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Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2015

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2015

Animation

There will also be an in person event - Barry Purves - The Naked Animator. The programme includes several shorts showcases.

  • International Animation: Panorama - Global talent.
  • The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1 - Contemporary UK talent, in competition for the audience award.
  • The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2 - Contemporary UK talent, in competition for the audience award.

Programme

32 films · 4 reviews

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Amaro And Walden's Joyride

(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Tim McCourt, Max Taylor; Writer: Tim McCourt, Max Taylor)

The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1

Chhaya

Review preview for Chhaya

Nandy lets drama unfold but it is emotion that drives this story, which achieves more resonance than you expect a 10-minute runtime to allow.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
An old man seeks refuge in the shadows of the past.

(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Debanjan Nandy; Writer: Debanjan Nandy, Katerina Giannakou; Stars: Stan Pretty, Aratrika Roy)

Full review

The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2

Crow

Animation of the Ted Hughes poem featuring recordings of the writer himself.

(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Yoav Segal, Alasdair Beckett-King; Writer: Ted Hughes; Stars: Ted Hughes)

The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1

Edmond

A man with cannabalistic urges travels back through his life in search of the root of his unhappiness.

(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Nina Gantz)

The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1

The Evening Her Mind Jumped Out Of Her Head

One cold winters evening, a serious woman is forced to lighten up when her mind jumps out of her head.

(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Shaun Clark, Kim Noce; Writer: Sarah Woolner, Sarah Woolner; Stars: Penelope McGhie, Paul Mundell)

The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2

Everyone Is Waiting For Something To Happen

How one person used social media to help them deal with a cancer diagnosis.

(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Emma Calder; Writer: Emma Calder; Stars: Richard Wright)

The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2

The Five Minute Museum

Animated short.

(Country: UK, Switzerland; Year: 2015; Director: Paul Bush)

The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1

Fritz The Cat

Subversive animation about a hypocritical college student cat.

(Country: US; Year: 1972; Director: Ralph Bakshi; Writer: Ralph Bakshi, Robert Crumb; Stars: Skip Hinnant, Rosetta LeNoire, John McCurry, Judy Engles, Phil Seuling, Ralph Bakshi, Mary Dean, Charles Spidar)

Fulfilament

Nightmares haunt a young groom-to-be as he struggles to accept his future bride's evidence that she has not cheated on him.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Tim Nolte; Writer: Tim Nolte, Tim Nolte; Stars: Jami Haber, Katy Fulkerson, Yuko Wells, Ted M.W. Rich, Zack Lawrence, Sydney Stewart, Rory Chinatti)

The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2

Gerascophobia

Animation about a boy who fears ageing and will do anything to avoid growing up.

(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Shuangshuang Hao; Writer: Shuangshuang Hao, Shuangshuang Hao; Stars: Alasdair Hankinson)

The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1

The Infinity Project

Animation.

(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Will Anderson)

The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2

Inside Out

Review preview for Inside Out

As usual with Pixar the film operates on twin levels - with one part going straight over the heads and minds of its junior target audience and the other heading directly to their parents.

Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
When a girl moves to a new home, her emotions are plunged into chaos as they compete for control of her mind.

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Pete Docter, Ronaldo Del Carmen; Writer: Pete Docter; Stars: Kaitlyn Dias, Diane Lane, Mindy Kaling, Amy Poehler, Kyle MacLachlan, Bill Hader)

Full review

UK premiere.

Loop Ring Chop Drink

Animated short.

(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Nicolas Menard; Writer: Nicolas Menard; Stars: Clement Baptiste, Alice Dunseath, Wallace McDougall)

The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2

The Lord Of The Rings

Hand drawn version of the first book in Tolkein's triology.

(Country: US; Year: 1978; Director: Ralph Bakshi; Writer: Chris Conkling, Peter S. Beagle, J.R.R. Tolkien; Stars: Christopher Guard, William Squire, Michael Scholes, John Hurt, Simon Chandler, Dominic Guard, Norman Bird, Michael Graham Cox, Anthony Daniels, David Buck, Peter Woodthorpe, Fraser Kerr, Philip Stone, Michael Deacon, André Morell)

Lost Sands

Animated short.

(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Aaron Babla, Thomas Roisland)

The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2

Manoman

A man desperate to tap into his masculinity attends a primal scream therapy class.

(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Simon Cartwright; Writer: Simon Cartwright; Stars: Gordon Peardon)

The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1

Meanwhile

Short animation follows four characters in a city.

(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Stephen McNally; Writer: Stephen McNally; Stars: Dan Armour, Phil Deguara, Sara Houghton)

The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1

Mr Director

Animated short.

(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Andy Martin)

The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2

My Dad

A dad's influence on a youngster's life.

(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Marcus Armitage; Writer: Marcus Armitage; Stars: Divian Ladwa)

The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1

Once Upon A Blue Moon

Animation.

(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Steve Boot)

The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2

One Step Ahead

Animation.

(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Helen Chiu)

The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1

Outlines

(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Daisy Gould)

The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1

Pombo Loves You

You can't lock that kind of love away forever. You can't lock him away forever.

(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Steve Warne; Writer: Josh Blaaberg, Josh Blaaberg, Steve Warne; Stars: Ian Puleston-Davies, Elsie Moore)

The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2

Ray's Big Idea

A plucky, pioneering pre-historic fish, has a ground-breaking plan to improve his life.

(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Steve Harding-Hill; Writer: Steve Harding-Hill, Steve Harding-Hill)

The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1

Scribbledub

Animated short.

(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Ross Hogg)

The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2

Stems

Review preview for Stems

It's beautifully constructed, pun intended.

Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
A short film exploring the creation of animated characters.

(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Ainslie Henderson; Writer: Ainslie Henderson)

Full review

The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1

Super Turbo Atomic Ninja Rabbit

Short animation.

(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Wesley Louis; Writer: Wesley Louis)

The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2

Teeth

Animated short.

(Country: UK, USA, Hungary; Year: 2015; Director: Tom Brown, Daniel Gray; Writer: Tom Brown, Daniel Gray)

The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1

Toonocalypse

Two Edinburgh students document the seemingly harmless infiltration of Earth by cute little cartoon characters.

(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Owen Rixon; Writer: Callum Barton, Callum Barton, Owen Rixon, Owen Rixon, Siggy Stone; Stars: Sally Magnusson, Siggy Stone, James Carney, Owen Rixon, Callum Barton, Matt Martin, David Kaye)

The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1

Unhappy Happy

Animated short.

(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Peter Millard)

The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2

Wizards

Review preview for Wizards

While having so little money may, paradoxically, have liberated Bakshi from studio interference, this freedom allows him to indulge in ideas that are, metaphorically and otherwise, away with the fairies.

Anton Bitel · 2 out of 5
A post-Apocalyptic Earth is the setting for wizard warfare.

(Country: US; Year: 1977; Director: Ralph Bakshi; Writer: Ralph Bakshi; Stars: Voices of Bob Holt, Jesse Welles, Richard Romanus, David Proval, Jim Connell, Steve Gravers, Christopher Tayback, Mark Hamill) , Official site

Full review

You Could Sunbathe In This Storm

Animated short.

(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Alice Dunseath; Writer: Alice Dunseath; Stars: Tony Fish)

The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2