Posts Tagged ‘EIFF’

Edinburgh Film Festival deadline extended

Written by madevi 28th January 2010, 12:01pm

Posted in: Festivals

Shake yourself out of your winter torpor!
There’s still time to submit to the Edinburgh International Film Festival, that fine champion of fresh animation talent.

The Regular Deadline for all submissions will be Monday 1st March 2010. They are particularly keen to see the freshest of animation talent and as a result animation films are still FREE to submit. That’s free, as in beer! Though you’ll still have to buy your own beer. They’re not that nice.

NEW Submission Deadlines:
Regular: Monday 1 March 2010
Late: Monday 8 March 2010

There are three ways to submit:-
- Online through the EIFF website
- Download a form from the EIFF website and mail it to them
- Via Withoutabox

Animation films are FREE to submit but please still use the online submission, Withoutabox or postal form before sending your film.

Please note all submitted films should be no more than 12 months old by June 2010 and EIFF requires at least UK premiere status.

Check out our highlights from last year’s EIFF animation screenings for motivation. We could be singing your praises this summer. If you buy us a beer.

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Interview with Iain Gardner

Written by madevi 20th July 2009, 8:07am

Posted in: Channel 4, Commissions, Interviews

We’re kicking off this week with an interview with 4mations director Iain Gardner. Have you noticed a marked decline in penguin population? Read on.

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EIFF highlights - McLaren 1

Written by andy 30th June 2009, 4:06pm

Posted in: Festivals

The McLaren awards, which showcase the best of new British animation, are always a popular event at the Edinburgh International Film Festival - so popular we could only get our hands on tickets for the first screening!

There seemed to be obvious connections between some of the films on show: The surprise demise of Francis Cooper’s mother and Today only are both slice-of-life mini dramas. Photograph Of Jesus and The Reason I Collect are Stop motion documentaries of real-world objects based around a voice over. And two films feature a dead rabbit. Draw your own conclusions. Below are some highlights:

Rabbit Punch by Kristian Andrews

Rabbit Punch by Kristian Andrews

The Conservatory
Matilda Tristram / UK / 2008 / 2 mins

Two plummy voiced old gents have a brief, surreal discussion about despair, conservatories and tea. Silly and funny.

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Highlights from EIFF - International Animation 2

Written by andy 30th June 2009, 10:06am

Posted in: Festivals

As I sat down to watch the films, I heard them introduced as “…harrowing, I suppose…”. Oh goody. I’m never really ready to be harrowed until after lunch. Below are some highlights:

The Man and the Woman (Maria Mouat / Russia)
A film about a widower, remembering his wife. We follow the two old people through their final days together. There’s a dreamy rather saccharine quality here. It’s really very well done, it’s a beautiful film but I felt rather manipulated by it. To say it’s sentimental would be a gross understatement. It honestly looks like it could have been made at any time in the last fifty years. Call it timeless.

Nicolas & Guillemette (Virginie Taravel / France)

This sweet, charming and funny story of some scoubidou characters on a tabletop. Scoubidou is a plaiting and knotting craft popular in France.  Executed in 3D, the strange characters have the slightly mad quality of children’s drawings. Fun.

Chicory 'n' Coffee by Dusan Kastelic

Chicory 'n' Coffee by Dusan Kastelic

Chicory ‘n’ Coffee (Dusan Kastelic / Slovenia)
There’s a lot of humour in this film based on the poem by Iztok Mlaka, The story of simple peasant couple and a little deception. Very accomplished animation full of character and folksy detail.
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