IFCT Schedule Brooklyn New York

Friday, November 23rd 2007

Screenings of Animation and Experimental Animation

Times and Prices

7:30pm-10pm First Seating

10pm-12:30pm Second Seating

Tickets are $5, with $5 food/drink minimum

Call 718.384.1369 for more information

 

 

Les Proverbes Flamands
Antonine Roegiers France 6 minutes

An animated analysis of Bruegel the Old’s painting “The Flemish Proverbes” where 118 Flemish proverbs take place in one painting.

 

A Quai (Alongside the Quay)
Sara and Pierre Volto France 5 minutes

A captain looks for a bar and cigarettes in a harbour. A dog falls in friendship with him. The captain tries to get rid of him. But he fails.

 

Life in Transition
John R. Dilworth 4 minutes, USA


LIFE IN TRANSITION is a visual and symbolic journey depicting the continual transformations of life from birth to death to re-birth.

 

Kameras
by Janne Höltermann Germany 8 minutes

The abstract movements of a camera are studied.

 

Midnight
Eyrun Eyjolfsdottir Iceland, 10 minutes

A fantastical stop motion animation take on the Edgar Allen Poe classic, “The Raven.”

 

Room 710
Anne Marie Fleming, USA, 8 minutes
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A woman is awakened in her hotel room to a couple fighting next door. It all goes very terribly wrong. A true story.

 

In the Rough
Paul Taylor (Blur Studios) USA 5 minutes
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A prehistoric tale about seeking marital bliss

 

Waterlanders Best Case Scenarios
Maarten Isaak de Heer,  The Netherlands
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A unique combination of photography and animation.

 

Robots in for No Reason at All in C
Cathy Crowther-Karol, USA, 3 minutes

 

Best Practice
Helen Torp, Norway, 10 minutes

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Best Practice is an abstract animated manual on how you should live your life.

 

Taps.
Matthew Gravelle, USA, 3 minutes

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Animated film about water taps

 

Bertie and Roderick in a Bit of a Fix
Francesca Ferrario, Netherlands, 5 minutes

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In an old and forgotten dungeon, two skulls have to face Eternity. They both try to kill time the best they can.

 

ebenezer morgan's photography emporium
jamie pardo and tia perkins, UK, 6 minutes

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A battle of wills unfolding between esteemed photographer ebenezer morgan and his dog prince

 

Familiar News
Katerina jonsson Sweden 7 minutes
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A reflection of the terrifying yet seductive everydays news (Photoanimation)

 

Still to Go
Martha Griffith, Canada, 5 minutes
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An animated character’s attempt to cross the street exposes the layers of movement that define and transform him. The film was executed on a revolving multiplane camera-stand consisting of seven layers of glass. The process and technique of the film reflect its themes, layers and transformations  

 

 

Monkey Town- Brooklyn New York

58 North 3rd Street directions

Screenings of Animation and Experimental Animation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Home Delivery
Directed by Elio Quiroga 11 minutes, Spain



An animated horror zombie-comedy about domestic violence, based on a short tale by Stephen King

 

Eva Goes to Foreign
Directed by Neil Ross and Richard Burdett 3 minutes UK



A short animation based on an original story by Tass Darlington which shows how Eva,
a young Jamaican, is drawn into hard drugs trafficking, with tragic consequences for
herself and her family.

 

Hot Lead
Directed by Peter Kim, 10 minutes, USA



A digitally animated film noir action thriller, filled with guns, dames and lots of lead.

 

Glitch or the Girl Who Came Unstuck
Directed by Howard Kingston, 2 minutes, UK



Two children crowd over a gameboy, the girl rises to her feet dreamlike and steps into the road, she falls through it and has become unstuck.

 

Rain and Storm

Directed by Anna Benner, 2 minutes, UK/Germany

Innovative animation style about a young girl trying to cope when a storm hits her island

Winter (En Hiver)
Directed by Andy Collen, 6 minutes, USA



The story is set in the late 1800's rural countryside during the dead of winter. A little girl lives with her ailing mother and their scruffy dog in a large Gothic style mansion. One day she bundles up, tucks an orange in her pocket and goes for a walk with her dog. During her outing several things happen that test her ability to endure. This gentle drama reminds us that during hardship, human nature will rise to the strength that is asked of us.


Down-Under
Directed by Güven Çatak, 3 minutes, Turkey



Personal impressions of a foreigner eye for New York subway, its consuming cycle and its inhabitants.

 

Returning
Directed by Nancy Jean Tucker, 4 minutes, USA



An animated stylized music video

 

Ransis and Alee

Directed by Randall Lynton, Australia

Enter a poverty stricken town where your next meal could be your last. Ransis and Alee (a dog and cat) on a midnight romp through a decrepit town as they struggle to overcome adversity while looking for their next meal.

 

Boom
Directed by Tomas Schats 1 minute The Netherlands
Things aren’t quite what they seem in this minimal line animation about a tree.

 

Triangular

Directed by Bruno Sumoes 8 minutes Portugal

Triangular tells the story of three men inside four walls. The choices they are forced to make and the effect they have on other people, on each other and on themselves. In this short animation you will see how much influence the space aroundyou really has.