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There will also be an in person event - Barry Purves - The Naked Animator. The programme includes several shorts showcases.
- International Animation: Panorama - Global talent.
- The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1 - Contemporary UK talent, in competition for the audience award.
- The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2 - Contemporary UK talent, in competition for the audience award.
View other Edinburgh International Film Festival Films by strand: American Dreams, Best Of British, Black Box, Cinematic TV, Classics, Director's Showcase, Documentaries, Film in the City, Filmfest Junior, Focus On Mexico, Galas and Special Events, Little Big Screen, New Perspectives, Night Moves, Shorts, Special Events, The Young And The Wild, Walter Hill: The Early Years
Stems and Wizards
Amaro And Walden's Joyride
(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Tim McCourt, Max Taylor; Writer: Tim McCourt, Max Taylor)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1
Chhaya
(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Debanjan Nandy; Writer: Debanjan Nandy, Katerina Giannakou; Stars: Stan Pretty, Aratrika Roy)
An old man seeks refuge in the shadows of the past.
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2
Crow
(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Yoav Segal, Alasdair Beckett-King; Writer: Ted Hughes; Stars: Ted Hughes)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1
Animation of the Ted Hughes poem featuring recordings of the writer himself.
Edmond
(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Nina Gantz)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1
A man with cannabalistic urges travels back through his life in search of the root of his unhappiness.
The Evening Her Mind Jumped Out Of Her Head
(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Shaun Clark, Kim Noce; Writer: Sarah Woolner, Sarah Woolner; Stars: Penelope McGhie, Paul Mundell)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2
One cold winters evening, a serious woman is forced to lighten up when her mind jumps out of her head.
Inside Out and Chhaya
Everyone Is Waiting For Something To Happen
(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Emma Calder; Writer: Emma Calder; Stars: Richard Wright)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2
How one person used social media to help them deal with a cancer diagnosis.
The Five Minute Museum
(Country: UK, Switzerland; Year: 2015; Director: Paul Bush)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1
Animated short.
Fritz The Cat
(Country: US; Year: 1972; Director: Ralph Bakshi; Writer: Ralph Bakshi, Robert Crumb; Stars: Skip Hinnant, Rosetta LeNoire, John McCurry, Judy Engles, Phil Seuling, Ralph Bakshi, Mary Dean, Charles Spidar)
Subversive animation about a hypocritical college student cat.
Fulfilament
(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Tim Nolte; Writer: Tim Nolte, Tim Nolte; Stars: Jami Haber, Katy Fulkerson, Yuko Wells, Ted M.W. Rich, Zack Lawrence, Sydney Stewart, Rory Chinatti)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2
Nightmares haunt a young groom-to-be as he struggles to accept his future bride's evidence that she has not cheated on him.
Gerascophobia
(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Shuangshuang Hao; Writer: Shuangshuang Hao, Shuangshuang Hao; Stars: Alasdair Hankinson)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1
Animation about a boy who fears ageing and will do anything to avoid growing up.
The Infinity Project
(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Will Anderson)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2
Animation.
Inside Out
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Pete Docter, Ronaldo Del Carmen; Writer: Pete Docter; Stars: Kaitlyn Dias, Diane Lane, Mindy Kaling, Amy Poehler, Kyle MacLachlan, Bill Hader)
When a girl moves to a new home, her emotions are plunged into chaos as they compete for control of her mind.
UK premiere.
Loop Ring Chop Drink
(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Nicolas Menard; Writer: Nicolas Menard; Stars: Clement Baptiste, Alice Dunseath, Wallace McDougall)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2
Animated short.
The Lord Of The Rings
(Country: US; Year: 1978; Director: Ralph Bakshi; Writer: Chris Conkling, Peter S. Beagle, J.R.R. Tolkien; Stars: Christopher Guard, William Squire, Michael Scholes, John Hurt, Simon Chandler, Dominic Guard, Norman Bird, Michael Graham Cox, Anthony Daniels, David Buck, Peter Woodthorpe, Fraser Kerr, Philip Stone, Michael Deacon, André Morell)
Hand drawn version of the first book in Tolkein's triology.
Lost Sands
(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Aaron Babla, Thomas Roisland)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2
Animated short.
Manoman
(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Simon Cartwright; Writer: Simon Cartwright; Stars: Gordon Peardon)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1
A man desperate to tap into his masculinity attends a primal scream therapy class.
Meanwhile
(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Stephen McNally; Writer: Stephen McNally; Stars: Dan Armour, Phil Deguara, Sara Houghton)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1
Short animation follows four characters in a city.
Mr Director
(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Andy Martin)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2
Animated short.
My Dad
(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Marcus Armitage; Writer: Marcus Armitage; Stars: Divian Ladwa)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1
A dad's influence on a youngster's life.
Once Upon A Blue Moon
(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Steve Boot)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2
Animation.
One Step Ahead
(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Helen Chiu)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1
Animation.
Outlines
(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Daisy Gould)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1
Pombo Loves You
(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Steve Warne; Writer: Josh Blaaberg, Josh Blaaberg, Steve Warne; Stars: Ian Puleston-Davies, Elsie Moore)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2
You can't lock that kind of love away forever. You can't lock him away forever.
Ray's Big Idea
(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Steve Harding-Hill; Writer: Steve Harding-Hill, Steve Harding-Hill)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1
A plucky, pioneering pre-historic fish, has a ground-breaking plan to improve his life.
Scribbledub
(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Ross Hogg)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2
Animated short.
Stems
(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Ainslie Henderson; Writer: Ainslie Henderson)
A short film exploring the creation of animated characters.
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1
Super Turbo Atomic Ninja Rabbit
(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Wesley Louis; Writer: Wesley Louis)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2
Short animation.
Teeth
(Country: UK, USA, Hungary; Year: 2015; Director: Tom Brown, Daniel Gray; Writer: Tom Brown, Daniel Gray)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1
Animated short.
Toonocalypse
(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Owen Rixon; Writer: Callum Barton, Callum Barton, Owen Rixon, Owen Rixon, Siggy Stone; Stars: Sally Magnusson, Siggy Stone, James Carney, Owen Rixon, Callum Barton, Matt Martin, David Kaye)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 1
Two Edinburgh students document the seemingly harmless infiltration of Earth by cute little cartoon characters.
Unhappy Happy
(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Peter Millard)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2
Animated short.
Wizards
(Country: US; Year: 1977; Director: Ralph Bakshi; Writer: Ralph Bakshi; Stars: Voices of Bob Holt, Jesse Welles, Richard Romanus, David Proval, Jim Connell, Steve Gravers, Christopher Tayback, Mark Hamill), Official Site
A post-Apocalyptic Earth is the setting for wizard warfare.
You Could Sunbathe In This Storm
(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Alice Dunseath; Writer: Alice Dunseath; Stars: Tony Fish)
The McLaren Award: New British Animation 2
Animated short.
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