International Program #3 (2018)

The International Programs are the backbone of the whole AIAF mission. Your up-to-date snapshot of the world's independent animation scene. The freshest new shorts taken from the 4,000+ films competing for your love. 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. Be the first to experience these beautiful films on the big screen!

Featured in AIAF2018
Program Type: Films
Content Rating: Mature (M)
Your Face Global Jam
Bill Plympton

A perfectly executed anijam of the 1980s Plympton classic "Your Face" brought to life by more than two dozen animators.



United States
Runtime: 3:30
Year: 2017
L.A.Y.L.O.M.
Peter Millard

Peter Millard is back and he still isn't finished trying to break all the rules of cinema.



United Kingdom
Runtime: 2:56
Year: 2016
Wednesday With Goddard
Nicolas Menard

A whimsical, under-researched search for God takes one man on a meandering, often laconic journey to the mountain top.



United Kingdom
Runtime: 4:26
Year: 2016
Fire In Cardboard City
Phil Brough

Cardboard city has caught fire and even the fire brigade can't put it out. That's coz they're cardboard too.



New Zealand
Runtime: 8:45
Year: 2017
The Box
Dusan Kastelic

Thinking outside the box is one thing, out-growing all of your sullen, flat-headed neighbours is quite another.



Slovenia
Runtime: 12:19
Year: 2017
The Tide
Vincent Masson

An effortless glide into a world steadily pulsing to a powerful ebb and flow controlled by unseen forces.



France
Runtime: 5:23
Year: 2016
Eden
Hye-Won Kim

Bored with Eden, Adam and Eve make a break for it. But their absence is noticed and God calls in his henchman.



France
Runtime: 2:40
Year: 2017
Conan O'Brien Discusses "We're Going To Be Friends" By The White Stripes
Moth Studio

The legendary NBC talk-show host narrates one of the most memorable moments of his career.



United Kingdom
Runtime: 7:40
Year: 2017
Tete A Tete
Natasha Tonkin

The fracturing distance separating generations is magnified through the clash of views on personal technology.



United Kingdom
Runtime: 5:19
Year: 2017
Sad Circus
Yanqi Liang

The circus is open and the crowd demand to be entertained. But at what cost to the performers?



United Kingdom
Runtime: 3:12
Year: 2017
Dimensions
Nicolas Castillo

You take one wrong turn into a rip in the time/space continuum and look what happens!



Ecuador
Runtime: 11:32
Year: 2017
Sore Eyes For Infinity
Elli Vuorinen

An intriguing pastiche of mischievously intertwining interactions brought about by the optically challenged.



Finland
Runtime: 3:29
Year: 2016