Opening Screening: Australian Showcase_2022

Nobody shows more Australian animation than MIAF!

Our annual Australian Showcase is a great way to get festivities underway and bring this survey of great new Australian animation to the big screen where it looks and sounds best. Many of the filmmakers will be there to introduce their new films and the program opens with The Better Angels, the latest film by previous ‘Best Of MIAF’ winner, master Australian animator Michael Cusack.

The Better Angels
Michael Cusack
Australia, 12’55, 2021
A young soldier trying to escape the horrors of war finds an abandoned house and within its walls the stories of what might have been.

Object Of Life
Jack Parry
Australia, 3’00, 2021
May the objects of your life NOT become the object of your life.

Cel
Marc Agosta
Australia, 2’37, 2021
An organic cell attains sentience in an unnatural environment, and its instinct is to get as far away as possible.

Disparate Fragments Form Patterns
Paul Fletcher
Australia, 3’52, 2022
Music and visuals created in concert with and without each other- tiny fragments of noise and chaos become pretty patterns… or not.

Bellysaurus
Philip Watts
Australia, 7’49, 2021
A tiny dinosaur dreams she is a scary big dinosaur. When danger strikes, she learns what’s on the inside counts. Literally.

Wonderfully Made
Joseph Hoh
Australia, 6’47, 2022
A young child with a rare skin condition is swept into the wonder of the heavens. Along the way he discovers the beauty within.

Bottle Wizard
Lillian McPake
Australia, 5’00, 2021
A wizard performs a wonderful magic show, impressing a crowd of cheerful forest insects and then he selects one to be his special volunteer.

Strong Goanna
Alice Peacock
Australia, 3’42, 2021
A Wiradjuri story exploring the strength and courage of the goanna and how the Murrumbidgee River was created to save all.

The Pilgrim
Grace Leong
Australia, 3’58, 2021
A man is unravelled as he is led on a journey through a surreal landscape.

Tangki (Donkey)
Jonathan Daw, Tjunkaya Tapaya
Australia, 5’53, 2021
Donkeys were strangers in the desert community of Ernabella until they came from the north and became valuable friends to Anangu.

The Pioneers
Simon Cottee
Australia, 9’40, 2022
Based on factual data; a mesmerising animated doco of the 59 rocket launches with an animal passenger prior to the first human voyage into space.

Apart
Alex Weight
Australia, 3’56, 2021
In a lonely city, two artists form a connection as they draw inspiration from each other’s artworks.

Cocko & Gallagher-The Naked Stranger
Ivan Dixon, Sean Zwan
Australia, 4’36, 2021
Two bird cousins bond over heartfelt memories sparked by the surprise presence of a naked stranger in their vehicle.

Cyan Eyed
Ryan Grobins
Australia, 8’20, 2021
An exciting, visually extravagant, action adventure set in an elaborate steampunk world populated by pirates and robots.