Much loved indie animator and frequent guest of LIAF – Chris Shepherd – has spent the last four years working on his debut graphic novel ‘Anfield Road’ which will be released this October – a funny and poignant coming-of-age story set in Liverpool in 1989, the land of The La’s, the Hillsborough disaster and Findus Crispy Pancakes.
Find out more about Anfield Road here
Chris Shepherd is an artist, writer, filmmaker and British comedy legend. He’s done everything – from the 43rd World Stare-Out Championships with Paul Hatcher for BBC’s Big Train Comedy sketch show to working on music videos for Reverend and the Makers, Holly Johnson, Lambchop and the Wave Pictures. He also created animations for BC Camplight, Sara Pascoe, Nathan Barley and more. He’s won tons of international film awards, including a BIFA and two BAFTA nominations. Anfield Road is Chris’s debut graphic novel.
Chris will join us onstage with Jez Stewart, author and curator at the BFI National Archive for a chat about his process, the book and anything else that comes to mind.
The programme also includes a screening of some classic animated shorts that have been adapted from literary sources.
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The Man with the Beautiful Eyes – Jonathan Hodgson, UK
Based on a poem by Charles Bukowski, the story of a gang of kids who are fascinated by a house in the neighbourhood they’ve been told to stay away from.
1999 5’40 min
Fast Forward Little Red Riding Hood – Sjaak Rood, Netherlands
The story of Little Red Riding Hood as told by the Brothers Grimm in Fast Forward mode! Don’t blink or you’ll miss something.
2010 1’30 min
Negative Space – Ru Kawahata & Max Porter, France
A father who frequently goes on business trips initiates his son in the art of packing suitcases. Over the years, it becomes a bonding ritual between the two.
2017 5’30 min
The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat – Ross Hogg, UK
Using only charcoal and three sheets of A1 paper, an animated visualisation of Oliver Sacks’ seminal work, describing a unique neurological oddity.
2013 3’20 min
The Street – Caroline Leaf, Canada
A young boy from a Jewish family in Canada hopes that his ailing grandmother dies soon so that he can get her room.
1976 10’15 min
Next – Barry Purves UK
William Shakespeare, without saying a word, gives a quick run through of all his plays in a very special audition.
1990 5’00 min
Jabberwocky – Sjaak Rood, Netherlands
A brave boy goes hunting for the Jabberwock despite the warning of the old man. When the monster is beaten, it still looks like the story will end badly.
2020 2’15 min
Blind Vaysha – Theodore Ushev, Canada
Vaysha, a young girl, was born with a unique and special gift. With her left eye, Vaysha could see the past and with her right eye, she could look into the future but she cannot see the present.
2016 8’00 min
Scale – Joseph Pierce, UK
Driving along the motorway, Will loses his sense of scale. As his crippling drug addiction deepens, he struggles to unpick the sequence of events that led to his predicament, before he’s lost forever.
2022 14’55 min
Who I Am and What I Want – Chris Shepherd & David Shrigley, UK
A scribbled, strangely funny but highly unsettling examination of the human condition. The story of a man who bares his emotions, history, hang-ups and desires in all of their dysfunctional absurdity then leaves us to assemble not only his identity but to question our own.
2005 6’50 min
Our Funding Partners
With Special Thanks to the Arts Council England
Event supported by Film Hub London, managed by Film London. Proud to be a partner of the BFI Film Audience Network, funded by the National Lottery.
Venue
The Horse Hospital is a three tiered progressive arts venue in London providing an encompassing umbrella for the related media of film fashion, music and art. For more information about The Horse Hospital and how to get there, find out more.
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