An afternoon of death and comedy, featuring corpses that don’t fit in coffins, suicidal furries, numerous ill-fated rabbits, and Hitler at the 1948 Olympics.
Posted on 20th June, 2009 at 8:00pm in media and tagged with animation, dead rabbits, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Elkland, McLaren Animation, morbid, short animation.
Just trying to make sense of my notes on the short animated films (I’m trying not to type ‘animated shorts’) from the first selection up for the McLaren Award (the award is for best British animation, and (but?) is voted for by the EIFF audience, which in this case was distinctly small). Mostly I’m getting [...]
Posted on 19th June, 2008 at 7:30pm in media and tagged with animation, cg, claymation, Edinburgh International Film Festival, I like type, McLaren Animation, mixed media, Pixar rocks, short animation, stop-motion. 3 Comments.
The Edinburgh International Film Festival opened it’s box office today, so I spent my lunch booking my summer holiday. 22 films, fairly miscellaneous – actually 18 films, two of their animated short film collections and two real-live people events…
Posted on 9th May, 2008 at 8:26pm in media and tagged with Bananaz, Dreams with Sharp Teeth, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Encounters at the End of the World, Faintheart, Fear(s) of the Dark, gratuitous Joss Whedon reference, Idiots and Angels, International Animation, McLaren Animation, Milky Way Liberation Front, Pixar rocks, Ray Harryhausen, Roger Deakins, Seamus McGarvey, Sleep Dealer, Standard Operating Procedure, Stone of Destiny, Strange Girls, The Bride Wore Black, The Fall, The Song of Sparrows, The Surprise Movie, Tiramisu, WALL-E, Warsaw Dark, yay!.
Ah, Pixar. Doesn’t that make you grin, just thinking about it?
Posted on 18th August, 2007 at 6:30pm in media and tagged with animation, cg, collage, Edinburgh International Film Festival, flipbook, found footage, McLaren Animation, Pixar rocks, Ratatouille, retro style, short animation, stop-motion, toy car.
Mixed reactions. The films shown in this selection where all very short, which I prefer – more for your money, but unfortunately means that it’s harder to pick out highlights.
Posted on 17th August, 2007 at 4:00pm in media and tagged with animation, cg, character, content over style, Edinburgh International Film Festival, ew, ligne-claire, McLaren Animation, short animation, style over content.
East, then, on clattering stock. A few (ill-fated) resolutions for this year’s Edinburgh Festival
Posted on 16th August, 2007 at 10:30am in media and tagged with calming fish, charity muggers, Children of Glory, Comrades in Dreams, Death Proof, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Henry V, I Served the King of England, I'm a Cyborg But That's OK, ill-fated resolutions, In Search of a Midnight Kiss, In the Shadow of the Moon, John Waters: This Filthy World, McLaren Animation, Ratatouille, Richard III, Seachd - The Inaccessible Pinnacle, Skills Like This, Stardust, Tekkonkrinkreet, The Counterfeiters, The Italian, The Surprise Movie, Weirdsville, World Animation, W[delta]Z.
