Wallace & Gromit – Distribution

Aardman Animations Festival

Austria 1994

Distribution in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Luxembourg
by Bady Minck & Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu

The world premiere of Aardman Animation Films took place on March 11 1994 in Vienna’s Filmcasino cinema, in attendance of Nick Park, accompanied by Wallace & Gromit.
Cinema release date was March 12 1994 @ Filmcasino Vienna.

There were two daily programmes, 90 minutes each with german subtitles and additional screenings at the weekends.

Programm 1:

“Grand Morph Home Movies” by Peter Lord & David Sproxton (1982/83, 5 min)
“Early Bird” by Peter Lord & David Sproxton (1983, 5 min)
“Going Equipped” by Peter Lord (1989, 5 min, OmU)
“Rex the Runt – Dinosaurs” by Richard Goleszowski (1990, 2 min)
“Next” by Barry Purves (1989, 5 min)
“Creature Comforts” by Nick Park (1989, 5 min, OmU)
“Adam” by Peter Lord (1991, 6 min)
“Not without my Handbag” by Boris Kossmehl (1993, 13 min, OmU)
“A Grand Day Out” by Nick Park (1989, 23 min, OmU)

Programm 2:

“Strange Visitor” by Peter Lord & David Sproxton (1982/83, 5 min)
“War Story” by Peter Lord (1989, 5 min, OmU)
“Rex the Runt – Dreams” by Richard Goleszowski (1991, 2 min)
“Sledgehammer” by Stephen Johnson (1986, 5 min)
“Babylon” by Peter Lord & David Sproxton (1986, 15 min, OmU)
“Ident” by Richard Goleszowski (1989, 5 min)
“Loves me, loves me not” by Jeff Newitt, (1992, 8 min)
“The Wrong Trousers” by Nick Park, (1993, 30 min)

Workshop:

A workshop with Nick Park and Bady Minck on March 3 @ Volkshochschule Stöbergasse:
During the workshop Nick Park explained the technique of plasticine animation on the basis of examples. He presented storyboards and answered questions.

Wallace & Gromit
Aardman Animations