International Competition Program #1: Masters & Returnees
The 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. And because it is MIAF’s 25th anniversary, we will kick off each program with a very special “look-back” film from the MIAF vault that highlights a special moment in our history.
This screening includes a cluster of films from some of animators whose films we have championed over the last two-and-half decades and whose work has helped shape and define the notion of creative animation.
Quota
Job, Joris & Marieke
Netherlands, 2’35, 2024
Forcing every citizen to measure their personal C02 probably seemed like a good idea, until people started breaching their quota.
Aquatic
Shiva Sadegh Asadi
Iran, 5’00, 2024
A woman’s ability to give birth to marine creatures is exploited for commercial purposes. A thought provoking film leading the resurgence in Iranian animation.
Ceux Pour Qui La Lune Ne Brille Pas
Solene Marche, Lou Thoby, Tom Saurel, Evelyne Philippart, Marie Fantini, Amelie Soto
France, 6’57, 2024
Abandoned on the moon, a poor pup takes matters into his own paws after an unexpected encounter with another lonely creature.
See The Sun Rise In The Moon
Charles Nogier
France, 11’06, 2024
A calmly insistent visualisation of “Les Contemplations”, a cluster of deeply effecting poems by Victor Hugo as he grapples with the loss of his daughter.
Outside
Izabela Plucinska
Poland, 5’00, 2023
A ghostly, complex journey into one woman’s personal fightback against her world of domestic violence that had long been hiding in plain sight.
Gina Kamentsky’s Pinocchio In 70mm
Gina Kamentsky
USA, 3’12, 2023
Pinocchio felt a longing deep within him. Someday, he would become a real girl and live a life beyond the confines of make-believe.
Extremely Short
Koji Yamamura
Japan, 5’18, 2023
A cascading tumble into one man’s journey to seek out the smallest of all things in Tokyo. The latest film from one of the true living masters of animation.
Moral Support
Vuk Jevremovic
Croatia, 4’24, 2024
The MIAF 2023 Grand Prize winner returns with a densely layered, richly imagined visual essay on some of the most important artistic movements of the 20th century.
Emboucanator
David Renoux, Simon Renoux, Pauline Lisi, Sarah Levacher-Robinet, Hadrien Brenn, Alessandro Lamio
France, 5’49, 2024
The bull-man Emboucanator flees from his marriage to the sheep-woman Culterrine. But he quickly learns that she is not an easy woman to walk (or run) away from!
This session is classified: Unclassified (M) Mature, not recommended for viewers under 15 years.
Please note that Backlot is NOT fully accessible. There are stairs with handrails, but no lift to the second floor where the cinema is located.