World Animation Competition

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The Carriageworks: Main Auditorium
11 November • 3.30pm

The World Animation Award is a showcase of the latest trends, techniques and styles on the international scene. As this programme confirms, animation is a unique art form, allowing for exploration of new ways of expression that can astonish and move the audience. The ebullient stop-motion Madame Tutli-Putli has realistic, genuine characters whose expression of emotion is second to none. Our man in Nirvana is a combination of drawing and digital techniques where a performing musician has a near-death experience in Nirvana, a place where he must face his fears and his past.

The March of the Nameless (La Marche des Sans-Nom)
Dirs. Lucas Vigroux / Jean Constantial / Nicolas Laverdure
France, 2006, 5mins, Beta SP
Contact: Studio Aka, Lucas Vigroux
Lucas.vigroux@gmail.com

The March of the Nameless is a surreal depiction of war, where the Lord of War manipulates the battleground according to his whims.

For the Love of God
Dir. Joe Tucker, UK, 2007, 12mins, Digibeta
Contact: Joe Tucker
joetucker@gmail.com

This film is the irreverent tale of Graham (voiced by Steve Coogan); an over-grown man-child still living at home under the suffocating glare of his elderly Mother, in her dusty and forgotten Christian bookshop.

Une Charogne
Dirs. A. Cui / O. Berry / O. Sipesaque / S. Tung
France, 2006, 5mins, BetaSP, UK Premiere
Contact: Alexia Cui
alexiacui@yahoo.fr

Almost too much detail for the eye to muster. A flowing, gliding journey through a forest of surreal beauty.

Love At First Sight (De La Vista Nace El Amor)
Dir. Miguel Anaya Borja, Mexico, 2006, 6mins, 35mm, UK Premiere
Contact: PBA, Miguel Anaya Borja
miganaya@gmail.com

Pepe is on the verge of losing his independence after suffering an accident that has severely affected his vision. He becomes despaired when he realizes that the solution is out of his hands.

Sleeping Betty (Isabelle au Bois Dormant)
Dir. Claude Cloutier, Canada, 2007, 9mins, 35mm, UK Premiere
Contact: National Film Board of Canada, Madeleine Belisle
m.belisle@nfb.ca

In a sumptuous palace on the first floor of a house in a Montreal working-class neighbourhood, Princess Betty sleeps in a narcoleptic stupor. Will our heroine be wakened with just a kiss?

Our Man In Nirvana
Dir. Jan Koester, Germany, 2006, 11mins, 35mm
Contact: HFF, Martina Liebnitz
m.liebnitz@hff-potsdam.de

John is a famous rockstar During a live gig with his band he dies accidentally and gets to nirvana. There he has to face his wishes and deeds.

Phantom Canyon
Dir. Stacey Steers, USA, 2006, 10mins, 35mm
Contact: Stacey Steers
Stacey.steers@colorado.edu

A curious woman encounters enormous insects and an alluring man with bat wings in a surreal recollection of a pivotal journey, inspired by a relationship in the filmmaker's life.

Madame Tutli-Putli
Dirs. Chris Lavis / Maciek Szczerbowsk, Canada, 2007, 17mins, 35mm
Contact: National Film Board of Canada, Madeleine Belisle
m.belisle@nfb.ca

Madame Tutli-Putli boards the night train. As day descends into dark, she finds herself alone, caught up in a desperate metaphysical adventure. This stop-motion animated film is drawn into an undertow of mystery and suspense.

Tyger
Dir: Guilherme Marcondes, Brazil, 2006, 4mins, 35mm
Contact: Autour de Minuit, Marion Lucas
festivals@autourdeminuit.com

A giant tiger mysteriously appears in a big city, revealing the hidden reality in an otherwise ordinary night. Tyger is inspired by William Blake's poem of same name.

Caracas
Dir. Anna Blaszczyk, Poland, 2007, 10mins, 35mm, UK Premiere
Contact: Anna Blaszczyk
ankablaszczyk@yahoo.com

A marine tale about the pursuit for a dream as a pretext for play with various artistic forms. The sailor eventually arrives in the port of his dreams against all odds. The script is based on Joseph Conrad short story 'Youth'.

Mr Schwartz, Mr Hazen & Mr Horlocker
Dir. Stefan Muller, Germany, 2006, 7mins, 35mm, UK Premiere
Contact: Stefan Muller
info@basementpictures.com

Disturbed by loud music from one of his neighbours, the exemplary Mr. Schwartz calls the police and everything turn into chaos. The history of a butterfly effect.

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