The Australian Centre for the Moving Image presents Spring School Holidays at ACMI
Saturday 24 September to Sunday 9 October, 2011
Kids’ Flicks
Animated Kitty Cat Kids' Flicks G
Various, 60 mins, 1959-1988, 16mm.
Source: ACMI Collection. Courtesy: ACMI Collection.
These school holidays ACMI offer eight feline films to delight children of all ages.
Heralding from the US, Australia and Canada, these stories revel in the lives of cats of all shapes and sizes, from the little yellow cat that just won't stay away in The Cat Came Back to the award winning story of Doris Dingle and her three bundles of joy.
Screening in this program:
The Cat Came Back Cordell Barker, 8 mins, Canada, 1988
The Cat and the Collector Morton Schindel, 6 mins, USA, 1976
The Cat and the Fiddler Jane Startz, 11 mins, USA, 1970
A Cat is a Cat... Vera Linnevar, 9 mins, USA, 1979
The Huge Adventures of Trevor, A Cat John Taylor, 7 mins, Australia, 1985
John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat Jenny Wagner, 6 mins, USA, 1982
Scruffy Saul J. Turell, 6 mins, USA, 1959
The Dingles Les Drew, 7 mins, Canada, 1988
Dates
Sat 24 Sep 2011, 11am
Mon 26 Sep 2011 to Fri 30 Sep 2011, 11am
and Sat 1 Oct 2011, 11am, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11am, Fri 7 Oct 2011, 11am, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 11am
Location
ACMI Cinemas
Admission Free > Tickets available on the day from the Tickets & Information Desk
A Cat in Paris (Une vie de chat)
PG (Mild themes and violence)
Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol, 62 mins, France/Belgium, 2010, Digital Betacam.
Source: Palace Films.
Courtesy: Palace Films.
During the day, Dino the cat lives with Zoe and her mother. But when night falls, Dino ventures out over the rooftops of Paris with nimble thief Nico. A revelation at this year's French Film Festival, A Cat in Paris combines clever animation and a compelling plot to create a refreshing film for all ages. The session on Saturday 24 September will be screened in the original French language with English subtitles. All other sessions are the English-language version.
Dates Sat 24 Sep 2011, 1pm (French with English subtitles, this session only)
Mon 26 Sep 2011 to Fri 30 Sep 2011, 1pm
Sat 1 Oct 2011, 1pm, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 1pm, Fri 7 Oct 2011, 1pm, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 1pm
Location ACMI Cinemas
Admission Full/Concession $6 ACMI Members $5
Kids in the Studio
‘A Trip to the Moon’ Animation Workshop
"We have lift off!" Make your own animated moon movie in our holiday workshop. Using cut-out techniques and digital animation, kids can create their own trip to the moon.
In 1902, French filmmaker Georges Méliès made Le voyage dans la lune (A Trip to the Moon), which is featured in the Star Voyager exhibition. It was the first science fiction film to use innovative animation and special effects, including the well-known image of a spaceship landing in the eye of the moon.
ACMI invites all budding animators and filmmakers to recreate their own version of A Trip to the Moon in this fun animation workshop.
Dates Mon 26 Sep - Fri 30 Sep 2011, 11am-3pm
Mon 3 Oct - Fri 7 Oct 2011, 11am-3pm
Location The Cube
Admission Free
Intermix
Pixel Pirate 2: A Video Remix Space Epic Unclassified 15+
Travel into the outer realms of remix culture with video artists Soda_Jerk - join the duo for a screening of their video remix project Pixel Pirate 2: The Director’s Cut.
In this intergalactic epic, a team of space pirates battle the evil tyrant Moses and his copyright commandments. Comprised entirely of audiovisual samples, the film stars Elvis Presley, The Hulk, Batman, Luke Skywalker, Rambo, Lara Croft, The A-Team, Captain Jack Sparrow, NASA and the Ghostbusters.
First released in 2006, Pixel Pirate 2 has been re-edited and re-envisaged for the 2011 Director's Cut. A Q&A will follow the screening, in which Soda_Jerk will talk science fiction, sampling and cinema. Soda_Jerk is a collaboration between sisters Dan and Dominique Angeloro, who have worked together since 2002. They are based in Berlin and Sydney.
Dates Thu 22 Sep 2011, 5.30pm
Location Studio 1
Admission Free but limited capacity. Register by emailing intermix@acmi.net.au
Workshop - Make a Movie: Space is the Place
Get ready for your intergalactic close up! In this hands-on workshop, participants will work in small groups to learn how to create a short live-action film inspired by outer space.
Under the guidance of ACMI filmmakers, you will pitch your ideas, create a script and storyboard, then act, direct and operate a camera, filming in ACMI and 'on location' around Federation Square. Next, you’ll step into the studio to cut together your film and add a soundtrack. On Wednesday afternoon, you can invite two special guests to the red carpet film premiere in Studio 1. The cost of the workshop includes a take-home USB flash drive containing the finished film.
Suitable for 10-14 year olds.
Dates Mon 26 Sep - Wed 28 Sep 2011, 10am-4pm
Location Studio 2
Admission Full $270 Concession $220 (includes USB flash drive)
For information or bookings please call (03) 8663 2583