Archives for 2013

Best of the Festival Futon -  Yoriko Mizushiri This gentle exploration of comfort and how the mind wanders beneath the duvet is a delightfully pure expression of how animation can communicate an idea and the implicit feelings behind it. Mizushiri's use of slow ponderous movements, surreal and … [Read more...] about And the winner is…

The third – and presumably final – instalment in the mercurial ‘Christies' animated features by the equally mercurial bad boy of British animation, Phil Mulloy. Mister Christie and the others return for one last time to try and work out exactly who they are. A serial killer is loose deep under the … [Read more...] about UK Premiere of Phil Mulloy’s The Pain and The Pity

Find out more or book tickets here Horror! At its most profound; its most clenching and suffocating foundation, horror is fundamentally a state of mind. Experienced at full volume, horror grips the brain and ignites some of the simplest animal-level emotions and responses that have been hardwired … [Read more...] about 10 Horror Animations

In existence for a mere 15 years, Poland’s Platige Image studio has produced a truly impressive collection of short films and commercials. One of its very first short films, The Cathedral (2002) was nominated for an Academy Award and virtually every one of its shorts since then has gone on to win … [Read more...] about Studio Focus: Platige Image

We champion animation, be it international or home-grown and our British Showcase is the best place to start for the latter. What follows is the result of a Q&A with each of the filmmakers who have films featuring in our Oct 30th screening. We hope you enjoy... Find out more about the films in … [Read more...] about British Showcase – The Animator’s Stories