Wonderful World of Dogs program

December 5, 2006

WONDERFUL WORLD OF DOGS

Man's best friend will also share the spotlight this year at Flickerfest in a fun program of furry
stories celebrating our four-legged friend from all around the world. Who knew that there have
been so many films made about dogs? We have sniffed them all out to delight our Sydney
audiences.
Highlights include:

BIRDS
France/2.5 min/Video/06
Dir/Prod Pleix
'These are not dogs' could be the title here, a la Magritte. Man's best friend is freed from gravity,
glides through space and time, and experiences rebirth as an abstract being. A project about
freedom, naivety and happiness. Dogs in space.
Short Film Festival, Grimstad 06

USELESS DOG
Ireland/5 min/Video/04
Dir Ken Wardrop
Prod Andrew Freedman
A chronicle of a particularly unhelpful canine.
Best Short Documentary - Sligo Film Festival, Jury Special Mention - Oberhausen International
Short Film Festival 2005, Best Documentary Award - MFA Film Festival Majorca 2005

DOG YEARS
UK/4.5 min/Video/04
Dir/Prod Richard Penfold & Sam Hearn
Writer Richard Penfold
Ben, 39, Leo, mongrel, castrated, needs love, GSOH essential
Audience Award & Outstanding Talent Award, Brief Encounters 04, «GreetingLine» 06.


GUIDE DOG
USA/6 min/Video/06
Wri/Dir/Prod Bill Plympton
The sequel to the Oscar-nominated short 'Guard Dog'. This time our hero dog helps blind people
with typical disastrous results.
First place, USA Film Festival 06, First Place - ASIFA-East, Best Animated Film, New Jersey Film
Festival 06.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

WOLF DADDY
Korea/9.5 min/Video/05
Dir/Prod Hyung-yun Chung
A wolf who is a novelist comes to a serene countryside to write a masterpiece. One rainy day, a
lady visits him with six-year old girl, Young-hee. The lady says to Young-hee "This wolf is your
father". The wolf is shocked and the lady goes away leaving Young-hee behind. This is how the
wolf novelist becomes the father of the six-year old girl.
Hiroshima Prize, 11th Hiroshima Animation Festival 06, MovieSquad Award, 11th Holland
Animation Festival 06, Best Film, 18th Doga CG Animation Contest Japan 06, Special Prize, Korean
Animation Award 05. Festivals include: Bradford Animation Festival 06, Tampere 06, Seoul Film
Festival 06.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

DOG YEARS 2 - HEALTH
UK/4.5 min/Video/05
Dir/Prod Richard Penfold & Sam Hearn
It's definitely a dog day afternoon for one mutt who gets a surprise visit from his vet's finger.
12th Encounters International Short Film Festival 06, Aspen Shortsfest 06, Los Angeles Film
Festival 06, Crested Butte Reel Fest 06, Future Shorts UK.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

Page Lovelace, The Lantern Group

Contact Email Address: page@lanterngroup.com.au