Glorious highly imaginative animated images in myriad formats, selected with an eye to the giant screen, from the world’s best by NZIFF veteran/Melbourne International Animation Festival supremo Malcolm Turner.
Screened as part of NZIFF 2011
Animation Now 2011
Home cinema is an oxymoron! Most of the films in this year’s Animation Now have been selected to make the most of that wonderful, vertical, silver-white wall of cinema screen. These works have flowed from drawing boards, wandered off puppet sets and have been downloaded from the hard-drives of artists from all over the world. They’re diverse, glorious torrents of hyper-imaginative, intensely coloured images and they all look better BIG! — MT
Miss Daisy Cutter 2010
A super-charged, high-resolution tumble through a parade of re-imagined cultural icons. 2D and 3D computer animation
Das Tub 2010
Lost in the murky depths of a strange ocean, a German U-boat crew find themselves on a collision course with objects stranger than they can fathom. 3D computer animation, live action
Videogioco (Loop Experiment) 2009
Pure magic – right before your eyes. A glorious patchwork of a thousand drawings, a single shot. Stopmotion animation
Get Real! 2010
A boy, yearning for the love of a megaqueen in a violent computer game, loses grip on reality until he tastes a real kiss. 3D computer animation
Fiesta Brava 2010
The crazy cattle stampedes on the streets of Pamplona have ended. Now the bulls are throwing the world's biggest party. Direct to film
Danny Boy 2010
When all in town have lost their heads, should you lose yours too? This sardonic puppet animation offers a literal translation of a metaphorical question. Puppet animation
The Gloaming 2010
Civilization gives rise to a character capable of creating a world beyond its control. 2D computer, puppet animation
Ámár 2010
Ines embarks on a poignant journey of recollection of the last days of her friend Ámár. Hand drawn, 2D animation
Love & Theft 2010
A beautifully crafted piece of over-caffeinated morphing madness. Drawn on tablet, 2D computer animation
Paths of Hate 2010
A simply astounding testament to the madness of war and the inhuman lengths some warriors go to fight long after meaning has taken flight. 2D and 3D computer animation
Preferably Blue 2011
Fuelled by ego, jealousy, vodka and antidepressants, Easter Bunny hatches a plan that will see the ‘holiday spotlight’ shift from his old foe Santa.