A celebratory feast in the form of Best of the Festival – International. This is a chance to see a snapshot of what’s going on in the international independent animation scene – the broadest possible range of intelligent, entertaining and provocative current films on offer from all around the world.
Please check with the venue for the correct start time. At Ipswich Film Theatre book tickets
Invocation (Robert Morgan, 2013)
A grotesquely surreal deconstruction of the guts of stop-motion animation.
UK, 3’00
Marcel, King of Tervuren (Tom Schroeder, 2012)
The owners of Marcel, a much-loved, free rooster roaming his domain in Brussels, strike a problem when a bird flu warning is issued.
USA, 6’00
Futon (Yoriko Mizushiri, 2012)
A woman wrapped in a futon begins to dream and think about the future. Everything melts pleasantly together.
Winner of Best Film at LIAF 2013
Japan, 6’00
Ballast (Jost Althoff, 2012)
Sorrow is not part of my mind – but part of my head.
Germany, 5’00
Solipsist (Andrew Huang, 2012
A rupture of entanglements swarm and squirm into a herd of divine spectacle.
Winner of Award for Visual Innovation at LIAF 2013
USA, 10’10
Choir Tour (Edmunds Jansons, 2012)
A world-famous boys’ choir goes on tour. In the hands of their conductor they are obedient but when he gets trapped in an elevator they become playful children.
Winner of Award for Sound & Music at LIAF 2013
Latvia, 5’15
Astigmatismo (Nicolai Troshinsky, 2013)
A boy, having lost his glasses, can only see one thing in focus at a time, thus he explores a blurry world of unknown places and strange characters.
Spain, 4’00
Wind (Robert Loebel, 2012)
Wind can be a nutty friend, a challenging protector or a wily, invisible predator. But how is it generated?
Germany, 3’05
Old Man (Leah Shore, 2012
Animated to snippets of phone conversations with helter-skelter serial killer Charles Manson, this reaffirms his ‘down to the bone’ madness.
USA, 5’45
Rabbitland (Ana Nedeljkovic & Nikola Majdak jnr., 2013)
The rabbits who live in Rabbitland have holes instead of brains, and they are happy regardless of what happens. They vote free and democratic elections once a day, because Rabbitland is an ordered democracy.
Serbia, 7’20
Plug and Play (Michael Frei, 2011)
Anthropoid creatures with plugs in place of heads are up to mischief. Instead of abandoning oneself to the dictates of the raised finger, they soon submit to themselves. But the fingers also finger around. Is it love?
Switzerland, 6’00
Tram (Michaela Pavlatova, 2012)
A voluptuously sultry tram ride resplendent in all its wondrously esoteric wobbliness.
France, 7’00
