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Somewhere you should go….The London International Animation Festival

Monique Todd — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:00:30 +0000

Film buffs and cartoon lovers alike will be well up for heading to the London International Animation Festival – the largest of its kind in the UK. Taking place at the Barbican for the first time in its eight year history, there’ll be 250(!) beautifully crafted visuals to feast your eyes on from August 26th to September 4th.

Highlight include a range of contemporary and quirky films from New York and Poland as well as a chance to see 21 of the world’s best and most innovative music videos produced in the last 12 months.

And if you’re looking to try your hand at some activities, be sure to check out what’s on offer – the animation masterclass with Polish animator Wojtek Wawszcyzck looks particularly interesting – and you’ll even learn how to reanimate a scene from your favourite film!

There’s a great deal packed into just 10 days, so don’t miss this chance to enjoy the best in all things animation. (Words: Monique Todd)

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Barbican, Silk St, City of London, United Kingdom EC2Y 8DS

Tube: Barbican, Moorgate

Further info: www.liaf.org.uk

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Something you should see…Watch Me Move: The Animation Show at the Barbican Art Gallery

The Cultural Exposé — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:00:04 +0000

Watch Me Move does exactly what it says on the tin. It invites the viewer to observe the extraordinary art of animation in all its forms and brilliantly presents her with a dazzling kaleidoscope of the art through its hundred year plus existence. It’s ambitious and doesn’t neglect the popular forms of drawn entertainment, showing Snow White alongside animation’s most complex and thought-provoking experimentalism. Amazing, absorbing and unmissable, it puts animation in its central position in the development of world art and indeed philosophy. Attend for a rollicking ride through its entire development. (Words: Caiti Grove)

Watch Me Move: The Animation SHow is showing at the Barbican Art Gallery from June 15th to September 11th. Entry is £10 in advance/£12 on the door and for more info, visit www.barbican.org.uk

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Something You Should See…My Dog Tulip

Laura Thornley — Mon, 09 May 2011 09:42:48 +0000

There has been no shortage of CGI, PhotoRealistic RenderMan animations of late… the world’s awash with them. If you, like me, have a yearning for something more old school on occasions, then maybe this flick is for you; a beautifully hand drawn and painted animation from the directing partnership of Sandra and Paul Fierlinger.

The storyline is a British classic – the relationship between man and dog. The film takes its inspiration from a book written back in 1956 that ruminates on the love between the author, JR Ackerley and his unruly Alsatian, Tulip. It’s a gentle and heart warming tale of how a quirky intellectual such as Ackerley makes sense of the ups and downs of man and beast living in close quarters.

At a count of 60,000 drawings in total – it was no mean fete, taking the pair a total of 3 years to produce (7 days a week and no holidays!). Paul Fierlinger has confessed to drawing 12 – 16 hours a day… now that’s dedication. There are some familiar voices in tow, a must for all animations nowadays, expect to hear Christopher Plummer, the late Lynn Redgrave, and Isabella Rossellini. With this production using no paper throughout, its even eco-friendly – need we say more? (Words: Laura Thornley)

In cinemas now.

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