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PROGRAMME ISFFL 2009
ANIMATION NATIONS
A severe selection of international top animated films. Like every year, every possible genre and animation style is represented: impressive 3-D (Kudan, Le Manoir) as well as meticulously performed puppet animation (as in Peter and the Wolf or Land of the Heads); animated mini-documentaries (as the cute My First Crush) as well as moving oil paintings (Khoda). In other words, a selection filled with colour and creativity. Animation Nations contains several big festival hits: films that do well in the international festival sector and during their victory march also pass through Leuven. Make sure you do not miss them!
 
ANIMATION NATIONS 1
LE MANOIR
Rémi Martin, Alban Kasikci, Thomas Pradier - France - 4 min - 2008
The master of time makes his daily rounds.
PETER & THE WOLF (Peter en de Wolf)
Suzie Templeton - United Kingdom, Poland, Mexico, Norway - 29 min - 2006
Grandfather will not let Peter go out into the forest out of fear for the wolves.
RETOUCHES
Georges Schwizgebel - Switzerland, Canada - 6 min - 2008
Animated paintings go on modifying each other.
CODSWALLOP
Greg & Myles McLeod - United Kingdom - 4 min - 2008
‘Codswallop’ features a collection of surreal characters at crucial moments in their briefly glimpsed stories.
BYGNINGSARBEIDERE (Deconstruction Workers)
Kajsa Naess - Norway - 6 min - 2008
Two construction workers having an everyday conversation about an existensial question.
RABBIT PUNCH
Kristian Andrews - United Kingdom - 6 min - 2008
Nothing happens where we live so we do special ops…
KUDAN
Taku Kimura - Japan - 10 min - 2008
When he wears a special helmet, a man transforms into a Japanese monster.
PROCESS ENACTED
Jordan C Greenhalgh - United States - 3 min - 2007
Using 987 polaroids and no computer, Jordan C Greenhalgh returns to the basis of the animated picture.
L'ENVELOPPE JAUNE (The yellow envelope)
Delphine Hermans - Belgium - 9 min - 2008
Anna starts a rather particular life with Paul, the inflatable doll.
LAVATORY-LOVESTORY
Konstantin Bronzit - Russia - 9 min - 2007
Love may happen in the most unexpected places, even a workplace.
Length: 1u 26 min. / Screenings: sat 28/11 (23:00) :: sun 29/11 (21:00) :: thues 1/12 (19:00) :: sat 5/12 (19:00) / Location: STUK Studio

 
ANIMATION NATIONS 2
LA MAISON EN PETITS CUBES (House of Small Cubes)
Kunio Kato - Japan - 12 min - 2008
Grandpa is constantly building houses on top of his house, as the water level continually rises.
LAND OF THE HEADS
Cédric Louis & Claude Barras - Switzerland - Canada - 6 min - 2009
A mean old woman is sick of her rimpled head. Her husband hast to go look for a new, young head…
CHAINSAW
Dennis Tupicoff - Australia - 24 min - 2007
Romance is like a chainsaw: a very dangerous beast indeed.
TOLD YOU SO
Cecilia Lundqvist - Sweden - 2 min - 2008
In an initially harmless dialogue, a provoking and mianipulative tactic starts to shine through.
KHODA
Reza Dolatabadi - United Kingdom - 5 min - 2008
A film that presents a painting whenever you pause it.
ENGINE 371
Kevin Langdale - Canada - 9 min - 2007
An animated shortfilm about the tense relation between people, machines and nature.
ORGESTICULANISMUS
Mathieu Labaye - Belgium - 10 min - 2008
When moving, you take over your own life.
SEEMANNSTREUE (Sea Dog's Devotion)
Anna Kalus - Austria - 11 min - 2008
A romantic sailor is dwelling on his passion for beautiful Alwine.
YELLOW STICKY NOTES
Jeff Chiba Stearns - Canada - 6 min - 2007
Life illustrated on a series of yellow sticky notes.
MY FIRST CRUSH
Julia Pott - United Kingdom - 4 min - 2007
Humour and heartache go hand in hand in the first encounters with love.
Length: 1u 29 min. / Screenings: mon 30/11 (22:15) :: wed 2/12 (18:15) :: fri 4/12 (20:15) :: sat 5/12 (22:15) / Location: Labozaal