Thirty shorts and features have been chosen for 2008’s gallery: an Aussie award-winner (Chainsaw), a Czech charmer, re-worked classics, dogs, no dogs and a man and his pen bargaining for your soul. Also, don’t miss the the extraordinary animated features secreted elsewhere within the program: Waltz with Bashir  and Persepolis.The dark and light magics of animation await…

Packages

	ANIMATION Program One (WITH DOGS) (107 min) Running order:… … Snowtime (2 mins)… The White Wolf (11 mins)… Mutt (7 mins)… Dog Days (16 mins)… Chicken of God (8 mins)… Dog with Electric Collar (4 mins)… … More >
	ANIMATION Program Two (NO DOGS) (92 min) Running Order:… … John and Karen (3 mins)… For the Love of God (11 mins)… Milk Teeth (11 mins)… And Life Went On (6 mins)… Monsieur Cok (9 mins)… The Sense of Spac… More >

Feature Films

	EVANGELION - 1.0 YOU ARE NOT ALONE (Japan, 98 min) God is in his heaven, all is (Not) right with the world. … The Angels have descended. These colossal extraterrestrial monsters besiege the fortress-city of Tokyo-3 and our last line of defence … More >
	IDIOTS AND ANGELS (USA, 78 min) Festival favourite and dependably inventive animator Bill Plympton (Mutant Aliens, MIFF 2002) has produced a neat and nasty moral opus. … In a bleak urban world of cars, bars and burbs, a cruel… More >
	ONE NIGHT IN A CITY (Czech Republic, 75 min) In the dark streets of Prague, surreal scenarios and enchanted vignettes entwine to create a disturbing tryptic of urban peculiarities.… We visit an apartment building of people with magnificen… More >
	SITA SINGS THE BLUES (USA, 82 min) This is the legend of India’s Ramayana as it has never been retold before. Betrothal, betrayal, exile, kidnapping, demonic torment and the whole heroic cycle unfolds while Sita, in the striking… More >

Shorts

	Sense of Space for Urban People (South Korea, 7 min) "I live on the 23rd floor of my apartment...."… D/S Reka Gacs WS Royal College of Art TD DigiBeta/2007/6mins… More >
	And life went on (UK, 6 min) Tehran, Iran, 1985. The Iran/Iraq war. A moving portrayal of what happens inside a bomb shelter. Australian premiere.---D/S Maryam Mohajer P/WS Royal College of Art L Farsi w/English subtitles TD dig… More >
	Chainsaw (Australia, 24 min) Love is like a chainsaw, a very dangerous beast indeed. Screened at Annecy, awarded the Grand Jury Prize in Oberhaussen.---D/S Dennis Tuppicoff P Fiona Cochrane WS Jungle Pictures TD 35mm/2008/24mins… More >
	Chicken of God (Australia, 8 min) When the face of Jesus appears in a chicken's comb, Yirri and Teresa's vineyard becomes the site of an adventure of biblical proportions. Directed by Frank Woodley of Lano and Woodley. World premiere… More >
	Dog Days (France, 16 min) A baby in an American upper-class family is accidentally exchanged with a white trash family's puppy.---D/S Geoffroy de Crécy WS Autour de Minuit TD 35mm/2008/16mins… More >
	Father (Australia, 8 min) A boy struggles to understand his strange, silent father – an immigrant who has become an emotional refugee in his own home. Narrated by Joel Edgerton. Australian premiere ---D/S Sebastian Dant… More >
	For the Love of God (UK, 11 min) The story of one man’s unholy fascination with God.---D/S Joe Tucker P/S Raphael Warner TD DigiBeta/2007/11mins… More >
	Hot Dog (5 min) Our plucky hero joins the fire company to save the world from house fires and gain the affection he so richly deserves. The third in Plympton’s ‘Dog’ series.---D/S Bill Plympton P B… More >
	I Met the Walrus (Canada, 6 min) In 1969, 14-year-old Jerry Levitan snuck into John Lennon’s hotel room for a chat. Nominated for Best Short Animation at the 2008 Academy Awards ---D/S Josh Raskin P Jerry Levitan TD 35mm/2007/… More >
	John and Karen (UK, 3 min) An apologetic polar bear and a disgruntled penguin have tea together. Winner of Best Animation at Aspen Film Festival---D/S Matthew Walker TD Beta SP/2007/3’30mins WS Arthur Cox… More >
	Keith Reynolds can't make it tonight (UK, 4 min) Keith Reynolds leaves his hat in his car. This isn’t the only mistake he makes today.---D/S/P Felix Massie TD Animation BetaSP/2007/4mins… More >
	KJFG No. 5 (Hungary, 2 min) Three professional musicians – a bear, a rabbit and a wolf – are practicing in the forest, when suddenly a hunter comes. Screened Annecy and Oberhaussen.---D/S Alexei Alexeev P Andras Erk… More >
	Milk Teeth (UK, 11 min) A young boy – out well past his bed time – follows his big sister into a cornfield. Screened at Annecy. ---D/S Tibor Banoczki P Anna Higgs WS NFTS TD DigiBeta/2007/11mins… More >
	Monsieur Cok (France, 9 min) Productivity and profit are not the only reasons to reassess one’s workforce arrangements. Australian Premiere.---D/S Franck Dion P/WS Papy3D Productions TD DigiBeta/2007/9mins… More >
	Mutt (Australia, 7 min) A vivid tale of an outback farm-dog from veteran claymation director Glen Hunwick. Selected for Annecy.---D/S Glen Hunwick P Beth Frey WS Circe Films TD DigiBeta/2007/7mins… More >
	Nothing Happend Today (UK, 6 min) Misunderstood and fake memories of a relationship surface in the space between dreams and consciousness (Not in comp).---D/S Reka Gacs P/WS Royal College of Art TD DigiBeta/2007/6mins… More >
	Procrastination (UK, 4 min) An investigative hands-on, gloves-off study into the practice of putting things off.---D/S/P Johnny Kelly WS Royal College of Art TD BetaSP/2007/4min… More >
	Shaman (Denmark, 11 min) A young Innuit boy battles a mysterious monster in Greenland. A poetic and beautiful tale.---D/S Luc Perez P Marie Bro TD 35mm/2007/11mins… More >
	Snowtime (UK, 2 min) Snowtime is the sequel to the multi-award winning short animation, Fetch (MIFF 07).---D/S/P Dana Dorian L Welsh w/English subtitles TD BetaSP/2007/2mins… More >
	This Way Up (UK, 8 min) Two undertakers maintain their solemn countenance in spite of the obstacles confronting them. Australian premiere.---D/S Smith and Foulkes P/WS Nexus Productions TD DigiBeta/2007/8mins… More >
	Time is Running Out (UK, 6 min) Reisbig brings a unique visual approach to his theme as villagers flee an air-raid. Selected for Annecy 08. (Not in comp).---D/S Marc Reisbig P/WS Royal College of Art TD BetaSp/2007/6mins… More >
	Veterinarian (USA, 17 min) A small-town vet deals with life, death and loneliness on his daily rounds. Screened at Stuttgart.---D/S/P Signe Baumane TD DigiBeta/2007/17 mins… More >
	White Wolf (France, 11 min) A child befriends a gigantic wolf. Then one day his father goes a-hunting. Australian premiere.---D/S Pierre Luc-Granjon P/WS Nexus Productions TD 35mm/2008/11mins… More >