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SUMMARY:International Competition Program #7: Abstract [2025]
DESCRIPTION:\n\nTickets\n\n\n\n\nSOLD OUT\n\n\n\nThe International Competition Programs are the backbone of the entire MIAF mission. Drawn from more than 2,300 submissions they showcase the best, most imaginative animating talent on the planet in a series of programs in which the only rule is diversity.\n\n\n\nMIAF’s annual deep-dive into the world of abstract animation and ‘visual music’. The properties that underpin great abstract animation go to the very heart of what it is to create beautiful, frame by frame animated imagery; a form of animated artmaking with a history that reaches back to the earliest days of the animation.\n\n\n\nMIAF 2025 trailer – International Competition Program #7: Abstract\n\n\n\nSKRFF – Corrie Francis Parks, Daniel Nuderscher\n\n\n\nSKRFFCorrie Francis Parks, Daniel NuderscherAustria, 7’03, 2024A graffiti wall becomes an archaeological site and a sgraffito sculpture, as skrffologists dig into the past.\n\n\n\nFusion – Richard Reeves\n\n\n\nFusionRichard ReevesCanada, 3’18, 2023A captivating cameraless moving artwork celebrating the joyful interplay of image and sound that only ‘direct-to-film’ animation can muster.\n\n\n\nA Granular Palimpsest – Paul Fletcher\n\n\n\nA Granular PalimpsestPaul FletcherAustralia, 8’36, 2025An abstracted, re-visualised time capsule ultimately portraying a multi-layered re-construction of time and place.\n\n\n\nO/S – Max Hattler\n\n\n\nO/SMax HattlerHong Kong, 5’00, 2023Channelling inspiration from 20th-century avant-garde experiments, abstract motion becomes sound. What you hear is exactly what you see.\n\n\n\nGlass House – Boris Labbe\n\n\n\nGlass HouseBoris LabbeFrance, 5’16, 2024An immersive video-sonic spectacle invading a glass Tower of Babel inhabited by a human anthill.\n\n\n\nIn Threes – Natalia Ryss\n\n\n\nIn ThreesNatalia RyssUK, 6’50, 2023The Tree as an embodiment of the Three Principles unites the manifestations of forms, following the rhythm of the heart. Big, bold, and bright.\n\n\n\nL’insecte Reve Dans Le Noir – Tina Hochkogler\n\n\n\nL’insecte Reve Dans Le NoirTina HochkoglerAustria, 4’00, 2023Broken, distorted type and text dissolve and reassemble into ornamental textures that set about exploring visual representations of digital spaces.\n\n\n\nPlay – Sabrina Schmid\n\n\n\nPlaySabrina SchmidAustralia, 2’00, 2025Hand-painted film combined with digital animation explores abstraction and concepts of ‘play’ as intrinsic to creative practice.\n\n\n\nInvenzione dell’Invenzione 2 (v. 2) – Jean Detheux\n\n\n\nInvenzione dell’Invenzione 2 (v. 2)Jean DetheuxCanada, 2’46, 2024An abstract animated visualisation of a stunning concert of J.S. Bach compositions performed at Italy’s Teatro Instabile Miela.\n\n\n\nSchlimmige Kreise – Input Reason – Tina Frank & General Magic\n\n\n\nSchlimmige Kreise – Input : ReasonTina Frank & General MagicAustria, 5’00, 2023An explosion of ‘terrible circles,’ created as an extravagant visual corollary to a piece by self-proclaimed ‘accidental electronica’ duo General Magic.\n\n\n\nCoda – Thor Sivertsen\n\n\n\nCodaThor SivertsenNorway, 4’50, 2024An elegant, paced explosion of organic shapes drifting, changing and evolving into constantly new forms.\n\n\n\nTraceless Traces – Dirk de Bruyn\n\n\n\nTraceless TracesDirk de BruynAustralia, 5’01, 2024An ageless visual tango bridging the gap between analogue and digital media emerging as a trace-less trauma embedded in the surface of materialist film.\n\n\n\n\nTickets\n\n\n\n↑ ( #top )\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis session is classified: Unclassified (M) Mature, not recommended for viewers under 15 years.\n\n\n\nPlease note that Backlot is NOT fully accessible. There are stairs with handrails, but no lift to the second floor where the cinema is located.\n
URL:https://miaf.net/events/international-competition-program-7_2025/
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