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Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2018

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2018

Animation

These short film showcases are divided into the following programmes, these will be shown in itallics against each film below as we review them.

  • Elizabeth Hobbs - A Retrospective Of Animated Work
  • International Animation
  • The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1
  • The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2

Programme

4 films · 4 reviews

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The Emperor

Review preview for The Emperor

The style allows for a sense of movement, which Hobbs often exploits for its witty details.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
The tale of a quest to free Napoleon Bonaparte from exile on the island of St Helena.

(Year: 2001; Director: Elizabeth Hobbs; Writer: Elizabeth Hobbs)

Elizabeth Hobbs - A Retrospective Of Animated Work

G-aaah

Review preview for G-aaah

Hobbs exploits the machine's motion - from left to right of a page - as a way of bolstering the sense of movement.

Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
Amy Johnson worked as a typist for a firm of solicitors before her record- breaking solo flight from Croydon to Australia in 1930. This film has been created with an Underwood 315 typewriter as a celebration of her journey.

(Year: 2016; Director: Elizabeth Hobbs)

Elizabeth Hobbs - A Retrospective Of Animated Work

Take Rabbit

Review preview for Take Rabbit

We all know the riddle solution, so Peake is inviting us to guess what will happen in the interim, which we don't.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
A man tries to transport a fox, rabbit and cabbage across a river without getting into trouble.

(Country: UK; Year: 2018; Director: Peter Peake; Writer: Peter Peake; Stars: Matt Berry, Amelia Bullmore, Stephen Graham, Steve Pemberton)

The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1

The Witches

Review preview for The Witches

Morag McKinnon's script is loosely off its head, part hilarity, part nonsensical innovation.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
New laws against witchcraft trouble three fishwives from North Berwick in 1590.

(Country: UK; Year: 2002; Director: Elizabeth Hobbs; Writer: Morag McKinnon)

Elizabeth Hobbs - A Retrospective Of Animated Work