Shorts Program
7:00 PM FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6
@ the Plaza Theatre (1133 Kensington Road NW)
$10.00 / $8.00 Quickdraw Members
14A
This collection of shorts is connected by the threads that pull us together – heartstrings and social bonds –whether professional, familial, or romantic. Eleven animators from Europe and North America use 2D, claymation, CGI, and stop-motion using recycled garbage to tell us stories of love, companionship, and social convention.
Running Time: 71 minutes
DIRECTOR: Jim Lacy & Kathrin Albers, Germany, 2008, 5:18 MIN
A group of animals compete to move up the corporate ladder using contradictory information from gleaned from bestselling management guides.
Canadian Premiere
La Competitiva
DIRECTOR: Adriana (Peca) Delfino and Hernan Cieza, Spain, 2009, 20 MIN
Two employees of a peculiar ramshackle factory of made from recycled materials express their creativity to the fullest in order to dazzle the waitress who serves them lunch daily.
North American Premiere
Clayton & Clayton
DIRECTOR: Sean Dylink, Canada, 2009, 3:30 MIN
An animation is lonely until it realizes its own creative ability.
The Last Thread
DIRECTOR: Liz Skaggs, USA, 2009, 6:59 MIN
A story about love and giving, and why artists are driven to make art.
Albertan Premiere
Tales form the Heart
DIRECTOR: Price Morgan, Saki Murotani, Tyler Jordan, & Afshin Vahabzdeh, Canada,
2009, 2:55 MIN
A collaborative project created at the Banff Center united under the theme of the human heart and a fixed red, white, and black colour palette.
World Premiere
Howie Favid
DIRECTOR: Eric Bond, Canada, 2008, 10 MIN
Considered a creative non-fiction, Howie Favid is the world of an emotional and lonely boy who records his artistic experiences to connect his imagined and creative lives.
World Premiere
The Animated Heavy Metal Parking Lot
DIRECTOR: Leslie Supnet, Canada, 2008, 1:40 MIN
An animated tribute to Jeff Krulik and John Heyn’s 1986 video documentary classic, Heavy Metal Parking Lot. Remaining faithful to no-budget filmmaking, Supnet reconstructs her favorite scenes using cut-out characters made out of aged paper, glue and ink.
Albertan Premiere
Birth
DIRECTOR: Singe Baumane, USA/Latvia, 2009, 11:41 MIN
Teenager Amina is scared and pregnant and goes to older women for advice only to become more terrified by their tales.
Canadian Premiere
High Water
DIRECTOR: Ewan Green, UK, 2009, 4:33 MIN
An old fisherman receives a lesson from his prey – not to take loved ones for granted.
World Premiere
Barbee Butcher
DIRECTOR: Sophie Lauges, Netherlands, 2009, 25 SEC
Green with envy and wanting to fit in, a clay monster adopts Barbie’s conventions the best way she know how.
Cattle Call
DIRECTOR: Matthew Rankin & Mike Maryniuk, Canada, 2008, 3:35 MIN
Classic and experimental animation techniques create images as dazzlingly abstract, absurd and adrenalizing as the incrediable language of auctioneering itself.
The Giant Incandescent Resonating Animation Festival is the only exclusively independent animation festival in Canada, with a focus on experimental and self-produced animated film. GIRAF plays an essential role in the promotion, education and appreciation of independent animation from around the world, exposing hungry local audiences to the best animated content from at home and abroad.
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