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From the family-friendly to the deeply dark. The programme includes several shorts showcases. The showcase featuring each short below, is indicated in itallics.
- International Animation 1: Echoes Of McLaren - A selection of films which reflect Norman McLaren's life and practice.
- International Animation 2: The Universe In A Frame - Showcase from across the globe.
- The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1 - In the centenary year of UK-born McLaren, this animated competition notches up its 25th year.
- The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2 - Reflections on identity, memory and remembrance. In competition.
View other Edinburgh International Film Festival Films by strand: American Dreams, Border Warfare: John McGrath's Work in Television, Theatre and Film, Directors' Showcase, Films On Film, Focus On Germany, Focus On Iran, For The Family, Interrupted Revolution: Iranian Cinema, 1962 to 1978, New Perspectives, No Limits, Opening and Closing Galas, Secret Master: Dominik Graf And The Hidden History Of German Cinema, Shorts, Special Screenings, Teen Spirit, Wicked And Wild
Monkey Love Experiments and Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?
1000 Plateaus
(Country: Canada; Year: 2014; Director: Simon Beaupré; Writer: Steven Woloshen; Stars: Steven Woloshen)
Showing in International Animation 1: Echoes of McLaren.
Short film made entirely in the front seat of a car.
365
(Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Greg McLeod, Myles McLeod; Writer: Greg McLeod), Official Site
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2
One year. One film. One second a day.
Avocado Bear
(Year: 2014; Director: Thomas Fraser)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1
After losing his precious stone, an Avocado Bear tries to fill the hollow left.
Bath House (Simhall)
(Country: Sweden; Year: 2014; Director: Niki Lindroth von Bahr)
Showing in International Animation 2: The Universe In A Frame.
Six characters meet at a swimming pool. Something goes wrong.
The Bigger Picture
(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Daisy Jacobs; Writer: Daisy Jacobs, Jennifer Majka; Stars: Anne Cunningham, Christopher Nightingale, Alisdair Simpson)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2
Darkly humorous tale of caring for an elderly parent.
The Blue Marble (La Bille Bleue)
(Country: Canada; Year: 2014; Director: Co Hoedeman; Writer: Co Hoedeman; Stars: Michel Mpambara, Koumba Ball, Syntiche Nsona Nkiesa, Moussa Koné)
Showing in International Animation 1: Echoes of McLaren.
Animation about child soldiers.
Canis
(Country: Spain; Year: 2013; Director: Marc Riba, Anna Solanas; Writer: Marc Riba, Anna Solanas)
Showing in International Animation 2: The Universe In A Frame.
A man is besieged by stray dogs.
The Chaperone 3D
(Country: Canada; Year: 2013; Director: Fraser Munden, Neil Rathbone; Writer: Fraser Munden, Neil Rathbone; Stars: Ralph Whims, Stefan Czernatowicz, Fraser Munden, Chris McMahon, Fred Nguyen, Yue Qi, Darius Russell, James Watts, Bobby Ross, Sam Abravanel, Ohannes Bedrossian, Kwan-Teau Benjamin, A.J. Bouchard, Adil Boukind, Ferrer Bruce)
Showing in International Animation 1: Echoes of McLaren.
Animation retelling the true story of a lone schoolteacher who fought off an entire motorbike gang while chaperoning a school dance.
Confusion Through Sand
(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Danny Madden; Writer: Danny Madden; Stars: Will Madden)
Showing in International Animation 1: Echoes of McLaren.
A teenager is stranded in a hostile desert.
The Country Of Summer Insects
(Country: China; Year: 2013; Director: Bohua Tang; Writer: Lei Xiong, Lei Xiong)
Showing in International Animation 2: The Universe In A Frame.
Animation of a Chinese legend.
Cruise Patrol
(Country: Netherlands; Year: 2013; Director: Bobby de Groot, Arjan van Meerten; Writer: Bobby de Groot)
Showing in International Animation 1: Echoes of McLaren.
Animation sees a routine cruise patrol spiral out of control.
Domestic Appliances
(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Writer: Lewis Bolton)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1
Seemingly catastrophic situations occur inside mundane domestic appliances.
Fallt
(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Chadwick Whitehead; Writer: Chadwick Whitehead; Stars: Joseph Bennett, Jeff Harden, David Toomey)
Showing in International Animation 2: The Universe In A Frame.
A farmer struggles to keep his farm when Mr. Fall's fault finding goes too far and a judge must question his judgment.
Foreign Bodies (Corps étrangers)
(Country: Canada; Year: 2013; Director: Nicolas Brault; Writer: Nicolas Brault)
Showing in International Animation 1: Echoes of McLaren.
Examination of the myth of the 'transparent body'.
Forgot
(Country: UK, Ireland; Year: 2013; Director: Stephen McNally; Writer: Stephen McNally, Stephen McNally; Stars: John Paul O'Connell)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2
Animation dealing with themes of regret, loss, emigration and memory.
Fruit Fruit
(Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Peter Millard; Writer: Peter Millard)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2
Lemon cranberry apple banana cucumber orange lime are a selection of fruit fruit.
Goodness Newness Oldness Badness
(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Mikey Please; Writer: Mikey Please)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1
Animation.
Hollow Land (Terre d'écueil)
(Country: Denmark, Canada, France; Year: 2013; Director: Michelle Kranot, Uri Kranot; Writer: Michelle Kranot, Uri Kranot, Michal Pfeffer)
Showing in International Animation 1: Echoes of McLaren.
A couple arrive in a new land, but is it the utopia they hoped for?
Impromptu
(Country: Canada; Year: 2013; Director: Bruce Alcock)
Showing in International Animation 1: Echoes of McLaren.
3D film taking a look at the redemptive power of food, wine, music and love through the eyes of protagonist Chuck.
Improvisation No. 1: Cumulative Loops
(Country: Canada; Year: 2013; Director: Luigi Allemano; Writer: Luigi Allemano)
Showing in International Animation 1: Echoes of McLaren.
Hand-drawn animation.
Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?
(Country: France; Year: 2013; Director: Michel Gondry; Writer: Michel Gondry; Stars: Michel Gondry, Noam Chomsky)
Hand drawn animation illustrating a series of interviews with philosopher Noam Chomsky.
Koo! Kin-dza-dza
(Country: Russia; Year: 2013; Director: Georgiy Daneliya, Tatiana Ilyina; Writer: Georgiy Daneliya, Andrey Ysachev; Stars: Aleksandr Adabashyan, Georgiy Daneliya, Nikolay Gubenko, Vakhtang Kikabidze, Aleksey Kolgan, Polina Kutepova, Igor Kvasha, Andrey Leonov, Ivan Sokolov, Evgeniy Steblov)
A classical cellist and an aspiring DJ find themselves transported to an alien world.
Leopard (Hyou)
(Country: Japan; Year: 2013; Director: Nozomi Sakimura; Writer: Nozomi Sakimura)
Showing in International Animation 2: The Universe In A Frame.
Animation.
Lost Property
(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Asa Lucander; Writer: Asa Lucander), Official Site
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2
When you lose something dear to your heart, there is only one place it can be found. The Lost Property office.
Mend And Make Do
(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Bexie Bush; Writer: Stefan Kaday)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2
Stop-motion animation about wartime memories.
The Missing Scarf
(Country: Ireland; Year: 2013; Director: Eoin Duffy; Writer: Eoin Duffy, Richard Duffy; Stars: George Takei)
Showing in International Animation 2: The Universe In A Frame.
Black comedy about life's common fears.
Monkey Love Experiments
(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Ainslie Henderson, Will Anderson; Writer: Will Anderson, Ainslie Henderson)
A misguided monkey believes he is destined for the moon.
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1
Mr Plastimime
(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Daniel Greaves; Writer: Daniel Greaves; Stars: Lesley Evans)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1
Story of a man who faithfully practices a dying art, a man whose timing is a bit off, a man whose skills aren’t recognized, a man who is unlucky in love.
My Stuffed Granny
(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Effie Pappa; Writer: Miranda Ballesteros, Katerina Giannakou, Melissa Iqbal, Nina Kouletakis, Effie Pappa; Stars: Jo Ann Kaplan, Effie Pappa, Agis Pirlis), Official Site
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1
Times are hard for little Sofía, as the Greek recession is taking its toll. With her Father out of work, they rely solely on Greedy Grumpy Granny´s pension. Desperate times call for desperate measures; to what extremes will they go, when Granny is no more?
Nest Of Stone
(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Kim Noce; Writer: Jonathan Carr, Kim Noce; Stars: Penelope McGhie)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2
A collection of memories set in stone.
Non-Euclidean Geometry
(Country: Lithuania; Year: 2013; Director: Skirma Jakaite, Solveiga Masteikaite; Writer: Solveiga Masteikaite)
Showing in International Animation 2: The Universe In A Frame.
A love triangle.
Norman McLaren: Boogie Doodler
(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Jenny MacLeod)
Documentary about the animation pioneer.
Norman McLaren: Now Is The Time
(Director: Norman McLaren)
Showcase celebrating the work of the animation pioneer. Key members of the National Film Board of Canada who carried out these restorations will be in attendance to discuss McLaren's legacy.
Penismouse (Myszochujek)
(Country: Poland, UK; Year: 1957; Director: Kristof Babaski; Writer: Kristof Babaski)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1
Restored animation about a mouse facing censorship.
Port Nasty
(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Rob Zywietz; Writer: Rob Zywietz)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1
In the midst of a world where every person, every action must be held accountable, a young man must prove his worth - not only to the ship's crew he dreams of joining, but to himself.
A Recipe For Gruel
(Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Sharon Smith; Writer: Frank Key), Trailer
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1
Life... one meal at a time.
Sea Front
(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Claire Lamond)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2
When you put your ear to a shell what do you hear?
Separate Lives
(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Mayra Hernández Ríos; Writer: Mayra Hernández Ríos)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2
The growing distance between a pair failing to find a moment to meet.
Spectators
(Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Ross Hogg; Writer: Ross Hogg), Official Site
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2
Watchers at a football match.
Tears Of Inge
(Country: Canada; Year: 2013; Director: Alisi Telengut; Stars: Qirima Telengut)
Showing in International Animation 1: Echoes of McLaren.
Animation about a camel's emotion.
Terra Infirma
(Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Betsy Dadd)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2
A still life painting becomes charged
with motion as the earth is disturbed.
Through The Hawthorn
(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Anna Benner, Pia Borg, Gemma Burditt; Writer: Dictynna Hood; Stars: Louise Breckon-Richards, Dominic Cannon, Michael Sarne), Official Site
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2
Sam has stopped taking his medication - he still doesn’t think he is ill.
Two Films About Loneliness
(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Will Bishop-Stephens, Christopher Eales; Writer: Will Bishop-Stephens, Christopher Eales; Stars: Detlef Bierstedt, Tim Key), Official Site
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1
A split-screen divides the worlds of Jonathan Smallman, who is recording his dating-profile, and Philip Button, the Internet chef. But will the irritating sound from the real world stand in the way of their search for companionship and acceptance.
Wallflowers
(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Bjorn-Erik Aschim)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1
Tribute to people on a terrible night out.
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