Title: Estonian animation at the UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival
Date: 2009-09-05
Location: University of Technology Sydney
Link out: Program and ticketing information
Description: Estonian animation exclusive to UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival
While it might come as a surprise to many, Estonia’s animation community ranks among the best in the world, and Sydneysiders will have the chance to experience some of the best at the UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival on Saturday 5 September.
Exclusive to UTS: SIAF is Priit Parn’s latest film, Life Without Gabriel Ferri, a dramatic story about love, locked doors, a faceless thief, a wounded stork, a lost laptop and the O’Key sisters who turn out to be virtual prostitutes.
“Among the stable of sublimely talented animators that work in Estonia, Priit Parn is the acknowledged master. His brilliance lies in his ability to reach deeper than most others into the very bedrock of our social strata,” said Malcolm Turner, UTS: SIAF co-director.
“As a chronicler of this world’s foibles and collective foolishnesses, he is virtually without peer. Life Without Gabriel Ferri carries on this tradition.”
Benefiting from the strong tradition of Eastern European animation accompanied by a humorous view of European consumer society, Estonian animators have forged a unique graphic signature accompanied by absurdism and playfulness in both content and form.
“The best Estonian animated films plumb extraordinary depths of whatever issues they take on. Most pursue some of mankind’s most elemental issues, fears and desires. At the same time, the often deftly carry the weight of having to work as intricately coded political dissertations – for those with eyes to see,” said Turner.
This program showcases some early, groundbreaking Estonian films, looks at the best works by the emerging generation and closes with Priit Parn’s latest work.
It includes work by Heono Pars, Priit Tender, Ulo Pikkov and Mait Laas.
For program and ticketing information, visit www.siaf.uts.edu.au.
