1 Minute
Tennis animation, music by Kaoru Izumi.
Competition HAFFTube
115 minutes
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The international competition for web animations (five minutes max) took place on HAFFTube and is supported by YouTube. The competition started in September. Gradually, HAFFTube filled with animation films from all over the world, surprisingly including a lot of new work of high quality and a lot of student films. From slapstick and experimental films to music video to socio-political committed productions. The jury consisted of filmmakers whose films were selected for the international shorts competition.
The winner is Silver Junkie: Maria van Gitte Le Bruyn (Belgium). Authentic animation by a visual artist in oil on glass.
The runner-up - who came very close! - is Pulverous by Ovidiu Opris (Netherlands), an animation with powder on the poem Pulverous by Ingmar Heytze.
This program screened as part of HAFF 2010
Showing in this program
1.2 Million Children
A Third-World child pursues the dream of freedom but becomes a victim of exploitation.
A Squid Like Me
14-months-old Alex, a little squid, shares his thoughts. Maybe one day I’ll be like you, but until then I’ll be happy just being a squid.
Airborne Love
Pink Bubbles, cotton candy smoke and love explosions are expected when Xun Xun, an ingenious heart fisherman, chases his beloved Pio-pó and her really fast floating space heart. Prepare for some Airborne Love.
Amphibian Breakfast
A mysterious man visits a lonely man that lives in a house near a lake. This man offers him to eat a fly. He agrees to try it despite how disgusting he thinks the proposition is.
Big Heart
If you have a big heart who will you give it to?
Breakbot: Baby I’m Yours
Colourful music video. Retro imagery with sporadic symbols.
Bunbun: Zen
A cute bunny finds out that with a bit of meditation, anything is achievable.
Chrysalis
Mouse and Caterpillar are best friends. One day, Caterpillar changes into a chrysalis. Mouse remains the same.
Connections and Transfers of Unstable Images
Windmill revolves past restless images and angry clouds.
Crisis: The Trap
A Euro bill, hold by a string, dances before the eyes of some people that follow it religiously. They’re so blinded by it that they keep pursuing it and end up losing their ground.
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Cyborg Cajun Jamboree
Very violent volleys. Naughty.
Daudanosiai Forest: Hunters
Three hunters search for they prey in a bare forest with an ominously dark sky and a wavy sea of flowers.
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Entelequia
A kid appears in a dream world. Suddenly, the order and silence break up and force the little kid to shake, taking him through a series of surreal worlds.
Fair Trading?
The journey of a coffee bean, from cropping to delivery by a small producer. Casual presentation of a serious subject.
Fiesta
Story about the Grim Reaper having trouble with his work ethics. Gandhi is still alive and celebrates his 141st birthday. The Grim Reaper's boss sends him out to finish the job.
Greece: End of the (Ancient) World
Zeus and the Euro battle each other to death. The Euro proves to be the strongest by imprisoning Zeus in a rating chart, thus dictating the end of the Ancient World.
House on Fire
A desperate man seeks the immediate attention of those around him to prevent his house from burning to the ground.
How To Run A School 2010 Olympic Games Style
An insight from a Vancouverite of what would happen if schools were run like the 2010 Olympic games.
Iran: Fight for Color
An Iranian woman in black-and-white claims her right to wear lipstick while a policeman shows his disapproval. As their dispute becomes louder, the two get involved in a fight.
Ki: Theory
Students from Ball State University’s Institute for Digital Intermedia Arts created a music video for recording artist Ki, for the song Holiday Heart.
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Lard
A story about a small man made out of lard taking his dog for a walk in a somewhat surrealist landscape. Inspired by the work of Ivan Maximov.
Leaden Birds
How do you ever get airborne when you are simply too heavy to fly?
Leafpeople: Drawn, Quartered, Decapitated
Music video for the band Leafpeople. A birdman decapitates all the members of the band.
Lilac Wine
A heartbroken lover writes a letter. Black-and-white words transform into intricate lines that separate and conjoin to paint pictures of a delicate bird, a fallen teardrop, a fish.
Little Ell’s Story
Little Ell lives in a small restaurant with her stepfather. He is very evil and forces Ell to work in the kitchen every day and night. But, one day pig Moe appears.
Manfred
For a character like Manfred, an ordinary situation like waiting for the bus can be an exhausting experience.
Memory Dots
In a thinking process only one thing is enough to completely change the course of a thought and drag away subject's mind into something unimportant.
Middle East Open
A white dove is flying peacefully in the sky when we see it covered in blood and being thrown back and forth. It actually became the feather of a Badminton match between Israelis and Palestinians.
My Friend Is a Cloud
On a floating island a small boy is lost in a vision of the future.
New York – Where Are The Chocolate Eggs?
Colourful impression of the metropolis New York in live action and varied animation.
Pinball Animation
Colourful interpretation of the classic pinball twelve countdown theme. Funny characters on a farm present the numbers from one to twelve.
Pulverous
Animation with powder for the poem Pulverous by Ingmar Heytze.
RAW-toys
Dead animals are brought to life and made into action figures. War is the way come out and play.
Silver Junkie: Maria
Animation by visual artist in oil on glass, inspired by and based on music of the Belgian band Silver Junkie (Tino Biddeloo).
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Special Delivery
A delivery threatens to fail because of car trouble in the middle of nowhere, but luckily there's a gas station nearby.
The Grendal Scratchmander
The Grendal Scratchmander is a monster that comes every Christmas eve to take away any children who have been naughty. He is the anti-Santa Claus, doing the opposite in every way.
The Head
Noddy does acid and takes the happy-happy, never-ending low road looking for a good time. But there are eyes in the sky!
The Mantra ATSMM: Septembers
Music video for the song Septembers of the new album Defeated Songs from The Mantra Above the Spotless Melt Moon (The Mantra ATSMM).
The Process
Justice, a statue, is standing when it is hit by a lawsuit and gets injured. The episode is repeated several times and Justice is torn apart by all the lawsuits thrown in its direction.
The Raveonettes: Heart of Stone
Music video for The Raveonettes, set in a fantastic illustrated world, portrays the epic journey of a heartbroken man.
The Wicked Town on the Yangtze
A little town on the Yangtze realizes the futility of greed as they overthrow their repulsive governor and replace him with... nothing.
Think Again
Part of a short animated series about forgotten scientific experiments. Can a lemon produce enough energy for a lamp? Can a pickle produce light?
Trutjes
A girl does everything to fit in the group. The right handbag is very important.
Unreal
A kid will believe that everything is real, but what he doesn’t know, is that he is just part of a sick game.
Victory
A dancer fights the eternal enemy, the laws of gravitation.
Zoom
How far can you dive into the world? A travel poster for Aruba leads to the book of the reading woman, a milk commercial on TV and further. A few times.
