Saturday 21 June, 6.00pm acmi cinema 2
Sunday 22 June, 7.00pm
acmi cinema 1 (repeat)
18+
The backbone of the annual AIAF mission! We
received more than 2000 entries from every corner of the world and
this collection of the best of them is your up to date snapshot
of the international animation scene. |
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Beton
Michael Faust, Ariel Belinco
Israel 2006, 6’50
Although wrapping us in its painterly
beauty, Beton brings home the complex horrors of war and the simple
desire for peace in all its forms.
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Cancre
R Berthou, S Burie, L Covet
France 2007, 5’00
A small boy rides a wave of dark blue
ink all the way into a strange parallel universe where he gets to
paint the wall with a family of box heads. |
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Better To Have Loved
Karen Macey
UK 2007, 3’00
….than never to have photographed
at all. If every picture is worth a thousand words, these walls
have a lot to say. |
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Black Grapes Of
The Chest
Yui Hamagashira
UK 2007, 1’45
An intensely detailed drawn cascade of fascinating, intertwining
elements combine to create of wall of vision that will kickstart the
most dormant of imaginations. |
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Mister Sandman
Q Vien, A Akhdar, M Faugaret
France 2007, 4’45
Reaching deep into the dreams of the town’s children,
evil Mister Sandman finally meets his match when he too must close
his eyes. |
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Pole Hole
Alexy Alekseev
Hungary 2007, 2’00
It’s time for a new life when a
group of owls happen to land in the Arctic one stormy day. |
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Waywardly Hall
Lucy Begent
UK 2007, 4’30
Meet the odd inhabitants of Waywardly Hall – a kind of
mix of Toad Hall and Yes Minister. |
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Sundance “Forgetfulness”
Julian Grey
Canada 2006, 1’45
Scratching, fading and bleaching of film
create the impression of thoughts slipping away. Set to a poem by
US Poet Laureate Billy Collins.
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Homeland
Jonay Oritz de Urbina
UK 2007, 4’45
'Homeland' tells the adventures of two characters in a sketchbook
who look for a place to settle in a world where every character carries
its own house. |
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Fetch
Dana Dorian
UK 2007, 1’15
Colin takes his dog Cumberland to the
park for a game of fetch. Unfortunately Cumberland has other ideas.
What happens when man's best friend refuses to cooperate? Chainsaws
and beatings. |
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Welcome To The
Zoo
Karen Cheung
UK 2007, 3’45
A useful handbook for new residents including good advice on avoiding
the animals that can eat you, keeping sex play to minimum in public
and an insight into which are the most valuable creatures in the grand
scheme of things. |
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My First Crush
Julia Pott
UK 2006, 3’30
Using interviews with people based on
their first encounters with love, this film looks at the humour
and heartache that goes hand in hand with these early experiences.
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Side Dish
Leigh Hodgkinson
UK 2006, 3’00
A spinning, dancing, revolving chorus
line of life’s finest little dishes.
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D’un Peu
Plus Loin
François-Marc Baillet
France 2006, 2’30
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A Mouse’s
Tale
Benjamin Renner
France 2007, 4’15
A desperate mouse cuts a treacherous deal with a lion –
but treachery is a two way street. |
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The Bear’s
Hand
Marina Rosset
Switzerland 2007, 4’30
A thought provoking film about the Isreali-Palestinian conflict
inspired and visually fuelled by Picasso's masterpiece of war, ‘Guernica’
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God On Our Side
U Kranot, M Pfeffer
Holland 2006, 7’00
A thought provoking film about the Isreali-Palestinian conflict
inspired and visually fuelled by Picasso's masterpiece of war, ‘Guernica’
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Everything Flows
Edyta Turczanik
Poland 2007, 7’45
People, trees, light, sound, time… everything flows…
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