Channel 3 + Q&A

An embarrassment of animated riches here. Highlights include deadpan rodent cruelty in (dir: Luis Nieto), blackly funny claymation in (dir: Peter Larsson) spooky lightning doodles in (dir: Takeshi & Monno) and

The Red Square, the latest hand-coded opus from ZX Spectrum Orchestra.

We're also delighted to welcome guests Tom Brown and Daniel Gray, fresh off the plane from Sundance to talk to fellow animator Samantha Moore about their brilliant hand-drawn student short , portrait of a young exhibitionist.

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Here's a copy of the full running-order...

Part One

Clawboy – Mind Sucker (dir: Iloobia) Pilot mini-episode by a Brighton animator.

Paper Christmas (dir: Lee Basford & Jonny Costello) Festive promo for a Japanese clothing firm, by two local designers.

Another Day in Flat Earth (dir: Sally Stevens and Sarah Cocking) Tarmac antics.

William the Cog (dir: Paul W.J. Martin) 3-D animation by a young filmmaker based in Oldbury.

Clawboy – Terror Goggles (dir: Iloobia)

Particles (dir: Mark Harris) Generative piece from a member of the Modulate AV collective.

Dream One and Dream Two (dir: Anders Jedenfors & Jamie Stone) Sand animation by two students at Edinburgh College of Art.

t.o.m. (dir: Tom Brown and Daniel Gray) The tale of a very special boy.

Intermission Recent Newport graduates Tom Brown and Daniel Gray will be taking to Samantha Moore (Success with Sweet Peas, Doubled Up) about t.o.m.

Part Two

The Touch (dir: Vanessa Woods) Hand-painted 16mm film reworking a poem by Anne Sexton.

Copenhagen Cycles (dir: Eric Dyer) Zoetrope reverie.

The Man Who Got Nowhere (dir: Peter Larsson) Swedish claymation.

The Elastic Barber (dir: Milla Nybondas) Psychedelic tale from Finland.

Amateur (dir: Lasse Gjertsen) How careful editing can improve your drumming.

Dream Grammar (dir: Jun-Seo Hahm) Short film about indecision by a Korean filmmaker based in Portland.

The Red Square (Dir: ZX Spectrum Orchestra) Abstract overload, hand-coded on a Sinclair Spectrum.

Carlitopolis (dir: Luis Nieto) Deadpan rodent cruelty.

Pika Pika (dir: Nagata Takeshi and Kazue Monno) Tokyo torch animation.