A comprehensive screening of the very best recently released British animation, including several world premieres. Check the pulse of the British animation scene, meet many of the filmmakers and see the films that will take British animation to the world. This is an exceptional opportunity to see what British animators are doing, how they’re doing it and how the art form is travelling. Alongside the screening, there is a chance to meet many of the animators, hear them talk about their films and ask them questions about their work.
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A Little Grey (Steve Smith & Simon Hewitt, UK)
One man’s search takes him through bars, churches, doctors surgeries, tattoo parlours and beyond, but will he find what he’s looking for?
5’00, 2016
Love in Idleness (Kim Noce, UK)
An exploration of the fleeting delusional love affair between Titania and Bottom, from William Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Nights Dream’.
5’00, 2016
Lemon Tree (Joana Silva, UK)
A fictional character whose body is assembled from memories embedded in an abandoned space.
5’00, 2016
School Days (Roxannah Rio Linklater, UK)
A raw, searing honest look at childhood sexuality and how young people -primarily girls – discover their own bodies.
3’00, 2016
Boats on the Grassland (Noriko Ishibe, UK)
A man arrives from foreign shores in a broken old boat.
4’00, 2016
The Power of Privacy (Callum Cooper & Matthias Hoegg, UK)
Can privacy really still exist in a world where we are continuously connected to the internet? A film made for the Guardian’s documentary series.
4’00, 2016
The Waves (Oscar Lewis, UK)
An artist returns from hospital after suffering a mental breakdown.
5’00, 2016
Chronemics (Ed Barrett/Animade, UK)
In a world of distinct contrasts light and darkness compete for dominance.
6’00, 2015
Race (Yan Dan Wong, UK)
Medicine, shower, eat, sleep, repeat. A daughter races to tend to her elderly mother’s daily needs.
3’00, 2016
The Woman Who Owns the Sun (Jo Lawrence, UK)
The strange but true case of Angeles Duran, who in 2010 was declared ‘the owner of the sun, a star of spectral type G2, located at the centre of the solar system’.
6’00, 2015
The Journey Never Starts. The Journey Never Ends (Michelle Brand, UK)
An endless train journey through the mysteries of time. Always moving, always changing, one thought leads to another.
3’00, 2016
The Greeting of 10,000 Things (Huan Luo, UK)
A marching band of six soldiers gathered on an empty beach. Armed with brass and drums, they are waiting to greet the unknown guests.
5’00, 2015
Illusions (Dominica Harrison, UK)
Two characters meet because of an accident, each in their own limbo. To get out, they need to win a game with only one rule: the next level is just a step down.
5’00, 2016
Aftermath (Layla Atkinson, UK)
An adaptation of a war poem by Siegfried Sassoon. “Aftermath” was broadcast on every Armistice Day for many years after the war.
3’00, 2016
The Big Push (Laurie Harris & Xin Li, UK)
An evocative paint-on-glass film commemorating the Centenary of the Battle of the Somme with original verse by renowned Scottish Poet John Glenday.
4’00, 2016
The Alan Dimension (Jac Clinch, UK)
Alan Brown uses divine powers of precognition to foresee the fate of mankind…and breakfast.
9’00, 2016
Rain or Shine (Felix Massie, UK)
Ella is keen to show off her swishy new sunglasses, only to be dogged by a persistent raincloud whenever she puts them on.
6’00, 2016
The (Phil Mulloy, UK)
What does this mean? Does anyone know? The latest missive from the Godfather of independent British animation.
2’00, 2016
