International Program 1Friday 26th Aug 6pm

Tower Cinemas, King St, Newcastle

Running time 75 minutes

By The Name Of Boston (2015, USA) Director: Grant Kolton Duration: 2:23

William Boston (who’s never been to Boston) lives in the desert caring only for the finer things and his friend Chester the scorpion.

Hyena (2015, USA) Director: Einar Baldvin Duration: 2:32

Clown, clown, gorilla, maniac, zombie duck, ha ha ha, satanic meltdown. Repeat!

Go To The City Ele (2015, China) Director: Wenyu Lee Duration: 9:25

Being different can cast you into a lonely place in a world that values the comforts of conformity. But tides turn and all things change.

Ruben Leaves (2015, Switzerland) Director: Frederic Siegel Duration: 5:00

Ruben is just trying to get to work but his mind has other ideas, filling his horizon with increasingly weird and wild scenarios.

Ah! Sunflower (2014, Israel) Director: Chen Winner Duration: 4:28

In an ordered and starkly compressed world of homogenised labouring, the sweetest rewards are found where the air is freshest.

Phantom City (2015, Canada) Director: Patrick Jenkins Duration: 6:30

A hand-painted opus laced with noir. A woman with a mysterious suitcase and a man in pursuit - just one of the tales in the Phantom City.

Face Myself (2015, Japan) Director: Yuki Koyama Duration: 2:55

The world can be unkind but there are escape hatches everywhere leading to peace and beauty and beyond.

When I Was Done Dying (2015, USA) Director: Dave Hughes Duration: 4:20

Nine animators create an extreme set of ‘space-shifting’ sequences in the process of generating this music video.

Velodrool (2015, Estonia) Director: Sander Joon Duration: 6:00

A nicotine addicted cyclist in a race against time finds the pathway to the finish line littered with a plethora of peculiar obstacles.

Orange (2014, Venezuela) Director: Juan Salas Duration: 2:59

A boat with a boot sailing through an ocean of orange hair on the head of a madman who eats all the fish. It’s a pretty wild ride.

The Guardian (2015, Spain) Director: Alessandro Novelli Duration: 4:52

Based on Kafka’s “The Trial” this imaginatively drafted film uses every drop of the power that elegant black & white animation offers.

Vitreous (2015, Germany) Director: Robert Seidel Duration: 3:30

Very aptly described as a riotously coloured nine piece virtual sculpture resembling “a Rorschach test on acid”.

Cowboyland (2015, Slovakia) Director: David Stumpf Duration: 4:46

A drunk sheriff isn’t much use in this lawless town - and neither is his wooden horse. Luckily the chicken is keeping an eye on things.

Transparency (2015, Croatia) Director: Daniel Šuljić Duration: 6:10

What value does privacy have when it is happily gifted to the ether for often little more than a handful of digital magic-beans.

Black Seed (2014, Estonia) Director: Francesco Rosso Duration: 6:45

The safe interior of home is actually riven with potential breech points. The window, the TV, a squawking raven -even the door.

Running time 75 minutes

International Program 1Friday 26th Aug 6pm

Tower Cinemas, King St, Newcastle