16th Nov 09
Australian International Animation Festival Re-Animates Bendigo
Fri 20 November - Sat 21 November 2009
presented by Allans Walk Artist Run Space, La Trobe Visual Arts Centre, Undue Noise and City of Greater Bendigo
Friday 20 November
4pm Children's Animation Program, Campbell Theatrette, FREE
7pm Local Animators @ Allan's Walk. Opening by Claire Smith. FREE
with Megan Beckwith, Paul Fletcher, Christopher Tay, Daniel Russell and Erin Ricardo
Saturday 21 November
LaTrobe VAC, View St, Bendigo
11:30am Digital Panorama $5
1pm Dennis Tupicoff presents his films Chainsaw, His Mother's Voice, and Darra Dogs and talks about them $5
3pm International Panorama $5
5pm Australian Panorama, including Susan McMinn's award winning The Last Warhorse $5
This year's Australian International Animation Festival descends on Bendigo with a selection of program's from the animation festival held earlier this year in Melbourne, as well as a local component featuring Bendigo animators, including award winning animator Susan McMinn.
The screenings are on Friday 20th November at the Campbell Theatrette (next to the Library) and Allan's Walk Artist Run Space and on Saturday 21st November at La Trobe University's Visual Arts Centre in View St.
Presented by Allan's Walk Artist Run Space, La Trobe University's Visual Arts Centre and Undue Noise, with the assistance of the City of Greater Bendigo, the program will feature a free children's animation program, an evening of local animation screenings, talks and performance (yes, some Bendigo animators perform their works), programs of Australian, International and Digital animation, as well as a session with Dennis Tupicoff, an internationally recognised Melbourne-based animator.
The festival program commences with a selection of Children's Animation on Friday afternoon (4pm) at the Campbell Theatrette, next to the Library. This features some of the best animated films made recently made for children, as well as a couple of films involving the work of Central Victorian school children.
The festival will be officially opened on Friday at 7pm by multi-media artist Claire Smith, who first brought the festival to Bendigo about three years ago. This opening will be at Allan's Walk Artist Run Space on Friday evening and will highlight the work of Bendigo Animators. This free event will feature performance involving animation by Paul Fletcher, who controls his live animation presentation with a vacuum cleaner, and choreographer Megan Beckwith, who projects her own 3D animations onto her dance performance. Also will be animated films by young Bendigo Animators, Christopher Tay, Daniel Russell and Erin Ricardo, who will also talk about their animation techniques.
On Saturday the festival moves to the Theatre at La Trobe Visual Arts Centre (VAC) in View St. The day starts with a Digital Panorama at 11:30am, featuring recent digital animation. This is followed at 1pm by a session with Dennis Tupicoff, an internationally recognised Melbourne-based animator who will present his films Chainsaw, His Mother's Voice, and Darra Dogs and talk about his animation experiences. At 3pm, there will be an International Panorama, which will feature mainly hand-drawn animation to contrast with the earlier digital program. The festival finishes with an Australian Panorama at 5pm, which will feature the best of recent Australian animation, including Susan McMinn's award winning The Last Warhorse, which was awarded the prize for Best Australian Student Animation at the Australian International Animation Festival this year. There will be an admission charge for the sessions at the VAC, but this will be only $5 a session, which is a real bargain for such high quality recent animation.
