Animation:
Saturday 7th August Screening 16:00 – 18:00
A selection of the very latest and best animation from all over the world.
War, Snow and Fire
Filmmaker: Konstantinos Skiftas
A lonely little girl finds an unusual new friend.
(4:35, Animation, UK, 2009)
Round
Filmmaker: Kirk Hendry, Libby Durdy
A tale of death and rebirth rages in a jungle world of shadowy hands
(5:36, Animation, UK, 2008)
Parek Det’artko
Filmmaker: Vivien Peach
Always hop, skip and play with your food
(1:49, Animation, UK, 2009)
Section 48
Filmmaker: Christopher Chidlow
A surreal mixed media animated piece based on spy number station radio signals from the cold war.
Shot with public domain films and then composites together with a mix of modern graphics and stop motion to give the film a unique and visually interesting dark aesthetic.
(2:28, Animation, UK, 2009)
Homeland
Filmmaker: Juan de Dios Marfil, Hanka Trestikova
Where there is a will, there is a way.
(6:25, Animation, CZ ES, 2010)
Chytte Ho
Filmmaker: Boris Sima, Marian Varga
What can happen during an ordinary school visit in museum?
Hero – a small boy experiences big adventure due to his mischief…
(17:39, Animation, SK, 2008)
Great Expectations
Filmmaker: Alexei Gubenco
A drying handkerchief is tempted by the noble fly of cranes.
(2:53, Animation, RO, 2008)
Grandfather’s Skip
Filmmaker: Ken Kaizu
The usual story of grandfather who tries to walk to distance and grandmother who tries to manage to take side with it.
(4:59, Animation, JP, 2010)
Sunday
Filmmaker: Kris Daw, Brain Ratigan, Jeremy Pate
A hybrid stop motion animation/live action short tale of the last day of one man’s life and how it was wasted by the mundane routine to which he has become so accustomed.
(11:42, Animation/Experimental, US, 2009)
Coniglio
Filmmaker: Helen Johnson
A gothic fairytale of a young womens willful journey into a world populated by luridly lustful and sinister hares.
(7:17, Stop-Motion Animation/Drama, UK, 2009)
Life without Substance
Filmmaker: John Church
The animation was made as part of a continuing campaign to end stigma against those with a mental health diagnosis
(4:18, Animation, UK, 2010)
Kraesy Kitchen
Filmmaker: Marc Abrahams
Welcome to Marc Abrahams kraesy stop-motion kitchen.
(4:25, Animation, UK, 2007)
Everything But…
Filmmaker: Colin DeWar
An animated exploration of the connections between man made objects.
(3:24, Animation, UK, 2008)
K-9 Lives Episode 1
Filmmaker: Doug Wilson
A dog/cat conjoined odd-couple who’s love hate relationship drives them to adventure and intrigue in a surrealist landscape.
(2:03, Animation, UK, 2009)
Vive La Crise!
Filmmaker: Alexei Gubenco
Deforestation, property development, pollution, money, and a lot of food – all this is going to change… The economic crisis is coming!
(3:02, Animation, RO, 2009)
Fa$t Food World
Filmmaker: Vladimir Paranin
A visual essay critical of fast food and the multinational corporations that make it.
(2:07, Animation, UK, 2009)
Rabbit
Filmmaker: Run Wrake
A dreamlike but dark story of lost innocence and the random justice of nature, told with curious images from a distant childhood.
When an idol is found in the stomach of a rabbit, great riches follow, but for how long?
(8:34, Animation, UK, 2005)
The Praying Machine
Filmmaker: Sam Lanyon Jones, Andrew Cope
Set against the backdrop of a nameless Eurasian city The Praying Machine explores the relationship between three seemingly unrelated characters.
(5:45, Animation, UK, 2008)
Modus Operandi
Filmmaker: Helen Johnson, James Ketterer, Olia Koslovskaja, Andrew Lav
A stop-motion film that narrates the unusual morning routine of a mime artist. Presented as a music video, it compares the mundane with the fantasy.
(2:32, Stop-Motion Animation, UK, 2006)
Stay In My Memory
Filmmaker: Katy Davis
Dreamy 2D mixed media animation about love and loss. A girl journeys through a magical pop up book searching for her lost love/memories of her lost love.
(4:18, Animation/Music Video, UK, 2008)