Tuesday 17 June, 6.30pm acmi cinema 2
Sunday 22 June, 12.00pm
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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Musicotherapie
A Isnard, M Javelle, C Picon
France 2007, 5’30
A happy lab where the animals feed themselves
into blenders, chop bits off and generally go about their loony
experiments. The only unhappy one seems to be the monkey in charge.
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A-Z
Sally Arthur
UK 2007, 3’15
A film as densely layered and with as
many twists & turns as the labyrinth streets of London. The
story of the woman who first created the A-Z directory map of London.
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Dog
Hermann Karlsson
Iceland 2006, 1’15
Man’s best friend deserves the right
send-off when it’s his time to go chase sticks in the sky.
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A Painful Glimpse
Into My Writing Process
Chel White
USA 2006, 1’30
Somebody once said that writing was easy – one simply had to
sit down and open up a vein. Or drive at crazy speed toward a cliff
in a last ditch attempt to force the brain to come up with a good
idea.
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A Vegetated Director
Priit Tender
Estonia 2007, 2’30
A superbly nutty film for everybody who ever thought their
boss was no smarter than a pot plant. This guy actually is! |
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Herr Bar
Clemens Kogler
Austria 2007, 3’15
A kind of digital Pythonesque landscape made up – and
populated – entirely by hundreds upon hundreds of hands. |
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Throwaway
Sandra Ensby
UK 2007, 4’00
A couple have a rubbish argument . |
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Bald Dad
Kristian Andrews
UK 2007,4’30
Love is blind, so the saying goes. And perhaps no love is blinder
than a small boy who simply looks up to his Dad. |
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Demain
Christophe Alenda
France 2007, 4’00
A fantasising executioner dreams of taking his skill with the
guillotine to an adoring mainstream – and interactive –
audience. |
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Puzzled
Maarten Vranken
Belgium 2006, 4’00
Pure fun! A glorious swirling maelstrom of puzzle pieces.
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L’homme A
La Tete De Poule
S Jorget, A Morales,
R Morales Axel
France 2007, 5’30
It’s gotta be hard to play the sax with a chicken’s head.
And what will the audience make of it?
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The Tiny Fish
Gregory Malishev
Russia 2007, 9’30
One of the most beautifully crafted films in the festival.
A little girl and her cat brave the winter to go ice fishing and as
a reward get to save the life of a very special fish. |
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Sailor Dogs
Joana Toste
Portugal 2006, 7’30
An odd tale featuring a couple of dogs and a sailor who they
have to prevent reaching the sea. |
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Lapsus
Juan Pablo Zaramella
Argentina 2006, 3’15
Never underestimate the power of the dark side, even if you’re
a nun – ESPECIALLY if you’re a nun! |
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Changing Evan
Steven Woloshen
Canada 2007, 1’15
A little film about the filmmaker’s daughter, Evan. Just
when he thinks everything is going well, Evan gets the chicken pox.
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Sleeping
Betty
Claude Cloutier
Canada 2007, 9’30
In a sumptuous palace on the first floor of a house in a Montreal
working-class neighbourhood, Princess Betty sleeps in a narcoleptic
stupor. A wonderful gagfest unfolds as everybody and his uncle try
to wake the princess. |
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