Australian Shorts

• Australian 1
• Australian 1 - Repeat
• Australian 2
• Australian 2 - Repeat
• Australian 3
• Australian 3 - Repeat
• Australian 4
• Australian 4 -Repeat

Documentary Workshop

• George Gittoes for Documentary Masterclass

International Programme

• International 1 - Opening Night Screening
• International 1 - Repeat
• International 2
• International 2 - Repeat
• International 3
• International 3 - Repeat
• International 4
• International 4 - Repeat
• International 5
• International 5 - Repeat

Short Documentary

• Documentary 1
• Documentary 2

Special Programs

• Celebrity Shorts
• Celebrity Shorts (Repeat screening)
• Endless Summer (Repeat Screening)
• Endless Summer Shorts
• Hiroshima Animation Special - 1
• Hiroshima Animation Special - 2
• Wonderful World of Dogs
• Wonderful World of Dogs (Repeat Screening)

Flickerfest 2007 Programme Calendar

Special Programs - Hiroshima Animation Special - 1

Total Running Time: 88
Show date: Sunday, January 07, 2007
Show time: 6:45 pm
Sponsored By:

PICA DON

Synopsis:
An animation documentary describing the tragic consequences of the A-bomb explosion in Hiroshima, on August 6th, 1945. The flash of the A-bomb, 100 times brighter than the sun, is called "PICA", and the enormous shock wave which came right after the flash is called "DON". At the time this film was completed, it was the very first attempt in the world to deal with such a sensitive subject of Hiroshima using animation media. Because of this short film, the City of Hiroshima decided to establish the Hiroshima International Animation Festival in 1984, appreciating animation art as an effective medium.

Special Prize, Annecy International Animation Festival, Outstanding Film, London International Film Festival, Best Film, Lucca International Animation Festival.

Festivals: Sydney International Film Festival, Moscow International Film Festival, Los Angeles International Animation Celebration.
Producer: Sayoko Kinoshita
Director/Writer: Renzo Kinoshita

BROKEN DOWN FILM

Synopsis:
One of the few works by 'God of Manga', Osamu Tezuka, which is not in his famous anime style. In this homage to the classic American western, a cowboy faces off against a sinister, moustached villain in an attempt to save his kidnapped girlfriend.

WINNER HIROSHIMA 85

Director: Osamu Tezuka

THE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES

Synopsis:
The story, narrated by the great actor Christopher Plummer, tells how a good and simple man with an ear for the language of the earth, makes a forest grow in what was a god-forsaken, waterless waste.

WINNER HIROSHIMA 87
Special Jury Prize and People's Award, Clermont Ferrand 88, Joint Grand Prix, Annecy 87

Festivals: Official Selection Cannes 87
Director: Frederic Back

THE COW

Synopsis:
In the Russian countryside, a family lives next to a railroad track. A boy remembers when he and his parents had a cow, living off its milk and using it as a beast of burden. The cow has a calf that the boy's father sells. The cow, perhaps grieving for its lost calf, acts strangely, bolts from the boy, and meets with disaster. The boy dreams of calf, cow, train, and plow in a phantasmagoric collision. Later, the boy's remembrance of things past becomes sweet and elegiac.

WINNER HIROSHIMA 90
Oscar nominee 90, Honorable Mention (Best Short Film) Berlin International 90, Grand Prize Golden Conch (Best Animation Film), Bombay, 92, OIAF Award (Best First Film), Ottawa, 90.

Director: Alexander Petrov

THE SANDMAN

Synopsis:
A young child and his mother face a visit from the terrifying sandman. Stop-motion animation.

WINNER HIROSHIMA 92
Oscar Nomination Best Animated Short 92, Award-winner at Annecy, Stuttgart, Ottawa and Espinho.

Director: Paul Berry

THE OLD LADY AND THE PIGEONS

Synopsis:
The story of a hungry French police man who spots an old woman in the park, feeding rich pastries to a thankful flock of overweight pigeons. Disguising himself as a giant pigeon, the man visits and is generously fed by the old woman, only to discover her true intentions are more foul than fowl.

WINNER HIROSHIMA 98
BAFTA Winner, Oscar Nomination Best Animated Short, Grand Prize, Annecy, Cartoon d'Or prize, Audience Prize and Jury Prize, Angers Premiers Plans Festival.

Director: Sylvain Chomet