COLLISION
Islamic patterns and American quilts
and the colours and geometry of flags
as an abstract field of reflection.

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AWARDS
- Jury Award, Marin Festival of Short Film and Video, San Rafael, CA, USA, 2010
- Best Film of the Festival, 700IS, Egilsstaðir, Iceland, 2008
- Prädikat Wertvoll, Filmbewertungsstelle, Wiesbaden, Germany, 2008
- Gate Competition Winner, Bermuda Shorts, London, UK, 2007
- LUX Award Best Experimental Film, London SFF, London, 2006
- Third Prize of the Jury, Videologia Festival, Russia, 2006
- Honourable Mention, Darklight FF, Dublin, 2006
- Special Mention, San Gio Festival, Italy, 2006

SCREENINGS 2010
- MGFest: Motion Graphics Festival, 30 venues across USA, throughout 2010
- MUMIA, Brazil, Betim & Nova Lima, 6-12 Sep; Belo Horizonte, 13-19 Sep
- Fest Anca, Zilina, Slovakia, 30 Jul - 1 Aug
- contemporary art ruhr 2010, Forum & Media-Art Fair, Essen, Germany, 2-4 Jul
- Marin Festival of Short Film and Video, San Rafael, CA, USA, 1-5 Jul
- MOCAmpus, MOCA, Taipei, Taiwan, Sat 19 Jun
- Dreaming with Open Eyes, MOCA Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan, 15 Jun - 18 Jul
- Signal and Noise Festival, Vancouver, Canada, 28 May 19h
- Jornada de Comunicación, Universidad Marista, Mexico City, Fri 30 Apr
- Habitacion del Ruido, UCSJ, Mexico City, Wed 28 Apr
- Animation Film Season, Ciné Lumière, Institut Français, London, Sun 18 Apr
- Ferienakademie 2010, Kloster Roggenburg, Germany, Tue 6 Apr
- Freie Kunstakademie Nürtingen, Nürtingen, Germany, Wed 17 Mar 21h
- Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany, Tue 16 Mar 20h
- AV Festival, Middlesbrough, UK, Fri 5 Mar 12.30 + Wed 10 Mar
- University of Westminster, London, UK, Mon 8 Mar
- Ravensbourne College of Design, London, UK, Wed 17 Feb
- Berlin International Directors Lounge, Berlin, Sun 14 Feb
- The Animation Workshop, Viborg, Denmark, Tue 9 Feb
- Video Dada, University Art Gallery, Irvine, USA, 8 Jan - 6 Feb

2009
- Southampton Solent University, Southampton, UK, 17 Feb + 23 Apr + 7 Dec
- Altered States, Video Vortex V, Cimatics Festival, Brussels, Belgium, 20 + 28 Nov
- Ravensbourne College of Design, London, UK, 28 Jan + 20 Nov
- Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Norway, Sat 14 Nov
- Dreaming with Open Eyes, Tomorrow City Open Theater, Incheon, Korea, Nov
- Optica Festival, Madrid, Spain, Fri 16 Oct
- Branchage Jersey International Film Festival, Jersey, Channel Islands, Sat 3 Oct
- Imagine, CASZuidas Urban Screen Festival, Amsterdam, Holland, 4-5 Sep
- SICAF, Seoul, Korea, 12-16 Aug
- Derapage, Paysages Éphémères, Montreal, Canada, Thu 9 Jul
- ArtsFest, Wellington College, Berkshire, UK, 23 Jun
- Worldwide Short Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, 16-21 Jun
- Edge of Arabia opening night, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, 6 Jun
- Greenfest, Brisbane, Australia, 5 Jun
- Acting for Animation Symposium, Volda University College, Volda, Norway, 7 May
- 3rd Int'l Congress "Synaesthesia: Science & Art", Grenada, Spain, 26-29 Apr
- Kunst (er)schöpft, Kloster Roggenburg, Germany, 11 Mar - 17 Apr
- Abstracta screening at Montévidéo, Marseille, France, 10 Apr
- RAF Festival, Zagreb, Croatia, 29 Mar - 4 Apr
- Stomper at Bethnal Green Working Men's Club, London, UK, 5 Mar
- Refresco! / Tratado de Integracion: Legion, Neuquen, Argentina, 26-28 Feb
- Stomper at Fluc, Vienna, Austria, 7 Feb
- Kunsthochschule für Medien, Cologne, Germany, 22 Jan

2008
- ISFF Leuven, Belgium, 29 Nov - 6 Dec
- E-Magiciens, Valenciennes, France, 27 Nov
- Collision rescored live by Guillemots, Assembly Rooms, Derby, UK, 24 Nov
- Animated Dreams, Tallinn, Estonia, 21 Nov
- tank.tv Fresh Moves at Guangzhou Triennial, China, 6 Sep - 16 Nov
- Royal College of Art, London, UK, Thu 6 Nov
- Fairecourt theatrical screenings tour, France, 8 Oct - 6 Nov, France
- 700IS Tour at Örebro International Video Art Festival, Örebro, Sweden, Sun 26 Oct
- The Film Diary, Leicester, UK, Fri 24 Oct
- 700IS Tour at Arizona State University, Media Center, Arizona, USA, Mon 6 Oct
- Abstracta, Rome, Italy, Wed 24 Sep
- Animae Caribe Festival, Trinidad, Tue 23 Sep
- 700IS Tour at Alsager Gallery, Manchester, UK, Mon 22 Sep
- We The People, Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CV, USA, 15-17 Sep
- AnimationVolda Festival, Volda, Norway, 13 Sep
- The Magic Piano, London, 9 Aug
- Tenderpixel Gallery, London, 30 Jul
- Era New Horizons IFF, Wroclaw, Poland, 26 and 27 Jul
- Image Forum Festival, Tokyo, Kyoto, Fukuoka + Yokohama, Japan, Apr-Jul
- Design SFF, AIGA SF, San Francisco, USA, Wed 18 Jun
- Nuit de la vidéo LESYEUXLANUIT, MJC Lillebonne, Nancy, France, Fri 13 Jun
- Cross Currents #3: Visual Perception, Royal College of Art, London, 10 Jun
- Apple Store Ginza, Tokyo, Japan, 26 May
- Planet Studyo Plus One, Osaka, Japan, 24 and 25 May
- Kyoto Saga University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan, 20 May
- Osaka Electro-Communication University, Osaka, Japan, 15 May
- Artprojx Space, London, UK, 15 May
- Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences, Nagoya, Japan, 14 May
- Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, 12 May
- Dohjidai Gallery of Art, Kyoto, Japan, 29 April - 11 May
- Snack Nagako, SuperDeluxe, Tokyo, Japan, 9 May
- Uplink Factory, Tokyo, Japan, 7 and 8 May
- FFIAK, Yokohama, Japan, 6 May
- Apple Store Ginza, Tokyo, Japan, 5 May
- Färgfabriken, Stockholm, Sweden, 17 Apr - 4 May
- Pecha Kucha Night, SuperDeluxe, Tokyo, Japan, 24 Apr
- Hattler/Seidel Japan Tour 2008 Launch, Le Baron, Tokyo, Japan, 23 Apr
- Notte Bianca in Università, University of Pisa, Italy, 24 Apr
- Bristol School of Animation, UWE, Bristol, UK, 16 Apr
- Best of By Design, Resfest 2008, 19 Mar - 13 Apr, Eskisehir / Istanbul / Izmir, Turkey
- Creative Futures, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK, 9 Apr
- 700IS, Egilsstaðir, Iceland, 29 Mar - 5 Apr
- artbelowzero, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 21 Mar
- Animar 3, Solar, Vila do Conde, Portugal, 12 Jan - 16 Mar
- artbelowzero, Westbourne Studios, London, 12 Mar
- Byron Bay FF, Australia, 29 Feb - 8 Mar
- FDMX, Norwich School of Art and Design, Norwich, UK, 6 Mar
- Newport School of Art, University of Wales, Newport, UK, 4 Mar
- The Winterfestival, Kramfors, Sweden, 27-28 Feb
- London Animation Studio, Central St. Martin's College, London, UK, 25 Feb
- Kulturmagasinet, Sundsvall, Sweden, 22-23 Feb
- tank.tv Fresh Moves, Phoenix Arts, Leicester, UK, 12 Feb
- University College for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK, 7 Feb
- FDMX, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK, 23 Jan
- London SFF, London, 4-13 Jan (Dazzle Films screening)



2007
- Imagina Awards, Monte Carlo, Monaco
- Clermont-Ferrand SFF, France (Autour de Minuit screening)
- Platform IAF, Portland, Oregon, USA
- The Animation Show 3, festival tour across USA and Canada
- Resfest 2007, Korea (Best of By Design: Seminal Films From 01-06)
- Norwegian SFF, Grimstad, Norway
- San Francisco IFF, USA
- Dresden ISFF, Germany (Animation Exchange Forum screening)
- St. Louis IFF, St. Louis, USA
- Videoformes, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Premio Simona Gesmundo, Italy
- Arcipelago SFF, Rome, Italy
- Istanbul IAF, Turkey
- Trunk - The Nordic Art Video Festival, Östersund, Sweden
- Flensburger Kurzfilmtage, Flensburg, Germany
- Fredrikstad AF, Fredrikstad, Norway
- Anim’est IAFF, Bucharest, Romania
- Media Art Friesland Festival, Leeuwarden, Holland - presentation
- AirVideo, AirSpace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, UK, March
- Showcomotion FF, Sheffield, UK
- Family Friendly FF, Manchester, UK
- Muuuvi ISFF, Lazar Castle, Romania
- Xinacittà, Barcelona, Spain
- Animayo, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
- UK Brutal - Mostra de Cinema de Arte Inglês, Brasília, Brazil
- Zlinsky Pes, Zlin, Czech Republic
- Phoenix Cinema at East Finchley Community Festival, London
- The Emperor's New Shorts, Cockpit Theatre, London
- Casa da Animação, Porto, Portugal
- Popcorn, Envy Post, London
- Happy Hour 2, Natural History Museum, Los Angeles
- Collisions at Soho House, London
- Dime Novel Screen, Sassoon Gallery, London
- Signals Shorts .07, Colchester, UK
- Epic Shorts at Real Institute, Betws-y-Coed, Wales
- Battle of Ideas, Royal College of Art, London
- Visiones de la animación, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville, Spain
- Transvizualia, Gdynia, Poland
- Projektor at Cafe Gallery Projects, London
- Pleinbioscoop, Rotterdam, Holland
- Linoleum, Moscow, Russia
- Quay Arts, Newport, Isle of Wight, UK
- Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
- Ferdinand-von-Steinbeiß Schule für Grafikdesign, Ulm, Germany
- Nikolaus-Kopernikus-Gymnasium, Weissenhorn, Germany
- Max Hattler Retrospective, Roxy, London
- Max Hattler: Filme & Videos 2003-2007, Stadthaus, Ulm, Germany



2006
- Annecy IAF, France
- Edinburgh IFF, UK
- Sydney FF, Australia
- Impakt Festival, Utrecht, Holland
- Rushes Soho Shorts Festival, London
- Amiens IFF, France
- Sarajevo FF, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Hull ISFF, UK
- Split FF, Split, Croatia
- Bradford AF, UK
- Videomedeja Festival, Novi Sad, Serbia
- Videologia Festival, Russia
- Némo, Paris
- Darklight Festival, Dublin
- PISAF, Puchon, South Korea
- EMAF, Osnabrück, Germany
- Worldwide SFF, Toronto, Canada
- Anima, Brussels
- Encounters SFF, Bristol, UK
- Badalona ISFF, Spain
- Tindirindis IAFF, Vilnius, Lithuania
- Rencontres cinématographiques de la Seine-Saint-Denis, France
- Festival Temps d'Images, la Ferme du buisson, France
- MIAF, Melbourne, Australia
- LIAF, London
- Unimovie, Pescara, Italy
- Detmold ISFF, Germany
- Media Art Friesland, Holland
- Fairecourt theatrical screenings tour, France
- Animac, Lleida, Spain
- Square Eyes Festival, Arnhem, Holland
- Canarias Mediafest, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
- Balchik ISFF, Bulgaria
- 4 Film Festival - No Words, Bolzano, Italy
- Digital City, London
- D-NEFF Experimental Exhibition, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
- BYDESIGN 06, Northwest Film Forum, Seattle, USA
- The Animation Show at Comic Con, San Diego, USA
- Courtisane Festival, Gent, Belgium
- Kinofilm, Manchester, UK
- NPS New Arrivals, Holland
- Future FF, Bologna, Italy
- Future Cinema at Fabric, London
- Future Shorts screenings in UK, Ireland, Italy, Canada, Latvia, Russia, Mexico
- Festival c'est trop court, Nice, France
- Mostra de Curtmetratges de Sagunt, Spain
- London SFF (Halloween SFF), London
- Animex, Middlesbrough, UK
- UK Film Centre at Cannes Film Festival, France
- His Life is Full of Miracles at Site Gallery, Sheffield, UK
- Somewhere Else at Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK
- Collisions at El Levante, Rosario, Argentina
- San Giò Video Festival, Verona, Italy
- Blink at Gasworks Gallery, London
- Blink at The Bigger Picture, Manchester
- Número-Projecta, Lisbon, Portugal
- International Days of Documentary Cinema, Lublin, Poland
- 4x4, 93 Feet East, London
- Courtivore, Rouen, France
- artbelowzero at Westbourne Studios, London
- Sonar FF, Florence, Italy
- Experience 5.0 at Le Cube, Issy, France
- Tortured in Paradise at Studio 27, San Francisco
- Politically Incorrect FF, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Australian IAF, Australia
- Unfurled: A Public Exhibition of Flags, Tallin, Estonia
- BUDA Arts Center, Kortrijk, Belgium
- Backup Festival (shortlisted for Backup Award), Germany
- Animated Dreams, Tallinn, Estonia



2005
- Resfest 2005, global tour to 37 cities
- DOTMOV, Sapporo, Japan
- Animadrid, Spain
- NIAF, Norwich, UK
- LIAF, London
- Vendome FF, France
- KaraFilm Festival, Karachi, Pakistan
- Animated Dreams, Tallinn, Estonia
- Unfurled: A Public Exhibition of Flags, Tartu, Estonia
- Imperial War Museum Student Film Festival, London
- Backup Festival (shortlisted for Werkleitz Award), Germany
- Animateka, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Avanto Festival, Helsinki, Finland
- Anifest, Budapest

PUBLICATIONS AND MORE
- Limited Language : rewriting design - Responding to a feedback culture, by Colin Davies & Monika Parrinder, published by Birkhäuser, 2009
- BBC TV, Northern Ireland, UK, 2009
- Limited edition Collision T-shirts published by Nano Universe, Japan, 2009
- Limited edition Collision T-shirts published by Beams T, Japan, 2008
- Max Hattler vs. Robert Seidel DVD, Japan, 2008
- The Animation Show Vol. 3 DVD, USA, 2008
- Short of the Week, shortoftheweek.com, Week 37, 10-16 Sep 2007
- Fresh Moves DVD: film and video art presented by tank.tv, UK, 2007
- Qoob TV, Italy, 2007
- Movieola, Canada, 2007
- Showcase TV, Canada, 2007
- Atomfilms, USA, 2007
- BBC Film Network, UK, since Dec 2006
- Cultura TV, Holland, Nov 2006
- 'boards magazine screening room, Canada, Oct 2006
- Mediakunst in beeld en context book + DVD, Holland, Sep 2006
- Repérages 56, with 9/11-themed Underground Zero DVD, France, Sep 2006
- Arte TV, 9/11 issue of Court Circuit / KurzSchluss, France/Germany, Sep 2006
- shots magazine Adventures in Animation DVD, UK, Jun 2006
- Repérages 55 + Animatic DVD 3, France, Jun 2006
- The Reel DVD, UK, Mar 2006
- Specialten DVD magazine, issue 13, UK, Feb 2006
- Canal+ TV, France and Africa, since Feb 2006
- RES magazine + DVD, USA, Sep 2005
- Supported and promoted by the British Council
- for press coverage see PRESS

INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION
Autour de Minuit
21 rue Henry Monnier
75009 Paris, France
Tel +33 (0)1 42 81 17 28
Fax +33 (0)1 42 81 17 29


CREDITS
Directed and animated by Max Hattler © 2005
Production: Royal College of Art
Additional animation: Ian Mackinnon
Sound design: Max Hattler
Sound mix: Christopher Wilson
35mm film recording: Andreas Schellenberg, Pictorion das werk
Available formats: 35mm, HD, Beta SP, DVD
Length: 2'30"