International Program #8
Digital Abstracte: The Digital Space

Sat 25 June
8.30pm
ACMI Cinema 1

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Digital animation means different things to different people. As well as describing the tools an animator can adopt, it can also describe a particular look, rhythm or feel of a particular piece of moving image artwork. The depiction of human characters continues to challenge digital animators but, in many ways, the most significant triumphs of this artform are the bold, imaginative ways that new rules are being written to depict space, environments and the relationships objects have with each other. This program is one glimpse into the digital space.

Obras > Hendrick Dusollier
France, 2004 > 12’00
We reprise the sleeper hit of MIAF 04. This magnificent feat of filmmaking creates a virtual tour of the ruins of Barcelona.

Empire > Edouard Salier
France, 2005 > 4’10
The perfect juxtaposition – an invisible array of modern weaponry is imposed onto real footage of a more gentle time.

Ninja Tune: Highlights
This legendary UK music video label was created in 1990 by Coldcut. Eschewing the normal desire to have their work screened on TV, they instead concentrate on works which turn up in the clubs, raves and concerts that matter. One day we might do an entire program of their best work; for now though, here are a couple of highlights –
Jaga Jazzist: Animal Chin (by AKFF!)
Bonobo: Flutter (by Ben White & Chris Rule)

The Journey > Friedrich Kirschner
Germany, 2004 > 7’40
A charming, although somehow fraught, journey through a gently undulating digital series of rolling hills.

Grau > Robert Siedel
Germany, 2004 > 10’01
Pure digital abstraction at its very finest and most imaginative.

Will The Summer Make Good For All Of Our Sins > Marc Craste
UK, 2004 > 4’00
A truly creepy, nightmarish world almost threatens to seep off the screen and slowly spread its tentacles into the theatre.

Kontrol-Eskape > mAt&spoN
France, 2005 > 12’00
Digital animation legend ‘mAt&spoN’ thrusts his latest masterpiece onto the screen. A demented hand rampages through a machine cityscape.

Chrysalide (Pt 1) > Yann Bertrand, Damien Serban
France, 2004 > 6’00
An astounding tour de force of character animation. The filmmakers have generously allowed this fully animated extract of a larger experimental film to screen.

Don’t Touch Me When I Start To Feel Safe > Brigitta Bodenauer
Austria, 2004 > 5’00
An utterly transfixing digital manipulation of photo-realistic figures.

Loop > J. Rancoeur, V. Baertsoen, E. Boyard, C. Blanchard
France, 2004 > 8’00
An astoundingly rich 3 dimensional world traversed simultaneously by a speeding camera and a crawling snail.

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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.