The impossible and improbable comes to life in this kinetic collection of animation that not only pushes the envelope, but busts it wide open.
Screened as part of NZIFF 2018
Animation NOW! Morph ‘n’ Move
Space is elastic; gravity is optional; size means nothing. Animation makes the impossible irrelevant, and this is what draws so many artists to its flame. If an animator can imagine it, they can depict it. And animators can imagine some pretty incredible things.
Characters that bend around corners; action that can move from one locale to an entirely different place with eye-popping, imaginative seamlessness; perspectives that effortlessly bend and contort to create a brand-new version of reality before our very eyes – these scenarios are all just another day at the office for an animator.
Knockstrike, by Spanish animation trio-on-the-move Genís Rigol Alzola, Marc Torices and Pau Anglada, kicks off the programme in exactly the vein we mean to continue. It is a visual cacophony that erupted fresh and energetic from Gutter Fest, one of Europe’s most boisterous self-publishing graphics fairs. Bursting with energy, it’s a film made by artists who really want to see their creations moooove.
Morph ‘n’ Move is animation’s street parade moment. It’s a chance to show off all its fanciest moves, wow the crowds and win new hearts. — MT
Knockstrike 2017
Animation on steroids. A completely mad journey way, way down into the soul of the ‘Corrector Solution Maker’.
Extrapolate 2016
As math meets animation, a creative destruction unfolds before our very eyes.
Bone Structure 2017
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If you’ve got it, bend it, shake it, move it!
Spectacle of the Real 2016
“A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.” — Roald Dahl
Airport 2017
Below 2017
Below every surface is another world with its own rules, rulers and inhabitants all looking to find their way through the morass.
Cigare 2016
A drop of water meets a drop of oil, unleashing the kind of morphing choreography that only animation can bring to life.
Dreaming 2017
The tangled pathway through one’s sleeping imagination can effortlessly tangle caches of fond memories and tortured nightmares.
Revolt 2017
Revolution, devolution, revolt and joyous decay.
The Sounds from the Drawers 2017
Turn, turn, turn. Can there be rhythms without patterns? Can it be said one thing leads to another when the links defy (our) logic?
Oh Mother! 2017
Longing for a child, a woman seeks counsel to help her mental anguish, but her troubles begin when an unearthly stranger visits.
I Want… 2017
A weightless, continuing tumble through the world of a small girl creature who seems in perpetual search for something just outside of her reach.
Bell 2017
Settle into your front-row seat to witness the inmates taking over the asylum!
The Ogre 2016
A gentle, insecure giant tries to mask his true self behind a façade of consumption. One day a banquet shatters the veneer.