Air Fright

It´s about sitting at an altitude of 35 000 feet in a petrol drum, dependent on wires, computer chips and air crew.


 


The security checks, the lack of space, the "plastic" food, the dry cabin atmosphere, the slightly vibrating synthetic environment and loneliness. The mechanistically smooth, cold routine which permeates every detail and every minute from flight preparation to landing, all to the background of flight noises.


 


All perceptions during a flight are intensely bound up with the associated noises. The sounds of take-off and landing, the crashing noises in the hold, the increasing and decreasing noise of the engines, the descending and retracting under-carriage, the pitch of the high frequency announcements, the routinely courteous voices of the flight personnel.


 


An exciting scenario in light synthetics which should have its effects on the viewer because of its directness and identifiability.


 


The films begins with a security advisory. The rest: take-off, meals, landing, applause, the engines are turned off, one has arrived safely.


 


"We are happy to have had you on board, and hope that you have enjoyed the flight..." (Hubert Sielecki)

Orig. Title
Air Fright
Year
1995
Country
Austria
Duration
8 min
Director
Hubert Sielecki
Category
Animation
Orig. Language
No Dialogue
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Air Fright (Image)
Credits
Director
Hubert Sielecki
Idea/Concept
Hubert Sielecki
Cinematography
Hubert Sielecki
Camera Assistant
Anne Schmees
Sound
Hubert Sielecki
Recording
Luise Buisman
Animation
Hubert Sielecki
Stage Design
Hubert Sielecki
Props
Luise Buisman, Anne Schmees
Production
Animotion Film Vienna
Production Assistance
Stefanie Andrej
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Available Formats
35 mm (Distribution Copy)
Aspect Ratio
1:1,37
Sound Format
stereo
Frame Rate
24 fps
Color Format
colour
16 mm (Distribution Copy)
Aspect Ratio
1:1,37
Sound Format
stereo
Frame Rate
24 fps
Color Format
colour
Digital File (prores, h264) (Distribution Copy)
Festivals (Selection)
1995
Salzburg - Diagonale - Festival des Österreichischen Films
1996
Bilbao - Certamen Int. de Cine Doc. y Cortometraje de Bilbao
Ankara - Int. Film Festival
Montréal - Festival Int. de Court Métrage
Berlin - Int. Filmfestspiele Berlinale - Panorama
Siena - Festival del Cortometraggio
Sao Paulo - Short Film Festival
Lleida - CINEMAGIC - Festival Int. d'Animacio
Umea - Film Festival
Wiesbaden - exground on screen
Budapest - European Film Week
Bruxelles - Festival of Cartoons & Animated Films
Wunsiedel - Grenzland Filmtage
Madrid - Semana de Cine Experimental
Bamberg - Kurzfilmtage
Hiroshima - Int. Animation Festival
Montecatini Terme - Mostra Int. FILMVIDEO
Krakau - Int. Short Film Festival
Brisbane - Int. Film Festival
Jerusalem - Film Festival
Mendrisio Cartoon - Swiss Int. Animated Film Festival
Denver - Int. Film Festival
Olympia - Film Festival
Louisville - Film and Video Festival
Nantucket - Film Festival
1997
Den Haag - Festival of European Short Films
Hong Kong - Int. Film Festival
1998
Aix-en-Provence - Festival Tous Courts
Winterthur - Kurzfilmtage