The 2008 Animation edition features an assorted collection of fifteen innovative works by moving image artists who are pioneering the development and implementation of new and exciting animation techniques. The incredibly dramatic and precise stop motion live-action animation of Vanita is followed by the playful and whimsical film featuring a pipe cleaner Mantis. Other subjects portrayed include tourism, advertising, slums, looms and sports. The program closes with the Third prize winner, Birdcalls which is described as, "a strange mix of McLuhan 'mediology', Audubon cataloging, and post-abstract expressionist calligraphy."

All films in a printable format

	IV.6 directed by Mike Winkelmann USA, Music, 2006, digital video, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:35 “IV.6” is a music video done in an emerging new style called “instrumental video”. With an instrumental video, every instrument, every note, and every tiny nuance of the music is represented visually. Diffe... more info
	Vanita directed by Armel Hostiou France, Animation, 2008, 00:03:41 A stop-motion animation of a human face. ... more info
	90-Day Focus directed by Daniel Mendoza United Kingdom, Mixed Genre, 2008, other video, Color, 00:08:15 Are collapses of complex societies inevitable or dependant on how they respond to their problems? When faced with the disastrous consequences of their actions, why do some societies fail to solve their pro... more info
	Mantis directed by Erin Dunn USA, Animation, 2007, HD Video, Color, Other, 00:01:36 "Discovery of the Sprite" a collection of animated shorts is based on a series of large-scale highly-detailed, multimedia drawings by Erin Dunn. Dunn layers dense visual images by experimenting with materials... more info
	It Goes Without Saying directed by Una Lorenzen Iceland, Animation, 2007, video, Color, Dolby SR, 00:04:32 A music video for the musician Nico Muhly. The visuals are illustrating the organism versus the mechanism in the music. We travel through strange hairworlds, foamskyes and mechanical birds. Everything is shot... more info
	North Circular directed by Michael Salkeld United Kingdom, Video Art / Film Art, 2008, digital video, Color, Other, 00:02:00 A video poem utilizing video 2d and 3d animation, as an experimental visual poem, interacting with an ambient improvised musical soundtrack ... more info
	Sports and Diversions directed by Bum Lee USA, Animation, 2006, digital video, B&W, Magnetic Stereo, 00:04:16 SPORTS AND DIVERSIONS is a series of black and white animations inspired by Sports et divertissements, a collection of piano compositions written by Erik Satie in 1914. These animations take the themes of Sat... more info
	The Tourists directed by Malcolm Sutherland Canada, Animation, 2007, video, Color, Dolby A, 00:03:00 Another transient day at the beach.... more info
	Slum Noir directed by Jahmad Rollins USA, Animation, 2007, digital video, B&W/Color, Magnetic Stereo, 04:10:00 Slum Noir: (A Dark Slum, Dark Slum, Slum beautiful,Black Ghetto,and Barrio Negro.) Children of the slums survive shadow buried streets hidden behind masks. Chasing after a masked young girl carrying a myste... more info
	Kapitaal (Capital) directed by see administration contact , Ton Meijdam and Béla Zsigmond Netherlands, Animation, 2005, digital video, B&W, Other, 00:06:10 An impression of the enormous amount of visual stimuli that we are harassed by every day. The amount is so big that its commercial effectiveness has become utterly dubious.... more info
	MeVivMo directed by Ricardo Freitas Portugal, Experimental, 2006, digital video, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:01:44 A moment is the body for several perceptions. In each perception is a unique way of living that moment. ... more info
	La Boîte directed by Éloi Ménard Canada, Experimental, 2004, digital video, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:10 The character gets inspire by pictures projected on a wall. ... more info
	Jump Rump Rump Bump directed by Hevi Wong Jeong and Murphy Canada, Animation, 2006, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:08:00 An over-achieving, six-year-old girl named, Mooney, has a a secret life at night. But she has to eat her dinner first!... more info
	Loom directed by Scott Kravitz USA, Animation, 2006, 00:05:15 In Loom, a street musician risks his life to save a child, and meets his fate at the hands of an old woman who is more than she seems. ... more info
	Birdcalls directed by Malcolm Sutherland Canada, Animation, 2006, digital video, Color, Dolby A, 00:05:00 The written languages of birds come to life.... more info

Upcoming Screenings
Venue/Organization	City	Country	Date
AS220	Providence	USA	2009-01-20	Event Details
NTSC Project	San Antonio	USA	2008-12-12	Event Details

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