FESTIVAL OF INDEPENDENT ANIMATION

ONLINE PASSES HERE

Online Festival runs
November 21 - 27, 2022

Online pass gives access to Homegrown Heroes, Late Night and Short Stories Long packs

ABOUT GIRAF16

GIANT INCANDESCENT RESONATING ANIMATION FESTIVAL

GIRAF is a celebration of independent animation, a showcase of the best
of what's being made here in Canada and around the world. Each year, we
scour the globe for the most astounding, inventive, beautiful, mind-altering and unexpected animated films out there.

For our 18th festival, we are moving back to in-cinema screenings and we can't be more excited to share 60+ short films, 2 workshops, 4 features, and many other hangouts, Q and A's and other chances to engage with the wonderful medium of animation as well as the community here in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Join us November 17- 19 at the Globe Cinema; Nov 20th at the QAS Studios and from Nov. 21 - 27th we will be offering select short film packages via an online Video-On-Demand service. Welcome back to GIRAF.

FEATURES

SPONSORED BY AZMA

BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN

DIR. PIERRE FÖLDES
CANADA, LUXEMBOURG, NETHERLANDS, 2022
A giant talkative frog, a lost cat, and a tsunami help a bank employee, his wife and a schizophrenic accountant to save Tokyo from an earthquake and find a meaning to their lives.

BUBBLE BATH

DIR. GYÖRGY KOVÁSZNAI
HUNGARY, 1980
Zsolt Mohai, an eccentric shop window decorator in his 40s, drops by Anna Parádi on his wedding day, asking her to phone his bride Klára Horváth and call off the event.

TIMEKEEPERS OF ETERNITY

DIR. ARISTOTELIS MARAGKOS
UNITED KINGDOM, 2021
A Stephen King television movie is compressed and transformed through hypnotic black and white collage animation that meticulously reconstructs and reshapes its supernatural drama to an eerie and profound effect.

CLAYDREAM

DIR. MARQ EVANS
UNITED STATES, 2021
Claymation pioneer Will Vinton revolutionizes animation in the 1980s and 1990s.

SHORTS

SHORTS PACKS

HOMEGROWN HEROES

We saw so many amazing submissions from our very own local community that we just have to brag. (70min)

INDEPENDENT ANIMATION MIXTAPE: SIDE A

An assortment of animation from across the globe that will immerse you in the philosophical and the sublime. (88 min)

INDEPENDENT ANIMATION MIXTAPE: SIDE B

The second side of our showcase of animation’s endless styles, moods, and genres. (81 min)

LATE NIGHT SHORTS PACK

Those films you know and love, the ones that make you question everything and the ones you know are best to be shown when the sun has set. (84min)

SHORT STORIES LONG

Though not long enough to be considered "features", we've collected some shorts that are not all short - but are worth watching. (89min)

INTERVIEWS

ARTIST TALKS & WORKSHOPS

SPONSORED BY VANCOUVER FILM SCHOOL

ARTIST RETROSPECTIVE: EVAN DERUSHIE

Go through the works of 3D Stop Motion Wizard Evan DeRushie from his film The Fox and the Chickadee to his most recent work Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice, directed by Zacharias Kunuk

GRAPHITE TRACES! ALLA GADASSIK

Alla Gadassik will showcase her extensive research on using various mediums in animation. This particular showcase focuses on the use of graphite.

ARTIST WORKSHOP: STOP MOTION ARMATURES

Come to Quickdraw and get a full tutorial on how to animate a 3D stop motion walk with provided armatures!

ARTIST WORKSHOP: INTRO TO LIGHTING

Evan DeRushie will show his expertise on how to light a set for stop motion or any film needs, with DIY options and tricks of the trade to make your shots look exactly how you want them to.

ARTIST TALK: INTERMEDIATE ANIMATOR'S RESIDENCY

Free on Vimeo, get an inside look at Quickdraw's most recent recipients of our Independent Animators Residency and their artistic process of making their films.