RE:ANIMATION |
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Main Cinema : Session 2 Friday |
8.30pm-10pm |
Better Military Modelling
Dir. Jill Kennedy / NZ / 2008 / 7:00
Better Military Modelling is the second short film in the New Educational Series, an animated series intricately constructed from images sourced from out-dated instruction and education manuals of the 60’s and 70’s this film re-imagines childhood knowledge through a playful pastiche of images, movement and sound.
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The Beginning
Dir. Jack McGrath / AUS / 2005 / 3:00
Set in a post-nuclear holocaust world, a special machine labelled ‘Genetic Order Design’ (GOD) is created to breed the new human race from blood samples taken from the dead. The film is a disturbing look at the future of genetics in our civilisation. |
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Bicycle Boy
Dir. Marieka Walsh, Emmanuela Prigioni, Sarah Eddowes / AUS / 2009 / 1:12
This film depicts a little boy’s exploration of his surrealistic urban environment. |
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Down the Rabbit hole
Dir. Asa Mori / CAN / 2008 / 5:00
A six-nippled creature finds herself trapped in a capsule with a dead rabbit and a bloody hole. With trusty rabbit ears, she taps her way through bizarre TV scenes: Japanese men on carousels, people in monster suits with balloons, and disturbing garbage bags in bathtubs. |
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Orgesticulanismus
Dir. Mathieu Labaye / BELGIUM / 2008 / 9:00
A tribute to the filmmaker’s father, who suffered from Multiple Sclerosis from the age of 29, this film explores the very nature of human motion. Beginning with a study of rudimentary human movement, the film eventually explodes into a kinetic orgy and an existential dance party. |
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Flip
Dir. Peter W. Allen / AUS / 2009 / 2:22
Animated in hand-drawn flipbook style, ‘Flip’ uses humour to graphically explore the consequences of violence. |
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Cattle Call
Dir. Matthew Rankin & Miki Maryniuk / CAN / 2008 / 3:30
A hyper-speed, abstract, absurd, adrenalizing, animated documentary about the art of cattle auctioneering, structured around the mesmerizing talents of Canadian champion auctioneer, Tim Dowler. A hallucinogenic mind-trip into what Werner Herzog has described as the “poetry of capitalism.” |
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Sleeper
Dir. Marina Roy / CAN / 2004 / 8:05
A surreal experimental animation exploring the themes of the human-animal distinction and the nature-culture divide. |
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Heavy Metal Parking Lot
Dir. Leslie Supnet / USA / 2008 / 1:40
An animated tribute to Jeff Krulik and John Heyn’s 1986 video documentary classic, Heavy Metal Parking Lot. |
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Bir Fincan Kahve ( a cup coffee)
Dir. Ebru Arda / AUS / 2008 / 2:30
This film invites the audience into a world of superstition and adventure, driven by the art of cup reading tradition and culture over the centuries. |
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Lonely Girl
Dir. Kyle Evans / AUS / 2009 / 1:44
A young girl is happy and content in her own little world – then a strange man keeps bothering her. At first she tries to just ignore him, but then things get really weird. |
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Unravel
Dir. Caroline Huf / AUS / 2008 / 6:50
An emotional unravelling, which reveals itself through the movement of found objects, plasticine and medication boxes that transform into strange forms. |
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Removed
Dir. Hobart John Hughes | AUS | 2005 / 4:30
An audio-visual daytime ghost story, concerned with society’s fear of the sun and our dangerous relationship with the climate. It is an allegory of our relationship with our own minds. |
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GreyCon4
Dir. Brandon Blommaert / CAN / 2007 / 6:36
A scientist working for a better tomorrow, through schemes and manipulations that ultimately don’t work out in his favour. |
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Oh So Sweet
Dir. Amy Meyer / AUS / 2009 / 0:30
Have you ever spat on the birthday cake when blowing out your candles? A birthday cake wishes it had an umbrella to protect it from such mishaps. |
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Triumph of the Wild I & II
Dir. Martha Colburn / USA / 2008 / 11:00
With its disquieting allusion to Leni Riefenstahl’s Triumph of the Will, this film is a disturbing retrospective of 200 years of conflict from the American Revolution, WW1 & 2, Vietnam and the Middle East. |
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Western Spaghetti
Dir. PES / USA / 2009 / 1:40
Everyday objects become delicious ingredients as we learn how to cook spaghetti through stop-motion photography. |
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Flying Lesson
Dir. Rosane Chamecki, Andrea Lerner, Phil Harder / USA / 2007 / 4:37
Two women bat their wings, preparing to take off. They practice the dream of flight. |
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