monday 16 June, 7.00pm acmi cinema 2
18+ / Tickets: $25 Full, $20 Conc

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Come and help us launch the festival!

We're doing things a little differently this year... there’ll be highlights from the competitive & special programs, a taste of local talent and even a film that wasn’t supposed to get into the festival at all.


Plus… meet the festival’s Special Guests Marcy Page & Jean Detheux who will introduce their latest films. Marcy is a multi Academy Award winning producer working in house at the National Film Board of Canada, her film Madam Tutli Putli which is a highlight in the Puppet Panorama, was nominated for an Oscar this year.

Hear the trials and tribulations from last year’s Best Australian Film winners D.I.Y. Art Films as they introduce the premiere of their latest
creation Supermarket Musical Massacre: The Feel Good Homicide Of The Century! finished just days before MIAF!

And we round out the whole shebang with an extra special screening of the very latest Disney short starring Goofy – yep, hot off the press, Goofy is back up on the big screen where he always did his best work and you’ll love him in How To Hook Up Your Home Cinema.

	Procrastination Johnny Kelly UK 2007, 4’45 An over caffeinated avalanche of imagery dedicated to chronic non-starters of the world. Also screening in: International Program #4 Teen Program 1
	Running In Darkness Alan Jennings USA 2007, 2’15 A poignant, beautifully painted film tracing the experiences of those who are trying to care for loved ones with various forms of dementia. Also screening in: International Program #4 Animated Documentaries
	The Tiny Fish Gregory Malishev RUSSIA 2007, 9’30 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. Also screening in: International Program #1 Kids Program
	Animatou R Andreani, C Barras, D Delachaux-Lambert, G Schwizgebel, C Luyet SWITZERLAND 2007, 6’00 A whole bunch of really cool ways to animate a cat and mouse chase. Also screening in: Country of Focus: Switzerland Kids Program
	Golden Age: Lancaster Loon Aaron Augenblick USA 2007, 3'00 Seeing a man completely strung out on addictive cereal is a horrible sight. Also screening in: Late Night Bizarre
	Crumpler trailer Nicholas Kallincus AUSTRALIA 2008, 1'05 Even though this was created as an ad for Crumpler, it's a gorgeous stand aloone film. Nick's film 'The Luminary' screened in the Australian Panorama last year. Also screening in: Best of The Next Australian Graduate Panorama
	The Lemon Tree Anh Vu, Will Campbell (SCAD) USA 2007, 3’15 A single lemon tree and a strange man dressed all in black Also screening in: Best of The Next Program #2: Spotlight on Character
	Shelly Johnny Kelly (RCA) UK 2007, 3’30 A lobster's journey to make beautiful music. Also screening in: Best of The Next Program #2: Well Drawn
	L’Animateur Nick Hilligoss AUSTRALIA 2006, 3’45 On a desert planet, a medieval jester unfolds his portable stage and compels his puppets to perform an old story of transformation. Also screening in: Australian Panorama Int'l Program #9: Puppet Panorama 2 Animation 101#3: Meet the Puppets
	Supermarket Musical Massacre: The Feel Good Homicide Of The Century! Stephanie Brotchie, Chris Pahlow, Maia Tarrell AUSTRALIA 2008 > 8’00 Winners of Best Australian Film in MIAF07 for 'Fraught'. Carnage and mayhem amidst the weekly shopping. A happy tale of crazed slaughter for all the family. Also screening in: Australian Panorama
	Global Warming Sheldon Lieberman, Igor Coric AUSTRALIA, 2007, 2'00 An hilarious musical homage to denialism. Also screening in: Late Night Bizarre Australian Panorama Teen Program 1
	Mugenkei images: Jean Detheux Canada 2007, 5’24 music: Wilfried Jentzsch Germany Wilfried Jentzsch's music is like an oncoming natural disaster. It grows and grows until it hits! And yet, after the impact, there's an amazing calm... the abstract images attempt to do justice to the music, without ever falling into the literal. Jean Detheux is MIAF's special guest. He will present: Highlights from the Visual Music Marathon, and his film 'Shade Lost' screens in International Program #7: Abstract Panorama.
	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. She will also be taking part in the WIFT Forum and her earlier film Paradisia is a part of the San Francisco Bay Area Historical Program. Madame Tutli-Putli also screens in International Program #8: Puppet Panorama 1
	Ark M Kobylecki, G Jonkajtys Poland 2007, 8’15 Winner of Best Film Siggraph 2007 An unknown virus has destroyed almost the whole human population. In great ships, the survivors begin their exodus lead by one man... Also screening in: Siggraph Highlights 2007
	Hezurbeltzak, A Common Grave I Onederra Spain 2007, 4’30 Try to imagine the result if Ralph Steadman went beastially surreal and decided to drag a certain famous mouse into this gnarled cauldron of visuality? That would be a start... Also screening in: International Program #4
	how to hook up your home video Stevie Wermers & Kevin Deters USA 2007, 6'00d The very hilarious new Goofy short from Walt Disney Animation Studios. Disney launches a new shorts program with a timely Goofy misadventure, reinvigorating the Disney legacy by wonderfully capturing the spirit of the ‘How To’ Goofy shorts of the 40s and 50s. Hand drawn and with a contemporary spin, we see Goofy experiencing the woes of modern technology as he struggles to instal and operate his newly purchased home cinema system so he can slump into his armchair and endulge in watching his footy team live on the big screen... but all does not quite go to plan...

and don't forget...

To kick start MIAF08, join us for pre screening celebrations in the Club 6-7pm, and again after the last film concludes. Visit the Festival Club

The official MIAF08 catalogue (only $7.00) will also be on sale outside cinemas and in the Club ...it's chocoblock full of animation goodness, including guest essays, articles, interviews and extended program info. limited copies available