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MIAF 2025 artwork Q&A
The unveiling of MIAF’s annual artwork is always one of the highlights of the entire festival cycle. From a public perspective it tends to be the first thing that pops up heralding the countdown to the next festival. It’s a different story inside the machine where elements of successive MIAF’s can be years in the…
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Early Mickey enters public domain… somewhat
Much has been recently reported on early Mickey Mouse short films entering the public domain. We thought it worth a brief look at what’s going on. The Laws In the United States of America, all motion pictures published before 1978 are copyrighted for 95 years. Which means any film released in 1928 were under copyright that finished…
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MIAF 2024 artwork Q&A
We LOVE the poster artwork for MIAF 2024 by Nina Blasche. It was completed in mid-October, just ahead of our International Animation Day (IAD) event, and we’ve been egar to unveil the new MIAF 2024 look as soon as the IAD dust settled. Getting poster artwork done nice and early is a surprisingly critical element of…
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Behind the film: Echoes from Myanmar
Paul T. McGilvray is the director of the powerful film Echoes from Myanmar. This was a challenging film in many ways. There were logistical challenges with six different animators. But the real challenge was find people brave enough to speak up. Those who provided their voices for the interviews knew that by speaking up they…
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Behind the film: The Smiling Boy
Neil Sanders is the director of the powerful film The Smiling Boy for the song written and performed by Farhard Bandesh. Recently Neil spent time to share the background and work behind the film with our Producer & Programer Annie Murray. The full article dives into the issues faced by Kurdish refugees and Farhard’s own…
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Animator focus: Shirin Shakhesi
Our very own Annie Murray was lucky to get some time with Iranian-Australian animator and illustrator Shirin Shakhesi. You will read about Shirin’s latest film Petrichor , her approach to animation, and what inspires her. Check out the in-depth article. Check out Shirin on LinkedIn, visit her website shirinshakhesi.wixsite.com/ or check her out on Instagram.
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Interview: Romantic Chorus
Our very own Annie Murray was lucky to have time with international film director Jeff M. Giordano and producer Aaron Gwynn of Romantic Chorus. In the interview we hear about the challenges of making a film across global boarders, with different animation styles. Jeff and Aaron share their passion for independent film, reflecting the diversity…
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MIAF 2021 Artwork
There is a great story behind the artwork for MIAF 2021. In 2018 Soncha Iacono fulfilled a long held-dream, journeying to the Czech Republic to immerse herself in the incredible historical troves of puppets used by some of the most renowned masters of puppet animation. Nowadays, Hobart-based and working at MONA, for more than a…
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2021 Artwork
Artwork for MIAF 2021 is coming along nicely. We look forward to sharing this with you in September.
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