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resfest 2004

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The world's leading digital film festival

Kicking off each year in the United States and travelling to over thirty cities, RESFEST is a global festival dedicated to profiling digital film, music, art, design and technology.

Returning to ACMI for the third time, highlights include a retrospective of the works of celebrated director Jonathan Glazer (Sexy Beast and the forthcoming feature Birth, starring Nicole Kidman); three collections of international short films; Bushwhacked!, a program of politically oriented shorts; By Design, a showcase of experimental design films; two music video programs (Cinema Electronica and Videos That Rock); and a program of rare works from the highly sought after UK animation collective Shynola, known best for their collaborations with Radiohead.

Melbourne
Friday 3 December - Tuesday 7 December 2004
Australian Centre for the Moving Image

Sydney
Thursday 9 December - Sunday 12 December 2004
Dendy Opera Quays and The Studio, Sydney Opera House

the new world 'Malick brings his film very close to a state of grace' Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

resfest shorts #2 Wry humor threads its way through this program of shorts as filmmakers respond to life's daily travails.

branded entertainment The branded entertainment trend continues with short film initiatives from Diesel, Getty Images, Nike, Bombay Sapphire, Dr. Martens and Converse.

dig! after party Join Brent DeBoer from The Dandy Warhols and Matt Hollywood from The Brian Jonestown Massacre in a wild, unwired, and strictly hush-hush gig.

res lounge Chill out between sessions on the weekend in the RES LOUNGE.

jonathan glazer retrospective Tracing the career of British director Jonathan Glazer (Sexy Beast and forthcoming Birth), including his exceptional music videos and commercials.

sprout Australian premiere of the second feature-length surf documentary by accomplished painter and photographer Thomas Campbell.

dig! Australian premiere of Ondi Timoner's brilliant rock-doc following underground musicians Anton Newcombe and Courtney Taylor on a ten-year journey.

resfest shorts #1 Mixing animation, live action and graphics-oriented work, this program gives viewers a taste of Resfest's unique blend of filmmaking techniques.

resfest shorts #3 Exploring the flimsy divide between real life and fantasy, this program features an array of idiosyncratic portraits.

bushwhacked! Featuring new work from the world's smartest media-jamming filmmakers.

shynola rarities Shynola's stellar videography includes work for UNKLE, Quannum, Radiohead, Steve Malkmus, Lambchop and Queens of the Stone Age.

videos that rock This year's Videos That Rock program is a rollicking survey of rock-oriented projects, with a good number of animated videos.

digital projections To coincide with RESFEST, ACMI curates a program of locally produced music videos, animations, fiction shorts, motion graphics and artist films.

by design A showcase for preeminent motion graphics and broadcast design from around the world.

warp vision RESFEST celebrates the visionary Warp Records 15 years of supporting experimental electronica.

cinema electronica RESFEST's seminal music video showcase returns with a slate of brilliant new work.

Resfest 2004 calender of events