August 7 Saturday
Highlights of Dutch Animation Film 2007, 2008 & 2009
During the World Expo in Shanghai the Dutch Culture Centre will present a special programme of animated short films from the Netherlands: Highlights of Dutch Animation 2007, 2008 & 2009.
The programme will spotlight some of the best recent Dutch short animated films, including the award winning films RED END AND THE SEEMINGLY SYMBIOTIC SOCIETY, PIVOT, VARIETY and NOTEBOOK.
Dutch animated films are constantly on the move and are extremely versatile in art forms and techniques. The film RED END AND THE SEEMINGLY SYMBIOTIC SOCIETY for example, is made in what might be the film standard of the future, 4k Digital Cinema, boasting a spectacular resolution. The fatal twist in PIVOT or the fascinating cut-outs of the fairylike DIORAMA are few of the many more exciting things to be discovered during this highly entertaining programme.
"Highlights of Dutch Animation 2007, 2008 & 2009" is organized with support of EYE Film Institute Netherlands.
PROGRAMME
Aug 7 19.30 - 21.00 hrs.
Activity Centre /// Michiel van Dijk and Sjeng Schupp (5 minutes, Vinex Productions)
Horror in the living room. Everything seems to be normal, but slowly things are getting out of hand. www.vinexproductions.nl
Big Buck Bunny /// Sacha Goedegebure (10 minutes, Blender Institute)
3D animation about a giant rabbit and three forest bullies. The movie has been created with open source 3D software ‘Blender’ and is all open content. www.bigbuckbunny.org
Diorama /// Elly Bouman (3 minutes, AKV/St. Joost)
A girl enlivens her diorama by introducing a fly. Her rich fantasy brings forth a miraculous world. www.ellybouman.com
Mac & Roe /// Elmer Kaan (3 minutes, 13 seconds, Pedri Animation)
Things get out of hand, in this three minute stop-motion animated tennis match, when Mac and Roe take the rules of tennis cinematography not too seriously. www.pedri-animation.com
Notebook /// Evelien Lohbeck (4 minutes, 52 seconds)
Expectations are challenged in this short experimental film which plays with illusions and reality. www.evelienlohbeck.com
Pivot /// André Bergs (5 minutes, il Luster Productions)
When a man is witness to a murder and takes pictures of the killer, he has to run for his life. www.illuster.nl
The Phanom of the Cinema /// Erik van Schaaik (11 minutes, il Luster Productions)
The hectic life behind the screen in a film theatre becomes visible for the audience when ‘the phantom of cinema’ breaks. www.illuster.nl
Red and the Seemingly Symbiotic Society /// Robin Noorda & Bethany de Forest (15 minutes, Rocketta Film)
Ant Red-end differs from the rest and tries an experiment… www.rocketta.nl
Sold Out (Uitverkocht) /// Marie José van der Linden & Gerrit van Dijk 7 minutes, 30 seconds, Arena Films)
A tribute to the largely vanished breed of small shopkeepers. www.arenafilms.nl
Shells /// Jef Nassenstein (10 minutes, SNG Film)
In an immeasurable architectural universe, a figure made out of nuts and bolts, and with a shell for a head, crawls around tapping other shells scattered within the infinite space. www.sngfilm.nl
Whiplashed /// Arnoud Rijken (5 minutes, fourty five seconds, il Luster Productions)
When a man wakes up behind the wheel of his crashed car he discovers that he has lost his memory. Is he guilty of the death of the woman next to him? www.illuster.nl
The Labyrinth Runner /// Robbie Cornelissen (11 minutes, Netherlands Media Institute)
A young runner’s metabolism is translated into an erratic trip that makes its way through drawings of departure halls, stations, storage rooms, corridors and baths. www.nimk.nl
Variety /// Roelof van den Berg (5 minutes, il Luster Productions)
Try to keep your plates up in the air…! www.illuster.nl
Partners & Sponsors
