Thu 16 Jun + Et Cetera An animated figure learns to use wings of 6.30pm, Barbican Art Gallery increasing sizes, train a circus creature and the Gallery Talk: Gareth Evans importance of doors in this vintage 2D Švankmajer.

Gareth Evans, curator, writer and co-editor of Czechoslovakia 1966 Dir. Jan Švankmajer 8 min. Artesian magazine explores the relationship Standard £10.50 online/£12.50 on the door between and independent filmmaking. Sat 18 Jun 7.30pm, Barbican Art Gallery DJ Jonny Trunk 7.30pm, Cinema 2 Resident Resonance FM DJ Jonny Trunk dedicates Gallery Talk: Marjane Satrapi an evening to the wonders of soundtracks from Join Marjane Satrapi, the critically acclaimed animated film. Iranian filmmaker and author of Persepolis (2000) in conversation with film critic Jason Solomons as Events 7.30pm, Cinema 1 they explore the relationship between the graphic This summer the Barbican brings animation to life ScreenTalk: Jan Švankmajer novel, the animated moving image, politics and with a major exhibition, dedicated film programme memory. The great Czech filmmaker joins our summer of and an extraordinary off-site project Folly for a animation with a screening of Alice, followed by a Flyover with Assemble CIC, introducing audiences £12 online/£14 on the door (Includes same day exhibition entry) Q&A with Peter Hames. to a range of colourful characters through , stage sets, storyboard drawings, magic lantern Sun 19 Jun 7.30pm, Cinema 1 slides and many rarely screened gems. PG Accompanying the exhibition is a series of high Alice 3.45pm, Cinema 1 profile Q&A’s, Masterclasses, Directorspectives, Švankmajer’s award winning first feature length (Theory & talks, performances, artist film screenings and film is a dark interpretation of Lewis Carroll’s Practice) 15 fantasy world. This surrealist combination of live Family Film Club events. A married man (Václav Helsus) falls in love with the action and animation sees a mostly woman of his dreams – literally. Sent to a shrink human Alice juxtaposed with a selection of eerie Tickets to unravel what this could mean – in whose office All events are £10 online/£12 on the door and stuffed toys and animals. portraits of Freud and Jung provide commentary include same day admission to Barbican Art on the proceedings – he taps an unconscious Czechoslovakia 1988 Dir. Jan Švankmajer 84 min Gallery unless otherwise stated. Some events are world both playful and painful. Features a cameo separately ticketed. To avoid disappointment please by Švankmajer himself. book in advance for all events. Czech Rep, Slovakia, Japan 2010 Dir. Jan Švankmajer 105 min + Fri 24–Thu 30 Jun Sun 26 Jun This iconic, Berlin Golden Bear winning exploration of communication was counted by Terry Gilliam as 8.45pm, Cinema 1 4pm, Cinema 1 one of the best animated films of all time. Akira 15 Silent Film & Live Music Czechoslovakia 1983 Dir. Jan Švankmajer 12 min. This superbly paced, gritty and intelligent tale is set Watch Me Move - A Trip to the Standard £9.50 online/£10.50 on the door in 2019’s post-apocalyptic Neo-Tokyo where the Moon* military-scientific government threatens to destroy A Trip to the Moon (1902), Georges Méliès Thu 23 Jun the world. This brand new HD digital print is a must landmark fantasy film, features some of the earliest see on the big screen. animation and special effects in film history with 6.30pm, Barbican Art Gallery Japan 1988 Dir. Katsuhiro Otomo 124 min. live musical accompaniments by composers and Gallery Talk: Helen McCarthy In Japanese with English subtitles. musicians of the Guildhall’s Electronic Music Presented in association with Manga Entertainment. Studios. Leading UK expert Helen McCarthy Standard £9.50 online/£10.50 on the door xplores the relationship of Chinese and Japanese Czechoslovakia 2000 Dir. Jan Švankmajer 132 min.Standard anime, focusing on the significance of Asia’s first Sat 25 Jun £8.50 online/£10.50 on the door animation feature Princess Iron Fan (1941), followed by a rare screening of the Wan Brothers last film 3.45pm, Cinema 1 Thu 30 Jun Havoc in Heaven (1965). 15 6.30pm, Barbican Art Gallery A childless couple longing for a baby get more 7.30pm, Redgrave Room than they wished for when an inanimate stump of Gallery Talk: Andrew Osmond Master Class: Anime wood takes on a disturbing life of its own. Based Andrew Osmond, author of the essential new Taking inspiration from the Wan Brothers film on a Czech folk tale about a monstrous creature guide 100 Animated Feature Films, shares his rich Princess Iron Fan (1941), leading anime expert with an all-consuming appetite. insights into the and introduces Helen McCarthy and artist Reza Ben Gajra the one of films most forgotten geniuses, Ladislas lead this specially devised anime masterclass. Czechoslovakia 2000 Dir. Jan Švankmajer 132 min. Starewitch.

£12 online/£14 on the door (Includes same day exhibition entry) Limited places – book early to avoid disappointment. + Darkness-Light- Darkness 7.30pm, Barbican Art Gallery (Tma/Svetlo/Tma) The Fables of Ladislas This funny, fascinating film sees a claymation body gradually construct itself from just a hand when its Starewitch An evening of film celebrating the work of the other component parts come calling. pioneering Ladislas Starewitch, Czechoslovakia 1990 Jan Švankmajer 7 min. considered one of the greatest . Don’t Standard £9.50 online/£10.50 on the door miss the rare opportunity to see Starewitch’s short films The Cameraman’s Revenge (1912) and The Frogs That Demand a King, aka Frogland (1922) Tue 5 Jul Thu 7 Jul amongst others. 7pm, Cinema 1 6.30pm, Barbican Art Gallery Supported by the Polish Cultural Institute Br ˇetislav Pojar – The Master of Gallery Talk: Paul Wells Puppet Animation + Q&A PG* Paul Wells, Director of the Animation Academy A timely focus on one of the most important at Loughborough University and author of the Czech animators and a rare chance to see some acclaimed book Understanding Animation Sat 2 Jul of Pojar’s groundbreaking and award winning journeys through the history of animation. films, including A Drop Too Much, The Lion and the 11am, Cinema 1 Song and Nightangel, followed by a Q&A with the 7.30pm, Barbican Art Gallery Family Film Club: Watch Me director and his producer Michal Podhradsky. Live Animation Move - Little by Little! Renowned filmmaker Caroline Leaf introduces Total Running time120min. A programme of short stop-motion Brˇetislav Pojar is presented in partnership with the Czech Centre a screening of her film The Owl Who Married a chosen especially for Family Film Club! With London. Standard £9.50 online/£10.50 on the door Goose: An Eskimo Legend (1976) alongside a wonderful archive offerings, such as rarely seen selection of her other films, followed by a stunning works by Czech animation master Betislav Pojar Wed 6 Jul live animation. and a host of familiar film favourites.

See web for full details. No unaccompanied adults. 7pm, Cinema 1 We Love Anime FFC Members £3/Non Members £5 Special Preview: Arietty U* Every year, many unmissable anime films don’t This new adaptation of the classic children’s novel make it into cinemas in the UK. We Love Anime Mon 4 Jul The Borrowers is exquisitely detailed and utterly have partnered with Manga Entertainment, Kaze enchanting. Miniature Arietty and her family live & Optimum Releasing to bring a selection of the 7.30pm, Cinema 1 under the floorboards of an ordinary house in biggest anime films to the big screen across the UK The London International the Toyko suburbs ‘borrowing’ everything they and Ireland. Introduced by anime expert Helen need from their human landlords, until a chance McCarthy. Animation Festival presents: encounter threatens disastrous consequences. The Best of the Fest….ever! # 6pm, Cinema 1 A very special session of the 10 best films that have Japan 2010 Dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi 94min. Laputa Castle in the Sky PG ever screened at LIAF – in our opinion! Expect to Standard £9.50 online/£10.50 on the door Two children set off on a hazardous hunt for the see Kermit-like frogs, a rare John Lennon homage, legendary flying castle Laputa, but a gang of a 152 year-old man and much more... pirates and a sinister government agent are also Full programme details can be found at liaf.org.uk chasing the airborne treasure. A rollercoaster Standard £9.50 online/£10.50 on the door adventure in a 19th century fantasy world, with spectacular aerial battles scenes. Japan 1986 Dir. 124 min. 2pm, Cinema 1 the Princess of the title - fight a losing battle with In Japanese with English subtitles. human invaders. With its samurai swordfights and Standard £9.50 online/£10.50 on the door Nausicaä of the Valley of the PG climactic showdown this is a haunting and moving Wind allegory for the attack of technology on nature in 8.45pm, Cinema 1 A mesmerising blend of fantasy and science- modern Japan. : Badlands Rumble # fiction set centuries in the future, in a world almost All the suspense, drama and action of the swallowed by a polluted forest full of giant insects. 1997 Dir. Hayao Miyazaki 133 min. In Japanese with English original television series packed into a perfectly Miyazaki’s character is a courageous girl whose subtitles. Standard £9.50 online/£10.50 on the door paced feature length treat. Set in Makka, a town peaceful country is caught up in a conflict between surrounded by quicksand, this stylish anime western greater powers. Thu 14 Jul sees the mayor enlist the help of bounty hunters, including everyone’s favourite hero Vash the 1984 Dir. Hayao Miyazaki 116 min. Standard £9.50 online/£10.50 on the door 11am–10pm, Barbican Art Gallery Stampede, to defend them from legendary robber Polish School of Animation: Its Gasback. 4.15pm, Cinema 1 Observers and Continuators 12A Japan 2010 Dir. Yasuko Kobayashi 95 min. In Japanese with Grave of the Fireflies Running throughout the day, this world première English subtitles. Standard £9.50 online/£10.50 on the door After losing their mother and their home in a fire- retrospective of four film programmes charts the bomb attack, a teenage boy and his infant sister history of Polish animation from the 1950s to the Sat 9 Jul gradually withdraws from adult society and finds present day, including seminal works by Jan Lenica, solace in each other as they struggle to survive in Walerian Borowcyzk, Józef Robakowski, Jerzy 11am, Cinema 1 wartime Japan. Grave of the Fireflies is no fairytale, Kucia and Zbigniew Rybczyn’ski. Family Film Club: Arietty U* but shows both the cruelties and joys of the characters’ short lives. Co-presented by Etiuda&Anima and the London International Miniature Arietty and her family live under the Animation Festival. floorboards of an ordinary house in the Toyko 1988 Dir. Isao Takahata 88 min. suburbs ‘borrowing’ everything they need from Standard £9.50 online/£10.50 on the door their human landlords, until a chance encounter 6.30pm, Barbican Art Gallery between Arietty and a young boy threatens Sun 10 Jul disastrous consequences. Gallery Talk: Suzanne Buchan Join Suzanne Buchan, Director of the Animation Japan 2010 Dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi 94min. No 4pm, Cinema 1 Research Centre at the University for the Creative unaccompanied adults. FFC Members £3/ Non Members £5 Princess Mononoke Arts to explore the aesthetics, poetics and spatial (Mononoke Hime) PG politics of animation. In Miyazaki’s thematic sequel to Nausicaä, a young warrior under a demon’s curse discovers a forest where animal gods, led by their champion San - 7.30pm, Cinema 2 7.30pm, Barbican Art Gallery 2.30pm, Barbican Art Gallery The Polish School of Animation Icons of Puppet Animation Watch Me Move: Writer and critic David Crowley chairs a The London International Animation Festival Exhibition Tour discussion on why Poland has produced some presents a selection of the some of the most Exhibition Assistant Juliette Desorgues leads a of the richest animation in the world. With writer mesmerising animated films of the last century, tour of the exhibition. and curator Maxa Zoller, illustrator Andrzej including The Philips Broadcast of 1938 by George Klimowski and film scholar Suzanne Buchan. Pal, Pygmalion by Arnold Burovs and The Hand Sun 24 Jul by Jirˇí Trnka, regarded by many as the greatest £12 online/£14 on the door (Includes same day exhibition entry) Supported by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute puppet film ever. 2.30pm, Barbican Art Gallery Watch Me Move: 8pm, Barbican Art Gallery Exhibition Tour Edwina Ashton Curatorial Assistant Zofia Trafas leads a tour of In a fitting tribute to Ladislas Starewitch, artist the exhibition. Sat 16 Jul Edwina Ashton presents an animated tableau vivant of over-sized creatures. Thu 28 Jul 11am, Cinema 1 Family Film Club: Laputa Sat 23 Jul 6.30pm, Barbican Art Gallery PG Castle in the Sky 11am, Cinema 1 Gallery Talk: Bruno Martelli Featuring daring escapes, close shaves, warrior Bruno Martelli, of artist duo Gibson/Martelli robots and airborne chase sequences – this Family Film Club: Kiki’s (igloo), discusses their unique approach to U breathtaking adventure sees two children on a Delivery Service animation and the virtual world, through the use of hazardous treasure hunt for the flying castle. New in town and a little nervous, Kiki the witch gaming technologies and choreography. finds her witch powers ebbing away but will she 1986 Dir. Hayao Miyazaki 124 min. In Japanese with English Subtitles read aloud. No unaccompanied adults overcome her fears in time to avert an event that 7.30pm, Barbican Art Gallery FFC Members £3 / Non Members £5 could spell disaster for her new friends? Come Quay Brothers: Into a along to Family Film Club and find out! Metaphysical Playroom Thu 21 Jul 1989 Dir. Hayao Miyazaki 102 min. In Japanese with English Join Suzanne Buchan in the gallery bookshop subtitles (read aloud). No unaccompanied adults for the London book launch of her recent FFC Members £3/Non Members £5 6.30pm, Barbican Art Gallery publication Quay Brothers: Into a Metaphysical Gallery Talk: Alona Pardo Playroom followed by a screening of their poetic Exhibition Curator Alona Pardo leads a tour of the and compelling work. exhibition. 8pm, Cinema 2 Sun 31 Jul Thu 11 Aug Fourth Dimensional Minds Eye 2pm, Cinema 1 6.30pm, Barbican Art Gallery Summoning PG Pioneering music producer Paul Smith My Neighbours the Yamadas Gallery Talk: Gary Thomas orchestrates a fever-dream performance of a new A radical break from the usual Studio look, Gary Thomas, Director of Animate Projects, offers text by Alan Moore (V for Vendetta, Watchmen) Yamadas resembles a moving water-colour, with an overview of experimental practice in the UK and elemental electro-sonics by Edwin Pouncy simple sketches and outrageous cartoony designs. over the last 20 years. (Savage Pencil). Divided into a number of episodes revolving around an eccentric but tightly knit family, the film 7.30pm, Cinema 2 £12 online/£14 on the door (Includes same day exhibition entry) was adapted from a newspaper gag-strip by Animate Projects Hisaichi Ishii. Animate Projects host an evening reflecting on the Sat 30 Jul 1999 Dir. Isao Takahata 104 min. future of , accompanied by Standard £9.50 online/£10.50 on the door a panel of experts. 2pm, Cinema 1 My Neighbour Totoro U 4pm, Cinema 1 £12 online/£14 on the door (Includes same day exhibition entry) An iconic Ghibli film, this gentle fantasy explores Spirited Away PG Thu 18 Aug the beauty and magic of 1950s rural Japan For young Chihiro and her family, a mysterious through the eyes of two young girls, who move to tunnel leads to the Land of Spirits, ruled by the 6.30pm, Barbican Art Gallery the country, discover the spirits of the forest and greedy witch Yu-baba. To rescue her parents, experience the magical power of nature with a Chihiro must surrender her name and serve in this Gallery Talk: The Victorian wondering innocence. world. Can she win back her name and return Animation Industry 1988 Dir. Hayao Miyazaki 87 min. home? Inspired by folktales, this fantasy adventure Stephen Herbert, Senior Research Fellow at Standard £9.50 online/£10.50 on the door combines Japanese, Chinese and Western design Kingston University, explores the work of styles. Eadweard Muybridge and early film history. 4pm, Cinema 1 12A Japan 2001 Dir. Hayao Miyazaki 125 min. Porco Rosso Standard £9.50 online/£10.50 on the door 7.30pm, Barbican Art Gallery In the skies over the Adriatic in the 1920s, the ‘Professor’ Heard’s Peerless greatest fighter ace is a heroic pig who shuns Thu 4 Aug Magic Lantern Show society. With ravishing flight scenes, this romantic Join ‘Professor’ Mervyn Heard as he traces the comedy makes an effective argument for the place 6.30pm, Barbican Art Gallery history of magic lantern slides, featuring an of storybook heroes in a darkening world, ingenious selection of original hand-painted 18th reminding us that grown-ups need their dreams as Gallery Talk: Tom Chatfield and 19th century mechanically-moving images much as children. Game theorist and author of Fun Inc. Tom Chatfield examines the relationship between presented on an original Victorian, dissolving-view 1992 Dir. Hayao Miyazaki 102 min. technology, culture and animation. projector. Standard £9.50 online/£10.50 on the door Thu 25 Aug to create your own shadow play animations in this intensive masterclass. Off-site events 6.30pm, Barbican Art Gallery £12 online/£14 on the door (Includes same day exhibition entry) 24 Jun–24 Jul Gallery Talk: Michael Please Limited places – book early to avoid disappointment Folly for a Flyover BAFTA-winning animator of The Eagleman Stag, This summer, a building will appear in the gap Michael Please introduces the art of animation. Thu 8 Sep between the east and westbound traffic of the A12. Transforming the cavernous undercroft where the 7.30pm, Barbican Art Gallery 6.30pm, Barbican Art Gallery motorway crosses the Lea Navigational Canal. Masterclass: Storyboarding Gallery Talk: Greg Hilty Led by the BAFTA-nominated David Prosser Exhibition Curator Greg Hilty leads a tour of the By day the Folly hosts a café, workshops and and BAFTA-winning director Michael Please, exhibition. events alongside boat trips exploring the this masterclass provides the opportunity to surrounding waterways. At night audiences will create your own storyboard, with a focus on the 7pm, Barbican Art Gallery congregate on the building’s steps to watch unique approaches the two directors take in visual IdeasTap: Short Animation screenings ranging from animation classics, to storytelling. Competition Awards experimental cinema with live scores, light shows and performances. £12 online/£14 on the door (Includes same day exhibition entry) Tonight we screen the winning work from the Limited places – book early to avoid disappointment Barbican and IdeasTap Short Animation Folly for a Flyover was conceived, built and run by Competition. The six winning entries have been Assemble CIC, a not-for-profit collective of Thu 1 Sep judged by a panel of animation experts architects, artists and designers. For further including Jayne Pilling, Tim Webb, Michael Please information, visit www.follyforaflyover.co.uk 6.30pm, Barbican Art Gallery and Wallpaper* magazine. Find out who has been Gallery Talk: Marina Warner crowned Wallpaper* ‘readers’ choice! Folly for a Flyover was conceived and will be built Acclaimed author Marina Warner discusses the art and run by Assemble CIC, a not-for-profit of shadow play animation, as seen in Lotte collective of architects, artists and designers. For Reininger’s celebrated film The Adventures of Prince futher information, visit www.follyforaflyover.co.uk Achmed (1926), through to works by contemporary artists William Kentridge and Kara Walker.

7.30pm, Redgrave Room Masterclass: Shadow Play Bringing together the inspiring knowledge of author Marina Warner with the skilled shadow animations of artist Reza Ben Gajra, learn how Barbican at Thu 4 Aug Canary Wharf 6.30pm, Canary Wharf 12 Free outdoor screenings on the Big Screen in Summer Wars Our nerdy hero, Kenji is a maths prodigy who Canada Square. spends almost his whole life inside the online world of Oz. However, Kenji’s real and virtual Tue 2 Aug lives become more complex when his Oz account is hacked. A highly original, imaginative and 6.30pm, Canary Wharf superbly paced new feature. The Girl who Leapt Through 12 Japan 2009 Dir. 114 min. Time In Japanese with English subtitles. A teenage girl finds that she has the ability to jump forwards and backwards through time, but she soon finds that tampering with time is not as simple For complete listings visit barbican.org.uk as it seems. Stunning art direction and brilliant character design make this gem a feast for the eyes as well as the heart.

Japan 2008 Mamoru Hosoda 98 min. In Japanese with English subtitles.

Wed 3 Aug

6.30pm, Canary Wharf Professor Layton PG A rash of disappearances has hit London and the Professor has to solve his toughest puzzle yet, the mystery of Eternal Life! Based on the UK’s favourite Nintendo DS game, Professor Layton And The Eternal Diva.

Japan 2010 Dir. Masakazu Hashimoto 94 min. In Japanese with English subtitles.