Friday 22 June
8.15pm
ACMI Cinema 1

Abstract animation is a rich, challenging element of the overall creative animation picture. In some cases these films utilise the most elemental componants of cinema – light, colours, the simple intrigue of making a collection of still images ‘move’. Abstract animation can sometimes ask a lot of its audience but the rewards flow from experiencing works that go beyond what words and narrative can create.

A fascinating partial theme of this year’s selection seems to be the deconstruction or reconstruction of live action cinematic works – sometimes subtly, sometimes breaking established images down to the barely recognisable DNA of the original.