Giant Incandescent Resonating Animation Festival!
Thursday, November 26, 2015 - Sunday, November 29, 2015
Quickdraw Animation Society presents:
GIRAF 11 Animation Festival
November 26-29, 2015 @ Various Times
Globe Cinema - 617 8 Avenue SW, Calgary, AB
The Quickdraw Animation Society - 351 - 11th Ave SW., #201, Calgary, AB
$10.95 General | $25 3-Punch Pass | $50 Full Pass
Celebrating independent animation for 11 years!!
The Giant Incandescent Resonating Animation Festival is back for its 11th year, and as always, we're dedicated to bringing you the best in independent animation from around the world. We've gone through nearly 1,000 submissions from over 65 countries, and have put together what we think are the most exciting, boundary-pushing, all-around-magical films for Calgary's audiences to take in.
Celebrate the best in local, national and international independent animation at Quickdraw's Giant Incandescent Resonating Animation Festival, running November 26 - 29 at the Globe Cinema.
From our opening gala, which includes the world premiere of Calgary animator Chad VanGaalen's sci-fi adventure Tarboz, through the Christopher Nolan-compiled Quay Brothers retrospective, our visiting artist spotlight and workshop with Caleb Wood, the experimental animated documentary The Magic Mountain and the dozens of animated shorts, these films represent the absolute best of modern, artful, adult-focussed animation.
All that plus a live musical performance from Street of Crocodiles, a retro video game bash and a music video brunch at our official unofficial afterparty venue, Broken City. We're pretty darn excited. We hope you are, too.
All screenings after 6pm are licenced (thanks to our sponsor Big Rock). Screenings from November 26-28 take place at the Globe Cinema; all events on November 29 are at the Quickdraw Animation Society's downtown studios. We'll see you there!
Thursday, November 26
7:00 PM - OPENING GALA: Tales From Beyond (includes afterparty) | The Globe Cinema
9:00 PM - AFTER PARTY: Video Games and Chill | Retro gaming party | The Quickdraw Animation Society
Friday, November 27
7:00 PM - LOCAL ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Lyle Pisio, with live performance by Street of Crocodiles | The Globe Cinema
9:00 PM - RETROSPECTIVE: The Quay Brothers in 35mm | Curated by Christopher Nolan | The Globe Cinema
11:00 PM - SHORTS: Indie Animation Mixtape: Side A | The Globe Cinema
Saturday, November 28
1:00 PM - VISITING ARTIST WORKSHOP: Caleb Wood | Hands-on animation workshop | The Quickdraw Animation Society
5:00 PM - SHORTS: Great Women Animators | Curated by Heather Kai Smith | The Globe Cinema
7:00 PM - FEATURE: The Magic Mountain | The Globe Cinema
9:00 PM - SHORTS: Indie Animation Mixtape: Side B | The Globe Cinema
11:00 PM - FEATURE: Ghost in the Shell 20th Anniversary HD Remaster | The Globe Cinema
Sunday, November 29
11:00 AM - SPECIAL EVENT: King Deluxe Music Video Brunch | Presented by Broken City and King Deluxe Records | Broken City
1:00 PM - WORKSHOP: Lindsay Sorrell: DIY Holograms | The Quickdraw Animation Society
7:00 PM - VISITING ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Caleb Wood | The Quickdraw Animation Society
8:30 PM - SHORTS PACKAGE: Heartwarmers and Bittersweets | The Quickdraw Animation Society
About GIRAF
An annual animation festival that runs each November at the Globe Cinema in Calgary, GIRAF celebrates the spirit of independent, underground, and experimental animation, showcasing Canadian animators and presenting diverse animations from around the globe. We’ve showcased the award-winning independent work of artists including Don Hertzfeldt, David O’Reilly, The Brothers Quay, Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis, Malcolm Sutherland, Koji Yamamura, Bruce Bickford, Brandon Bloomaert, Barry Doupe, Cordell Barker, Richard Reeves, Chad Van Gaalan, Mati Kutt, Jan Svankmajer, Priit Parn, Nick Fox-Gieg, Amy Lockhart, Stu Hughes, Madi Piller, and Cam Christiansen, among many others.
GIRAF is committed to creating greater awareness for animation as an art form, through interactive activities including workshops, artist talks, visiting artists, and animation screenings. We focus on presenting works that push boundaries through the development of new techniques, hybrid forms of creation, and challenging subject matter, and thus animation that is rarely seen at other festivals. GIRAF is run by the Quickdraw Animation Society, a non-profit, artist-run centre in Calgary Alberta.
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