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SUMMARY:International Competition Program #4 – REPEAT
DESCRIPTION:\n\nTickets\n\n\n\n\nThe International Competition Programs are the backbone of the entire MIAF mission. Drawn from more than 2,450 submissions they showcase the best, most imaginative animating talent on the planet. For Programs 1 to 5 the only rule is diversity: you’ll get a bit of everything! For Programs 6 to 10 we take the opportunity to highlight interesting themes and styles that felt prominent in the year’s submissions.\n\n\n\nStop motion animation is as strong as ever it was, and the great stories just keep on coming. This program has a particular focus on especially affecting puppet films that, between them, roll out every tool in the puppet animators’ armoury. TWO BLACK BOYS by UK animator Baz Sells breathes life into a nuanced and touching poem of the same name; PREY by Pax Nelson is but one example of the films coming out of the Aardman academy; we locked in WINTER IN MARCH by Natalia Mirzoyan during a taxi ride with the filmmaker out to Ljubljana airport; and EATING TIME by Mari Kivi is an astounding example of why Estonia sits at the forefront of this artform. The program ends with SILENT CINEMA by Krste Gospodinovski, which blends together the tender DNA of the classic movie Cinema Paradiso with the softest story-telling instincts of Barry Purves in a film that is – at heart – all about the love of cinema as an engaging, even tactile artform.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTwo Black Boys In Paradise Baz Sells UK, 8’50, 2025 Teens Edan and Dula embark on a journey of self-acceptance and love – for each other and themselves. An achingly tender animation based on Dean Atta’s poem.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrey Pax Nelson UK, 3’25, 2025 After a peculiar car accident, Devin finds himself face to face with a vengeful moose who will stop at nothing to hunt him down. A new Aardman workshop film.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWinter In March Natalia Mirzoyan Estonia, 16’22, 2025 Helpless in the face of a repressive state, a young couple leaves their home in an escape attempt that turns into a surreal nightmare.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEating Time Mari Kivi Estonia, 16’20, 2025 Eating her way through time, a woman triggers a dimensional shift that plunges her into a journey through a labyrinth of floors and spaces.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSilent CinemaKrste Gospodinovski North Macedonia, 16’27, 2025 As the era of silent movies comes to an end, a former movie star who has taken over a small cinema masks his fading fame and plots his own reckoning with history.\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
URL:https://miaf.net/events/international-competition-program-4-repeat/
CATEGORIES:Competition,International
LOCATION:Lower Plaza, 1 Macarthur St, Melbourne VIC 3000
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