ANIMATIONS PACKAGE 1
SATURDAY 28th NOVEMBER 1:00pm
THE NERVE CENTRE, CINEMA 2
All films are a UK/Irish premiere unless otherwise stated.
LEONARDO
Follow Leonardo as he invents his flying machine and gets ready for flight.
USA 2009 Jim Capobianco 10mins
GUNS, BEES & TADPOLES
Set in seventies Northern Ireland, a summer’s day takes a turn to the extraordinary for a normal family in not so normal times.
Northern Ireland 2009 John McCloskey 5mins
PAUSE REPLAY
It’s a love story between a camera and a camcorder.
USA 2009 Chan-Chia Chang 6mins
THE INCIDENT AT TOWER 37
In the middle of a dry, desolate landscape stands Tower 37: a shimmering water processing station, siphoning every last drop of water. Day in and day out the station's lone steward monitors the tower's activities, never realizing that Tower 37 is slowly destroying an entire ecosystem, but when two unexpected guests arrive, the tower's operator learns the high cost of his ignorance.
USA 2009 Chris Perry 11mins
YULIA
Yulia lands in a closed room with five levers….
France 2009 Antoine Arditti 6mins
A FILM FROM MY PARISH - 6 FARMS
In this film we meet six Irish farmers who work in harmony with the land, with local resources and with their community. This film was shot with 2 digital stills cameras, a tripod and a mini disc recorder.
Ireland 2008 Tony Donoghue 7mins
THE NOT-SO-GREAT EUGENE GREEN
Eugene is a strange elderly man with a simple dream: to entertain his world through the art of vocal sound effects. Unfortunately, he has an annoyingly small repertoire.
Australia 2009 Michael Hill 13mins
THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER OLIVE
An ageing alien and a love struck grandma find romance, but just as they’re about to get groovy an army intervention spoils the fun.
UK 2009 Alberto Rodriguez 12mins
ANIMATIONS PACKAGE 2
SATURDAY 28th NOVEMBER 2:30pm
THE NERVE CENTRE, CINEMA 2
THE MOUSE THAT SOARED
A famous flying circus mouse reflects on his humble beginnings in this high-altitude adventure in aerodynamics.
USA 2009 Kyle Bell 6mins
NATURAL CAUSES
A communications break down leads to an alliance between the most unlikely of characters in finding a solution to their problems.
Ireland 2009 Barry Holian 6mins
LIGHTHEADED EUROPEAN PREMIERE
Lightheaded is a journey we take with temperature sensitive candle creatures who sacrifice what they know to become who they are.
USA 2009 Mike Dacko 5mins
Q&A EUROPEAN PREMIERE
In February 2006, 12-year-old Joshua Littman, who has Asperger's Syndrome, interviews his mother Sarah for StoryCorps. Their one-of-akind conversation covers everything from cockroaches to Sarah's feelings about Joshua as a son
USA 2009 Mike & Tim Rauch 4mins
TROLLEY BOY
Trolley Boy's frustration with his work builds up into a giant monster
Ireland 2009 Teemu Auersalo 4mins
FARD
In a near future, the world seems to work in an effective and controlled way.
France 2009 Luis Briceno & David Alapont 13mins
THE CAT PIANO
A city of singing cats is preyed upon by a shadowy figure intent on performing a twisted feline symphony.
Australia 2009 EddieWhite 8mins
THE GIRL WITH LIQUID EYES
A rhyming tale about love and loss.
UK 2008 Charlotte Boulay-Goldsmith & Adam Smith 5mins
THE ÈIKORJA AN' KAFE (CHICORY ‘N’ COFFEE)
A simple story about a peasant couple, where the angry husband insists on having only the best coffee, but his wife has always made chicory (a cheap substitute for coffee)….
Slovenia 2008 Dusan Kastelic 8mins
YOU’RE OUTA HERE
A spunky descendant of Betty Boop tells her no-good boyfriend to hit the road, to the stride rhythms of FatsWaller's 'The Minor Drag,' reinvented as 'You're Outta Here.'
USA 2009 George Griffin 3mins
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