RESFEST 2004 kicks off with a survey of state-of-the-art storytelling that mixes animation, live action and graphics-orientated work to give viewers a taste of the festival’s unique blend of ?lmmaking techniques. See the retelling of the tragic fate of Oedipus in luxurious cinematic splendour redolent of 1950s-era epics—with a cast of vegetables. See what happens when the inexorable thrust of time slows, then stops, allowing three characters to transcend their destinies in Daniel Askill’s visually stunning philosophical mindbender We Have Decided Not to Die. There’s much more in our opening show, which features a total of 10 short ?lms.