International Program #3
Your big picture view of the international animation scene through an eclectic collection of recently released short animated works.
Featured in AIAF2006
Program Type: Films| Bus Ride And Flowers In Her Hair Asaf Agranat A mournful, jazz rabbit carefully lays his trusty old trumpet to rest - provoking an unpredictable but rousing repsonse. Country: United Kingdom Runtime: 8:52 Year: 2005 |
| Invasion Matt Abbiss Deceptively simple, elegant hand drawn animation following the ebbs and flows of a everyday conversation. Country: United Kingdom Runtime: 3:00 Year: 2005 |
| To Bee Or Not To Be Isabel Aboim An easy inclusion in the program. A film that draws from a rich gallery of stencil & street art imagery with a great sound track thrown in for good measure. Country: Portugal Runtime: 9:00 Year: 2005 |
| Mela Reena Kalsi A statue of a soldier runs amok amidst a cityscape of questions and plots. Country: United Kingdom Runtime: 3:00 Year: 2005 |
| Suspended Time Laurence Bergeot-Vereb A stylistic tour de force; hand drawn Russian animation at it finest. A simple talk of life in a snowy village. Country: Hungary Runtime: 4:45 Year: 2004 |
| The Upset Sky Lauren Indovina, Lindsey Mayer-Beug A short, elegantly animated work seamlessly entwined with an especially created - equally elegant - classical music work. Country: Canada Runtime: 3:00 Year: 2005 |
| Rain Michael Sewnarain An intense, visually arresting tracking shot of a desparate rush down a street - with a twist and a push at the end. Country: Netherlands Runtime: 2:25 Year: 2005 |
| In My Day Dave Jones Animated comic strip meets B Grade city crusher movie' style. A very bad robot hits the streets. Our only hope is ...."The Fat Weevil". Country: Australia Runtime: 5:00 Year: 2005 |
| Sinstra Dextra Marion Arbona A delicious, juicy look into humankinds carnivorous ways. Country: France Runtime: 7:00 Year: 2005 |
| Crazy-Eyes Dolphin Vs The Mad Cows Ian Stewart Beware, the inbound nuclear PP01 is bound to some problems when it unleashes a pack of giant mutant digital dogs. Country: United States Runtime: 4:45 Year: 2004 |
| Football Toys Pericles Michielin Can you imagine a world without hand drawn animation? It's not happening but this animator definitely feels on the endangered list. Country: United States Runtime: 2:00 Year: 2005 |
| Vaudeville Chansoo Kim A visual tsunami of rich, x.treme, x.citing visual imagery - straight from the electric socket to the big screen. Country: South Africa Runtime: 5:10 Year: 2005 |
| Fish Heads Fugue And Other Tales For Twilight Lauren Indovina, Lindsey Mayer-Beug A fascinating film showing that all an animator really needs is a single line and a really good idea. Country: United States Runtime: 6:00 Year: 2005 |
| Living In The Dark Thomas Leung Thousands of little 'Post-It' Notes were harmed in the making of this film - and the little guy trying to escape took a few hits as well. Country: Australia Runtime: 5:00 Year: 2005 |