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We Made A Film At Aardman
Sunday Spotlight Aardman Animation needs no introduction. Whether your first encounter with their iconic stop motion work was Wallace and Gromit, Chicken Run, or Shaun the Sheep, if you’re here at MIAF we’re sure that at least one of their amazing films have found a place in your heart. Their films have entertained millions, their…
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Meet The Filmmaker #5: Women In Animation – Connect Event
FREE SESSION MIAF is excited to be a platform for the first Women in Animation (WIA) Connect Event in Melbourne. We are bringing together an incredible panel of industry pros to dive into the evolving role of women-identifying and non-binary creators in animation. We’ll chat about representation, career wins, ongoing challenges, and the importance of…
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Meet The Filmmaker #4: A Love Letter to LoopdeLoop
Presented with support by SOLD OUT If you’ve been following MIAF for any length of time, you should know we have a soft spot for LoopdeLoop. The monthly animation challenge has been around for well over ten years. In the last 2-3 years it has seen a big revival, especially in its hometown of Melbourne.…
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Meet The Filmmaker #3: Heathens? Coming Soon!
Presented with support by SOLD OUT While a handful of big studio names can dominate whatever space Australian animation is allowed in the headlines, the beating heart and roaring lungs of our home-grown animating community are the small and medium indie outfits. Often they rely on catching the right wave and being strong and resilient…
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Meet The Filmmaker #2: Traceless Traces – In A Box
Presented with support by Melbourne based abstract animator, Dirk de Bryun, is one of the master artists in his field. His is a decades long career based around the aesthetics and production methods of cameraless animation pioneered by the likes of Len Lye and Norman McLaren. His films have shown in festivals and galleries all…
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Meet The Filmmaker #1: NeW NeW – Emerging Japanese Animators
Presented with support by Doi Nobuaki is the producer of Japanese production/distribution company New Deer as well as Japan’s leading international animation festival, the Hiroshima Animation Season (HAS). He has been a good friend to MIAF and to Australian animation, reaching out to us for assistance in identifying up and coming animators here to feature…
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![Meet The Filmmaker: Sander Joon [2024]](https://miaf.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/01.-Velodrool-Sander-Joon-720.jpg)
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Meet The Filmmaker: Sander Joon [2024]
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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![Meet The Filmmaker: Lachlan Plain [2024]](https://miaf.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/01.-Correa-Lachlan-Plain-720.jpg)
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Meet The Filmmaker: Lachlan Plain [2024]
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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EKA Showcase [2024]
TICKETS Estonia’s EKA Academy of Arts is home to one of the finest, most open and diverse animation courses in Europe, if not the world. It draws students from around the European union who seek to create unique animated films that stand as individual, creative statements, not as calling cards for a life in the…
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![Australian Animation In A Time Of A.I. [2024]](https://miaf.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/01.-Cabinet-Of-Algodreams-720.jpg)
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Australian Animation In A Time Of A.I. [2024]
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…
