Best of the Festival (2002)

A selection of the best international student animation in all forms of traditional media.

Featured in AIAF2002
Program Type: Films
Content Rating: Restricted (R 18+)
Novelty
Leigh Hodgkinson

A mind-boggling, gorgeous film about a girl and her special relationship with her seriously kooky slippers.



United Kingdom
Runtime: 6:50
Year: 2001
Yellow
Ivan Rusev

A workman loses his footing....then... Whoops! Down comes the neighbourhood.



Bulgaria
Runtime: 3:20
Year: 2001
Shh
Adam Robb

Brace yourself for this crazy look into a young child's raging imagination.



Australia
Runtime: 6:00
Year: 2001
Rocks
Chris Stenner, Arvid Uibel, Heidi Wittlinger

The cycle of nature is played out in dazzling style in front of two curious piles of rocks up in the mountains.



Germany
Runtime: 8:00
Year: 2001
Perfectly All Right
Mandy Ord

A philosophical exchange between dogwoman and a hobo who says he is all right but is he telling the truth?



Australia
Runtime: 1:00
Year: 2001
Down- Poem In Motion
Crystal Kwan

A melancholy and poetic look at the nocturnal cityscape.



United States
Runtime: 1:50
Year: 2001
Johnny's Ode To Joy
Cindy Raemen

How to lose your cool in a cafe. A joyous ode to senseless violence.



Belgium
Runtime: 4:00
Year: 2001
Hella Bezerka
Olie Georgiou

A funky hip-hop trip through Melbourne's graffiti streets as seen from a skateboarder's point-of-view.



Australia
Runtime: 1:10
Year: 2001
The One Who Looked
Kristie Woo

A technique unlike anything you've seen before. A film about watching and being watched.



United States
Runtime: 8:00
Year: 2001
Ad Hoc 0-1072
Caroline Wegener

A journey across a flowing, churning, constantly changing landscape. Pure animation!



United Kingdom
Runtime: 1:45
Year: 2000
The Love Song Of J.Alfred Prufrock
Everett Wilson

Multilayered meditation on the great T.S. Elliot poem.



Canada
Runtime: 5:30
Year: 2001
Reveils
Julien Duchet, Patricia Magniez, Sebastien Wibaut

A father wakes to buy his son's birthday presents but is he still dreaming?



France
Runtime: 7:30
Year: 2001
Till Trouble
Tom Harris

The exasperation of a shopworker swimming in till receipts.



United Kingdom
Runtime: 1:55
Year: 2001
Fields Of Thunder
Peter Ryan

Two dummies dance a romantic waltz in a deserted field until terror comes upon them.



Australia
Runtime: 2:20
Year: 2001
Vera
Gilles Ribstein

Mystery, intrigue and romance grip a frightened city haunted by the shadow of a serial-killer.



France
Runtime: 6:00
Year: 2001
Tongues And Taxis
Mike Overbeck

Can the cat in the giant dog taxi save the city from the insane nuclear waste tongue?



United States
Runtime: 6:00
Year: 2000
Sub
Jesse Schmal

A submarine crew trapped inside a fountain attempt an attack on a soccer team of nuns and a gourmet dog.



United States
Runtime: 8:30
Year: 2000