High School / Teen Program (2008)

These ain't kids films - it's a collection of the best films taken right out of the main international programs of the festival. This exclusive program has been put together for the benefit of High School students who would otherwise be unable to attend the full festival. Students will get to see a compilation of some of the best animations for just $5. This exclusive program has been put together for the benefit of High School students who would otherwise be unable to attend the full festival. Students will get to see a compilation of some of the best animations for just $5.

Featured in AIAF2008
Program Type: Films
Content Rating: General (G)
Procrastination
Johnny Kelly

An over caffeinated avalanche of imagery dedicated to chronic non-starters of the world.



United Kingdom
Runtime: 4:45
Year: 2007
Bolides
Francois-Xavier Bologna, Theophile Bondoux, Lyonel Charmette, Vincent Le Ster

The years best entry in the "two angry old men in a vicious wheelchair chase" category.



France
Runtime: 5:30
Year: 2007
The Shoes
Wenchunng Lu

Sure... having the ultimate shoes would be pretty cool but you can run the race without them.



United States
Runtime: 3:00
Year: 2006
Killing The Fittest
Santosh Kale

It might be time to give cockroaches some respect - they might wind up outliving us. A super stylish look at the multi talented roach army that will inherit the earth.



India
Runtime: 3:30
Year: 2007
Musicotherapie
Amael Isnard, Manuel Javelle, Clement Picon

A happy lab where the animals feed themselves into blenders, chop bits off and generally go about their loony experiments. The only unhappy one seems to be the monkey in charge.



France
Runtime: 5:31
Year: 2007
Herr Bar
Clemens Kogler

A kind of digital Pythonesque landscape made up - and populated - entirely by hundreds upon hundreds of hands.



Austria
Runtime: 3:07
Year: 2007
Bald Dad
Kristian Andrews

Love is blind, so the saying goes. And perhaps no love is blinder than a small boy who simply looks up to his Dad.



United Kingdom
Runtime: 4:30
Year: 2007
Onion Skin
Paul Jadoul

Layer upon layer, our character gets parred down to his intrinsic essentials.



Belgium
Runtime: 5:05
Year: 2007
The Accident
Sarah Nesteruk

Gorgeously drawn in deep blue ink, this films perfectly captures the depth of the main character Paul, a man caught in a life not entirely of his own making.



United Kingdom
Runtime: 3:05
Year: 2007
Pork Cutlet
Do-Young Kim

Hoh man! The dangers and various burdens of being one of the tastiest kids on the block.



South Korea
Runtime: 3:00
Year: 2007
Global Warming
Sheldon Lieberman, Igor Coric

Utterly hilarious! This guy will have you rolling in the aisles until they fill up with glacier melt.



Australia
Runtime: 1:51
Year: 2007
Derriere la porte
Helene Canac, Gilles Brinkhuizen, Clement Bourdeleau

A kind of crossroads where gaming style and cool magazine graphic design meld with elements of music video culture and cutting edge digital animating.



France
Runtime: 4:08
Year: 2007
Camera Obscura
Jean-Michel Drechsler, Matthieu Buchalski, Thierry Onillo

If Dali had been given a computer this is what he might have created. Is this the crazed inner visions of a mind exposed or a Clockwork Orange-like attempt to impose a different view on the mind's eye.



France
Runtime: 6:59
Year: 2007
Flug
Peter Kisantal

Giant ribbon bugs climb out of the gaps and begin a slithering, sliding takeover of the urban environment they have emerged from. A new order is not far away.



Slovakia
Runtime: 5:56
Year: 2007
Switch
Jean-Julien Pous, Pierre Prinzbach

The shortest distance between two points is always a straight line. Everybody knows that - that's why everybody is running that same ol' straight line.



France
Runtime: 5:49
Year: 2007