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For a full screening schedule of shortlisted films please see page 28Animex 2010 Festival Programme17ALL TIMINGS ARE APPROXIMATEReel 1: 37 minutesThe Artists00:03:013D Animation AwardSean Mullen, Daniel ColinIrish School of Animation, IrelandTwo artists compete in painting a sunset.Emotion Electric00:00:212D Animation AwardAdrian J GarciaMassachusetts College of Art & Design, USAAbstract ink based on emotional states.A Visual Effects Reel00:01:29Visual Effects AwardEd HoldsworthVancouver Film School, CanadaA robotic UFO invades an apartment.Magus Maximus00:05:003D Animation AwardEmanuel StriknerFilmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg, GermanyMagus Maximus plays in an ancient ampitheatrewhere an old fat magician is trying to perform alevitation trick with his female assistant. But he haslong lost his magic power and fails constantly. Theentire audience has already fallen asleep except forone last viewer, and he is drowsy.Train of Thought00:03:53Experimental Animation AwardBen Thomas, Leo Bridle, Tsu-Zin Kuo, Sara Riding, AndrewRobinson, Porico Quartet, Andrew Sound, Rachel Couceiro,Florence Kennard, Leo Bridle, Ben Thomas, Kelvin ClaytonThe Arts University College at Bournemouth, UKIn a world made entirely out of paper, the wistfuldrawings in a man's sketchbook are brought to life bythe rhythm of a train journey.Butterfly00:08: 06Stop Motion AwardZhang Zhenxing, Liu Yi, Hu Yafei, Xiao ZhipengChina Academy of Art, ChinaA story about a man and a butterfly. The man helpedthe butterfly escape from the framework, but he wasstill trapped in the universe.Divers00:03:043D Animation AwardParis MavroidisPratt Institute, USAInspired by Busby Berkeley, mass gymnastics andexperimental cinema from the 20s and 30s, Diversis a short animation that explores large-scalechoreography, the abstraction of the human body intoshape and the absorption of the individual into themass. Parts of the film were animated with the help ofa custom animation toolset developed by the director.Jeux Pluriels00:05:17Experimental Animation AwardNicolai Troshinsky, Pierre Bastien, Pierre Sauze,Catherine Aladenise, Luc Moullet, Jean-Pierre Chaligne,Yves BarbautLa Poudriere, Ecole du film d'animation, FranceLuigi Finisera makes board games that come withvery unusual rules.Leitmotif00:07:062D Animation AwardJeanette Nargaard, Mette Ilene Holmriis, Marie Jargensen,Marie Thorhauge, Thomas Richard Christensen/Joseph Baumgartner, Thomas Richard Christensen,Michelle NardoneThe Animation Workshop, DenmarkA story about the last lonely member of a jazz band,only living through his music and the daily visits of awhite cat. One day the nostalgia takes over and hegets a crazy idea.