International Competition Program #3 – REPEAT

The 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.

This program includes a cluster of films from a kind of who’s-who of MIAF friends and alumni. Shaun Clark (who made our trailer back in 2005) hits us with ANGRY CARS, which drew wild applause at its LIAF screening late last year; Hannes Rall (who made our trailer in 2009) returns to his wonderful, bold block-colour style with DOBRINA and Donato Sansone graces us with another of his trademark wild mega paper montage mini-masterpieces DARK GLOBE. But the program opens with perhaps the most poignant film we will screen this year, HOUSE OF LOVE, which was made and completed by Coco Cripps using the artwork of UK animator Emma Calder who left us last year, leaving behind one of the more beloved catalogues of animated gems.

House Of Love
Emma Calder, Coco Cripps
UK, 7’07, 2025
Love, sex, desire, trauma, fantasy, spiritual ideas and peace. An end of life story created from the artwork of one of the UK’s most beloved animators to give joy to herself and those she loved.

Machine’s Dream
Natalia Ryss
Israel, 4’18, 2025
A journey into the animasphere of a robot who, more than anything, wants to be able to dream.

Dobrina
Hannes Rall
Singapore, 5’23, 2025
Lotte Reiniger meets Sergio Leone beneath an endless sky under which desire burns as brightly as the desert sun.

Angry Cars
Shaun Clark
UK, 6’50, 2025
In the brutal chaos of life on London streets, cars clash, flirt, and fume, in this savage reflection on humanity’s impatience and hubris.

Dark Globe
Donato Sansone
Italy, 3’20, 2024
Human beings have become war machines, unstoppable destroyers of everything that surrounds them. Is there still hope for the future or are we stuck in an endless nightmare?

Who Killed Narin G****?
Ayçe Kartal
France, 4’00, 2025
She was 8 when she went missing and the investigation revealed her family’s involvement. Narin had seen something she shouldn’t have.

Voyage Of The Red Rabbit
Sam Gualtieri
USA, 11’31, 2025
A curious juxtapositional tale of a Rabbit-Spaceman searching the universe for his home, and an earthbound old man eating apple pie and pondering life after death.

Kosmogonia
Karolina Chabier
France, 16’00, 2025
An intriguing friendship emerges between The Great One, – a bison goddess, – and The Small One, – a goat-like deity.

This session is classified: Unclassified (M) Mature, not recommended for viewers under 15 years.