Australian Panorama (2007)

A 'snap shot' of the contemporary animation scene in Australia. Each year, the Australian International Animation Festival gathers a collection of recently released films by established Australian animators and mixes them with films by promising newcomers to give audiences a feel for what is happening and what the future of the artform might hold.

Featured in AIAF2007
Program Type: Films
Content Rating: Restricted (R 18+)
Carnivore Reflux
The People's Republic of Animation

A delicious, juicy look into humankinds carnivorous ways.



Australia
Runtime: 7:08
Year: 2006
Cry from the past
Susan Stamp

A beautiful, evocatively hand crafted film depicting one woman's memories of her relationship with the sea.



Australia
Runtime: 5:59
Year: 2007
Drained
Gav Stevenson

As we drain our rivers of water, we have to expect that - one day - the fish will strike back.



Australia
Runtime: 3:32
Year: 2005
Fraught
Stephanie Brotchie, Chris Pahlow, Maia Tarrell

A series of fraught tales - large, small, embarrassing and occassionally pornagraphic.



Australia
Runtime: 8:00
Year: 2006
Gargoyle
Michael Cusack

In the blue grey midnight shadow of a lonely hilltop castle, a gargoyle begins his patrol.



Australia
Runtime: 9:06
Year: 2006
The Boy Who Loved the Rain
Thomas Fraser

A film that fully embraces all the wonderous impossibilities of animation.



Australia
Runtime: 6:44
Year: 2006
Paper City Architects
Daniel Agdag

A visually fascinating, meticulously created film depicting one man's battle with uncaring power.



Australia
Runtime: 6:31
Year: 2006
The Lecture
Clint Cure

Animation is HARD!". "Hard". "There's no shortcuts. "Yeah, no shortcuts". Two lecturers work it out over a few beers.



Australia
Runtime: 4:04
Year: 2006
Songs From The Haven Of Despair
Jazzmen Lee-Johnson

An easy inclusion in the program. A film that draws from a rich gallery of stencil & street art imagery with a great sound track thrown in for good measure.



Australia
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United States
Runtime: 6:35
Year: 2006
Fluid
Lachlan Dean

An ethereal piece that reminds us animation is, at heart, all about the illusion of movement.



Australia
Runtime: 1:57
Year: 2006
The Flight
Hung Lin

Even in this day and age, not everyone is comfortable with the notion of flying.



Australia
Runtime: 2:04
Year: 2006
Gloomy Valentine
Isabel Peppard

The hilltop highs and the floating black hearted moments of a gloomy valentine.



Australia
Runtime: 5:30
Year: 2006
Sam and Piccolo
Adam Walker

Sam, a man, and Piccolo, a creature, live together in an isolated valley.



Australia
Runtime: 14:16
Year: 2006