was shot primarily on green screen with images of Quartz Mountain in southwest Oklahoma later placed in the background.

“I love that area of southwest Oklahoma. I remembered seeing the place with the bridge and thought it was perfect for this film.” Roberts said.

“Can’t Stop This Motion” will be held at IAO Art Gallery, 701 W. Sheridan. The event is $5.

Speeding Bullet Comics of Norman and The Toy and Action Figure Museum in Pauls Valley contributed to the funding of this film.

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