Holland Animation Film Festival 2004, Han Hoogerbrugge, The Netherlands
529/Five2Nine,Niek Castricum, Maarten de With, The Netherlands, 2004, Beta, 6’30’’
A man drastically tries to get out of the rut, over and over again.
First Prize student competition.
Ryan,Chris Landreth, Canada, 2004, 35mm, 13’
A gentleman panhandler. One of the pioneers of Canadian animation. Oscar nominee. Poor beggar. An artist unable to create. God observing the world. Fallen angel. Arrogant. Shy. Broken. Not destroyed.
Ryan, directed by Chris Landreth, is an animated tribute to Canadian animator Ryan Larkin. Thirty years ago, at the National Film Board of Canada, Ryan produced some of the most influential animated films of his time. Today, Ryan lives on welfare and panhandles for spare change in downtown Montreal. How could such an artistic genius follow this path? In Ryan we hear the voice of Ryan Larkin and people who have known him, but these voices speak through strange, twisted, broken and disembodied 3D generated characters... people whose appearances are bizarre, humorous or disturbing. Although incredibly realistic and detailed, Ryan was created and animated without the use of live action footage, rotoscoping or motion capture... but instead from an original, personal, hand animated three-dimensional world which Chris calls 'psychological realism'.
Grand Prize narrative film.
In,Philipp Hirsch, Germany, 2004, 35mm, 24’
The existential situation of Hanna. Her spectrum embraces seeming voyeurism, playful observation of microscopic processes and the direct view at herself by leaving her body.
-Hanna, it´s about your belly again.Lena or Dave. You have to decide.-
Hanna has to decide. But she´s not able to.This will lead to consequences - Hanna has to see: Nature. And Artefacts. Later also herself. We shall see that. (more at: www.film-in.de)
Grand Prize nonnarrative film.
Prize winners of the competition for applied animation at HAFF 2004. State of the art of animated programme leaders, commercials, educational films and music videos.
International Jury competition for Applied Animation: Moon Saeng Kim (South Korea), Micha Klein (The Netherlands), André van Duren (The Netherlands), Joanna Quinn (UK), Vincent Patar (Belgium).
Sarah Hodson, UK, 2003, Beta, 2’30’’
Guilty Pleasure - Moon Saeng Kim.
Nils Mühlenbruch, The Netherlands, 2004, Beta, 5’39’’
Guilty Pleasure - Micha Klein.
Hewlett Packard: Bang and Olufsen,Tim Hope, UK, 2003, Beta, 1’
Guilty Pleasure - André van Duren.
Mister Fister 2: In Motion,Pete Bishop, UK, 2003, Beta, 1’
Guilty Pleasure - Joanna Quinn.
Thunderbirds: Title Sequence,Adam Foulkes, Alan Smith, UK, 2004, Beta, 2’25’’
Guilty Pleasure - Vincent Patar.
Greenpeace: Half Life,David Lea, John Williams, UK, 2003, Beta, 1’30’’
Best commercial.
BBC 3: The Blobs,Stefan Marjoram, UK, 2003, Beta, 2’35’’
Best Leader.
Anouk: I Live For You,Rosto, The Netherlands, 2003, Beta, 4’
Best Music Video.
The Meatrix,Louis Fox, USA, 2003, Beta, 3’53’’
Best Educational Film.
Exhausted: The War,Dan Hartney, Australia, 2004, Beta, 5’58’’
Grand Prix.
The presentation of the programme was kindly supported by the Royal Netherlands Embassy.