McLaren Award and International Animation programme selections

I am pleased to share the animations I had selected earlier this year for Edinburgh International Film Festival 2020. If the world hadn’t gone into meltdown I’m sure I’d have had a brilliant time sharing these shorts and speaking to their makers at the Filmhouse. These are some really remarkable films – congratulations to all!

And the nominations for the McLaren Award for Best British Animation are…

2.3 x 2.6 x 3.2 – Jiaqi Wang – trailer

Alan, the Infinite – Mikey Please & Dan Ojari – trailer

Betty – Will Anderson – trailer

Chado – Dominica Harrison – trailer

Cwh Deilen – Efa Blosse Mason – trailer

Di-cake – Lam Lo – full film

Home – Anita Bruvere – interview

In Her Boots – Kathrin Steinbacher – trailer

Nigel – Natasza Cetner – full film

No Body – Haemin Ko – behind the scenes

Nod. Wink. Horse – Ollie Magee – trailer

O Black Hole! – Renee Zhan – trailer

Pitch Black Panacea – Tom Hardiman – full film

Red Rover – Astrid Goldsmith – trailer

The Last Train – Ross Hogg – trailer

What Will You Do Now John? – Pooja Pottenkulam – trailer

Wood Child & Hidden Forest Mother – Stephen Irwin – trailer

… and the films selected for the International Animation programme are

A Cat Called Jam – Lorraine Lordan – Ireland – trailer

Asmahan the Diva – Chloé Mazlo – France – trailer / full film on VoD

Average Happiness – Maja Gehrig – Switzerland – trailer / full film on VoD

Bach-Hông – Elsa Duhamel – France – trailer

Dutchgaria – Capucine Muller – Belgium – trailer

Fantasmia – Luise Fiedler – Germany – trailer

Grab My Hand – Camrus Johnson, Pedro Piccinini – US – trailer

Helfer – Szöllősi Anna – Hungary – trailer

Hot Flash – Thea Hollatz – Canada – website

Icebound – Drew Christie – US – trailer

Inès – Élodie Dermange – France – trailer  

Just a Small – Na Kyung Kim – US/Korea – trailer

Kapaemahu – Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson – US – interview

Lah Gah – Cecile Brun – Switzerland – trailer

 Machini – Frank Mukunday & Tétshim – Belgium – trailer

The Flood – Sofya Nabok – Poland – trailer

 The Great Malaise – Catherine Lepage – Canada – trailer

Ties – Dina Velikovskaya – Germany – trailer

Wade – Upamanyu Bhattacharyya, Kalp Sanghvi – India – trailer