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Jan Švankmajer 8 Min 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 animation 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 puppets, 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 Surviving Life (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 stop motion 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 + Dimensions of Dialogue 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 Anime 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). Little Otik 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 history of animation 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 puppet animator Ladislas Starewitch, Czechoslovakia 1990 Jan Švankmajer 7 min. considered one of the greatest animators. 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 animations 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. Hayao Miyazaki 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. Trigun: 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.
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