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Meet The Filmmaker: Sander Joon
TICKETS Meet The Filmmaker: The Strange & Wonderful Worlds of Sander Joon Sander Joon is the quintessential new generation Estonian animator, taking the best of the richly unique animating culture and bringing a uniquely personal 21st century edge to his work. A graduate of the EKA Estonian Academy of Arts (MIAF’s ‘School of Focus’ this…
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Australian Student Showcase
TICKETSSOLD OUT The state of Australian student animation is as vibrant and varied as it has ever been. A wonderful energy and ‘anything-goes’ optimism permeates so many of the films produced by the most recent Australian animation graduates – all the more remarkable considering so many of them had their studies impacted by the covid…
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Australian Showcase – Official Opening
TICKETSSOLD OUT From a record number of submissions comes this year’s snapshot of the independent Australian animation scene in all of its wildly eclectic diversity. In an environment starved of funding and confronted by the indifference of mainstream media incredible, original films are being made by a thriving community of creatives and this is the…
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Meet The Filmmaker: Costas Lambrou
TICKETS Meet The Filmmaker: Costas Lambrou– Anatomy of the MIAF Opening Film “As Above, Do Not Know” “As Above, Do Not Know” has to be one of the most gloriously eccentric and mischievously unpredictable films we have ever opened an Australian Showcase with. The frame jumps around all over the place, a bizarre cast of characters…
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Meet The Filmmaker: Brick Maths
TICKETS Meet The Filmmaker: Brick Maths– Animators, Don’t Try This At Home When Dr Emily Cook, a passionate and driven senior lecturer in STEM Education looked for new ways to teach core mathematic concepts to math-phobic students she veered off the path most travelled and turned to animation. Together with a small team of accomplished…
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Meet The Filmmaker: Studio Showoff
TICKETS Meet The Filmmaker: Studio Showoff & The Making of “American Sikh” Studio Showoff is a dynamic Melbourne based animation house turning out boutique ad campaigns through to full TV series for children and adults alike. Recently they joined forces with an international team of creatives to make a special film about a singularly special…
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Meet The Filmmaker: Lachlan Plain
TICKETS Meet The Filmmaker: The Hand Built Alternative Realities of Lachlan Plain Lachlan Plain is a very hands-on animator. The films he makes are visceral examples of animation crafted out of real materials brought to life before our eyes. With narrative arcs eschewing anything remotely orthodox, the compelling, confounding worlds he creates channel the kind…
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One Of A Kind: Tribute To Antoinette Starkiewicz
TICKETSSOLD OUT Join us for a retrospective screening honouring the bold and unforgettable work of Polish-Australian animator Antoinette Starkiewicz. Known for her dazzling and vibrant animation, Antoinette’s creations were often as irreverent and raunchy as they were bewitchingly delicate. Often inspired by music and dance, Antoinette’s filmography explores themes of feminine sexuality and agency, critiques…
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Australian Animation In A Time Of A.I.
TICKETS Special MIAF Presentation Nobody – NOBODY – knows for sure how the rise of A.I. will impact on Australian animation. But like a cyclone on the weather map we know it’s coming. Some doors will be opened, some closed and some, likely, blown in. Commercial studios will look to it to help save costs…
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Best Of The Fest (18+)
This session is classified: Unclassified (18+), restricted to people 18 years and over. TICKETS It all comes down to this …The Best Of The Fest! The judges have deliberated, the audience votes have been added up and we’ve had a bit of a think about the best mix of the program winners to pull together…
