 |
| friday
25 june, 7.30pm
acmi cinema 2
sunday 27 june, 6.15pm -
repeat screening
acmi cinema 1 |
| Admission
age: 18+
(Films in competition) |
|
|
Programs of the best recently released films selected
from 2400+ entries received from all over the world. The MIAF
International Competition screenings are the backbone of the festival
line-up and your up-to-date snapshot of the incredibly diverse,
eclectic and vibrant independent animation scene.
In addition to 7 ‘open’ International
Competition screenings, there will also be programs in competition
that focus specifically on Australian talent, the digital community,
the purely abstract, long form, picks from SIGGRAPH 2009, the
incredible technique of direct to film or 'scratch' animation,
and of course, the cult program Late Night Bizarre.
|
 |
News!
Darcy Prendergast
Australia, 2009, 5'15
Burning cars, pet worms and cowbells – it's the news!
 |
 |
Fly Fly In Lisbon's Sky
Joana Toste
Portugal, 2009, 4'00
It's logical – is it not –
that it is easy to live in a logical world. Logically that has to
be the case, right? |
 |
Waves Of Time
Evgenia Gostrer
Germany, 2009, 2'30
Commemoration. Reality. Imagination.
Are there boundaries between these tides in our mind? An exploration
in red clay. |
 |
Backstage
Pierce Davison
Australia, 2010, 3'30
Cynthia's plan to audition the new play she has written comes apart
when her teacher forces her to read with Jeremy. |
 |
Forest
Allison Schulnik
USA, 2009, 4'30
An aimless long-haired hobo traipses through
a veritable forest of alternative realities. |
 |
The Astronomer's Dream
Malcolm Sutherland
Canada, 2009, 11'30
When a hungry astronomer falls asleep while
working on a problem, he discovers a solution in the surreal food-chain
of his subconscious mind. |
 |
Missed Aches
Joanna Priestley
USA, 2009, 4’00
"Have you ever worked very horde on a paper for English clash,
just to get a very glow raid? Proofreading your peppers is a matter
of the utmost impotence." A short, hilarious lesson on the shortcomings
of spellchecker. |
 |
Crocodile
Kaspar Jancis
Estonia, 2008, 16’45
A twisted love story…with a crocodile…told by an Estonian
(who probably doesn't have a crocodile). |
 |
Vive La Rose
Bruce Alcock
Canada, 2009, 6'30
The tragic love story of a fisherman and his beloved, inspired by
a traditional Newfoundland song performed by Émile Benoit and
animated with the materials of that rugged part of the world. |
 |
Chicory 'n' Coffee
Dusan Kastelic
Slovenia, 2008, 8'15
A wife has been making chicory for her
ruffian husband instead of coffee. It's one small deception but it
has lasted a lifetime. |
 |
Berbaoc
Taller de Animacion de Arteleku
Spain, 2008, 5'00
A bedazzling parade of visual imagery created
by a collective of European animators celebrating the music of Xabier
Erkizia. |
 |
The Trenches
Claude Cloutier
Canada, 2010, 6’00
An intense anti-war statement created through archival images that
are masterfully contemporised by filmmaker Claude Cloutier’s
India ink and brush artistry. |
|
