
International Program #3
The International Programs are the backbone of the festival line-up. The freshest new shorts taken from the 2,500+ that entered (a record, folks!!). There's every style, every technique, every genre. Drawn from a global call for entries, they are a set of headlights illuminating the current state of the international indie and auteur animation scene worldwide. Straight from their desk to your eyeballs.
Featured in AIAF2014
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Stoplight Simon Wilches In this macabre circus/traffic management mash-up, red is the new black and psychedelic clowns call all the shots. Country: Colombia Runtime: 3:03 Year: 2012 |
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5 Metres 80 Jan Bitzer, Ilija Brunck, Tom Weber If you ever wondered what a troupe of high diving gymnast giraffes might look like then this will amaze you. Country: France Runtime: 5:40 Year: 2012 |
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Allergy To Originality Hannes Rall Well, throughout the history of art in general aren't all works in large part repetitions of the tradition, appropriation is an artistic device.... wait a minute, THIS from the guy selling the tickets! Country: United States Runtime: 4:45 Year: 2013 |
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The Me Bird 18BIS A masterpiece of hand-made animation filled to the brim with 3,500-you-won't-belive-your-eyes frames of pure animated magnificence. Country: Brazil Runtime: 2:23 Year: 2013 |
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Somewhere Nicolas Renard If you're stuck in a box you might as well at least be going somewhere interesting - fast!! Country: United Kingdom Runtime: 6:50 Year: 2013 |
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Winter And Lizard Julia Gromskaya Returning as an adult, a woman embarks on an imaginary flight through the best memories of a house she knew as a child. Country: Italy Runtime: 3:31 Year: 2013 |
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Ascension Makoto Yabuki Life was never meant to be easy and devotion can be a harsh mistress especially when your limbs tend to fall off randomly. Country: France Runtime: 7:09 Year: 2013 |
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Batz Max Maleo, Aurelien Predal A wild and crazed high speed romp following a couple of bats that sustain the kind of physical damage that only animated characters can limp away from. Country: France Runtime: 7:21 Year: 2013 |
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Lost Senses Marcin Wasilewski Cloud surfing in from the high heavens, a couple find an unusual sanctuary amidst the every changing landscape of a surreal floating island. Country: Poland Runtime: 6:01 Year: 2013 |
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Non Euclidean Geometry Skirma Jakaite, Solveiga Masteikaite A consistent system of definitions, assumptions, and proofs that describe such objects as points, lines and planes. It is also beautiful to look at. Country: Lithuania Runtime: 11:13 Year: 2013 |
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Cobwebs Wiep Teeuwisse Visual genius. The simplest of life's transactions depicted with all the subtle complexities of some of nature's most intricate constructions. Country: Netherlands Runtime: 1:47 Year: 2013 |
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Portlandia-Zero Rats Rob Shaw Some happy rats celebrate the opening of a no-packaging food store by planning a raid. But planning is not really their forte. Country: United States Runtime: 3:03 Year: 2013 |
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Fly Me To The Moon Miklos Felvideiki Lots of people get drunk and wake up some place they cannot recall getting to. But this guy is a LONG way from home. Country: Netherlands Runtime: 5:19 Year: 2013 |
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365 The Brothers McLeod 365 one second vignettes, one a day for a year. An epic, quintessentially animated marathon with the variety meter turned up to max. Country: United Kingdom Runtime: 6:56 Year: 2013 |
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Wildebeest Ant Blades Wildebeest will never be scholars but surely they are cleverer than this!! Country: United States Runtime: 1:00 Year: 2013 |
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Ex Animo Wojciech Wojtkowski A drawn animation of staggering imagination and audacious skill. An absolute thrill to watch and a feast for the eyes. The only way to close and animation festival. Country: Poland Runtime: 6:52 Year: 2013 |