Eye For Film >> Festivals >> EIFF >> 2018 >> Animation

These short film showcases are divided into the following programmes, these will be shown in itallics against each film below as we review them.

• Elizabeth Hobbs - A Retrospective Of Animated Work
• International Animation
• The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1
• The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2

View other Edinburgh International Film Festival Films by strand: American Dreams , American Exposé: The Media in Mainstream American Cinema 1975-1990 , American Woman: Female Directors in American Cinema , Best Of British , Black Box , Documentaries , European Classics , European Perspectives , Fest In The City , Film Fest Junior , Focus On Canada , Galas , Night Moves , Shorts , The American Nightmare: Horror in Mainstream American Cinema 1980-1985 , Unlocking The Archives , World Perspectives

The Emperor and G-aaah

The Emperor (Year: 2001; Director: Elizabeth Hobbs; Writer: Elizabeth Hobbs)

The tale of a quest to free Napoleon Bonaparte from exile on the island of St Helena.

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Elizabeth Hobbs - A Retrospective Of Animated Work

G-aaah (Year: 2016; Director: Elizabeth Hobbs)

Amy Johnson worked as a typist for a firm of solicitors before her record- breaking solo flight from Croydon to Australia in 1930. This film has been created with an Underwood 315 typewriter as a celebration of her journey.

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Elizabeth Hobbs - A Retrospective Of Animated Work

Take Rabbit (Country: UK; Year: 2018; Director: Peter Peake; Writer: Peter Peake; Stars: Matt Berry, Amelia Bullmore, Stephen Graham, Steve Pemberton)

A man tries to transport a fox, rabbit and cabbage across a river without getting into trouble.

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The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1

The Witches (Country: UK; Year: 2002; Director: Elizabeth Hobbs; Writer: Morag McKinnon)

New laws against witchcraft trouble three fishwives from North Berwick in 1590.

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Elizabeth Hobbs - A Retrospective Of Animated Work