Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2010
Some of the best contemporary animation from around the world, including bizarre experimental work and fresh retellings of classic stories.
48 films · 39 reviews
Served well by David Aston's sound work, the machinery and the small quantity of voicework, and by Peter Wright's music, it's technically excellent.
(Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Simon Cartwright, Jessica Ami Cope; Writer: Simon Cartwright, Jessica Ami Cope; Stars: David Bunting, James Caroll) , Official site
McLaren Animation 1
Irwin's film is populated by an assortment of creatures who seem not quite human in the first place.
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Stephen Irwin)
McLaren Animation 2
(Country: Canada; Year: 2009; Director: Diego Maclean; Writer: Billy Collins; Stars: Winston Rekert) , Official site , Trailer
International Animation 1
Unsettling, concerning, rewarding.
(Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Stewart Comrie; Writer: Stewart Comrie) , Official site , Trailer
McLaren Animation 2
Entertaining, inventive, and bleak.
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Tom Judd; Writer: Tom Judd) , Official site , Trailer
McLaren Animation 2
All involved can hold their heads up high.
(Country: Mexico; Year: 2009; Director: Juan José Medina; Writer: Juan José Medina; Stars: Angel Lopez, Alfredo Sanchez)
International Animation 2
Talk about furry vengeance.
(Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: tokyoplastic) , Official site
McLaren Animation 1
The character design seems off somehow, as if they've managed to find three separate uncanny valleys to pull new species out of.
(Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Jens Blank; Writer: Caroline Bruckner, Jens Blank; Stars: Stephen Mangan, David Morrissey, Katherine Parkinson) , Trailer
McLaren Animation 1
(Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Bill Plympton; Writer: Bill Plympton)
International Animation 1
(Country: Switzerland, Poland; Year: 2010; Director: Marek Skrobecki; Writer: Marek Skrobecki)
International Animation 1
(Country: France; Year: 2010; Director: Julien Dexant; Writer: Julien Dexant, Alexis Ragougneau)
International Animation 1
(Country: Estonia; Year: 2009; Director: Kristjan Holm) , Trailer
International Animation 1
Ingenious, convincing, and powerful.
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Joseph Pierce) , Official site
McLaren Animation 2
A good evocation of genre, long enough for us to pick up the cues, raise a smile, and then gone.
(Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: tokyoplastic)
McLaren Animation 1
Though it's light on plot it's more about how things are seen rather than what.
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Nikita Diakur) , Official site
McLaren Animation 2
This is touching and excellently executed.
(Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Elena Pomares) , Official site
McLaren Animation 1
Angela Steffen's film is amazing, complete and satisfying, brilliant.
(Country: Germany; Year: 2009; Director: Angela Steffen; Writer: Angela Steffen) , Official site
International Animation 2
(Country: Japan; Year: 2009; Director: Sunao Katabuchi; Stars: Mayuko Fukuda, Nako Mizusawa, Ei Morisako, Manami Honjo)
(Country: Poland, UK; Year: 2010; Director: Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay; Writer: Stephen Quay and Timothy Quay, based on the short story by Stanislaw Lem.)
International Animation 1
Mother Of Many is full of little details, textures, sympathetic character design and beautiful use of pattern.
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Emma Lazenby)
McLaren Animation 1
Jana Prchalova's a talented artist, but the script is a little weak.
(Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Jana Prchalova; Writer: Jana Prchalova) , Trailer
McLaren Animation 1
The Moon Bird is original in appearance, but feels like the retelling of an unknown classic.
(Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Myles McLeod, Greg McLeod; Writer: Myles McLeod, Greg McLeod; Stars: Ophelia Colver, Rachel Ferjani) , Trailer
A bizarre and off-putting perspective, but mesmerising all the same.
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Logan with art by The Date Farmers; Stars: N.A.S.A. Music Project featuring voals by Sizzla, Amanda Blank and Love Foxxx)
International Animation 2
Min Sung-ah's character design and artwork are masterful.
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2009; Director: Ming Sun-ah)
International Animation 2
It verges on the unhinged, but its good humour is infectious.
(Country: Russia; Year: 2009; Director: Maria Mouat)
McLaren Animation 2
Meštrovic seems to know exactly what he's doing, and the bold narration, accompanied by a fantastic jazz score, grip the viewer throughout.
(Country: Croatia; Year: 2010; Director: Marko Meštrovic)
McLaren Animation 2
The animation is crisp, the character design entertaining.
(Country: France; Year: 2009; Director: Matthieu Van Eeckhout, Mark Eacersall)
International Animation 2
(Country: Ireland; Year: 2010; Director: Alice Lyons, Orla McHardy; Writer: Alice Lyons, Orla McHardy) , Official site , Trailer
International Animation 1
Paraphernalia is a product of a significant team effort, and it shows in its quality.
(Year: 2009; Director: John Williams; Writer: John Williams; Stars: Elijah Muhammad, Nieema Muhammad, Alisha Muhammad, Kaylan Jeffrey)
McLaren Animation 1
Illustrated by tremendous visuals, it's affecting, moving.
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Dustin Grella; Writer: Dustin Grella; Stars: Devin Grella, Dustin Grella) , Official site
International Animation 2
From the notes it apparently abstracts different theoretical elements from a variety of disciplines, but in practise it's a field of flashing shapes with something approaching music in the background.
(Year: 2009; Director: Karn David)
McLaren Animation 2
Given how ably it delivers it would be churlish to ask for more.
(Year: 2009; Director: Steve Warne) , Official site , Trailer
McLaren Animation 2
A tasty treat.
(Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Peter Baynton; Writer: Peter Baynton, Davey Spens; Stars: Simon Callow, Warren Clarke, Jim Johnson) , Official site
McLaren Animation 2
(Country: US, Czech Republic; Year: 2010; Director: Ben Richardson, Daniel Bird; Writer: Ben Richardson, Daniel Bird) , Official site
International Animation 1
Funny stuff.
(Year: 2010; Director: David Lea, John Williams)
McLaren Animation 2
The painterly 3D animation style draws the viewer in, so effectively does it depict a fantastical landscape.
(Country: France; Year: 2009; Director: Joanna Lurie; Writer: Joanna Lurie)
International Animation 1
Visually this is one of the best short films at the Edinburgh Film Festival, so distinctive in its appearance that it will leave you wanting more.
(Country: Poland; Year: 2010; Director: Magda Osinska; Writer: Duncan Barret, Magda Osinska) , Trailer
Offers the audience moments of genuine comedy that is both cutsey and clever.
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Todd Setter, Dean Wright; Writer: Todd Setter, Dean Wright) , Official site
McLaren Animation 2
It's dark in places, intentionally so, and that's also to the credit of those involved.
(Country: France, UK; Year: 2010; Director: Max Hattler; Writer: Max Hattler) , Official site
McLaren Animation 2
Amusing, entertaining, and technically excellent.
(Country: Germany; Year: 2010; Director: Vera Lalyko; Writer: Vera Lalyko; Stars: Dabrowka Kolodziejski) , Official site , Trailer
International Animation 1
Despite the lush pastel colouration, Stanley Pickle feels decidedly old-fashioned.
(Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Victoria Mather)
McLaren Animation 1
Close to being a fairy tale in the old sense - frightening and enlightening.
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Petra Freeman) , Official site
McLaren Animation 1
A short, sweet burst of cuteness.
(Year: 2010; Director: tokyoplastic) , Official site , Trailer
McLaren Animation 1
It might have a simple moral but it's still a well-framed piece of work.
(Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Iain Gardner; Writer: Iain Gardner) , Official site
McLaren Animation 1
This is an eye-opening film.
(Country: Sweden; Year: 2010; Director: Jonas Odell; Writer: Jonas Odell) , Trailer
International Animation 2
Welcome To Twister is ultimately hampered by its visuals.
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Owen Rixon; Writer: Owen Rixon) , Official site
McLaren Animation 2
This is amazing: ephemeral, illuminating, ingenious.
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Sarah Wickens; Writer: Sarah Wickens) , Official site
McLaren Animation 2
Darkly funny and beautiful to look at.
(Country: Canada; Year: 2009; Director: Nick Cross; Writer: Nick Cross) , Official site
International Animation 2
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