Computer Animation Panorama (2003)

A selection of the best international work in digital animation.

Featured in AIAF2003
Program Type: Films
Content Rating: Restricted (R 18+)
Fish Never Sleep
Gaelle Denis

Naoko is an insomniac. She works in her own sushi restaurant & lives close to the Tsukiji market, the biggest fish market in the world.



United Kingdom
Runtime: 6:00
Year: 2002
Le Deserteur
Olivier Coulon, Aude Danset, Paolo De Lucia, Ludovic Savonniere

A bird becomes the eyes for a man lost in a room overlooking a war torn village.



France
Runtime: 7:45
Year: 2001
Gone Fishin'
Christoph Simon

A witty and beautifully observed study of friendship. Two old men in a boat both manage, somehow, to lose their false teeth overboard.



United Kingdom
Runtime: 4:00
Year: 2001
Pigeon Island
Clare Davies

A magical place where plant, animal and human forms grow into one another.



Australia
Runtime: 4:40
Year: 2002
Carbon
Tim Shore

"Carbon is not anti-science, nor is it anti-human: it's about the ethical issues of cloning & the human animal's assumption that it can genetically alter a fellow animal with impunity."



United Kingdom
Runtime: 1:00
Year: 2001
L'Helicon
Tony Bodeux, Benjamin Deyries, Mickael Lamiaux, Romain Truffaut

A collection of circus freaks and performers set up camp in a paddock.



France
Runtime: 4:15
Year: 2002
De Profundis
Dora Keresztes

Reminiscent of cell division, these constantly changing images conjure the language of dreams.



Hungary
Runtime: 3:30
Year: 2002
Hello From Kislovodska
Dmitry Geller

Happiness can be a fragile thing - especially where romance is concerned.



Russia
Runtime: 12:15
Year: 2001
Picore / Pecking
Francois Bertin

A young man's life is taken over by the birds who come to stay.



France
Runtime: 3:40
Year: 2002
Neige De Chine
Fabrice Lagayette, Ngoc-Duy-Vu Le, Francois Le Bourg, Nicolas Monier

Deep in a mythical jungle, mysterious creatures begin to stir. A journey begins, a confrontation is just around the corner.



France
Runtime: 7:10
Year: 2002
Jaune
Nathalie Morviller, Catherine Loonis

A celebration of colour and the local market in Valenciennes.



France
Runtime: 4:00
Year: 2002
Extn 21
Lizzie Oxby

If only Orman could get through to his boss, everything could be resolved, but someone or something is intercepting his calls.



United Kingdom
Runtime: 9:00
Year: 2002
S Crash
Lindsay Cox, Victor Holder

An ambitious DJ who plays loud beats, an irritable neighbour: let the battles commence!



Australia
Runtime: 3:00
Year: 2001
Indigene / Indigenous
Nicolas Chevallier, Laurent Sauvage, Alexandre Theil, Julien Vanhoenacker

A hilarious rocket fuelled ride through the scorched earth landscape of a battle of wits played out on the savannah.



France
Runtime: 6:10
Year: 2002