Short films animation
Friday 13.10 22h30 Paderewski
Sunday 15.10 16h30 Cinématographe
Guide Dog
Bill Plympton, 2006, USA, 5 min 15, 35mm, couleur, sans parole
www.plymptoons.com
No need to introduce Bill Plympton anymore, nor his films. This disastrous guide dog will not be a disappointment. No doubt.

- Guide Dog
Still Life
Gerald Vak, 2005, Autriche, 4 min 10, DVD, couleur, sans parole
gerald.vak(at)chello.at
A still life, but animated. Yep !
Bodega Bay School
J. Tobias Anderson, 2005, Suède, 5 min 29, DVcam, couleur, sans parole
www.geocities.com/tobiasanderson
The sequel of a classic of Sir Alfred, to which is missing the main ingredients. What feedback to give about this voluntary alteration ?

- Bodega Bay School
Albino Santa Cop
Tom Priestley, 2005, Australie, 4 min 26, DVcam, couleur, anglais
www.offplanetfilms.com
Here’s what happens when we are a very bad policeman : we get what we deserve when the last judgement is approaching.

- Albino Santa Cop
Damaged Gods
Don Best, 2004, Canada, 4 min 34, 16 mm, nb, sans parole
donibest(at)hotmail.com
Paranoic atmosphere for a hero who goes forward with no hope.

- Damaged Gods
Tyger
Guilherme Marcondes, 2006, Brésil, 4 min 30, Betacam, couleur, sans parole
info(at)guiherme.tv
The worrying tiger goes by and a fresh breath goes through the city.

- Tyger
An Archetipal Room
Phyllis Bulkin Lehrer, 2005, USA, 1 min 30, DVcam, couleur, anglais
Identity and fashion put into question on a slightly crissed material.

- An Archetipal Room
Far West
Nieto, 2006, France, 4 min, Betacam, couleur, français
festivals(at)autourdeminuit.com
Little animation class which seriously hurts exactly when we don’t expect it.

- Far West
Bendito Machine
2006, Jossie Malis Alvarez, Espagne, 4 min 40, Flash, couleur, sans parole
www.zumbakamera.com
Gods, enemy peoples, exploitation and ineluctable downfall. Powerful themes finely illustrated with cut-out paper and supported by two sole colours.

- Bendito Machine
Boom Boom Boogie
Andy Leuenberger, 2005, Allemagne, 4min30, DVcam, sans parole
www.fiesfilm.com/boomboomboogie.html
All the fury of a battle put together in one soldier who transforms in a kill machine.

- Boom Boom Boogie
Pre-selection Jury
Rune Eriksson, Erik Eriksson, 2006, Norvège, 5 min 50, Betacam, couleur, anglais
www.geocities.com/tanjetsfilms
The deep-seated flegmatism of Rune and Erik Eriksson put to the service of a few committee sessions of film selections very freely evoked.

- Pre-selection Jury
Kontrol Eskape
Mat & Spon, 2005, France, 11 min, BétaSP, noir et blanc, sans parole
festivals(at)autourdeminuit.com
Cold animation which dares go towards Metropolis and which comes out with its head held high, proud of its modest means.

- Kontrol Eskape
Journey to West
Moto Sakakibara, 2006, USA, 1 min 22, Digital Data, couleur, anglais
www.spritee.com
Perfect animation pictures, loads of colours, a touch of humour which saves it all : welcome to Nirvana Land.

- Journey to West
Making Pancakdes
Cecilia Lundqvist, 2005, Suède, 4 min 58, DVcam, noir et blanc, anglais
www.geocities.com/cecilia_lundqvist
Face-to-face between a man and a woman in an unbalanced relationship evoked by the absurd.

- Making Pancakdes
Gender Trouble
Tom de Pekin, 2005, France, 4 min, DVcam, nb et rouge, anglais
tomdepekin(at)free.fr
On a music of the Flamming Pussy, animated search of a sexuality against normativity. A rallying cry to the thought of Queen.
[Translate to English:] Steakhouse
El Frauenfelder, 2005, Suisse / Finlande, 7 min 13, DVcam, couleur, sans parole
efrauenf(at)bluewin.ch
Trip to the West and its quarters for a little visit to the land of Rock’n’Roll.
[Translate to English:] Lodger: I love Death
Hannes Hàyhà, 2005, Grande-Bretagne, 3 min 40, betacam, couleur, sans parole
www.lodger.tv
A whole life in less than four minutes by a stylised character like many meaningless logos.

- Lodger: I love Death