International Program #7
COMPUTER ANIMATION PANORAMA

Thur 23 June
8.30pm
ACMI Cinema 2

Sat 25 June (repeat screening)
4 .30pm
ACMI Cinema 1

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As the computer becomes as ubiquitous as the pencil or the paintbrush in the animator’s toolkit, the need for a Computer Animation Panorama paradoxically increases and decreases. While there are films aplenty throughout this festival that have been helped or even fully formed at the end of a talented mouse, it’s a fact that most creative animation still has its genisis on somebody’s big, flat tabletop. With the first wave of ‘novelty’ CGI thankfully more than a decade behind us, a true & unique ‘computer-animation-aesthetic’ is one vehicle that some animators are using to tell their stories and get their art before our gaze on the big screen.

Overtime > O. Atlan, T. Berland, D. Ferrie
France, 2004 > 5'00
A sinister herd of grey Kermit-like frogs slowly emerge as the force unto themselves.

In The Rough > Paul Taylor
USA, 2004 > 4'50
As long as there have been caves to live in, there have been blokes getting kicked out of them. Domestic bliss in a time before automatic dishwashers.

Watermelon Love > Joji Kouama
UK, 2004 > 3'05
One lonely girl and her watermelon.

Ofanim > Oblong
UK, 2004 > 2'35
A simple idea taken to extraordinary lengths.

Impasse > J. Buquet, F.X. Colin, D. Hoizey, F. Yorgandjian
France, 2004 > 5'40
Incredible detail and a kind of mind-warping alteration of space are just the stepping off point when you enter this strange inner world.

Exhausted: The War > Dan Hartney, Ben Tiefholz, Brad May
Australia, 2004 > 6'00
A battalion of happy faces arm up and head for the battlefield.

Dream Within A Dream > Felicity Rogers
New Zealand, 2004 > 8'55
Re-animated hands and kitsch live action combine to produce a unique lakescape of wonder.

Vita Ex Musica > A. Dekerle, L. Lagrange, A. Lusbaronian
France, 2004 > 9'05
This creepy, deconstructed concertmaster takes control of a musical space unlike any other you have seen.

Loop > J. Rancoeur, V. Baertsoen, E. Boyard, C. Blanchard
France, 2004 > 8'10
Our hero, the snail, makes its way through an ever changing, constantly redesigning electronic landscape.

Falling / Fallen > Peter Kaboth
Germany, 2004 > 5'50
When run through the harddrive, falling is more an optional state of mind than a necessary physical condition.

9 > Shane Acker
USA, 2004 > 10'45
It's tough at the bottom. Two little guys just trying to get the electrics up and running.

Rockfish > Tim Miller
USA, 2003 > 8'00
Stunning detail, awesome rendering, a totally credible alternative world. A hunter goes after the hideous creature that swims beneath the earth's crust.

True Colour > B Bey, P Ducos
France, 2004 > 3'15
An explosion of colour crashes through the grey.

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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.