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Happy International Animation Day!

Enjoy today, and every day, in celebrating animation.

#IAD2025 #AnimatedArt #ASIFA

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Thank You to everyone who came to International Animation Day 2025 event! 🎬

Fantastic guests, incredible films, and passionate audiences. We’re enjoyed your energy, creativity, and love for animation.

Here’s a few photos from the day.

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Today is our International Animation Day 2025 event.
And… we’re Sold Out! 🤯

Waiting list is active.
If any cancellations (full refund), those on the waiting list will get a chance to buy a ticket.

For those with tickets, we’ll see you later today.

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Our 4th guest spotlight for International Animation Day 2025. 🔦

We have both Abby and Drew on their nearly completed film Glasshouse Heart.

Lots of lessons learnt and they’re happy to share all at 6:30pm when they chat with Chadai.

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International Animation Day 2025, spotlight on our 3rd guest. 🔦

Animator, lecturer and PhD candidate Keanu Hoi will join us for a chat about his film Hanna.

Join Chadai Chamoun at 5:30pm to chat about world building and the power of animation to explore Expressionism.

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Spotlight on our guests for International Animation Day 2025. 🔦

Dennis Tupicoff is a master of Australian animation. His film Trap is more than just an enjoyable film.

Join us 4:30pm for a deep conversation about the film and how ‘framing’ impacts story.

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We’re putting a spotlight on our guests. 🔦

Lachlan Plain is our first guest this Sunday as part of International Animation Day 2025.

Join us at 3:30pm for our conversation about turning ideas into animation… and beyond.

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MIAF's IAD 2025 trailer - International Shorts Showcase #2 Our 2nd trailer for our International Shorts Showcase. Part of our International Animation Day 2025 event.   Hear the story from Malcolm Turner, Festival Director,…

Here’s our second trailer for our International Animation Day 2025 event!

See and hear all about our International Shorts Showcase #2.
vimeo.com/1128556731

4:30pm and repeated 6:30pm.
Sunday 26 Oct.

info and tickets: www.miaf.net

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MIAF's IAD 2025 trailer - International Shorts Showcase #1 Our 1st trailer for our International Shorts Showcase. Part of our International Animation Day 2025 event.   Hear the story from Malcolm Turner, Festival Director,…

Just 1 week to IAD 2025!

We’re super excited to share our first trailer.
An overview of International Shorts Showcase #1.
vimeo.com/1128556388

3:30pm and repeated 5:30pm.
Next Sunday 26 Oct.

info and tickets: www.miaf.net

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MIAF's International Animation Day is just 10 days away!

That’s 10 days until a jam-packed afternoon of new films and filmmaker talks.

Who’s counting down with us? 🎟️🔥
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Trust us - it's a unique visual journey you don’t want to miss!

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Polish Film Festival Melbourne 2025 I I THE PEASANTS From the creators of the Oscar, Golden Globe, and BAFTA-nominated “Loving Vincent” a visually stunning adaptation of the Nobel Prize-winning novel under the same title. Brought to life with striking h...

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This stunning animated masterpiece was created with 'painted animation', where over 100 artists hand-painted each frame in oil, transforming live-action footage into breathtaking, fully animated paintings. 🎨 Must see for all animation lovers!

www.polishfilmfestival.org/melb-the-pea...

🎬 Giveaway Alert! 🎬

Win tickets to The Peasants

We have TWO double passes thanks to the Polish Film Festival Melbourne, presented by Schnitz

For a chance to win, comment on this post 'Pick Me'
We’ll randomly select the 2 winners
Entries close 11pm AEDT Mon 13 Oct
Winners notified Tue 14 Oct
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International Animation Day 2025 is getting close

Grab your ticket for 4-hours of films, chats, and more!

From 3:30pm, Sunday 26 Oct.
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OLD CZECH LEGENDS - Czech and Slovak Film Festival of Australia Legendary animator Jiří Trnka’s fourth feature, Old Czech Legends explores ancient Bohemian mythology in a patriotic paean to the land and human perseverance.  The film […]

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“Old Czech Legends” was Trnka’s fourth feature, showing him at the very peak of his powers as a master puppet animator and teller of the kinds of myths and legends that are such a rich feature of Czech culture.

Screening at the Lido Cinema, Sun 19 Oct at 2:30pm.
casffa.com.au/event/old-cz...

THE CZECH YEAR - Czech and Slovak Film Festival of Australia Jiří Trnka’s first feature-length film, The Czech Year is a stop-motion animation depicting the traditional customs and folklore of a Czech village through the seasons.  […]

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“The Czech Year” was Trnka’s first feature film, made in the aftermath of WWII and is a masterpiece of classic Czech puppet design and traditional storytelling.

Screening at the Lido Cinema, Sat 11 Oct at 1:30pm.
casffa.com.au/event/the-cz...

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For your chance to win, comment below with what film you want to see.

We’ll randomly select the 6 winners.
Entries close 11pm AEDT this Thursday 9 Oct.
Winners notified Friday 10 Oct.

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Czech and Slovak Film Festival of Australia (CaSFFA) is back in Melbourne 9-19 Oct.

Screening the recently restored “The Czech Year” and “Old Czech Legends” from master puppet animator, Jiri Trnka.

Thanks to CaSFFA we have 3 double passes to each film.
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Full program out now

Check out all the details on our International Animation Day 2026 event.
Film screenings ✔
Chats with filmmakers ✔
Tributes to Phil Mulloy ✔
MIAF 2026 sneak peek ✔

miaf.net/internationa...

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Exciting news.
We’re going to be celebrating International Animation Day on 26 Oct 2025.
miaf.net/internationa...

Basic info on our website. 👀
Tickets on sale… now! 🎟

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Thanks to MIFF you can win a Double Pass to see the Aussie animation film Imagine!

Screening is this Sat 23rd, 1:45pm @ Forum.

Film info and entry form:
linktr.ee/animationfest

Competition closes Fri 22 Aug 12pm.

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Melbourne International Film Festival returns 7-24 August.

Thanks to MIFF, we have 5 double passes for animation.
linktr.ee/animationfest

Comment with what session you want.

We’ll randomly select winners.
Not for sold out sessions.
Entries close 11pm Wed 30 July.

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Vale… Phil Mulloy

With some surprise and a great deal of sadness we share that British animator Phil Mulloy passed away last week.

You can read more on our website. We have a piece written by Malcolm Turner, MIAF Artistic Director.

miaf.net/vale-phil-mu...

#vale #PhilMulloy

MIAF 2025 feedback We would love to hear from those who DIDN'T attend MIAF 2025.

Survey for those that didn't attend:
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MIAF 2025 feedback We would love to hear from those who attended MIAF 2025. This will take up to 10 minutes.

Survey for those that attended:
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We want to hear from you!

Tell us what you thought of MIAF 2025.
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Chance to win a full Festival Pass for MIAF 2026 🤩
Closes Sunday 15 June.

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🏆 And the winners are…
A huge congratulations to this year’s MIAF winners! 🎉

Best of the Festival:
Trash

Best Australian:
Plumpin

Best Australian Student:
Carrion

Best International Student:
NRUT

Full list of winners:
miaf.net/miaf-2025-wi...

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That’s a wrap on this year’s festival! 🎬

A heartfelt thank you to everyone — from the incredible artists who shared their work, to the passionate audiences who showed up and supported it. We’re so grateful for your energy, creativity, and love for animation. ✨

#MIAF2025 #ThankYou

It’s the grand finale! 🏁

The last day of the festival is upon us. Time flies when you're watching some of the world’s best animation. Don’t miss out on today’s final screenings 🎥🌟

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