BAA06: Programme 1

Directed by Various

Public Choice offers UK audiences a chance to participate in the bi-annual British Animation Awards. Vote for your favourites from this diverse selection of short-listed work, ranging from student films to offerings from former Oscar and BAFTA winners, hit vids by Franz Ferdinand and Gorillaz and mind-blowing adverts. Below is a brief outline for Programme One, for full details please see www.britishanimationawards.com
Films featured in Programme 1 are listed below:
Duration of Programme 1: 78 mins
Minema Cinema: Revenge is Cold: Woody, who dreams of becoming a lighter, is conned by Antus the cactus into a journey to the North Pole to fulfil his ambition.
Kamiya’s Correspondence: A girl writes to her mother about her family’s activities.
Puleng: Puleng struggles to take care of her ailing father as a terrible drought comes to an end in Africa.
Guy 101 A man hears a story about a hitchhiker from the other side of the Internet.
For a Tango A tango duel echoes the historical and emotional origin of the dance originating with immigrants to Buenos Aires.
Emiliana Torrini: Heartstopper: A personal story of loss and despair told through a seaside style puppet show.
Subtle: Swan Meat: Swan Meat is the last instalment of the Subtle trilogy.
Mum: Will the Summer Make Good for our Sins: The film merges darkly sinister visuals with the Icelandic band’s haunting music.
Lloyd in the Corner: Somewhere in the limbo between elevenses and lunchtime where not too much ever really happens.
Perpetual Motion in the Land of Milk and Honey: About a man’s lifelong endeavour to create a perpetual motion device and supply free power for the people. During a phone call with the Lamb of God, Britney Spears sabotages the project and sets in motion her own drive for infinity.
Bullring: Launch
Jammie Dodgers: Shopping
Pringles: Ladybird
Ribena: Liquidator
Urban Art: Red Square Reloaded
Honda: GRRR
Vodafone: Mayfly
Motorola: Classics
His Passionate Bride: Marriage is an institution not to be mocked.
City Paradise: Tomoko, in London to learn English, accidentally discovers a mysterious secret city underground…
Sleep with the Fishes: An absurd tragedy, to accompany the Tiger Lillies’ melancholic song.

Duration:
78 minutes

Year of production:
2005