Los Angeles plays itself in this bracing compilation of animated shorts by the city’s best independent practitioners of the form.
Films — by Strand
Animation Now!
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Animation Now! International Programme #1: Opening Screening
A celebratory showcase of some of the year’s best and brightest animated shorts. If you’re looking to sample the animation ecosystem in all of its multi-coloured, variously-shaped glories, there’s no better place to begin.
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Animation Now! International Programme #2: Black & White Showcase
This abundantly varied programme takes a dozen recent animated shorts from ten countries to prove that animators do not always require colour to take us deep into their own worlds – and ours.
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Animation Now! International Programme #3: Asia Animation Review
Eye-grabbing animations from China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore make our first ever survey of new work and indie talent in the region an Animation Now! highlight.
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Animation Now! International Programme #4: Handmade Animation
This stunning selection of animated shorts testifies to enduring creative vitality in pre-digital techniques as varied as pixilation, puppet animation, paint on glass, print on film and whirlwind stop-motion.
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Animation Now! International Programme #5: Dark Hearts
Psychic freak-outs, scuzzy behaviour, inscrutable creepiness and scathing satire are celebrated in this short-film showcase of animation’s dark side.
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Sixty Six
Bringing the work of master collagist Lewis Klahr to New Zealand for the first time, this new collection of short films offers a terrific introduction to his eye-zapping assemblages of 60s pop culture ephemera.