Programme

Animex Screen
Monday 31January - Friday 4 February
University Cinema, Europa Building; UGC Middlesbrough, Screen 7; Arc, Studio Theatre, Cinema
Animex Screen aims to show new and innovative works produced by professional directors and animators
from the international animation scene.
The extraordinary genre of animation allows for a great variety of styles, techniques and subject matter.
Anything is possible in animation, whether it’s abstract experimentation or entertaining storytelling
within the whole range of human emotions from hilarious comedy to sad tragedy to the everyday –
many animations are thought provoking and open up new ways of seeing the world.
Viewing the many works and organising the animation programmes has been inspiring and a pleasure!
There are some 142 short films showing, including five sessions of international shorts from 18
countries, international retrospectives, special compilations, and documentaries, as well as four
animated feature films. Of particular note is that we are hosting the festival’s first world premiere
screening of the documentary Dream on Silly Dreamer.
Participating films include award winning animations by established animation filmmakers such as
Nibbles by Chris Hinton, and Jo Jo in the Stars (BAFTA 2004) by Marc Craste. The varied styles of
animation include hand drawn, painted, puppet and stop-motion, traditional cel, 2d and 3d computer,
and high end CGI animations such as Plasticat, L’Inventaire Fantome, and the visually stunning feature
P3K Pinocchio 3000. You will also see very unusual and innovative techniques employed by some
award winning films such as Contamination, Fast Film and OIO.
Time
13.00
14.00
16.00
Stephen Murray, Stills Exhibition Curator
Jayne Pilling, British Animation Awards, Guest
Curator, Special 1 Programme
Stephanie Little, Northern Lights Film Festival
Patrick Smith, Square Footage Films, NYC
Programme Compilation
And all the participating filmmakers.
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Awards Reel 1
Awards Reel 2
Awards Reel 3
Awards Reel 4
Exhibition
Retrospective 1
Georges Schwizgebel
Retrospective 2
Phil Mulloy
Awards Reel 6
Documentary*
International Shorts 1
Dream On Silly Dreamer
WORLD PREMIERE
International Shorts 2* Special 3
Avoid Eye Contact
NYC Indie Animation
Special 1
Sexuality and Desire
(part 1)
International Shorts 4
International Shorts 5
International Shorts 3
Special 2
Sexuality and Desire
(part 2)
Special 2
Feature
Spike &Mike's New Sick P3K Pinocchio3000
&TwistedAnimationSho w
Awards Reel 1
Awards Reel 2
Awards Reel 3
Awards Reel 4
Awards Reel 5
International Shorts 1
Feature
P3K Pinocchio3000
International Shorts 2
Special 2
Spike &Mike's N ew Sick
&TwistedAnimationShow
International Shorts 3
Special 3
Avoid Eye Contact
NYC Indie Animation
International Shorts 4
Retrospective 2
Phil Mulloy
International Shorts 5
Retrospective 1
Georges Schwizgebel
16.00
Feature
Raining Cats and Frogs
Feature
Strings
Feature
Raining Cats and Frogs
19.00
Feature
Hair High
Feature
Strings
Feature
Hair High
Documentary
Dream On Silly Dreamer
Retrospective
The Intolerance Trilogy
Documentary
Dream On Silly Dreamer
Retrospective
The Intolerance Trilogy
20.00
21.30
14.00
18.00
20.00
21.30
Digital City
With special thanks to:
Kath O’Connor , Assistant Curator, International
Animations Selection
TUESDAY
Exhibition - viewable during screenings intermissions all week
Awards Reel 5*
Enjoy the screenings!
Sabrina Schmid, Animex Screen Curator
MONDAY
*Arc Cinema, Stockton
International Shorts 1, 70 min
Contamination
Carl Stevenson, 2003, UK, 6’0"
The Other Kid’s Castle
Pierre-Luc Granjon, 2003, France, 5’55"
A school class visits a huge castle, but one little boy
gets lost walking around. Paper mache puppets in
stop-motion. From Folimage Studios - also see
feature Raining Cats and Frogs.
Best British Film, 2004 London Animation Festival
UK; Best Short, Malescorto Film Festival Italy. Cross
contamination of genetic material has created a
disturbing world of hybrid life forms: achieved by
combining 3d and 2d with photographic imagery.
Plasticat
Simon Bogojevic-Narath, 2003, Croatia, 9’50"
Gary’s Fall
Pierre Coffin, 2003, UK, 2’15"
Night. A pocket full of cash and a beggar in a busy
city street - a casual walk down the street can turn
one’s life upside down.
Comedy about the parent bears Gary and Claudia
living in a zoo, and their concerns about captivity,
ambition, sex and the general human (polar bear)
condition. From the series Polar Bears for the BBC,
in 3d Maya.
International Shorts 2, 70 min
Jo Jo in the Stars
Marc Craste, 2003, UK, 12’30"
International Film Critics Award Annecy 2003; Anima
Mundi Special Awards 2004 and others. A
'cinepainting' that took 11 years to complete: jets of
paint photographed by a high speed camera at 360
f.p.s. were post-digitised to create a constantly
moving image of dripping, flying oil paint, set to
music and vocals.
Winner of BAFTA 2004 for Short Animation; Prix Du
Meilleur Film d'Animation 2004, Clermont Ferrand
Film Festival. Jo Jo and a nameless hero are two
unlikely lovers in a bleak and brutal world. A heart
wrenching tale about murderous jealousy.
Hauntingly beautiful black and white film in CGI.
Utsu-Musume Sayuri
Takashi Kimura, 2003, Japan, 3’30"
Best Animation, London International Animation
Festival 2004. Sayuri and surreal pop-art looking
beings engage in initiation rites. A bizarre 3d
animation, which contains some images which may
offend some viewers.
L’Inventaire Fantome (The Phantom In ventory)
Franck Dion, 2004, France, 9’44"
An old man has stored thousands of mementos noone wants any more in a giant attic including a mirror
that scares people and a machine to make life
shorter. Atmospheric puppet computer animation
with a haunting original music track.
Man With Issues
Tom Reilly, 2003, New Zealand, 2’0"
Not everything is what it seems in this mental asylum
as we hear from the man with issues.
Love Tricycle
Andrew Goode, 2003, Australia, 13’58"
Best First Animation Anima Mundi Brazil 2004, Best
Children's Film Odense 2004, and others. In the
town of Rimside, three bicycles find themselves in a
love triangle.
OIO
Simon Goulet, 2003, Canada, 8’25"
Moon
Andrea Pierri, 2003, Italy, 3’55"
Every night is just the same. The moon winks at the
wolf who doesn’t notice because the nights are not
clear at all.
Nibbles
Chris Hinton, 2003, USA, 4’34"
Multi-award winning. A father and son on a fishing
trip in untamed Montreal forests - the joys of family
travel and the multiple wonders of fast food. Pen and
ink calligraphic drawing style.
Killing Time At Home
Neil Coslett, 2003, UK, 3’0"
Isolated from the outside world, all that's left to do is
kill time and the only way to make friends is to grow
them.
The Diary of Tortov Roddle
Kunio Kato, 2003, Japan, 16’5"
Strange things happen to a traveller. llustrative
drawing on paper and 2d computer animation.
Watermelon Love
Joji Koyama, 2003, UK, 3’0"
Part of an interactive project guides viewers through
bizarre rituals that include the eating of bright red
watermelons and the growing of plants.
Moonfish
Isabel Bouttens, 2002, France, 7’0"
A diver, a goldfish, and a woman’s obsession to
catch the moon. 2d computer Toonz animation with
a hand-drawn look.
Cameras Take Five
Steven Woloshen, 2003, Canada, 3’0"
Colourful, abstracted interpretation of Dave
Brubeck’s classic jazz standard ‘Take Five’ - cameraless animation, engraved and painted on film.
Moodswing
Pieter Coudyzer, 2003, Belgium, 11’0"
Grand Prix winner at Anima 2004. A breakdown on a
rainy evening and anything can happen.
Flockenspiel II
Baerbel Neubauer , 2003/04, Germany, 7’45"
A visual extravaganza experimenting with abstract
digital imagery.
International Shorts 3, 70 min
Fast Film
Virgil Widrich, 2003, Austria/Luxemburg, 14’0"
Winner of 22 international prizes. Made entirely of
photocopies from 300 action films that have been
refolded - in 65000 folds - into a multitude of objects
and classic characters from Hitchcock to James
Bond, reanimated in constantly changing fast action
scenes.
Club Thumb
Bod & Jan Jefferson, 2005, UK, 6’0"
A ventriloquist tries to rid himself of his doll, using
fire, water and a snub-nosed .38 – told through
hand-drawn cut-outs. An Animex Production.
Hello
Jonathan Nix, 2003, Australia, 6’30"
Quirky story in combined 2d drawn and computer
animation. Mr Cassette player meets Miss CD
player. In a digital world, can an analogue find true
love?
Good Cat Bad Cat (1)
Curtis Jobling & Seed Animation Studio , 2005, UK,
0’40"
Number one of five 30-second stories featuring cats
- one be good, the other bad. An Animex
Production.
Tihog and Hedeger
Leonore Poth, 2003, Germany, 5’0"
Die Eisbaderin (The Icebather)
Alla Churikova, 2003, Germany, 7’30"
The Song of the Chemist
Daniel Suter, 2003, Switzerland, 1’40"
When a tiger and hedgehog bump into each other
their lives spiral out of control. 2d animation boldly
drawn.
An old and homeless woman dreams of happier
times. 2d and sand animation.
A girl hurts herself when cutting bread. She runs to
a pharmacy but the chemist has just been killed. 2d
animation in the style of pastel drawings.
Good Cat Bad Cat (2)
Curtis Jobling & Seed Animation Studio,
Observed Freaks of Hidden Cameras
Jason Jameson, 2003, UK, 2’0"
2005, UK,
0’40"
You never know who you are living next door to.
Number two of five 30-second stories featuring cats one be good, the other bad. An Animex Production.
Circuit Marine
Isabelle Favez, 2003, Canada, 7’50"
Wedding Espresso
Sandra Ensby, 2002, UK, 6’0"
Little Dog Turpie
Ben Mars, 2004, UK, 5’0"
A macabre story on a pirate ship about the captain's
pet cat, a fish and a parrot. Painted paper cut-outs.
From Folimage Studios - also see feature Raining
Cats and Frogs.
Sue fantasises about her own wedding and very
quickly the resulting complications put her off the
messy business. Line drawing animation.
At the edge of the deep, dark woods an old man is
kept awake by his dog barking, and takes drastic
action to stop it.
Good Cat Bad Cat (3)
Curtis Jobling & Seed Animation Studio,
2005, UK,
0’40"
Number three of five 30-second stories featuring
cats - one be good, the other bad. An Animex
Production.
Moo(n)
Leigh Hodginson, 2003, UK, 3’0"
About the friendship between a girl and a cow - their
perfect times are interrupted by a bee and sneezes.
Uses digital cut-outs in a stylised 3d perspective.
International Shorts 4, 70 min
Eating For Two
Steve Smith, 2002, UK, 3’10"
The Old Fools
Ruth Lingford, 2002, UK, 5’35"
Sex, religion and the weather. Joe has to come to
terms with the possibility that his wife has been
impregnated by God.
First Prize Tricky Women Festival 2003 Vienna. Sir
Bob Geldof narrates the Philip Larkin poem: visceral
and abrasive images hint at the consequences of
society's denial of death. Digitally animated DV
footage, drawings and typography.
Stuck
Jem Roberts, 2003, UK, 5’25"
Invisible
Paulina Majda, 2003, Poland, 3’40"
A man with a giant head is stuck between two cliffs a nightmare situation tormented by extraordinary
efforts to gain freedom.
Freerange
Seed Animation Studios, 2005, UK, 1’0"
The Invisible wanders through a mysterious world of
animated objects and sand. Everything eventually
returns to sand.
Global conflicts on a farmyard scale. An Animex
Production.
Deja Vu
Eric Ledune, 2003, Belgium, 10’35"
New Balls Please
Richard James, 2003, UK, 3’10"
Number four of five 30-second stories featuring cats
- one be good, the other bad. An Animex
Production.
A deja vu encounter by three characters ‘Excuse me
Sir, but we know each other don't we?’ Drawn and
painted cel animation.
Wimbledon centre court in 2d animation and things
heat up.
The Erl King
Hannes Rall, 2003, Germany, 8’0"
My Love
Ivana Sebestova, 2002, Slovakia, 2’0"
Good Cat Bad Cat (4)
Curtis Jobling & Seed Animation Studio, 2005, UK,
0’40"
A dramatic animated retelling of Goethe’s famous
poem, in a bold classical 2d animation style.
Good Cat Bad Cat (5)
Curtis Jobling & Seed Animation Studios , 2005, UK,
0’40"
Number five of five 30-second stories featuring cats one be good, the other bad. An Animex Production.
Sunday Evening
Kalina Vutova, 2002, Bulgaria, 6’15"
Is it possible for a lonely heart to stop being so
lonely? Annecy 2003 best school and graduation
film.
Drawn animation set to lively gypsy music.
The Witches
Elizabeth Hobbs, 2002, UK, 6’15"
Watercolour style animation in pale misty washes.
Three fishwives are plotting to save their own lives.
I Can Imagine It Very Well
Daniel Suljic, 2003, Austria, 3’50"
An anxious vision and fear haunts the filmmaker who
imagines his daughter being hit by a car. Uses
coffee-on-glass as a painted animation technique.
NSPCC Cartoon
Russell Brook, 2002, UK, 1’0"
Commercial for the National Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children, uses the
conventions of Tom and Jerry to underline the horror
of real violence - shows a disturbing encounter
between a (live action) father and his (animated
character) son.
The Stalking
Andy Johnson, 2005, UK
Darkly comic tale of a misunderstanding between a
farmer and an obsessive bovine creature. An
Animex Production.
International Shorts 5, 70 min
Emily and the Baba Yaga
Clive Tonge, John Hedley, Siobhan Fenton, 2005, UK,
9’0"
A haunting computer animation as a modern
retelling of a traditional Russian fairytale - think Hans
Christian Anderson re-imagined by David Lynch! An
Animex Production.
Parapraxis
Dan Calvert, 2005, UK, 3’0"
The instinctual, hedonistic Id and the pragmatic,
anxious Ego personify Freud’s ideas as 3d
characters, and humorously reveal inner conflict in
the most trivial situations. An Animex Production.
Footnote
Pia Borg, 2003, Australia, 6’0"
A mechanical music box tells an intriguing and
macabre tale – in stop-motion animation.
The Girl and the Horse
Rebecca Manley, 2003, UK, 3’20"
A small girl is crying because there is a hole in her
stomach. A mysterious horse appears and things
begin to change. Sand on glass technique, stopframe and live action.
Woolly Head
Vera Neubauer, 2004, UK, 5’30"
Woolly headed Annie gets ridiculed in return for her
made up stories. Part of a puppet animation series
titled Woolly Town.
Treevil
A Salminen, A Ovaskainen, C Lindstrom, 2002,
Finland, 6’5"
Award winning puppet animation at Tampere and
Annecy - a battle between a lumberjack and a giant
bunny over some trees.
Woolly Wolf
Vera Neubauer, 2001, UK, 4’30"
BAFTA Cymru for Best Animation and Best Short
Film. Little Red Riding Hood doesn't let herself be
eaten by the wolf. Part of a puppet animation series
titled Woolly Town.
L'année du daim 1995
Cowboys -Outrage 1992, 3’
Illustrates a Chinese animal story in which a young
deer is deceived by appearances, told in four equal
sections of time representing the seasons.
The whole of Joesville is disgusted by the behaviour
of their young folk.
Zig Zag 1996
The Microsillon Song
Laurent Pouvaret, 2002, France, 9’0"
In a desert, a man presents a variety show every
evening. Stop-motion puppet animation. From
Folimage Studios - also see feature Raining Cats
and Frogs.
Animex Pro
2005, UK, 16’00"
Seven short animations produced by a class of
animation students specially for Animex in different
2d and 3d techniques and styles, including Tom
Johnson’s Percy's Big Little Journey, Adam Steel’s
Airgits, Paul Bloomfield’s Think, Chris Smith’s The
Truth about Crop Circles, Graham Purvis’ Fallen
Angel, Chris Corner’s Derelicts, Chris Learwood’s
Oddballs, Juan Avellaneda Sanchez’s This little
thing... and Philip Askin’s Gone in 60 Hours.
Animex Screen Exhibition
A selection of still images from many of the
animations are exhibited at the Arc, in the foyers and
the screenings venue. The exhibition can be viewed
at 1.00-2.00pm every day for the duration of the
festival. Stills exhibition curator: Stephen Murray.
Retrospective 1:
Painted Animations by Georges Schwizgebel, 55 min
Director, script, animator: Georges Schwizgebel,
Switzerland
Georges Schwizgebel studied at the École des
Beaux-Arts et des Arts Décoratifs de Genève 196065. In 1971 he founded Studio GDS dedicated to
producing and directing animated films. His films
reveal a sensibility for animation as an art form and
the cinematic sense for fluid motion. Schwizgebel is
a true master of the art of animated drawing and
painting.
His works have won numerous awards at top
festivals and featured in exhibitions and
retrospectives including Nuremberg, Stuttgart, Tokyo,
Osaka, Paris and New York.
This selection includes 11 of his noteworthy
animations - "Every one of them sprang from
intuition, a constraint or a challenge. I am happy to
introduce them to you."
Le vol d'Icare 1974
Inspired by electronic billboards with images lighting
up to a harpsichord music piece.
Perspectives 1975
Super-8 live footage film of a moving figure is
rotoscoped and create an animated interplay of
perspectives.
Le ravissement de Frank N Stein 1982
A collaboration with the musician Michael Horowitz,
using assembled sound fragments, frame-by-frame
animation and the idea of the character of
Frankenstein.
78 tours 1985
Things that can turn around and around, like a
record. The film adopts two viewpoints: in the
subjective one, both camera and objects turn,
whereas in the objective the frame is fixed.
The sujet du tableau 1989
Intended to tell the legend of Faust seeking
Marguerite with the help of Mephistopheles, now a
painter - a journey across paintings that are at first
still and then in movement.
La course à l'abîme 1992
The camera moves over large format paintings in a
spiral movement to illustrate three minutes of music.
Possession 1991, 18’
The idea was to travel from one image to another,
imagining a trip through space. The animation was
created based on the music.
A mixture of live-action and animation based on the
Red Riding Hood story. Tension between the wolf as
an agent of chaos, and the woodcutter as the
imposer of order.
Fugue 1998
Cowboys - The Conformist 1992, 3’
Conceived in the same way as a musician
composes a fugue, but using visual images, with the
vague idea that a character had run off and was
about to write a postcard.
"If you want to fit in round here, you best do what’s
expected of yer."
La jeune fille et les nuages 2000
A world gone undeniably to hell.
The outcome of two constraints: to draw the clouds
seen from the studio and to tell the story of
Cinderella – 12 different skies link the chapters of the
tale.
L'homme sans ombre 2004
Adapted from Adelbert von Chamisso’s tale The
Strange Story of Peter Schlemihl where a young man
of modest means meets a magician who offers him
riches in return for his shadow.
Retrospective 2: Phil Mulloy Animations, 67 min
Director, script & animator: Phil Mulloy, UK
Phil Mulloy studied painting and graduated from the
Royal College of Arts in 1974. After working mainly
on documentaries and television programmes for
nearly 20 years, he dedicated himself to animation.
Since 1988 he has produced and created numerous
short animations that have won international awards
and screened at prestigious international animation
festivals including Zagreb, Berlin, Golden Gate, and
Anima Mundi, to name a few. "The only limit to the
sarcasm and bitterness of this great British
animator’s dark comedies is the incredible openness
with which he unmasks social behaviour… Viewers
laugh a lot, though deep down they shudder," Anima
Mundi, C R Mattos, 2004. Phil Mulloy is currently
producing an animated feature film in co-production
with Studio Filmbilder. Also see The Intolerance
Trilogy screening at the UGC.
Tinfish 1990, 1’
Early short on 16mm film funded by the Arts Council.
The Sound of Music 1993, 11’
Cowboys - That’s Nothin’ 1992, 3’
"That’s nothing!": Cowboys meet in the Saloon and
talk about hot sex.
The Wind of Changes
Music: Alex Balanescu ,1996, 15’
The life and times of the composer/musician, Alex
Balanescu.
Cowboys - High Noon 1992, 3’
A showdown at high noon results in embarrassment.
The Chain 1998, 10’
A child scribles on a piece of paper and as a result
the whole world goes to war.
The Intolerance Trilogy, 56 min
Phil Mulloy’s animations in the trilogy have also won
prestigious awards at international festivals including
the Grand Pirx - Tampere, Silver Dragon - Cracow,
Silver Bell - Krok, Stuggart Award and prizes at
Mediawave, Imago, Annecy, Espinho, Castelli
Animati as well as receiving a Cartoon d’Or
nomination.
Intolerance 1
Director, script, animator, sound &
cinematography: Phil Mulloy, Music: Peter Brewis,
Spectre Films UK, 2000, 11’
An object is found in outer space. The
consequences are catastrophic. Zogs!
Intolerance II - The Invasion
Director, script, animator, sound &
cinematography: Phil Mulloy Music: Peter Brewis,
Spectre Films, UK, 2001, 15’
Only Dwight knows that the Zogs have invaded Earth
– only he can save the planet.
Intolerance III - The Final Solution
Director & script: Phil Mulloy, Music: Peter Brewis,
Spectre Films / Studio Filmbilder, 2004, 24’
Do the Zogs really exist? Two thousand years in the
future the answer is finally revealed.
Special 1:
Sexuality and Desire, 75 min x 2
Guest Curator: Jayne Pilling, Director of the British
Animation Awards, Curator & Writer
"So are men really from Mars and women from
Venus? Or, in the animation context, do women
make different kinds of animation films than men? .
The debate continues. What is clear however is that
in recent decades women have pushed back the
boundaries of what kinds of subject matter animation
can be seen to deal with, particularly around issues
of sexuality and desire. And in the last few years, it
has also been encouraging to see some, well, a very
few, films made by men on masculinity and sexuality,
in particular, German filmmaker Andreas Hykade,
whose provocative films have aroused (some)
feminist outrage but whose sincerity, openness and
will to explore such issues is highly refreshing."
Jayne Pilling
Hysteria
Alys Hawkins, 2001 UK, 1'30"
Wanda
Ruth Hayes, 1981, USA, 4'
A curious piece of medical history about
masturbation. Mixed media.
A woman's very frank diary entries.with unexpected
sexual jealousy. Mixed media.
Un Jour
Marie Paccou, 1997, France, 4’20
We Lived in Grass
Andreas Hykade, 1995, Germany, 20'
A woman recounts her first experience of intimacy.
2D computer.
'All women are whores and all men are soldiers, my
papa said. So go into the grass and kill a tiger. But
Papa you know: a good soldier cannot burn down
his dandelion girl - even if it hurts'.
Stanley
Suzie Templeton, 1999, UK, 7’
While his wife wreaks violence and death in the
kitchen, Stanley finds life and love in a beautiful
cabbage he is growing in his back yard. Model
animation.
The Hat
Michele Cournoyer, 1999, Canada, 6’
In an extraordinary series of transformations, an
exotic dancer revisits her childhood trauma.
Ring of Fire
Andreas Hykade, 2000, Germany, 15'
Two cowboys spend their days in the cool shade of a
rock but by night they make their way to the bazaar
of sexual desire. A controversial exploration of
macho attitudes, imbued with bitter-sweet
romanticism. Drawn and 2D computer.
Second Class Mail
Alison Snowden, 1984, UK, 4'
Pleasures of War
Ruth Lingford, 1998, UK, 11’30"
An ancient tale retold, of a city under siege and the
terrible action taken by one woman to save it. Victim
becomes tyrant, and the cycle of war rolls on.
Drawn on desktop computer incorporating archive
footage.
Forever & Forever
Michaela Pavlatova, 1998, Czech Republic, 16'
A live-action wedding celebration is interspersed with
drawn animation that explores what marriage might
have in store for the bride and groom.
Oh Julie
Frances Lea, 1996, UK, 9'
A frustrated night of passion, in which "the spirit may
be willing but the flesh is weak."
To Have and to Hold
Emily Mantell, 2003, UK, 3’52"
Part 1
A little old lady shops by post for an inflatable friend
but the goods fall short of her expectations. Oscar
nominee 1985. Drawn on frosted cells.
An alternative world based on a fantasy where
women take the lead. 2D drawn.
What She Wants
Ruth Lingford, 1994 UK, 4'
Girls Night Out 74
Joanna Quinn, 1987, UK, 6'
Triangle
Erica Russell, 1995, UK, 9'
Quiet Welsh housewife Beryl is transformed into a
joyful hooligan when her friends invite her on a
birthday trip to a pub's Ladies Night, featuring a male
stripper. Drawn on paper and painted on cel.
The passion of two young lovers and another
woman. Triangle makes powerful use of music and
artwork styles. 2D, drawn, painted and stencilled.
Oscar nominee.
Part 2
Special 2: Spike & Mike’s New Sick & Twisted
Animation Show, 66 min
Sex, shopping and the detumescence of late
capitalism. 2D computer.
The Stain
Marjut Rimminen & Christine Roche, 1991, UK, 11'
Inspired by a newspaper item, from which the two
filmmakers spin a dark tale of family secrets,
combining model animation with a range of other
techniques.
Asparagus
Suzann Pitt, 1978, USA, 18'
A rich densely textured symbolic narrative about
sexuality and the creative process, the film uses a
range of techniques from drawing and painting on
cel to three dimensional clay puppets.
Crying and Wanking
Alys Hawkins, 2002, UK, 6’
A domestic drama about shame and loss. Alone in
her private space a woman chews over her recently
ended relationship, and the consequences of sexual
honesty. Live action and drawn animation.
A new compilation by the Spike & Mike Festival
whose animation shows have a cult following on the
festivals circuit and are always a sell-out. For the
18+ audience. Some of these films contain some
images which may offend some viewers.
Their fans include students as well as the famous:
"Spike and Mike’s festival is a fun and irreverent oneof-a-kind festival. It provides a wonderful opportunity
for young animators to strut their stuff."
George Lucas, Industrial Light & Magic
Spike and Mike Intro, Mighty Fudge, 2:00
No Neck Joe, Craig McCraken, 4:00
The Boy Who Could Smell The Future,
Kurt Nellis, 1:30
Proper Urinial Etiquette, Kurt Nellis, 5:21
The Answer, Tennessee Reid Norton, 1:30
Lobster Schmobster, Dave Quivon, 2:00
Rip Wack, Josh Prikeyl, 4:42
Happy Tree Friends: Milkin' It, Mondo Media, 2:30
Crab Revolution, Jeremy Richigneux, 4:47
Baby Hunter, Toby Grauberger, 2:35
The Two Minute Itch, Eric Favela, 2:30
Fly Boy, Eric Merola , 2:00
My First Boner, Patrick Mallek, 2:50
Krazy Kock, Bill Plympton, 3:45
Quack Off, Justin Wright, 1:20
Mr J. Russell, Wouter Sel, 7:00
Happy Tree Friends: Class Act, Mondo Media, 3:30
Hippie Juice, Chris Crossland and Ryan Reznick, 4:00
Cat Ciao, Sam Chen, 2:00
The Treasure of the Salted Tadpole, La Poudriere,
4:00
Mule Dick, Nick Childs, 2:20
Rez-erection, Peter Kim, 3:44
Here Comes Dr Tran, Breehn Burns, 7:46
Happy Tree Friends: Out on a Limb, Mondo Media,
2:45
Frog, Christopher Conforti, 3:54
Special 3: Avoid Eye Contact NYC Independent
Animation, 65 min
Compiled by Patrick Smith, Square Footage Films,
USA
Eleven independent NYC animators met in a Chelsea
artist’s loft party, resulting in an independent DVD
collection of their work titled Avoid Eye Contact.
Their screenings usually attract a full house.
This programme is a new retro compilation for
Animex 2005 that contains some of the best
independent works from New York City's thriving, but
elusive animation scene. Young animators join
seasoned masters; including legendary animators
such as George Griffin and Academy Award
nominees Bill Plympton and John Dilworth, and
newcomers such as Mike Overbeck.
"No other city can claim such an overwhelming
number of independent animated shorts, each with a
distinct look, which is united only by genre and the
gritty soul of New York City." Animation World
Magazine.
Fetch, Nina Paley, 4:32
Call of the Wild, Julia Sarcone Roach, 6:50
Peanuts, PES, 3:00
Ramblin Man, Aaron Augenblick, 3:32
Moving Along, Patrick Smith, 3:20
Educational Toys For Precocious Tots,
Elanna Allen, 1:08
New Fangled, George Griffin, 1:45
Bathtime in Clerkinwell, Alex Budovsky, 3:23
Mousochist, John Dilworth, 4:06
Terminally Ambivalent Over You,
Aleksey Budovsky, 3:19
Dirdy Birdy, John Dilworth, 7:13
I Was A Thanksgiving Turkey, John Schnall, 3:00
Guard Dog, Bill Plympton, 4:37
Dentist, Signe Baumane, 3:28
Handshake, Patrick Smith, 4:30
Atlas Gets a Drink, Mike Overbeck, 3:34
Barfight, Christy Karacas, 4:13
Documentary
Dream On Silly Dreamer - WORLDPREMIERE
Opened and introduced by the Director Dan Lund and
Producer Tony West, who will be available to take
questions after the screening.
Director: Dan Lund, Producer: Tony West, USA, 2004,
35mm/DVD, 40 min
Two years in the making, this new documentary
marks the sad end of the hand-drawn art form that
was the cornerstone of Disney classic animations.
The company, best known for its handcrafted feature
animations, no longer wanted artists to draw for
them. It tells of the infamous “Tom Meeting” in 2002
when more than 200 Disney artists at the legendary
Feature Animation Department in Burbank were fired.
Nearly 1300 skilled artists and craftsmen also lost
their jobs at Disney studios in Paris, Tokyo and
Florida. Director Dan Lund and first-time producer
Tony West were also fired and documented this
process by recording interviews that are charged
with raw emotion. Audiences will listen in disbelief to
the finest artists and animators in the business as
they tried to make sense of their fate. Original
whimsical animations are interwoven in the
documentary in homage to the Disney legacy.
“Not all fairy tales have a happy ending. No matter
how much we wished they did,” Dan Lund.
WORLD PREMIERE at the Arc Cinema on 31 January at
20:00, also screens at UGC Screen 7, on 3 February at
16:00 and 19:00 with The Intolarance Trilogy, 2004,
35mm/DVD, 56 min (18+ audience)
Features
Raining Cats and Frogs / La Prophetie des
Grenouilles
Director: Jacques-Remy Girerd, France, 2002,
35mm, 86 min (all audiences)
With a new twist on the Noah’s ark story, frogs rally
to warn humans of a terrible rain of 40 days and
nights and an impending flood. Only the farmer
Ferdinand listened to the prophecy.
His improvised raft is filled to the brim with the
children and zoo animals, afloat on the ocean. The
freshness and artistry of the drawings in pastels is
closer to book illustration artwork than cartoons in
this ambitious feature produced at Folimage Studios.
The studio is renowned and continues to work in
traditional animation. A million drawings created
over six years tell a dramatic social fable about
humans and animals, herbivores and carnivores
alike, who need to survive until the waters recede.
With special thanks to Northern Lights Film Festival
Screens at the University of Teesside Cinema on
31 January at 21:30, and at the Arc Studio Theatre, on
4 February at 21:30.
Screens at UGC Screen 7, on 31 January and 2 February
at 16:00 with the short Cameras Take Five, Steven
Woloshen, 2003, 35mm, 3’.
STRINGS
Director: Anders Ronnow-Klarlund, Denmark, 2004,
Hair High
Director: Bill Plympton, USA, 2004, 35mm, 82 min
The director’s idea of a universe inhabited by
marionettes with strings reaching all the way up to
the sky, to a place where all are connected and
controlled, inspired this epic fantasy film. It uses
marionettes and puppet animation in elaborate
atmospheric settings. A mythological story about
the son of a king, Hal Tara, who sets out on a
journey to revenge the death of his father. He
discovers the truth of his own people and true love
where he least expects it. A dramatic tale of love
and war, where the threads of destiny are woven
together by unseen hands.
Awarded Best European Fantasy Feature Film and
Citizen Kane Award to Newcomer Director at the
Sitges Festival 2004.
With special thanks to Northern Lights Film Festival
A gothic high-school comedy with a Carrie-like story,
set in the 1950’s. It tells the legend of Cherri and
Spud who are murdered on prom night. They are
left for dead in a timeless embrace at the bottom of
Echo Lake. Exactly a year later, their skeletons come
back to life as they return to the prom for revenge
and their justly deserved crowns. Independent NYC
animator Plympton drew the entire feature animation
over two years in his distinctive cartoonist style and
outrageous humour.
Screens at UGC Screen 7, on 31 January and on
2 February at 19:00 (18+ audience) with the shorts Fast
Film, Virgil Widrich, 2003, 35mm, 14’ and Guard Dog,
Bill Plympton, 2004, 35mm, 6’.
P3K PINOCCHIO 3000
Director: Daniel Robichaud, Canada/France/Spain,
2004, 35mm/Beta, 77 min
It is the year 3000 AD. in the technocity of
Scamboville, where Geppetto lives in a tiny house
sheltered between imposing skyscrapers. As an
ingenious twist on Carlo Collodi’s classic tale,
Geppetto is an old computer enthusiast, and carries
out his dream of having a son by creating Pinocchio
as a super-robot, thanks to the P3K microprocessor.
A ‘cyber classic’ filmed in visually stunning 3D
computer animation, with voices by Howie Mandel
and Whoopie Goldberg.
35mm, 91 min (all audiences)
Screens at UGC Screen 7, on 1 February at 16:00 and
19:00.