friday 26 june, 6.00pm
acmi cinema 2
saturday 27 june, 4.45pm
acmi cinema 1 (repeat)
Admission age: 18+
(Films in competition) |
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Programs of the best recently released films selected
from 2400+ entries received from all over the world. Every technique,
every imaginable subject, every genre. The MIAF International Competition
screenings are the backbone of the festival line-up and your up-to-date
snapshot of the incredibly diverse, eclectic and vibrant independent
animation scene.
In addition to 6 ‘open’ International
Competition screenings there will also be programs in competition
that focus specifically on Australian talent, the digital community,
the purely abstract, long form, new Croatian releases, the sublime
technique of animating sand (our 2009 technique focus), highlights
from SIGGRAPH Asia 2008, and for the very first time, the cult program
Late Night Bizarre will be open to official voting! |
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On
Time Off
Bill Porter
UK, 2008, 4'00
The slow broil of sunbathers blistering
& warping in the heat on a nice day out to the beach.
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Sparrows Are
Children Of Pigeons
Nina Bisyarina
Russia, 2008, 5'00
Quintessentially classic Russian-style
animation. A little boy's imagination embellishes the world around
him. |
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The Conservatory
Matilda Tristram
UK, 2008, 2'00
A series of quick-fix solutions to problems of an emotional nature
seen through the prism of immediate home renovation. |
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The Black Dog's
Progress
Stephen Irwin
UK,
2008, 6'00
Flipbook animation multiplied
by ten and ten again. A screen filled to overflowing. |
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Codswallop
The Brothers McLeod
UK,
2008, 3'40
Somewhere in the world is a button that
makes everything alright. |
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Around
Ryu Kato
Japan,
2007, 3'00
A frantic journey through worlds within
worlds of scribbled lines and block colours. |
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La Chambre Renversee
Phillippe Massonnet, Julien Ribot
France,
2008, 3'45
A flight of fancy through a pastel landscape
where dreams influence other dreams and other dreams and other dreams. |
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The Bedwetter
Ingo Schiller, Stephan-Flint Mueller
Germany, 2008, 5'00
Every year we have at least frenetic one
stopmotion fiesta – and this is most definitely it! A pixelated
dream in which the real and the fantastical come together. |
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Eyelash
Marcel Hobi
Switzerland,
2008, 8'00
Our wishful thinking narrator is fast exhausting
his eyelash supply. |
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Danny's Magical
Potion
Gaute Hesthagen
Norway,
2008, 2'00
The global ripple-on effect
of a simple, heartfelt utterance. A bottom-up solution to end wars
and defeat evil. |
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Black Tea
Serge Elissade
France,
2008, 5’00
An investigation into
tea; silent killer of the paranoid. |
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Chris / Chrigi
Anja Kofmel
Switzerland,
2008, 7'30
The twists and turns of
the animation reflect the inner confusion of a little girl trying
to come to terms with the death of an admired cousin. |
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Shaman
Luc Perez
Denmark,
2008, 11'00
A richly textured exploration
of Inuit culture depicted with thick, flowing paint and imagery passed
down through the ages. |
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Labyrinth
Patrick Jenkins
Canada,
2008, 8'00
Classic, bone-dry, film
noir styling compliments this detective story with a celestial twist. |
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