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Melbourne International Animation Festival

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Address: Federation Square, Flinders St Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.miaf.net/

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25.01.2022 "What if I turn myself into an eight year old girl?" - Adam Elliot Victoria on Film recently looked back at Mary & Max (2009). https://miaf.net/victoria-on-film-look-at-mary-max/

25.01.2022 Less than 12 hours to go! Make sure your have your say before midnight tonight https://melbourneuni.au1.qualtrics.com//form/SV_bjVKQWs3xu

24.01.2022 MIAF 2020 Entries are OPEN: It's time!! Enter your film in MIAF 2020 - it's easy and it's FREE!! Go to www.miaf.net to grab the form

22.01.2022 Hi Everyone it will come as no surprise that we here at MIAF are looking closely at the viability of our July dates. As you can probably imagine there are a LOT of moving parts to the decision that we are facing. We are working through the issues as quickly as we can and will keep you up to date via the website and our Facebook and Twitter pages. FILMMAKERS If you have entered your film in MIAF 2020 we will be notifying you all about the outcome of our selection process ...as soon as we have clarity on what MIAF 2020 will ultimately look like. Thanks everybody for your patience. Stay safe. Keep apart but hang tight. This too will pass!

21.01.2022 Audience votes are starting to come in...... for the Australian Student Showcase you picked "Olga's Self Insert Fanfiction" by Ella Sanderson and Georgette Stefoulis..... a truly wild ride that started a great Aus Student Showcase this year. Check out a sample of the film and a chat with the filmmakers recorded last year Animafest... https://tinyurl.com/yysfhd2d #miaf19

20.01.2022 Calling all Australian animators - ONE DAY TO GO MIAF entries close TOMORROW... last chance to enter Australia's biggest animation event and get your film up on the big screen where it belongs ... entry form at https://miaf.net/wp-cont/uploads//09/MIAF20-Entry-Form.pdf

20.01.2022 The Australian Cartoon Museum houses an astonishing collection of Aus cartoons. But they also have a brilliant "Toon Talk" show on You Tube. Exhibit A.......check out Episode 27 (27!!! howzat!) "The Art Of Open Season" "The Art of Open Season gives you an inside look at an explosion of color and talent, documenting every aspect of creating a CG animated film, from scripting and storyboarding to layout, animation, color, lighting, and visual effects with sensational full-color images throughout." Find them at tinyurl.com/y36ckto7

19.01.2022 Here comes the weekend (weekends start early at MIAF - that's the way we roll) Another crazy good Short Shots tonight at 5:15pm ($10 flat rate, come one, come all), we rock another eclectic program of film in competition in International Program #5 at 6:15pm (looks like lots of great hand-made animation in the line-up) and we turn it up to 11 with "Masters Of Mayhem - The Brothers McLeod Showcase" at 8:15pm packed full with films from a whooooole other strange and crazy universe .... animation, you know you want it!!! www.miaf.net #miaf19

19.01.2022 "Online streaming performances and digital exhibition spaces may not be an immediate salve to the impulse to stockpile food. But they are a reminder that if, satisfying our physical needs comes first in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, the real question is what are we satisfying them for?" Insightful, kinda hopeful (depending where you optimism needle is sitting right now) article on the VALUE of creativity and the creative industries. Julian Meyrick nails it yet again in The Conversation. https://tinyurl.com/vrwg5fw

18.01.2022 Less than 12 hours to go! Make sure your have your say before midnight tonight https://melbourneuni.au1.qualtrics.com//form/SV_bjVKQWs3xu

18.01.2022 Shaping up as a busy closing day - KIDS session gets underway at 1:00pm and it's a cracker!! The "Character Animation For VFX Films" presented by world leading Method Studio rolls out at 3:00 and our special focus on Australian Master animator Paul Fletcher (along with a comprehensive commentary and Q&A) hits the screen at 5:00pm. THENNNN its Best of The Fest.... really glad we scheduled two screenings coz the 7:00pm is Sold Out - we've held back as many seats as possible for Pass Holders and we'll run a door list for unclaimed seats BUT nabbing a seat for the repeat screening at 9:00pm looks like the best bet www.miaf.net #miaf19

18.01.2022 Thanks to all the presenters who made "Learning To Earning" a super fascinating session. The foyer going quiet now as everybody heads in to see the James Cunningham Retrospective. Then we hit the LAST International Competition program at 6:30pm - a truly eclectic pick'n'mix of a program with a BIG BIG finish https://miaf.net/events/international-program-7/ #miaf19

18.01.2022 A message from Team MIAF. With heavy hearts we have to announce that MIAF 2020 has been cancelled. Full statement at https://miaf.net/

17.01.2022 Havin' fun trying to figure out where to squeeze everything in to our "pop-up" venue this year..... amazing to be back in The Treasury Cinema (1 Macarthur St, up just past the top of Collins St)..... this is where MIAF started waaaaay back in 2001 and - tellya what - it's had a pretty snazzy reno. Can't wait to get some films on the screen and kick open the doors for you all..... here comes MIAF 2019 #miaf19

17.01.2022 ANIMATORS EVERYWHERE: today is the last day to enter the 2019 London International Animation Festival (LIAF), the UK's largest animation festival.... http://www.liaf.org.uk/entries/

16.01.2022 All MIAF 2019 Award Winners are all now up on line but... BEST OF THE FEST Per Tutta La Vita (Roberto Catani, Italy) ... BEST AUSTRALIAN FILM Sohrab And Rustum (Lee Whitmore) And so it goes...... Goodbye to MIAF 2019. Thanks to everyone who rolled in and basked in the animated glow of it all, thanks to all the presenters and guests who brought their unique perspectives to screening after screening, thanks to the band of volunteers who turned up day after day, thanks to the sponsors and funders, thanks to the entire ACMI team who walked the walked... the MIAF Crew 1000% thanks you all www.miaf.net #miaf19

16.01.2022 Tonight's screening of the "Rosto Tetralogy" is one of the most special programs MIAF has screened. Many MIAF alumni still recall Rosto's guest appearance here in 2006 and the unique creative energy that flowed from him. His passing earlier this year not long after completing the last film of this 'tetralogy' robbed animation of one of its most distinctive voices and most creative and generous souls. The brief doco that opens the program introduces us to his approach to his art and life, capturing him at the peak of his powers. If you see only one thing at MIAF 19, this is the one https://miaf.net/events/the-rosto-tetralogy #miaf19

15.01.2022 Hi Everyone it will come as no surprise that we here at MIAF are looking closely at the viability of our July dates. As you can probably imagine there are a LOT of moving parts to the decision that we are facing. We are working through the issues as quickly as we can and will keep you up to date via the website and our Facebook and Twitter pages. FILMMAKERS If you have entered your film in MIAF 2020 we will be notifying you all about the outcome of our selection process ...as soon as we have clarity on what MIAF 2020 will ultimately look like. Thanks everybody for your patience. Stay safe. Keep apart but hang tight. This too will pass!

15.01.2022 Calling all Australian animators - ONE DAY TO GO MIAF entries close TOMORROW... last chance to enter Australia's biggest animation event and get your film up on the big screen where it belongs ... entry form at https://miaf.net/wp-cont/uploads//09/MIAF20-Entry-Form.pdf

14.01.2022 Just counted up the Audience Vote for the Australian Showcase......... (drum roll SFX please) ...... it's "Lost And Found" by Andrew Goldsmith and Bradley Slabe with Lucy Hayes producing - clearly struck a chord with the audience on Opening Night - check the trailer https://vimeo.com/304803343 www.miaf.net #miaf19

14.01.2022 The Czech & Slovak Film Festival (CASFFA) launched its program in style at The Foreigner Brewing Company's Brunswick brewery last Friday - you had to be there to score the excellent sponsor product BUT the program is live for all to see at https://casffa.com.au .... have a good one @casffa

14.01.2022 Hola!!! We're open!! BIG thank you to everybody who packed into The Treasury for MIAF 19's happy noisy opening last night - haven't had one quite like that for a while!!. Gotta love that Treasury Theatre bar!!! Openings are always crazy but now we settle down to another EIGHT big days of animation. Come one, come all, come thirsty for a drink and hungry for animation - ignore the rain, follow the rainbow www.miaf.net #miaf19

13.01.2022 Thank you to everyone who's already done the survey. We're feeling the love. If you haven't yet, and want your voice heard, you only have until 6pm tonight! https://melbourneuni.au1.qualtrics.com//form/SV_bjVKQWs3xu

11.01.2022 Have you voice heard! Take this 10 minute survey. Melbourne Business School are running research into MIAF and film festivals. Results will be used to recommend changes to MIAF events and promotions.... Survey closes this Saturday 16 November at midnight. Share with everyone. https://melbourneuni.au1.qualtrics.com//form/SV_bjVKQWs3xu

11.01.2022 FRIDAY!!! Day 7 of MIAF 19 ......... BUT DAY ONE of the Closing Weekend. Oh yes! It rolls out with International Program #6 at 5:15pm, kick back and absorb the textural beauty of the feature "The Magnificent Cake" at 7:00pm and then it's the annual cult fav Late Night Bizarre at 10:00pm.... The Treasury Theatre is only half the size of the ACMI theatre so get in early if you want to catch it tonight or there's a repeat screening (which is selling fast!) tomorrow night. Your call

09.01.2022 Thank you to everyone who's already done the survey. We're feeling the love. If you haven't yet, and want your voice heard, you only have until 6pm tonight! https://melbourneuni.au1.qualtrics.com//form/SV_bjVKQWs3xu

08.01.2022 And Saturday dawns...... two days to go but a lot happens at MIAF on the weekends..... TEN programs: the packed Learning To Earning Careers In Animation session kicks it off at 1:30 this afternoon,there are special guest retrospectives (James Cunningham & Paul Fletcher), the last competition program, a stunning feature, the Kids program, a second crack at Late Night Bizarre for those that missed it last night, the VFX session presented by Method Studios and, of course, The Best Of The Fest .... all the details at www.miaf.net #miaf19

08.01.2022 This will definitely be worth a look... Filmonik #62 BYO-Short-Film screening - Open-Mic/Open Screen/Bring Your Film..... Filmonik is part of the worldwide Kino movement active in more than 70 cities around the world. It's open-screen; bring in a USB drive with your most recent film with a running time of 5-6 min and under and we'll screen it + Q&A post-film. Tues 27th Aug 6:30 PM I $5 ... LOOP BAR (23 Myers Place)

06.01.2022 International Animation Day starts here https://miaf.net/international-animation-day-starts-here/ Today is International Animation Day! Read up on how MIAF’s own Annie Murray has contributed with her piece ‘This Is Mine’.

06.01.2022 This is what a collection of some of the best VFX/3D/Hybrid animation in the world looks like..... until we get it loaded into the projectors for its big screen moment. Yay - the JAMES CUNNINGHAM RETROSPECTIVE films just arrived and they are gonna rock The Treasury Theatre Sat 20th at 4:30..... and James will be there in person to do a Q&A at the end. Yuss! https://miaf.net/events/james-cunningham-retrospective-qa/ #miaf19

06.01.2022 Audience vote winners coming in thick and fast now for the International Programs.... Program #1 "Facing It" (Sam Gainsborough), Program #2 "Long Meg And Her Daughters" (Margaret Barry), Program #3 "Egg" (Martini Scarpelli) and Program #4:Abstract Showcase "Deep Blue & Dirty" (Alyssa Rothwell) www.miaf.net #miaf19

05.01.2022 Rosto AD was a great friend of MIAF's and one of the most unflinching artists we've ever encountered. His "Tetraology" at MIAF this year was one intense glimpse of what he was capable of. His producers have been able to publish an astonishing 210 page version of his graphic novel MIND MY GAP and this is the best chance to score a copy directly from their crowdfunding campaign. TOO GOOD!!! Do it now https://www.kisskissbankbank.com//projec/rosto-mind-my-gap

05.01.2022 Rolling in to set up for another big night of fiiiiiiine animation - THREE programs tonight.... THREE. Shorts Shots at 5:15pm, just $10 (a short shot sample on the way home or a taster to get you started for a night at The Treasury); then International Program #4 Abstract Showcase (our annual collection of the best abstract animation from all over the world) and closing out the night with Shorts From The 'La Casa Lobo' Side at 8:15pm which looks at the wild world or 'real-place' animation and rounds out with some of the best earlier shorts ("Lucia", "Luis" and "Los Andos") from the team that made the incredible feature "La Casa Lobo" www.miaf.net #miaf2019

04.01.2022 The Gertrude St Projection Festival kicked off last night... pretty tough going in the rain but it's all about supporting art and artists above spectacle ..... go see, no rain tonight www.gspf.com.au

04.01.2022 the printer just inexplicably died..... it must be OPENING DAY!! At least we have a bunch of weird little cardboard creatures to stick up on the walls. Yup..... MIAF 2019 rolls today at THe Treasury Theatre, 1 Macarthur St (just past the top of Collins St) www.miaf.net #miaf19

04.01.2022 MIAF 19 Poster Spotting (everybody needs a hobby!!) .... come what may we throw open the doors TOMORROW, oh yes www.miaf.net #miaf19

03.01.2022 This'll be fun and there won't be anything else like it in Melbourne tonight!!! FREE Exhibition Performance featuring Dueling Sewing Machines, Interactive Audiovisual Washing Machine, Live Animation and Sound Mixing - TONIGHT 5pm at Grainger Museum (Royal Parade in Parkville) - New works by Anthony Lyons, Paul Fletcher, MCM Interactive Composition and VCA Animation Students.... tinyurl.com/yxj7v8rt

02.01.2022 Extended to Wednesday 20 November! Thanks to everyone who’s already taken the survey already. https://melbourneuni.au1.qualtrics.com//form/SV_bjVKQWs3xu

01.01.2022 As usual Cefn Ridout rocks in a well written, really insightful review of Mandy Ord's most recent graphic novel "When One Person Dies The Whole World Is Over".... of course ya can't read it coz The Aus has it behind a paywall BUT the book definitely deserves a shout-out so here's a taste tinyurl.com/y4mz2bze

01.01.2022 A warm and well written tribute from Disney about the legendary voice actor Russi Taylor who for decades was the voice of Minnie Mouse. If that's not career enough, she also voiced a bunch of Simpsons characters .... the German kid Uter, the two weird twins Sherri and Terri and, best of all, Martin the nerd. Taylor passed away last Friday bit.ly/2YphQi9