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Melbourne International Animation Festival 2007
 
> My Love, Alexander
Petrov > The Appeal, Ryszard Czekala > Roger Ramjet,
Fred Crippen
Welcome to the 6th Melbourne International Animation Festival.
It’s been another remarkable year of journeying far and wide to
find the gems that will screen in this years line up.
Word began trickling out that Alexander Petrov had released a new film
– his first major work since “The Old Man In The Sea”
five years ago. We finally got to see it at a festival in Portugal and
invited it on the spot. That night, in a little café by the sea,
it became obvious that between us we had seen a lot of fantastic ‘hand
painted under camera’ films. We drew up a list and knew that this
would be a special theme of the festival. And so it has proved to be -
two programs of some of the most beautiful, flowing animation you will
ever see.
Likewise, to see the best of Polish animation required a trip to Paris
where, two years ago, the Pompidou had screened one of the largest collections
of Polish master animators ever brought together. Boiling down that vast
collection to the two programs we present at MIAF tested our meagre grasp
of French to the limit.
But some of these gems found us. I picked up the phone one day 18 months
ago to find myself talking to the creator of one of my all time favourite
animated characters. Fred Crippen, creator of Roger Ramjet, was on the
phone asking me if I’d seen his retrospective that was presented
at the Ottawa festival earlier that year. Hell yes, I’d gotten there
early to make sure I had a good seat. Visiting Fred in his tiny studio
- a near anonymous building surrounded by a school somewhere in LA - to
finalise arrangements for his retrospective was probably the highlight
of my year. A true privilege of the job and more than ample compensation
for the screaming row I had with an idiot airport security screener that
I encountered on the same trip.
Similarly, through no effort of my own, I just happened to find myself
sharing a conference platform in Taiwan with John Finnegan, the Chair
of Siggraph 2006. His passion for this type of work is obvious the second
you meet him and getting him to help bring two “best of” programs
to MIAF was really just a matter of asking.
So here we are again, animation fans. Another couple of thousand entries,
another 350 films on the big screen, another chance to take the temperature
of the creative animation scene… another chance to share in the
most imaginative artform there is.
Malcolm Turner
Executive Director
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MIAF07 News
18 July 2007 - exhibition
INCINEMOTION
SATURDAY 21 JULY
OPENING > 2 - 5pm
SCREENING > 3pm
SATURDAY 28 JULY
WORKSHOP > 2pm - 4pm
SCREENING > 4.30pm
Not to be missed!! A glimpse into
the fascinating world of stop-motion animation in an exhibition
featuring characters, sets and models by some of Australia's leading
artists...
read more...
view flyer (pdf 142kb)
27 JUNe 2007 - satellite event
LOony tunes relaunch
@ NORTH BIZARRE 8-11pm
FREE entry 222 High Street Northcote
Tel 03 9481 1222
Loony Tunes is your premier night for cult/odd/rare/weird
animation with leftfield music selections. Think Jan Svankmajer
& Don Hertzfeldt with Negativland & Atom Heart...
http://www.myspace.com/loonytunesmelb
Venue > http://www.horsebazaar.com.au
25 JUNe 2007
MIAF07 best of the fest announced!
Yet another extraordinary year of animated
gems have screened to enthusiastic Melbourne audiences - our esteemed
juries and patrons have cast their votes, and MIAF proudly announces
the following results....
The GRAND JURY PRIZE for the BEST
FILM of the Melbourne International Animation Festival 2007 was
awarded to 'My Love' by Alexander Petrov
(Russia), and the BEST AUSTRALIAN FILM was awarded to
'Fraught' by Stephanie Brotchie, Chris Pahlow and Maia Tarrell...
read full results
Partner News
12 june 2007 >
qantm campuses open in Melbourne, Sydney & Singapore
Qantm College, Australia’s leading private education
provider for the creative digital media industries has continued
to expand with the opening of its Melbourne campus this year. The
campus at 11 Jeffcott St is currently accepting enrolments into
a range of digital media qualifications at certificate, diploma
and degree level. New classes are scheduled to begin on the 10th
of September 2007...
read more
read more partner
news
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ACMI Exhibition HIghlight
Pixar: 20 Years of Animation
Opens Thursday 28 June 2007
Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Federation Square, Flinders Street, Melbourne
Pixar:
20 Years of Animation is the international exhibition that takes
you behind the scenes of the studio that created Finding Nemo, Monsters,
Inc., Toy Story, Cars and The Incredibles. Over 500 sketches, paintings,
sculptures and storyboards reveal how Pixar's much-loved characters
and worlds are brought to life. In addition to these one-of-a-kind
works by artists and sculptors, the exhibition includes spectacular
immersive environments and interactive experiences developed by
Pixar to extend the magic of their films. The world's largest exhibition
dedicated to the art of animation comes from the Museum of Modern
Art in New York, and makes its only Australian appearance at ACMI.
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