International Program #2 (2011)

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.

Featured in AIAF2011
Program Type: Films
Content Rating: Restricted (R 18+)
Gallery
Robert Proch

The eye of an artist, the hand of a calligrapher and the imagination of an animator all combine in this wonderfully imagined study in perspective-bending, shape-changing, black and white, moving image.



Poland
Runtime: 4:44
Year: 2010
Together!
David Sheahan

A turbo-charged, psychedelic, bug overload that follows the highs and lows of a freaky little collection of cockroaches.



United States
Runtime: 4:14
Year: 2010
Perspective
Monika Rohner

Following the moon to escape the concrete jungle, a girl sends her imaginary alter ego into a fantastically coloured land with no shadows.



Switzerland
Runtime: 4:05
Year: 2010
Freud, Fish And Butterfly
Haiyang Wang

Associations and transformations in a private world of untethered imagination. Possibly a psychological adventure, certainly an amazing journey.



China
Runtime: 3:26
Year: 2010
Hot Car And Crazy Coyote
Jerome Cauwe

A lethal but very stylish combo. A sharp dressin' burglar takes the top down and drives off into the desert. Thank the Spirits the coyote has some spare shades.



Belgium
Runtime: 4:53
Year: 2010
Miss Daisy Cutter
Laen Sanches

A crash-or-crash-through, breakneck gallop through a parade of re-imagined cultural icons.



France
Runtime: 5:39
Year: 2010
The Gloaming
NoBrain

Civilization and its accelerating evolution give rise to a character capable of creating a world beyond its control.



France
Runtime: 12:19
Year: 2010
Tatamp
Mirai Mizue

This living thing has one sound but a thousand forms.



Japan
Runtime: 5:31
Year: 2010
Little Quentin
Albert 't Hooft, Paco Vink

My Little Pony meets Charles Manson in this tale of murder and intrigue from (just) beyond the sandpit.



Netherlands
Runtime: 9:34
Year: 2010
Get Real!
Evert de Beijer

An utterly unique visual experience! A boy, compelled to score the love of a mega-queen in a violent computer game, loses his grip on reality until he tastes a real kiss.



Netherlands
Runtime: 11:29
Year: 2010
Danny Boy
Marek Skrobecki

Making connections and avoiding dangers is doubly hard when you have no head. Triply hard when nobody else does either. You'd think having one would be the best thing in the world but you'd be wrong.



Poland
Runtime: 9:54
Year: 2010