International Program #3 (2010)
The engine room; the whole kit-and-caboodle! Three programs featuring the very best and the very latest short, animated films from all around the world. Every style, every genre, every technique. Your comprehensive, up-to-date overview of the international indie animation scene.
Lebensader Angela Steffen A beautifully drawn film with fluid hints of Pacific Northwest Native American visual culture. A little girl finds the whole world inside a leaf. Germany
Runtime: 5:40Year: 2009 |
The Art Of Drowning Diego Maclean A deceptively simple dissertation on what awaits us at the end of the line. Canada
Runtime: 2:07Year: 2009 |
Cornelis Ayaka Nakata Eyes closed, Cornelis drifts to the centre of his space. A graceful, imaginative dance. Japan
Runtime: 3:16Year: 2008 |
Music! Geoffroy Moneyron A stunning digital montage that follows a very special clown in the midst of a hyperactive vacuuming mission. France
Runtime: 3:44Year: 2009 |
Los Estrandados Derek Evanick One of the crazier films we got in the mail this year - a strange, hilarious little tale of desert-island dysfunction. United States
Runtime: 6:58Year: 2009 |
Six Steps Ju-Young Ban Escaping the periscope spies, one twin girl makes a run for it when water starts coming in through the fireplace. South Korea
Runtime: 4:56Year: 2009 |
The Azure Soul Julia Gromskaya If Monet animated, this is what we might have seen. The crossroad of Azure Dreams, the meeting place of a pure soul. Italy
Runtime: 4:17Year: 2009 |
Road Runner Zachary Wong With more than an unknowing nod to McLaren, we follow a wild ride down a suburban street. United States
Runtime: 3:13Year: 2009 |
Birds Filipe Abranches An air of Hitchcockian evil takes flight from every frame of this sinister misadventure, which follows an old woman obsessed with birds and her son who thinks he can fly (and quite possibly can). Portugal
Runtime: 6:54Year: 2009 |
Yulia Antoine Arditti In a flash, Yulia suddenly vanishes from her kitchen only to find herself in the middle of a closed room and on the receiving end of some absurd events. France
Runtime: 5:52Year: 2009 |
Garbage Angels Pierre M. Trudeau An enchanting world filled with herds and swarms of creatures created entirely from the detritus of everyday life. Canada
Runtime: 5:29Year: 2008 |
Mixed Bag Isabelle Favez A tale of greed, betrayal, cheap suitcases - and more greed and betrayal. A day in the life of a bag of lovely, lovely cash. Switzerland
Runtime: 7:08Year: 2009 |
The Kinematograph Tomek Baginski Francis, a humble clerk and a self-taught inventor had it all, it seemed: a big house in a small town, a lot of free time and a loving wife. But..... Poland
Runtime: 12:02Year: 2009 |