International Program #4

Fri 24 June
6.45pm
ACMI Cinema 2

Sun 26 June (repeat screening)
4.15pm
ACMI Cinema 1

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Mechanism / Mechaniek > Rene Adema
Holland, 2004 > 3'30
An absorbing blend of simplicity and mind-bending ingenuity - a kind of jazz engine!

Lloyd In The Corner > Nicholas Losse
UK, 2004 > 7'00
Somewhere in the limbo between elevenses and lunchtime where not much ever really happens….

Lightman > Shaun Clark
UK, 2005 > 7'00
Imagine animated stained glass. Imagine a guy obsessed with collecting lightbulbs. Imagine the creative possibilities of mixing the two.

Gopher Broke > Jeff Fowler
USA, 2004 > 4'25
A highly evolved little gopher applies some simple roadside technology to dislodge his lunch from passing trucks.

Birthday Boy > Sejong Park
Australia, 2004 > 9'15
In the Korean war, a young boy returns home to find a parcel on his doorstep which will change his life forever.
-- Australia's own Oscar nominee --

Frank > Taruto Fuyama
Japan, 2003 > 5'45
A pure no holds barred, comic inspired, psychedelic, surrealist visual overload - in black and white. If you only take one mind altering film in 2005, let it be THIS one.

Perfect > Sally Ann Arthur
UK, 2004 > 3'00
A cornucopia of a hopeless home handyman's fixer-ups and mishaps.

Mad Action: "Smile" > Jonas Odell
UK, 2004 > 4'00
An animation overload set to music.

Improving Communciations > Fred Crippen
USA, 2004 > 3’10
One of animation’s living tresures and creator of ‘Roger Ramjet’, Crippen hits us with a sweet little film that takes a comprehensive look at all the different uses of the “F” word.

Portrait Of D. / Retrato de D. > Maria Lorenzo
Spain, 2004 > 8'30
Portrait art and animation collide in a journey to find one (famous) man's identity.

Pssst > Anne-Marie Sirios
Canada, 2003 > 4'00
An abstract visual treat. Bold design, strong primary colours and a beautiful soundtrack combine.

Nibbles > Chris Hinton
USA, 2003 > 4'00
The documented tribulations of how much food needs to be gathered in the course of organising a good fishing trip.
-- From the winner of last year's Best-Of-The-Festival --

Minotauromaquia - Pablo en el Laberinto > Juan Pablo Etcheverry Ciancio
Spain, 2004 > 10'00
Art upon art - Picasso finds himself deep in the texture of one of his paintings running from various characters he has created.

Insomnia > Vladimir Lesciov
Latvia, 2004 > 7'00
Somewhere between sleep and reality is a cat and a cow.

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Admission is restricted to 18+
IMPORTANT: Film classification regulations do not allow us to admit any person under the age of 18 years EXCEPT to the Kids Animation and Ub Iwerks Short Films Collection.