Late Night Bizarre (18+)

This session is classified: Unclassified (18+), restricted to people 18 years and over.

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 in a series of programs in which the only rule is diversity.

From the thick, colourful bubbling mud that fills the crater from which erupt some of animation’s most pungent and sulphurous lava comes a flow rich and thick… and heading your way. Some run for the hills, but a few intrepid seekers-of-the-untruth come on down to The Treasury to test the waters. Animals, tender body parts and sacred cows are all in the fire zone this year, but then again – when were they not. Late Night Bizarre… it wouldn’t really be MIAF without it!!!

Millennium Bug
John Paine
Australia, 1’31, 2025
Start loud, play fast and at least try to leave a good looking corpse… ummm… behind!

I Drank What…?
Matt Kadaroesman
Australia, 2’11, 2025
Admit it, we’ve all been there – but that’s no excuse and it doesn’t make cleaning up any easier.

Basketball Explorer Presents: The Shot Doctor
Keith Pakiz
USA, 4’45, 2025
Minor regional basketball player Pete Denny explains how to shoot the perfect jump shot while struggling with some pretty significant demons that are crampin’ his style.

Castle Rascals
Sean Zwan
Australia, 3’18, 2026
Build Your Village. Choose Your Rascal. F**k Your Conscience! Studio Showoff turns up and cranks the 8-bit mayhem to a full-on bloody 11.

Paul And His Friends
Rafael Esteban Trujillo
USA, 1’35, 2025
Paul brings home a date – but Paul hasn’t thought this all the way through!

Shave My Gooch
Clifford Anzini
Canada, 0’49, 2025
C’mon bro, how far would you go for your best friend?

Six Finger Satellite – Simian Fever
Christy Karacas, Luca Depardon
USA, 4’15, 2025
There’s some big time trouble down at the monkey house today.

Swol
Eva Grandoni
USA, 4’32, 2025
Two picnicking pals are enjoying a day in the park when a portly bee with a bit of an orifice fetish interrupts the festivities.

Cold Bathroom
Eleni Aerts
Belgium, 6’12, 2025
Living with a pet frog inside you isn’t easy but the issues really kick in when it starts demanding more space.

Parakeets
Alex Rey
Spain, 6’21, 2025
If you ever wondered where Hayao Miyazaki gets his ideas from or what his home-life is like…. we have the film for you!

Birds Of Paradise
Tomek Ducki
Poland, 8’00, 2025
In a delicate community built entirely on bird crap, a mysterious object sparks quite the revolution.

Action Bog
Winston Hacking
Canada, 1’22, 2025
A churning, stirring, blending carnival of internal organs and body parts waltzing and parading for your entertainment.

Stick With Me
Eva Bonnevits
Netherlands, 2’15, 2025
A glubinous viseratic opera exploring the sticky horrors of a type of relationship that dares not speak its name.

Holy Shit
Taxiarchis Deligiannis, Vasilis Tsiouvaras
Greece, 4’37, 2025
Something’s gotta blow! An overloaded system fights back in the only way it can.

Marla Harms LIVE!
Anna Macleod
USA, 4’52, 2025
Marla Harms takes part in a strange reality show hosted by an even stranger MC.

Chasing Lip Balms
Gabriele Favaretto
UK, 5’25, 2025
A grotesque figure unleashes a frantic monologue – rambling and spiralling through doubt and dubious philosophy.

Um
Nieto
France, 8’28, 2025
The bird people have fallen into violent ultra-chaos, prey to a disturbing phenomenon: their eggs seem to be haunted by demonic faces.

This session is classified: Unclassified (18+), restricted to people 18 years and over.