International Competition Program #6: Character Study Drill Down
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.
This screening focuses entirely on films that centre around one very strongly defined and utterly unusual character – the kind of character that could ONLY find a home and a raison d’être in an animated film. Some of these characters channel menace, some the humorous impossibilities that can only make sense within the realm of an animated world.
Broken Flight
Arthur Jouanny, Jaana Berthelot, Emie Rolland, Sebastien Le Gallic, Alienor Poignand du Fontenioux, Younes Ayan
France, 7’40, 2024
A gorgeously re-imagined, and majestically rendered, flight of one the great pioneer pilots – Antoine de St Expury, author of ‘The Little Prince’.
Allegeance
Alex Bajon, Lucie Coste, Charlie Coucoureux, Hindha Kone, Anne Le, Aurore Meyer, Mariette Pons, Eloise Vacher
France, 6’45, 2024
Accompanied by her madman, a queen fulfils all the material wishes of her people. But one day, the queen is faced with a request difficult to fulfil…. happiness!
Homemaker
Ciara Kerr
UK, 9’00, 2023
The home is neither safe nor a haven for some people, and sometimes it evolves into an unlocked but inescapable prison.
Deadweight
Oyvind Tangseth
Norway, 8’00, 2024
What goes up must come down, unless you can come up with a cunning plan to cut some of the dead weight loose.
The Calm Of The Cicadas
Sarah Deredec, Camille Collins, Clemence Ansquer, Juliette Le Hir, Chun-i Cheng, Ambre Muamba, Salome Leroy
France, 5’11, 2024
Counterintuitive or counterproductive? One man’s mission to ensure peace and quiet drives him to create the loudest speakers.
And Then They
Shaun Clark
UK, 8’15, 2024
There are as many different ways to think of Alex as there are people who will meet Alex. It’s the same for all of us when you think about it.
D.S. al Coda
Maxime Wattrelos, Jeremy Trochet, Louis Cocquet, François Mainguet, Emma Feret, Rachel Cuvilliez, Florian Lecocq
France, 8’18, 2024
Consumed by the fear of becoming deaf, Yann draws and memorizes the sounds around him.
Butterfly Kiss
Zohar Dvir
Israel, 10’30, 2024
A lot of people react badly to change, but going cross-species is fairly extreme; and doesn’t do much for domestic harmony either.
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.