The 10th Anniversary of the Melbourne International Animation Festival wrapped up last night with a fantastic “Best of the Fest” screening and plenty of partying afterwards. We were lucky enough to have “Fraught” (a film created by Maia Tarrell, Steph Brotchie, & myself as the D.I.Y Art Films collective back in 2006) screen as part [...]
The Melbourne International Animation is always an exciting time for KKP. Maia and myself have a long history with the festival, starting with our first production company D.I.Y Art Films. This year is MIAF’s tenth anniversary and they are screening a bunch of highlights and retrospective sessions, including “10 Years of Australian Highlights” which features [...]
Sorry for the delay folks, here’s the final entry in my MIAF wrap up for 2009. Saturday & Sunday had a lot more great films, and also involved meeting and hanging out with some great people too. On Saturday I attended the Australian Panorama & the Australian Forum, as well as International Program #4 and [...]
Friday was the best day yet at this year’s MIAF. Program 3 was really brilliant, every film was great and had something interesting to offer. Unfortunately I don’t have time to write about all of them, so I’ve had to narrow it down to a few favourites (but this list could have been a lot [...]
Yesterday was another great day of MIAF. I caught the New Croation Panorama, the Pritt Parn Special, & the London’s Calling #1 Session.MoranaSimon Bogojevic Narath (Croatia, 2008, 12’30)I’m not exactly sure what was going on in this film, but it was quite interesting to watch. A really nice combination of traditional CG and CG with [...]
Just a short update today, more coming tomorrow.The Horrors: “She Is The New Thing”Corin Hardy (UK, 2007, 2’45)I’m not usually into the gruesome demonic imagery that can stereotypically accompany hardcore music, but I really enjoyed this video. The animation was perfectly suited to the song, not just in imagery but also in the pacing and [...]
Well it’s that time of year again. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the first two days of this year’s Melbourne International Animation Festival, and I’m looking forward to the rest of the week. MIAF is one of the world’s biggest animation festivals, and as the program proudly proclaims it includes 50 screenings, 400+ films, from 35+ countries. [...]
Check it out! An interview we did with the lovely people at ACMI at last year’s Melbourne International Animation Festival:http://www.acmi.net.au/vid_makers_diy.htmAlso, MIAF is now on Facebook! Befriend the festival here.
