Animation Shorts: After Dark Ages 15+
8.00PM Wed 9 Mar 2022 (56mins)
GOMA | Cinema A | Free
SYNOPSIS
Animations are not just for children. A selection of darkly comedic animations for adults tackling the triumphs and tragedies of life.
Sunday 1993 dir. Peter Moyes (3.28 mins)
“...oops.” Peter Moyes
Harvie Krumpet 2003 dir. Adam Elliot (23 mins)
“Adam Elliot combines darkness and humour, tragedy and triumph, Alzheimer’s and living life to the full, so that we may learn more about what it means to be human.” Antoinette Starkiewicz
How To Lose Weight in 60 Seconds 2010 dir. Dave Carter (1.30 mins)
“From fad diets to extreme measures, it's a whirlwind minute road-testing 12 approaches to weight loss.” Dave Carter
Flip 2009 dir. Peter W. Allen (2.27 mins)
“Animated in hand-drawn flipbook style, 'Flip' uses humour to (very) graphically explore the consequences of violence.” Peter W. Allen
Rock Bottom 2018 dir. Nick Baker and Tristan Klein (7.02 mins)
“Welcome to Rock Bottom, a filthy underground bar where top Australian comedians become filthy underground bugs.” Nick Baker and Tristan Klein
Dog with Electric Collar 2008 dir. Steve Baker (4.40 mins)
“A dog… An electric collar... And plenty to bark at... Sparks will fly!” Steve Baker
Mrs. Metro 2015 dir. Aggelos Papantoniou (4.23 mins)
“Nobody likes a crying baby on board a train, least of all the lady who makes the announcements.” Gibbon Animation
Roborovski 2021 dir. Tilda Cobham-Hervey and Dev Patel (9 mins)
“Roborovski follows an eponymous thimble sized hamster, who spends his days in Marvin’s Pet Shop, hoping to find a family. However, when he is constantly overlooked by the people and animals around him, his seething resentment and intense jealousy soon takes hold and the murderous side of little Roborovski is released.” Flickerfest
CREDITS
Sunday 1993
16MM, HAND-DRAWN ANIMATION, BLACK AND WHITE, STEREO, 3:28 MINUTES, AUSTRALIA, ENGLISH / DIRECTOR/ANIMATOR: PETER MOYES / PRINT SOURCE/RIGHTS: PETER MOYES / SCREENING FORMAT: DCP
Harvie Krumpet 2003
35MM, STOP MOTION (CLAY) ANIMATION, COLOUR, 5.1 SURROUND SOUND, 23 MINUTES, AUSTRALIA, ENGLISH / DIRECTOR/SCRIPT/ ANIMATION: ADAM ELLIOT / PRODUCER: MELANIE COOMBS / MUSIC: DALE CORNELIUS, PETER WALKER / PRINT SOURCE/RIGHTS: ADAM ELLIOT / SCREENING FORMAT: DCP
How To Lose Weight in 60 Seconds 2010
DIGITAL, STOP MOTION (PLASTICINE) ANIMATION, COLOUR, STEREO, 1:30 MINUTES, AUSTRALIA, ENGLISH / DIRECTOR/SCRIPT/ANIMATOR: DAVE CARTER / MUSIC: NIKOS ANDRONICOS / PRINT SOURCE/RIGHTS: DAVE CARTER / SCREENING FORMAT: DCP
Flip 2009
DIGITAL, HAND-DRAWN ANIMATION, COLOUR, STEREO, 2:27 MINUTES, AUSTRALIA, ENGLISH / DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/SCRIPT/ANIMATOR: PETER W. ALLEN / MUSIC: TARGET TRAX / PRINT SOURCE/RIGHTS: INTERFILM BERLIN / SCREENING FORMAT: DCP
Rock Bottom 2018
DIGITAL, 2D COMPUTER ANIMATION, COLOUR, STEREO, 7:02 MINUTES, AUSTRALIA, ENGLISH / DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS: NICK BAKER, TRISTAN KLEIN / SCRIPT: NICK BAKER, TRISTAN KLEIN, LUKE HEGGIE, CASSIE WORKMAN / ANIMATOR: TRISTAN KLEIN / PRINT SOURCE/RIGHTS: NICK BAKER, TRISTAN KLEIN / SCREENING FORMAT: DCP
Dog with Electric Collar 2008
DIGITAL, 2D HAND-DRAWN ANIMATION, COLOUR, STEREO, 4:40 MINUTES, AUSTRALIA, ENGLISH / DIRECTOR/ANIMATOR: STEVE BAKER / SCRIPT: STEPHEN LANCE / MUSIC: DAVE MCCORMACK / PRINT SOURCE/RIGHTS: STEVE BAKER / SCREENING FORMAT: DCP
Mrs. Metro 2015
DIGITAL, 2D COMPUTER ANIMATION, COLOUR, STEREO, 4:23 MINUTES, AUSTRALIA, ENGLISH / DIRECTOR/ANIMATOR/SCRIPT: AGGELOS PAPANTONIOU / PRINT SOURCE/RIGHTS: AGGELOS PAPANTONIOU / SCREENING FORMAT: DCP
Roborovski 2021
DIGITAL, 3D COMPUTER ANIMATION, COLOUR, STEREO, 9 MINUTES, AUSTRALIA, ENGLISH / DIRECTORS: TILDA COBHAM-HERVEY, DEV PATEL / SCRIPT: TILDA COBHAM-HERVEY, DEV PATEL, JOHN COLLEE / LEAD ANIMATOR: RICK PEARCE / MUSIC: HARRY COVILL / PRINT SOURCE/RIGHTS: TILDA COBHAM-HERVEY, DEV PATEL / SCREENING FORMAT: DCP