Melbourne International Animation Festival 16-22 June 2008


Monday 16 June festival club: 5.30pm - 10.00pm
C2	7.00pm	Opening Night: Sneak Peek Premier Screening
TUESDAY 17 June festival club: 5.30pm - 10.00pm
C1 C2	5.15pm 6.15pm 8.00pm 6.30pm 8.15pm	Animation 101 #1: "The Hand" - A Portrait presented by Malcolm Turner Siggraph 2007 Highlights Asiawatch: The Beijing Film Academy International Program #1 International Program #2
Wednesday 18 June festival club: 5.30pm - 10.00pm
FC C1 C2	5.00pm 5.15pm 6.30pm 8.15pm	Music Video Set til 10pm (no ticket required) Animation 101 #2: Voice Wrangling presented by Pierce Davison International Program #3 International Program #10: Long Shorts
BEST OF THE NEXT: International Graduate Animation Festival presented by Crumpler 1 iddy biddy ticket gets you into all 4 programs
SP	5.00pm 6.00pm 7.00pm 8.00pm	Program #1: Spotlight on Character Program #2: Well Drawn Program #3: Strange Ideas & Bad Craziness Program #4: Puppet Animation
thursday 19 June festival club: 5.30pm - 10.00pm
C1 C2	4.00pm 5.15pm 6.15pm 7.15pm 8.45pm 5.00pm 6.30pm 8.15pm	Teen Program #1 Animation 101 #3: Meet the Puppets presented by Nick Hilligoss Australian Graduate Panorama Careers in Animation Forum presented by Holmesglen Institute of TAFE International Program #7: Abstract Panorama Country of Focus: Switzerland International Program #8: Puppet Panorama 1 Feature: Fear(s) of the Dark
FRIDAY 20 June festival club: 5.30pm - 11.00pm
FC C1 C2	7.30pm 4 .00pm 5.15pm 6.15pm 8.00pm 6.30pm 8.15pm	WIFT Forum (no ticket required) Teen Program #2 Animation 101 #4: Contentious Material presented by Russell Lowe Program contains offensive material WIFT Program Highlights from the Visual Music Marathon presented by Jean Detheux International Program #9: Puppet Panorama 2 International Program #6: Digital Panorama
saturday 21 June festival club: 12.30pm - 11.00pm
FC C1 C2	12.30pm 4.00pm 11.30am 1.30pm 7.00pm 8.45pm 2.30pm 4.15pm 6.00pm 7.45pm 9.30pm	Dog Star in the Club & colouring comp presented by Media World Australian Forum Kids Program Studio Focus: Animose, Russia Animated Documentaries San Francisco Bay Area Historical Australian Panorama International Program #4 International Program #5 Feature: Fear(s) of the Dark repeat Late Night Bizarre Program contains offensive material
sunday 22 June festival club: 4.00pm - 11.00pm
C1 C2	12.00pm 1.45pm 3.00pm 5.15pm 7.00pm 8.45pm 4.00pm 5.45pm 8.00pm 10.00pm	International Program #1 repeat International Program #2 repeat International Program #3 repeat International Program #4 repeat International Program #5 repeat International Program #6 repeat Icons of Puppet Animation Marcy Page: Producer Master Class Best of the Festival Best of the Festival repeat
FC = Festival Club SP= Screen Pit C1 = Cinema 1 C2 = Cinema 2
Important Admission is restricted to 18+ (except for Careers in Animation Forum, Kids Program, Teen Programs and Animation 101 - #3) Film classification regulations in Australia require all films to either be formally classified OR restricted to an audience of 18 years of age and over. Most festivals do not have the resources to do this and it is for this reason alone that we are not able to admit any person under the age of 18 years to the main MIAF screenings.

Friday 20 June, 6.30pm acmi cinema 2 18+ MIAF08's Technique Focus is Puppet Animation This most hands-on of techniques produces some of the most enthralling & fascinating animated films which dates back to the very beginnings of cinema. Breathing a kind of life into inanimate puppets is a very special form of magic and these two competition programs showcase the continuing vibrancy of this technique. It takes skill and a very specific ‘determination to animate’ to even begin making a puppet film. The first signs of a re-emergence of classic style Russian puppet animation, the staging of a wildly successful international puppet animation conference in Estonia, word of a new film produced by Ray Harryhausen and the release of record numbers of wonderful indie puppet films inspired us to focus on this most hands-on of techniques this year. Also see: International Program #8: Puppet Panorama 1 Icons Of Puppet Animation Studio Focus: Animose Studio, Russia Marcy Page: Producer Master Class San Francisco Bay Area Historical Best of the Next: Program #4: Puppet Animation Panorama Animation 101 #1: "The Hand" - A Portrait Animation 101 #2: Voice Wrangling Animation 101 #3: Meet the Puppets Australian Panorama ...as well as the bizarre 30 minute puppet masterpiece “Animal” in Program #10 - Long Shorts
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	Amylase Bjorn Verloh, Henning Thomas Germany 2007, 5’45 In a world made of paper a man struggles to keep his face.
	Glas Marie Schultz Denmark 2007, 8’00 A clown-like figure with something beating ominously in its chest is transfixed trying to perform a task he seems to have no hope of achieving.
	L’Animateur Nick Hilligoss Australia 2006, 3’45 On a desert planet, a medieval jester unfolds his portable stage and compels his puppets to perform an old story of transformation. Also see: Opening Night Sneak Peek Premier Screening, Australian Panorama, Animation 101 #3: Meet the Puppets
	Live Life Jonathan Pasternak Isreal 2006, 5’30 Great advice from Mr William Shatner – “live life like you gonna die, coz you’re gonna”. Featuring an all star (although less than alive) cast including Johnny Cash, Albert Einstein, that guy from the Stones and Joey Ramone all sitting in on a special church service in The Ossiary, a church made famous by Svankmaijer because of the 40,000 human bones that decorate it.
	Pssap: Hi Layla Atkinson UK 2008, 4’00 A cast of everyday objects spring to life for your entertainment pleasure.
	The Bridge Vincent Bierrewaerts Belgium 2007, 13’00 A poignant tale of young boy who builds a bridge to escape the isolated mountain top retreat he has shared with his over protective father.
	The Toad From The North Riho Unt Estonia 2007, 13.00 A remake of an old classic Estonian puppet film made in the 1960s from one of the world’s finest puppet animation studios, Nukufilm.
	Histoire A La Gomme Eric Blesin Belgium 2007, 14’45 A mad, colourful tale of some mad, colourful people living mad, colourful lives.
	Paradise Jesse Rosensweet Canada 2007, 8’00 Brilliantly animated film using colourful tin toys depicting the dying spark of a marriage in bright shiny detail.
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