a Festival of aNimaTion for crEatures of aLL AgeS! 1300-1900hrs programme of film screenings program inside these pages! Welcome to the Factory Animation Festival 2011 sponosored by nobody. The animations will be running all afternoon and are split up into three blocks between 1300-1430hrs, 1430-1600hrs and 1600-1730hrs. (There might be some late entries being shown later!) Please read on in the programme to find out what types of animation are showing and when. Screen One is located in the Main Room on the ground floor. Screen Two is on the 1st floor in the Function Room (left at the top of the stairs). There is a cafe on the ground floor through the bike room. There is tea, coffee and homemade vegan cakes being served up. The whole day is open to everyone. If you are able to donate to help pay the costs for the food and set up of the festival, that would be very much appreciated. We run regular events here at the Factory, there’s a People’s Kitchen on Tuesday nights from 8pm, where food is served for donations; and on Wednesday nights from 7pm there is a film night each week. If you would like to know more, please ask around today, or check out our noticeboard on the outside of the building on Cave Street. Also you can have a look at the website http://www.bristolspaceinvaders.wordpress.com to find out information about our upcoming events and how to get involved. Each Thursday at 7pm we have an open meeting where we discuss different projects and events in the space and anyone is welcome to come and share ideas and become part of the project in whatever way you would like to. The smoking area is upstairs on the first floor landing next to the info tables. Please feel free to look around the ground and first floor to see the rest of the social centre and don’t hesitate to ask people about the space and what it’s all about... program inside these pages! Screen one l3OOh When The Day Breaks Wendy Tilby & Amanda Forbis (l999) Can. A quick trip to the shops by the main character, a pig named ruby, is turned by the sudden death of a stranger into a fluid portrayal of the connections between us all in everyday city life. The style of animation is detailed and full of texture, created using pencil and paint on photocopies of selected shots from hi8 footage of real actors. Puleng Ali Taylor (2OO4) U.K. A very short but atmospheric cgi. ‘Puleng’ is set on a southern African farm where the main character is struggling to support herself and an elderly relative during a drought. The Saint Inspector Mike Booth (l996) High above snow topped mountains a fat Buddha-like saint sits motionless in meditative silence on a small wooden platform, waiting for the inspector, an officious stitched leather mechanoid. Mike Booth started his career in animation working on some of ‘The Morph Files’. Neighbours Norman McLaren (l952) Can. Neighbours is McLaren’s m ost known film and utilises pixilation, a technique where live actors are used as frame by frame subjects. In this case 2 neighbours who (upon the discovery of a flower in previously undisputed territory) start to argue. After being in China and having faith in human nature reinvigorated by the beginning of Mao’ revolution then the Korean war starting McLaren “decided to make a really strong film about anti-militarism and against war.” The scene involving the murders of the wives and kids is of a lower quality as it was deemed inappropriate until after the Vietnam war by which time the original negatives had been destroyed. The 16bit sounding music was made by actually scratching onto the soundtrack of the film. Screen one l3OOh When The Day Breaks Wendy Tilby & Amanda Forbis (l999) Can. A quick trip to the shops by the main character, a pig named ruby, is turned by the sudden death of a Histoire Tragique avec un Fin Heureuse/Tragic Story with a Happy Ending stranger into a fluid portrayal of the connections between us all in everyday city life. The style of The story of a young girl born with a bird’s heart and her interaction animation is detailed and full of texture, created with the village. In black and white Pessoa makes exciting use of light using pencil and paint on photocopies of selected and shadows. “My uncle used to draw on the walls Reginaand on Pessoathe doors (2OO6) of Por. shots from hi8 footage of real actors. my grandmother’s home, with pieces of coal. Seeing my uncle drawing on the walls gave us a sense of freedom because we didn’t have paper and Puleng pencils but we always had walls and doors, maybe this stayed with me Ali Taylor (2OO4) U.K. unconsciously because know, much later, it’s already the second film that I’m making in engraving technique” A very short but atmospheric cgi. ‘Puleng’ is set on a southern African farm where the main character is The Old Lady and the Pigeons struggling to support herself and an elderly relative Sylvian Chomet (l998) Fr. during a drought. From the creator of ‘Belleville Rendezvous’ and ‘The Illusionist’ a The Saint Inspector starving gendarme decides to exploit an old lady by dressing as a Mike Booth (l996) pigeon to get fed. Chomet describes his style as “based on mime and character acting.... more influenced by live camera work than by High above snow topped mountains a fat Buddha-like animation.” saint sits motionless in meditative silence on a small wooden platform, waiting for the inspector, an officious stitched leather mechanoid. Mike Booth started his career in animation working on some of ‘The Morph Files’. Neighbours Screen two l3OOh Norman McLaren (l952) Can. Neighbours is McLaren’s m Into Pieces ost known film and utilises pixilation, a technique Guilherme Marcondes (2OO4) Bra. where live actors are used as frame by frame subjects. In this case 2 neighbours who (upon the This animation depicts the absolute frustration in not being discovery of a flower in previously undisputed able to complete seemingly simple tasks, especially when some territory) start to argue. After being in China and kind of super hero turns up to show you how easy it is. When having faith in human nature reinvigorated by the Marcondes and Daniel Bueno met up in a bar to create the story beginning of Mao’ revolution then the Korean war the spread out some illustrations and concluded, “they all have starting McLaren “decided to make a really strong this mixed feeling somewhere between pop cartoons and modernist film about anti-militarism and against war.” The art collage and that definitely gave us a hint of the right scene involving the murders of the wives and kids is mood for the film.” of a lower quality as it was deemed inappropriate until after the Vietnam war by which time the The Bead Game original negatives had been destroyed. The 16bit Ishu Patel (l977) Can. sounding music was made by actually scratching onto the soundtrack of the film. The Bead Game was inspired by Inuit bead work and by using beads on black background looks at prehistoric beings devouring each other, gradually evolving into humans spearing, shooting then bombing each other as a warning against nuclear warfare. Ishu Patel has directed a range of other animations including l97Os sex education shorts and bits for ‘Sesame Street’ his best known work is Paradise. Huset Pa Kamper/One Day a Man Bought a House Pjotr Sapegin (l998) Nor. A clay-mation in which a man moves into a house only to find that no matter what he tries he cant get rid of the incumbent occupier, a rat. One of l6 shorts so far directed by Sapegin who says “When I make puppet animations, I feel like I’m working with real actors, with the help of puppets I get closer to the film.” The Mermaid Alexander Petrov (l996) Rus. Petrov’s animations are pastel oil paintings on glass in a style of romantic realism. The Mermaid is based on Alexander Pushkin’s Rusalka and in turn on traditional Russian folklore where ‘succubi’ or siren-like mermaids (rusalki) are said to be the tormented souls of female suicides. Madame Tutli Putli Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski (2OO7) Can. Madame Tutli Putli dressed in l92Os garb with all her worldly possessions waits hunched and tentative for her train. Rather quickly her journey becomes a horrifying ordeal in this suspense filled thriller. The animation was made with silicone puppets and pioneers the technique of using composited human eyes. Since Madame Tutli Putli Clyde Henry Productions (Lavis and Szczerbowski) have also made Higglety Pigglety Pop! Or There Must Be More To Life. Cousin Adam Elliot (l998) Aus. This is Adam Elliot’s (Harvey Krumpet, Mary & Max) first professionally made film. “cousin” is a stop motion animation without digital enhancement that uses clay models to give a short, moving yet, amusing biography of a child with cerebal palsy. Siren Raoul Servais (l968) Bel. A tragic mermaid-based love story set in red skied docklands inhabited by merciless cranes, screeching pterodacyls, a lonely fisher and an uncompromising legal system. Siren presents a number of good visual jokes both because of and despite the imposed social order and environmental decay. Screen one l43Oh Harvie Krumpet Adam Elliot (2OO3) Aus. From the moment he was born, Harvie’s life has been an unending series of unfortunate mishaps.