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.

Thursday 19 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 #9: Puppet Panorama 2 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 ...as well as the bizarre 30 minute puppet masterpiece “Animal” in Program #10 - Long Shorts
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	Small Birds Singing Linda McCarthy UK 2007, 7’00 A bizarre, über imaginative little garden filled with arguing apples, tiny elephants bred to vacuum under furniture and a masked, crime fighting butler called to action by a buzzer in his tie.
	The Pit And The Pendulum Marc Lougee Canada 2006, 7’00 Produced with the help of puppet animation legend, Ray Harryhausen, this film depicts Poe’s classic tale of one man’s attempt to survive the torments of the Inquisition.
	Park Bench People Denisa Grimmova Czech Republic 2007, 9’00 If only the park bench could talk it’d have some stories to tell. A film reflecting on the comings and goings of people who meet in the park.
	Sequence 01 - Plan 02 Remi Durin Belgium 2007, 7’00 The underground metro becomes an unlikely point for the time to suddenly come to a screeching halt.
	Pecatum Parvum Asya Lukin UK 2007, 8’00 An immensely absorbing, richly textured film set in St Petersburg and inspired by Russian poet Daniil Kharms.
	Ooioo: “Umo” Shoji Goto Japan 2006, 3’30 A damn funky little music video jam packed with raw energy. Also screening in: Teen Program 2
	Africa Parting Robyn Yannoukos South Africa 2006, 8’15 A gorgeously animated, contemplative film capturing the very soul of a proud Africa.
	The Life Of Beasts Ulrich Totier France 2007, 4’30 Down a long set of stairs, into the bright lights of a mechanised mayhem some very unusual creatures stir and toil.
	Sainte-Barbe Claude Barras, Cedric Louis Switzerland 2007, 7’30 Bald little Leon loves his grandfather's bushy black beard which is endowed with magic powers. But Leon's grandmother wants to cut off the unkempt beard and leave just a tidy moustache. Leon and grandpa both agree: as long as grandpa lives, the beard will stay.
	Madame Tutli-Putli C Lavis, M Szczerbowski Canada 2007, 17’25 Academy Award Nominee 2008 Madame Tutli-Putli boards the night train. As day descends into dark, she finds herself alone, caught up in a desperate metaphysical adventure. Adrift between real and imagined worlds, Madame Tulti-Pulti is drawn into an undertow of mystery and suspense. Festival Highlight Producer of Madam Tutli-Putli, multi Academy Award winner and nominee Marcy Page is MIAF’s very special guest. Marcy will be screening a collection of her most acclaimed films and available for an extended Q&A afterwards on Sunday 22 at 5.45pm, will also be taking part in the WIFT Forum, introducing her earlier film Paradisia in the San Francisco Bay Area Historical Program and of course joining us at the Opening Night Sneak Peek Premier Screening!
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