Anyone can make animation films, and a huge number of productions is available online. For someone who has trouble choosing, this can have a paralysing effect. If the rebound effect is putting everything in perspective, an unsubstantial arbitrariness lurks. Making and watching animation has changed fundamentally with all the super-fast digital developments. Do people want to watch movies on the big screen at all anymore? Do they want to have an all-encompassing experience, as is currently en vogue with big commercial productions? HAFF stages a discussion with viewers and programmers. What is a curator’s task? What do audiences expect from a curator? How do filmmakers look at a programmer’s work? Is programming animation an art in itself? Programmers spill the beans on their experiences, the grand schemes and everyday vicissitudes, the failures and lucky breaks.

This program screened as part of HAFF 2017