Film Festival 09 - Homegrown Animation and Experimental on Video
Homegrown Animation and Experimental on
Video
74m
This eclectic programme brings together the cream of Kiwi animators
and innovators. Prepare yourself for ugliness and horror, for
beauty and love, for laughter and tears. This is a must see
collection of shorts that reflects the diversity and exuberance of
its creators. Day Drive (NZ/Canada 2009. Director: Paul Wedel
Producer: Will Moore 7 mins) A visually and aurally stunning
journey through the heart of urban and rural New Zealand. Round
(NZ/UK 2008. Director: Kirk Hendry Producer: Libby Durdy 5 mins) A
tale of death and rebirth in a jungle world of shadowy hands. Shot
entirely using hand shadow performance, Round highlights man's
position as a footnote in the Earth's very long story. Pleasant
Concrete (NZ 2008. Director: Michael Reihana Producer: Michael
Reihana 10 mins) A visually impressive piece which investigates the
relationship between man and machine. Soaring, Roaring,
Diving (NZ 2008. Directors/Producers: Miriam Harris, Juliet Palmer
7 mins) A beautifully crafted film incorporating animation, drawing
and Super 8 film. Better Military Modelling (NZ 2008. Director:
Jill Kennedy Producer: Juliette Veber 7 mins) Set in a shifting and
illusory aquarium, Better Military Modeling re-imagines childhood
knowledge and games through a playful pastiche of images,
movement and sound. The Void (NZ 2009. Director: Gary Davies
Producers: Gary Davies, Mike Hohaia 7 mins) A late night car ride
on a quiet country road becomes a living nightmare for a young
couple when their car inexplicably plunges off the edge of physical
reality into a never-ending pitch black void. The Void will have
you perched on the edge of your seat.... In the Name of Art (NZ
2008. Director/Producer: Mardo El-Noor 12 mins) A visually
inventive story of two artists who will go to the ultimate extreme
to win the coveted prize. Things are not always what they seem!
Grace (NZ 2008. Director/Producer: Niki Hiini 3 mins) Grace is a
beloved and respected family matriarch, with a long kept secret
Humanchine (NZ 2008. Director/Producer: Gina Kindred 5 mins)
Explores a human plus machine hybrid. Where are we going and how
did we get here? X.O. Genesis (NZ 2009. Director: Rowan Wernham
Producer: Thierry Jutel 12 mins) The story unfolds as a glorious
apocalypse and lo-fi reclamation of the space opera genre. A Spaz
Opera..........?
