OLD REEL (12mb) "max hattler's new director's reel is full of his unique blend of styles" (motionographer, 1/2008)

JULY 2009
max's where's your head at concert visuals for basement jaxx are featured on animation show, 'boards, creative review, netribution, videostatic, directors notes, page, and more.

JULY 2009
aanaatt won the 'host award' at videofestival bochum! it also forms the focus of a brand new interview on videopark (in german), and is featured in inmotion.

JULY 2009
now 20% off these japan-only collision-inspired nano universe t-shirts... you can read about the commission in the may 2009 issue of someone's garden.

THU 9 JULY 2009, 21:30
collision is showing in a derapage screening at paysages éphémères in montreal, canada.

4 TO 12 JULY 2009
aanaatt is screening at curtas vila do conde in portugal. and on thu 9 july max is performing the oh yes live a/v set with noriko okaku.

10 TO 26 JULY 2009
aanaatt is screening in brazil at anima mundi in rio de janeiro (10-19 july) and sao paulo (22-26 july).

AUGUST 2009
max's short film spin, produced by autour de minuit, is scheduled to be completed by august.

SAT 1 AUG 2009, 22:00
aanaatt is part of best of videofestival bochum at juicy beats festival in dortmund, germany.

1 TO 4 AUGUST 2009
max is on the jury at muuuvi international short film festival, lazar castle, romania. he's also performing live a/v set oh yes with noriko okaku, as well as doing a screening/talk.

THU 6 AUG 2009, 22:00
aanaatt is competing for the audience award at a curtocircuito open air summer screening in santiago de compostela, spain.

28 AUG TO 6 SEP 2009
aanaatt is screening at london international animation festival in london, uk.

SEPTEMBER 2009
max is featured with striper v0.1 in andrew selby's book animation in process, out in september. other animators included are grant orchard, koji yamamura, run wrake, robert seidel, semiconductor, paul bush, theodore ushev, johnny hardstaff, clyde henrys, the blackheart gang, suzie templeton, smith and foulkes, and more.

9 TO 13 SEP 2009
aanaatt is screening at onedotzero_ adventures in motion festival in london, and subsequently as part of onedotzero's extensive 2009-2010 world tour.

OCTOBER 2009
collision is featured in the book 'limited language: rewriting design - responding to a feedback culture' by colin davies and monika parrinder, published by birkhäuser, out in october.

15 TO 17 OCT 2009
max is performing live and presenting his work at optica festival in madrid, spain.

21 TO 25 OCT 2009
aanaatt and where's your head at are screening at tindirindis int'l animation film festival in vilnius, lithuania.

23 TO 25 OCT 2009
aanaatt is screening at centro de arte dos de mayo in madrid, spain.

11 TO 15 NOV 2009
max is a guest at this year's fredrikstad animation festival in norway. he will perform a brand new 3-screen a/v live set, and will give a talk about his work.

for recent screenings please see individual films' sections. in june, max attended annecy animation festival thanks to support from the british council. he also did a screening + talk at wellington college. and glastonbury festival showed a full-length recording of a/v performance oh yes. in may, max gave a lecture on abstract animation at volda university college in norway. he presented a programme of german experimental films at image forum festival in tokyo with robert seidel. and he played the oh yes live a/v set with noriko okaku at the birobox workshops in nottingham. in april, max and noriko premiered oh yes at moves09 in manchester. max also held a 5-day filmmaking masterclass at ferienakademie kloster roggenburg in germany, and the accompanying exhibition 'kunst (er)schöpft' showed four of his films. revija amaterskog filma in zagreb presented a screening of six of max's works, and he spent a day at southampton solent university, showing and discussing films. aanaatt was featured in repérages magazine + accompanying expérience[s] dvd. since april drift is screening on german-french video art tv channel souvenirs from earth. in march max finished visuals for the egg. in february max was one of five featured artists at tratado de integracion: legion.02: refresco! in neuquen, argentina. he did a talk at southampton solent university and started teaching on the moving image and animation degrees at the university of east london. in january max did talks at khm / academy of media arts in cologne and at ravensbourne college of design in london. he also attended international film festival rotterdam with aanaatt thanks to a film london film-makers festival fund travel award. there is an article about drift on ian lumsden's animation blog and an interview with max about aanaatt on directors notes. in december 2008, the max hattler vs. robert seidel dvd was released for sale in japan by uplink. in november, jemapur's 'evacuation' cd+dvd was released by w+k tokyo lab, it includes aanaatt. max spent october and november in paris, working on his short film spin with french production company autour de minuit. in november he also did a lecture and performed live visuals with noriko okaku at animated dreams in estonia, presented his work in tokyo, did a talk at the royal college of art, and performed live audiovisuals at exground filmfest in germany. aanaatt featured in boards and max was interviewed by sprayblog and moonlinx.jp. in october, max was on the jury at curtocircuito festival in spain, and also did a vj+dj set there. the book re-imagining animation - the changing face of the moving image by pauls wells and johnny hardstaff came out, featuring max's film drift. aanaatt was mentioned on countless blogs including motionographer and stash feed, with a nice interview on white-screen. webdice.jp published an interview with max and robert seidel. japanese cg world, someone's garden magazine and quotation magazine all included articles about max. drift was featured in issue 22 of specialten dvd magazine and on middle mind project, and it won awards for best digital film at london international animation festival and best experimental film at muuuvi festival in romania. storm studios in oslo signed max as a director for scandinavia. in september, max attended animae caribe in trinidad and animationvolda festival in norway, screening films and performing live. and in july and august 2008, max played live visuals for the egg at camp bisco in new york state, usa, and at haselstock festival in england. finally, please click here for details of max hattler and robert seidel's 23-event 5-week japan tour in april/may 2008.

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