the BAF 2014 brochure

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21st Bradford Animation Festival
www.baf.org.uk
BAF Introduction
Principal Sponsor
Sponsor
CONTENTS
Introduction
The People The Inside Track
The Agenda
The Competition
The Films
BAF KIDS
BAF Info
Funders
Strand Supporters
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Partners
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BAF Introduction
A message from our
Principal Sponsor…
BAF Introduction
Welcome to
Dear Bradford Animation Festival delegates,
As many of you will know Bradford College works
closely with the National Media Museum and indeed
we are delighted to be a business partner and sponsor
of this prestigious national museum. We are very
proud to be Principal Sponsor of BAF once again, as this
innovative and inspiring festival enables our students,
the local community and visitors to Bradford to access
the very best in the latest games technology and
animated films, and experience the achievements of
world class artists, directors and producers.
Being Principal Sponsor of BAF seems very fitting as Bradford College is the
largest provider of higher education outside of the university sector in England.
We deliver hundreds of courses to over 23,000 students aged from 16 years
upwards, with courses in animation, computing, games technology, film and
photography at both further and higher education levels. The sponsorship
gives our students studying in the sector opportunities with the museum that
otherwise would be difficult to obtain.
Looking through the offer for this year’s festival I know you are going to have
some very exciting and stimulating experiences, some of which will remain
with you for many years. I must congratulate the National Media Museum for
hosting such an innovative and varied programme.
I do hope you enjoy your visit to BAF 2014, and the city of Bradford.
Kathryn Oldale
Bradford College Principal
www.bradfordcollege.ac.uk
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We’ll celebrate and acknowledge the
contribution and success of some of the
female pioneers in animation and gaming:
Claire Jennings is the recipient of this year’s
Lifetime Achievement Award, Joanna Quinn
collects the ASIFA 2014 prize, Joy Batchelor’s
Centenary is celebrated with a retrospective
screening and Fee Stewart and Kaye Elling
offer invaluable insight and advice into how to
succeed in the gaming industry.
We are proud to bring together leading figures
from the animation, gaming and visual effects
industries under one roof for an inspirational
festival of screentalks, masterclasses,
screenings and workshops.
During the six days of the festival we’ll be
celebrating the best in new animation from
around the globe, and – I suspect – marvelling
at the rich and bountiful array on offer. Some
highlights include Mark Shapiro from LAIKA
taking us behind the scenes of The Boxtrolls,
the team behind the series Strange Hill High
revealing the secrets of their success and
Michel Ocelot discussing his career, influences
and creative process.
BAF would not be possible without the
support of our sponsors and partners and
we’d particularly like to thank Bradford
College, our principal sponsor for their
continued generous support.
We’ll also be taking an in-depth look at some
of the women who have made indelible
marks on the craft and getting under the skin
of the animation, gaming and visual effects
industries to discuss the issues that really
matter to practitioners and audiences. Our
speakers include Charles Cecil from Revolution
Software, Peter Lord from Aardman Animations
and representatives from the buoyant Irish
Independent animation industry discussing
issues around funding and how to go about
developing new projects.
Hope you enjoy each and every day of BAF 2014.
Deb Singleton
Festival Director
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BAF The People
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CONTENTS
06Lifetime Achievement
Claire Jennings
08Charles Cecil
09Double Negative
10Kaye Elling
11Colin Graham
12Peter Lord
14Michel Ocelot
16Mark Shapiro
18Simon Smith
19Fee Stewart
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BAF always showcases the best
new animation from around the
world, but we also take time to
celebrate some of the brightest
lights in animation, games and
visual effects. Each and every one
of these very special guests has
produced innovative work that has
not only entertained and enthralled
audiences, but has also had a
powerful influence on their peers
and helped to shape the industry
they work in.
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Claire Jennings
BAF 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award
Wednesday 19 November, 11.30, Pictureville Cinema
We are delighted to announce that Claire
Jennings is the recipient of the BAF 2014
Lifetime Achievement Award which
recognises the creativity, inspiration and
overall achievement of some of the animation
industry’s greatest names.
Claire Jennings is one of the world’s leading
animation producers. It is entirely likely, however,
that apart from industry insiders, grateful
animators and committed scholars, that many
people remain entirely unaware of this. Claire’s
achievements in producing Michael Dudok De
Wit’s Oscar winning short, Father and Daughter,
and Nick Park and Steve Box’s Academy award
winning feature, Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the
Were-Rabbit, are merely the most high profile peaks
in a distinguished career. Claire, for all her success,
though, is the embodiment of three of animation’s
most enduring issues – the seeming ‘invisibility’ of
the vital role of the producer; the lack of recognition
for high quality professional women in the arts and
public life; and less problematic, and ultimately
admirable, the extraordinary humility of richly
talented people in the animation community.
This Lifetime Achievement Award, then, is in
recognition for her influential role in helping
to define the nature of the animation producer,
and in helping generations of women filmmakers and producers thereafter. Equally, it is for
championing the vision of numerous animation
figures; Park, Box and De Wit, part of a long list
including Henry Selick (Coraline), Mark Baker
(The Big Knights) and Carl Gorham (Stressed Eric).
then went on to work with Absolutely Productions,
liaising with Klasky Csupo to create Stressed Eric
and Talkback Productions to make Monkey Dust.
After producing Will Becher’s The Weatherman
and Sally Arthur’s The A-Z, she found success
with The Big Knights and Father and Daughter,
before working for Cartoon Network and Hit
Entertainment, the latter role charged with
bringing Pingu to the Americans. Following this,
she worked at Aardman on Creature Comforts and
Were Rabbit, cementing her international reach
and achievement by liaising with world renowned
Dreamworks CEO and fellow producer, Jeffrey
Katzenberg. Her eclectic CV also includes periods
working with Simon Fuller, bringing together her
early music business experience in negotiating
contracts for among others, Bob Geldof and Tina
Turner, with her animation expertise, to develop
projects bringing together music and animation.
Before these came to full fruition, though, LAIKA
based in Portland, Oregon, called upon her to work
on Coraline and ParaNorman.
Claire’s reputation as a well organized, peoplefocused producer, coupled with her deep desire to
facilitate projects of quality and innovation, has
won her many friends, plaudits and awards. She
is an accomplished ‘trouble shooter’ and a proud
champion of British animation worldwide. Her
greatest quality, perhaps, is to quell the ‘animation
whispers’ that sometimes speed around
studios amidst the creative chaos making small
doubts into big anxieties, by bringing warmth,
reassurance and genuine production expertise.
Coraline
Father
Psus res et facest
enimand Daughter
The Knight’s Tale
Professor Paul Wells
Learning her trade at TVC under the wing of John
Coates, Claire became an independent producer,
while also playing an important role in what
became Studio AKA, helping them develop their
creative profile, in making ‘The Knight’s Tale” in
Jonathan Myerson’s The Canterbury Tales. She
‘Whispers and Wererabbits: Claire Jennings
– Producer’, a documentary made by the
Animation Academy, Loughborough University
will be shown as part of the Lifetime
Achievement Presentation.
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The Weatherman
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Charles Cecil
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Double Negative
Monday 17 November, 13.00, Pictureville Cinema
Chris McLaughlin
Friday 21 November, 11.30, Pictureville Cinema
Chris McLaughlin from award-winning
visual effects studio, Double Negative joins us
for a behind the scenes look at Hercules, one
of their recent film projects.
Charles Cecil MBE has been a key figure in the
interactive entertainment industry for over
30 years. Founder of Revolution Software,
Charles created the multi-million selling
Broken Sword series which is one of the
world’s most successful adventure franchises.
Charles was awarded the status of ‘industry
legend’ by Develop, Europe’s leading
development magazine.
Charles Cecil wrote his first computer game for
the Sinclair ZX81 in 1981. He will talk about
the Indie scene that sprang up at the birth of
the games industry, and how it has come full
circle. He will describe how digital distribution
has disrupted the models that had crushed the
independent development scene, and allowed
an Indie scene to re-emerge and thrive both
commercially and creatively. He will offer a
post mortem of his own experience of running
a successful Kickstarter campaign, which
raised $850,000 from 15,000 backers to fund
Broken Sword 5 - The Serpent’s Curse. He will
then talk about the development process and
how Revolution continued to communicate
with so many backers.
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Chris is Sequence Supervisor at Double
Negative. He joined Dneg in 2010 and has
worked as Lighting TD, CG Sequence Lead and
CG Sequence Supervisor on the likes of Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Paul,
The Bourne Legacy, Fast and Furious 6 and
Rush. Most recently Chris completed work on
Hercules as CG Sequence Supervisor where he
was responsible for all environment sequences
along with the three-headed Cerberus. He is
currently Sequence Supervising on next year’s
hotly anticipated Terminator: Genisys.
Founded in 1998 Double Negative is now
Europe’s largest provider of visual effects
for film and has provided expertise for
blockbusters such as Godzilla, Rush, Captain
Phillips, Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, Inception
and Total Recall. At recent editions of BAF
we’ve welcomed Graham Jack (2005), Paul
Franklin (2010), Vanessa Boyce (2012) and
Nathan Ortiz (2013) who have offered an
overview of their varied careers and a unique
insight into the groundbreaking work of this
renowned studio.
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BAF The People
Kaye Elling
Colin Graham
Wednesday 19 November, 13.00, Cubby Broccoli Cinema
Thursday 20 November, 12 noon, Pictureville Cinema
100 Things Every Game
Student Should Know
Animating Watch_Dogs - Bringing a New Game to
life on a New Console Generation
Colin Graham is Director of Animation
on Watch_Dogs from Ubisoft Montreal.
He began his career at Electronic Arts UK
working on the Harry Potter series before
moving to Ubisoft Montreal in 2005. Since
joining Ubisoft he has directed animation
teams on the Splinter Cell and Naruto
franchises. In 2009 a small team started out
on a mandate to create a new franchise with
the code name ‘Nexus’. It would eventually
become Watch_Dogs, and become the biggest
selling new IP of all time.
Kaye is the Lecturer in Computer Games at
the University of Bradford and is the Course
Leader for BA Graphics for Games, where
she teaches observational drawing, digital
sculpting and many other creative subjects.
Kaye’s background is in game development
where she spent some 13 years working
as a Character Artist and Art Manager for
companies including Infogrames, Sony
and Blitz Games Studios. She has created
3D graphics, and lead teams of artists and
animators, on titles including the Premier
Manager series, the Bratz series and the
Encleverment Experiment on XBLA among
many more. A proud Girl Geek, Kaye is
passionately committed to raising awareness
of game development as a viable, creative
career for everyone.
“100 Things Every Game Student Should Know”
is a light-hearted, frank and informative missive
on the pitfalls of industry ignorance among the
student population. It began as an educational
rant during marking of student projects but
quickly expanded to encompass aspects
familiar to all creative industry personnel and
those wishing to enter those industries. “100
Things” went viral when Kaye posted it to
her blog and has struck a chord with industry
and educators alike all over the world. This
presentation expands on some of its more
salient points, for fun and profit and is a must
for anyone considering a career in games.
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It’s been a year since the launch of the new
console generation, and expectations and
budgets have never been higher. Developing
a new IP like Watch_Dogs and launching on
two console generations at the same time put
Ubisoft in a position to try a new approach on
animation. On Watch_Dogs Ubisoft knew they
needed to increase the number of animations
and also the quality from previous games and
previous hardware generations.
Colin will look at how the Watch_Dogs team
in Montreal created a strategy to use an
unprecedented amount of motion capture,
and also how they raised the level of quality
of individual animations. He will look at
techniques used to bring Aiden Pearce to life,
and how the living city of Chicago was realised
through motion capture.
Now we are fully in the new generation of
consoles, how will we keep up with expectation
and how will we evolve?
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Peter Lord
vignettes entertained millions, but were merely
one of Lord and Sproxton’s innovatory series, like
Animated Conversations, quasi-documentaries
using real life voices, and Lip Synch, which took
this concept further and helped establish Nick
Park, Richard Goleszowski and Barry Purves as
leading figures in the expanding culture of British
animation. Lord’s own contributions, War Story
and Going Equipped, and the later music video of
Nina Simone’s My Baby Just Cares For Me remain
masterpieces of clay animation. Babylon, Adam and
Wat’s Pig are undervalued films in Lord’s output;
Adam, for example, an Oscar nominated tour de
force pits Adam against God, but really, the film
illustrates the power of the animator over ‘a world’.
Lord’s comic command and insistent irony leaves
Adam in the company of a penguin; certainly, a
case of paradise revised.
We’re delighted to welcome Aardman
Animation’s co-founder, producer and
director, Peter Lord to BAF 2014 for an exclusive
screentalk. During this talk Peter will present
a portrait of the award winning studio and all
its different aspects. He’ll also talk about the
return of Morph, brought back to life through a
successful Kickstarter campaign.
Peter Lord is a gently disarming figure. Like many
people in the animation community, even in
spite of the extraordinary success of Aardman
Animation, the company he founded with
Dave Sproxton in 1972, and his own directorial
achievements with movies like Chicken Run and
The Pirates, he remains a modest, warm and
approachable figure. Indeed, there is something
of the old school English eccentric and inventor
about Lord, wandering the corridors of Aardman,
dreaming of new projects, yet seated in meetings
formally considering multi-million pound
films and future productions. Endlessly curious,
enthusiastic and creative, Lord communicates the
sheer joy of making animation, but even more
importantly, his desire to ensure that he has a
happy, invested, productive studio.
Returning to ‘hands on’ animation after some
eighteen years recently, Lord once more created
Morph, the iconic plasticine character that in many
ways, along with Wallace & Gromit, and Shaun the
Sheep, defines the Aardman brand. The crowdfunded Kickstarter project to raise £75,000 to make
twelve new one-minute Morph episodes proved
extremely successful. Morph’s original comic
His collaborations with Nick Park on Chicken Run
and Jeff Newitt on The Pirates have resulted in
films of wit and charm, and a prevailing sense of
‘Englishness’ that still translates worldwide. One of
my favorite occasions was watching The Pirates in
the puppet-mad Czech Republic, where every gag
got raucous laughter and cheers. Lord also receives
a warm reception wherever he speaks, sometimes
sculpting a Morph as he reminisces, the figure
coveted by the watching audience. He is very much
the warm heart of Aardman; his generosity of spirit
evidenced in the pleasure he gets from the success
of his peers and colleagues as much as his own. I
once sat next to Lord at the Platform Animation
Festival, and he was overjoyed to collect awards for
Luis Cook’s The Pearce Sisters. I mentioned that he
must be so proud to be the founder of Aardman,
to which he said ‘yes, but I wish I could ask brainy
questions about films, like you’. Only an English
eccentric could use a word like ‘brainy’ (especially
about me!) and have the humility not to mention
that Aardman is one the world’s most successful
and loved animation studios; successful and loved,
like Lord himself.
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Morph
Wat’s Pig
Adam
Babylon
My Baby Just Cares For Me
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Michel Ocelot
winning, The Three Inventors, and the hilariously
vulgar, The Four Wishes. His commitment to the
fairytale form was evidenced early in his short,
Legend of the Poor Hunchback, but fully realized
in his breakthrough feature, Kirikou and the
Sorceress, awarded Best Animated Feature at
Annecy, and its later sequel, Kirikou and the Wild
Beasts. Drawing on West African folktales, Kirikou,
the magical little boy, born speaking and mature,
cures the male-devouring sorceress from her evil
vengeful actions, saving children from numerous
dangers, ultimately achieving adulthood through
the sorceress’ kiss.
French director and writer Michel Ocelot is
best known for his award winning films Azur
and Asmar, Princes and Princesses, Kirikou and
the Sorceress and Tales of the Night. Michel will
discuss his career, influences and his creative
process with Professor Paul Wells.
There is no greater proponent of the contemporary
animated fairytale than French master animator
and director, Michel Ocelot. Working in a
predominantly graphic and illustrative style,
Ocelot’s narratives revise typical and traditional
fairytale forms to address universal human
themes and contemporary issues.
Inspired to be an animator by seeing the stopmotion work of Czech animator, Hermina Tylova
in The Revolt of the Toys, Ocelot perfected a quasisilhouette and cut-out technique, used also by
Karel Zeman, and most particularly, the German
film-maker and artist, Lotte Reiniger, though
Ocelot has often argued he was not influenced
by her work. Ocelot’s approach is informed by his
eclectic tastes in the arts and literature, drawing
upon styling pertinent to his conceptual interests.
He followed his mid-1970s cut-out series, Gideon,
featuring a duck, based on the comics of Benjamin
Rabier (later to influence Hergé), with the award
Princes and Princesses, a compilation of TV episodes,
was released as a feature, and the success of
Kirikou also led to the development of a musical
theatre adaptation. Ocelot enjoyed further success
with his tale of Azur and Asmar, his first film
using computer generated imagery, telling the
story of two boys brought up together, but cruelly
separated, and fated to come together again in their
long held desire to release the mythical Djinn Fairy
from incarceration. The film incorporates beautiful
Islamic and North African decorative art, and is
ideologically charged in its message encouraging
religious tolerance and racial sensitivity. A further
compilation of TV episodes, Dragons and Princesses,
was released as Tales of the Night and also feature
exquisite often kaleidoscopic backgrounds in the
service of detailed silhouette narratives based in
settings from medieval Europe to Tibet.
Azur and Asmar
Kirikou and the Sorceress
The Three Inventors
Ocelot’s gentle, lyrical, non-ironic style is a
suitable corrective to the brashness of the weaker
American CG releases, and the challenging
brutalities of new European animated features
and Japanese animé. His humanitarian vision
believes in age-old narrative structures and the
transcendent aesthetics of bold symbolic colour
and pattern to point up universal truths and offer
messages of hope and resolution.
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Tales of the Night
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Mark
Shapiro
Behind the Scenes of The Boxtrolls
Tuesday 18 November, 12noon, Pictureville Cinema
The Boxtrolls (PG)
Mark Shapiro from LAIKA takes us behind
the scenes of the hand-crafted animated
feature The Boxtrolls, the third animated
feature from LAIKA. A unique opportunity
to learn about the film-making process, take
part in a question and answer session and see
the production puppets up close.
Tuesday 18 November, 14.00,
Pictureville Cinema
Mark Shapiro’s diverse marketing and
communications career has taken him
across the United States, working in brand
development, advertising, public relations,
film production and writing for companies
including Nike, Town & Country Magazine
and Upper Deck. In 2007, he joined LAIKA,
where he manages brand strategies, including
the marketing efforts for LAIKA’s corporate
identity as well as the company’s feature
films. A native of Seattle, Mark attended
Emerson College in Boston and received
his Bachelor of Arts in English from The
Colorado College in Colorado Springs. He also
completed education studies at Lewis & Clark
College in Portland.
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Dirs. Graham Annable, Anthony Stacchi / USA /
2014 / 97mins
Voice Cast: Ben Kingsley, Jared Harris, Nick Frost,
Richard Ayoade
The Boxtrolls is a comedic fable that unfolds
in Cheesebridge, a posh Victorian-era town
obsessed with wealth, class and the stinkiest of
fine cheeses. Beneath its charming cobblestone
streets dwell the Boxtrolls, foul monsters who
crawl out of the sewers at night and steal what the
townspeople hold most dear: their children and
their cheeses. At least that’s the legend residents
have always believed. In truth, the Boxtrolls are
an underground cavern-dwelling community of
quirky and lovable oddballs who wear recycled
cardboard boxes the way turtles wear their shells.
The Boxtrolls have raised an orphaned human
boy, Eggs since infancy as one of their dumpsterdiving and mechanical junk-collecting own. When
the Boxtrolls are targeted by a villainous pest
exterminator Archibald Snatcher who is bent on
eradicating them as his ticket to Cheesebridge
society, the kind-hearted band of tinkerers must
turn to their adopted charge and an adventurous
rich girl Winnie to bridge two worlds amidst the
winds of change and cheese.
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Simon
Smith
thumbfood Ltd
Fee
Stewart
Formerdroid Ltd
Wednesday 19 November, 11.30, Cubby Broccoli Cinema
Simon has worked in the games industry
as designer/producer for 15 years at
Codemasters, Blitz Games, Sony Computer
Entertainment Europe, and Reloaded
Productions. His CV includes projects as
diverse as Colin MacRae Rally 2.0, Operation
Flashpoint, Reservoir Dogs, Pursuit Force,
Buzz, and Barbie! A licensing expert, in 2014
he launched his own company, thumbfood
Ltd, to make great games for brands and
released their first games for Manchester City
Football Club. Simon was recently chosen as a
finalist in the Venturefest Manchester startup business competition.
Simon will discuss his recent games
developments for Manchester City, his earlier
career at Blitz and Sony and offer invaluable
advice for those who are looking at making the
first steps into the Games industry.
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Fee Stewart started her art career in the
80s working in publishing before going on
to study fine art painting and printing at
Bradford in the early 00s. She then went on
to learn how to make 3D models/art assets
and animation for games. Progressing
throughout her career she became
responsible for product management for
several indie studio games. Since 2012 she
has been managing director for her own,
multi award winning studio, Formerdroid
Ltd. making games and animations for
clients such as the BBC and Microsoft.
Fee’s presentation will focus on the art/
animation in award-winning Splemy and
Fomerdroid’s other projects - looking at how to
make things fun and iconic for mobile games,
and examining what platform-holders expect
from art/animation. She will also offer an
invaluable insight into how to get into the
games industry.
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22BAF Celebration Evening
24ASIFA 2014 Award
26Joy Batchelor Centenary Celebration
30Independent Irish Animation Panel
32McLaren Animation & Tooned
33Sport & Animation
34Girls on the Run
36Strange Hill High
38Women in Animation:
Illustrated Talk
Learn from the best in the business
as we go under the skin of animation
and see how the experts – past and
present – apply their trade.
This year we’re focusing on some of
the extraordinary women who have
left indelible marks on animation.
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BAF Celebration Evening
Join us to celebrate BAF 2014 with a
drinks reception in the foyer of the
National Media Museum from 19.00
followed by a special screening of
Lotte Reiniger’s The Adventures of
Prince Achmed. Musician Chris Davies
brings the captivating film to life
with his skilful composition specially
created for our BAF 2014 celebration.
The Adventures of Prince Achmed (PG)
With live music by Chris Davies
Dir. Lotte Reiniger / Germany / 1926 /
65mins / b/w
The Adventures of Prince Achmed is
a 1926 German animated fairytale
by Lotte Reiniger based on tales from
The Arabian Nights and still stands as
one of the great classics of animation
witty, lively, delicate, inventive, stirring
and romantic.
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ASIFA 2013 Prize
Joanna Quinn
Each year the Association Internationale du
Film d’Animation (ASIFA) rewards the creative
excellence and contribution to the art and
craft of animation with the presentation of a
prestigious award. We are delighted to host
this special event at BAF 2014 and are equally
delighted that Joanna Quinn one of the UK’s
leading animation talents will be the recipient
of this year’s prestigious ASIFA Prize. Previous
winners of the award include Jan Svankmajer,
John Halas, Clare Kitson, Karel Zeman, Raoul
Servais and Bruno Bozzetto, so Joanna is in
very good company!
Joanna’s drawing skills, humour and
wonderful characterisations have made her
a highly acclaimed figure in world animation
winning over 90 international awards,
including OSCARs, Emmys, BAFTAs and Jury
prizes at all the major animation festivals.
She is a natural storyteller and her films offer
acute observations of ordinary day-to-day life,
endearing her characters and their situation to
the audience.
A committed educator and nurturer of new
talent Joanna lectures and leads practical
workshops at major universities and films
festivals both in the UK and abroad. She is an
Honorary Fellow at the Royal College of Art,
London and University of Wales, Newport
and Honorary Doctor at the University of
Wolverhampton and Middlesex University.
Our screening programme illustrates Joanna’s
love for drawing and movement - a distinctive
body of work, including her signature character
Beryl, which highlights the energy and
dynamism in her drawings.
Hosted by Barry Purves, with award
presentation by Directors of the ASIFA
International Board Nancy Denney-Phelps and
Margot Grimwood, who is also President of the
ASIFA UK Chapter.
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Screening Programme:
Girls Night Out 6mins
Body Beautiful 13mins
Elles 3mins
Britannia 5mins
Wife of Bath 5mins
Dreams & Desires: Family Ties 10mins
ASIFA (Association Internationale du Film
d’Animation) was founded in 1960 in Annecy,
France as an association of individual
animation artists. Today ASIFA can be
described as an international network of
numerous local ASIFA Chapters, which have
developed their own local identities and
special activities.
ASIFA has adapted its activities during the
decades. While it was important during the
first decades to start the first animation
festivals of the world (Annecy, Zagreb,
Hiroshima, Espinho, etc.), to promote the
art of animation with the first international
printed magazine about animation or to
provide information about Animation Schools
internationally, ASIFA has developed different
activities today.
One of the most successful new projects is the
International Animation Day (28th October),
a project that extends to non-ASIFA groups.
The international Animation Workshop Group
(AWG) continues to do its successful work with
children’s workshops, and also the famous
ASIFA Prize, founded in 1985, is given annually
to outstanding personalities who have
supported the art of animation.
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Joy
Batchelor
1914
1991
A Life in Animation
Joy Batchelor was born in Watford, England, in
1914. By the time she answered John Halas’s
advertisement for an animator in 1938, she was
already an experienced illustrator/animator - a
rare thing for a woman in the mid- Thirties.
John immediately recognised her talent and
their collaboration began with a series of films
that were made in Budapest. However as it
turned out, the funding ran out and the couple
were forced to return to London. The year was
1939, and the world was on the brink of war.
Back in England, with no employment Joy
took their graphic work around the advertising
agencies, publishers and magazines.
Eventually the advertising agency J. Walter
Thompson asked them to make animated film
ads, for Kellogg’s Train Trouble and Lux soap
Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard. In order to be
paid they had to become a company so in 1940
they established Halas & Batchelor Cartoon
Films, and were married in the same year.
The full story of Joy Batchelor is to be found in
Vivien Halas’s book on her mother ‘A Moving
Image’ on sale here at the launch price of £15 for
tonight only. This is a limited numbered edition
of 500 copies with an introduction by Brian
Sibley and contributions by Jez Stewart of the BFI,
Clare Kitson, Jim Walker and Professor Paul Wells.
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Programme
An Ode to Joy 2014
An introduction to Joy Batchelor
Director: Martin Pickles
Producer: Vivien Halas
Script: Martin Pickles
Voice over: Zoe Wanamaker
Sound; Tom Lowe
Music: Tanera Dawkins
Dustbin Parade 1942
Directors: Joy Batchelor, John Halas
Producers: Joy Batchelor, John Halas
Script: Joy Batchelor, John Halas
Design: Joy Batchelor, John Halas
Animation: Joy Batchelor, John Halas, Wally
Crook, Vera Linnecar
Music: Ernest Meyer
One of Halas & Batchelor’s first commissions
for the Government’s Ministry of Information.
Scrap objects enlist for the war effort. Rags,
bones and iron railings remind the public of
what can be done to win the war by saving
and recycling scrap.
Charley in New Town 1948 (extract)
Script & Design: Joy Batchelor, John Halas
Animation: Vic Bevis, Brian Borthwick, Wally
Crook, Kathleen Houston, Vera Linnacar
Music: Matyas Seiber
Sponsor: Central Office of Information
One of seven films from a series of
Charley films communicating some of the
groundbreaking policies of the post-war
Labour Government
Modern Guide to Health 1946 (extract)
Directors: John Halas, Joy Batchelor
Producers: John Halas, Joy Batchelor
Script & Design: John Halas, Joy Batchelor
Animation: Joy Batchelor, John Halas
Sponsor: Central Office of Information
A commission for the Ministry of Health, the
film shows different ways to keep healthy
through exercise, diet and sensible living. This
extract focuses on the housewife.
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Six Little Jungle Boys 1945
Script & Design: Joy Batchelor, John Halas
Animation: Joy Batchelor, John Halas, Wally
Crook, Vera Linnecar, Kathleen Houston
Sponsor: Ministry of Information
In this training film for solders about to take
part in jungle warfare we follow the antics of six
soldiers who learn the hard way about health
issues such as foot rot, dysentery and VD.
Dolly Put the Kettle On 1947
Script & Design: Joy Batchelor
Animation: Wally Crook, Vera Linnecar,
Kathleen Houston
Music: George Ranki
Sponsor: Brooke Bond Tea
A commercial for Brooke Bond Tea in which
portly Mr Bear is entertained by two young
women vying for his attention. A moral tale of
scrimping and saving winning over seduction,
this film shows Joy’s design style at the time if
not her true sentiments.
Figurehead 1953
Producers: Joy Batchelor, John Halas, Alan Crick
Script; Joy Batchelor
Design: Joy Batchelor, John Halas
Animation: Alan Crick, Bob Privett
Commentary: Robert Beatty
Sponsor: Halas & Batchelor
The tale of a mermaids’ unrequited love for
a handsome figurehead who thinks he is a
saint. This film is a mixture of 3D stop motion
animation with a technique of shooting
through coloured filters devised by Allan Crick.
Piping Hot 1959 (extract)
Script: Joy Batchelor
Design: Tom Bailey,Ted Pettingell
Animation: Reg Lodge, John Williams, Vic Bevis
Music: Francis Chagrin
Sponsor: The Gas Council
An example of Halas & Batchelor’s sponsored
work commissioned by the Gas Council , this
film shows how the drudgery of housework
can be eliminated thanks to modern
technology and gas. In all these films there is
an excuse to use more abstract images as well
as selling the basic idea.
Ruddigore 1964 (extract)
Director: Joy Batchelor
Design: Joy Batchelor,Ted Pettingell
Animation: Harold Whitaker, Tony Guy, Tony
Whithouse
Music: Gilbert and Sullivan
Sponsors: Halas & Batchelor, WBC New York
Made originally for US television and released
in1967, this Gilbert and Sullivan operetta had
a limited theatrical release in the UK that
arguably makes it Britain’s second animated
feature, and the first directed by a woman.
The Five 1970
Director: Joy Batchelor
Design: Tony White, Joy Batchelor, Geof Chennell
Animation: Harold Whitaker
Music: The Aunties
Sponsor: The British Medical Association
One of Joy’s last credits as a director, this film
was made for the British Medical Association
and once again shows how she was able to turn
a difficult subject into an engaging film. Five
toes undergo unintentional torture at a party
and dream of the right pair of shoes. If only…
Dustbin Parade
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Independent
Irish Animation
A panel event featuring representatives
of Kavalier, Boulder and Jam Media,
leading companies in the currently
buoyant independent Irish animation
industry. The panel will address how
independent companies are formed, the
pleasures and pitfalls of independent
production, national audiences and
international collaborations, approaches
to animation and related practices, and
future opportunities. Independent Irish
animation has flourished after the Don
Bluth Studios left Ireland, a moment that
dramatically changed the production
landscape, provoking Irish animation to
re-invent itself, and in the first instance ride
‘the Celtic Tiger’, before consolidating in the
years of the new millennium.
Mark Cumberton
The session is chaired by Sharon Campbell
who is Course Director of the undergraduate
animation programme at the Duncan of
Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University
of Dundee, and link co-ordinator with the
Irish School of Animation at Ballyfermot
College, Dublin. She has published work on
performance drawing and is undertaking
research on animation for theatre, recently
animating sequences for the critically
acclaimed production, ‘Shape of a Girl’. She is
currently working on projects about Norman
McLaren and dramatized drawing.
Chief Operations Officer, Jam Media
Prior to co-founding JAM Media, Mark worked
with Walt Disney Feature animation on ‘The
Hunchback of Notre Dame’ and ‘Hercules’ and
also with Don Bluth Studios in Ireland as a
Special Effects Animator.
Mark is Chief Operations Officer for JAM Media
overseeing all productions and he is currently
producing the latest series of the BAFTA® award
winning show ‘Roy’ 03 +04 – 26 X 28 minute
live-action/animation series for JAM Media/BBC
and ‘Baby Jake’ Series 2 – 26 X 11 minute and
‘Tilly and Friends’ – 52 X 11 minute.
He was the producer on ‘Roy’ – season 01 + 02,
‘Baby Jake’ Series 01 - 26 x 11 min and produced
26 x 11 minute animated series – ‘Funky Fables’
for JAM Media/BBC. He production managed
104 x 5 minute episodes of the award winning
preschool animated series ‘Picme’ for RTE. Mark
has also produced several short films award
winning Irish Film Board funded films such as
‘Badly Drawn Roy’ and ‘Escape’.
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Paul O’Flanagan
Animation Director, Boulder
Paul O’Flanagan is an animation director
in Boulder Media, one of Ireland’s largest
animation studios. He has worked with
Boulder Media since it was established in
2000, working on high profile projects from
across the globe and working with leading
broadcasters such as Cartoon Network
US (Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends),
Nickelodeon (El Tigre), Disney Europe (Randy
Cunningham: Ninth Grade Ninja) and he has
most recently been announced as Animation
Director on BBC’s revamp of Dangermouse . He
has produced two short films, Carte de Visite
(2005) and Beauty Now (2007)
Gary Timpson
MD, Kavaleer Productions
Gary Timpson has almost twenty years’
experience, having graduated with a diploma
in classical animation in 1995. Followed by
five years working in Dublin on a number of
features as well two years learning his trade
in the UK and three years in Australia. Before
eventually joining Kavaleer Productions in 2003.
Since then Gary has acted as an Executive
Producer / Producer on a number of high
profile projects, including ‘Lifeboat Luke’,
‘Garth & Bev’, ‘Abadas’, ‘Boj’ and ‘Wildernuts’.
He is currently working on a number of slate
projects, including ‘Kiva can do!’ and The
Draculs’
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McLaren Animation
and ‘Tooned’
Sport and Animation –
A Good Match’
Thursday 20 November, 14.00, Pictureville Cinema
Thursday 20 November, 16.30, Cubby Broccoli Cinema
Each three-minute episode plays out a gag-laden
story featuring Hamilton and Button almost as
playful, mischievous children, motivated only
by the desire to race, and largely bored by the
Professor’s technical innovations and the rigors of
testing the cars. There are any number of motor
racing in-jokes, and cartoon-style sight gags,
and a genuine affection for McLaren’s history
and personalities. Researched by McLaren’s
brand director, John Allert, the series is designed
to ‘humanise’ the machine culture of motor
racing, offer a modern and clean view of racing
technology free from its associations with oil and
dirt, and attract younger viewers to the sport.
Professor Paul Wells hosts an on-stage
discussion with Framestore’s Henry Trotter
director of the ‘Tooned’ series made for the
McLaren Formula One motor-racing.
In 2012, Henry Trotter and Chris Waitt at
Framestore made the first series of Tooned,
comic episodes featuring McLaren’s Formula
One drivers, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button,
played by themselves, and Professor M, played
by ‘Pointless’ host, Alexander Armstrong. I had
previously only had a cursory interest in motor
racing in my youth, peaked by the genius of
Ayrton Senna, the off-track playboy-ism of
James Hunt, and the fact I could do a passable
impression of commentator, Murray Walker, but
Tooned, broadcast as part of Sky Sports Formula
One coverage, drew me back to the sport with
near Petrolhead commitment.
Tooned 50 followed in 2014, featuring the
previous stars of McLaren, from Bruce McLaren
himself, to Senna, Hunt, Emerson Fittipaldi,
Mika Hakkenin and Alain Prost. Each is
presented in a witty film-genre pertinent
to their character and achievements. The
series is visually inventive and one of the best
examples of sporting animation – a treat then
for sport and animation lovers alike.
This panel and a programme of screenings
is in support of the release of a new book,
Animation, Sport and Culture (Palgrave
Macmillan) by Professor Paul Wells, and
to promote the new series of Tooned to be
broadcast on Sky Sports Formula One.
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War Game
Ever since the very beginning of animation
history, starting with Arthur Melbourne
Cooper’s Animated Matches Playing Volleyball
(1899) and Animated Matches Playing Cricket
(1899), animation has been closely associated
with sport. This is rarely mentioned but
a cursory glance at pre-cinematic optical
toys; the early experiments of Marey and
Muybridge; Disney’s Goofy shorts of the 1940s;
the films of Russian Boris Dezhkin; features
like Space Jam and Surfs Up; McLaren’s recent
Tooned series, featuring Lewis Hamilton and
Jenson Button; and even devices like Hawkeye,
demonstrate the symbiotic bond between
sporting practice and animated film.
In many senses, though there is a logical and
inevitable connection. Both share a complex and
highly specific preparatory and developmental
process – this in the service of the visual creation
of a particular sequence of pre-choreographed
movement. Both are an engagement with the
relationship between functional execution
and aesthetics, speaking to debates about art
and cultural form. Both have a relationship
with technology that effects definitions of
performance, emotional affect, and meaning.
Both share a condition that prompts enquiry
about philosophy, representation, and social
value. Both dramatise motion.
100m
The following programme of films, drawn from
analysis in my recent book, Animation, Sport
and Culture reveal the relationship between
sport and animation is a good match.
I Love Hooligans Dir. Jan-Dirk Bouw
Retouches Dir. Georges Schwizgebel
Soccermatic Dir. Nick Park
Love Sport: Synchronised Swimming
Dir. Grant Orchard
Love Sport: Fencing Dir. Grant Orchard
The Olympic Champ Dir. Jack Kinney
The Sweater Dir. Sheldon Cohen
100m Dirs Jérémy Delbos, Raphaël El Khaddar,
Camille Marjoux, Laurent Maynard, Cécile Terrillon
Spectators Dir. Ross Hogg
War Game Dir. David Unwin
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Girls on the Run
Tuesday 18 November, 10.00, Pictureville Cinema
“Josi” or “onnanoko” (jp: “girls”) are
common themes of Japanese animation.
Recently “girls” have become very active in
filmmaking. However there are considerable
differences between girls drawn by men and
girls drawn by women. This programme
focuses on the ambiguity of “girls” in
contemporary Japanese indie animation.
We are delighted to welcome the curator of
the programme, Nobuaki Doi to introduce the
screening. He is a programmer, researcher
and critic on animation and also works as a
scriptwriter. He is one of the co-founders of CALF,
a collective of Japanese independent animators
that produces DVDs of Japanese independent
animation and introduces excellent foreign
animation films to Japanese audience through
special screening events.
Thanks to Fantoche (fantoche.ch) and Nobuaki
Doi for this programme.
Screening Programme:
Transfer Fantasista Utamaro, Kazuma Ikeda /
JP / 2012 / 6 min
Agitated Screams of Maggots Keita Kurosaka /
JP / 2006 / 4 min
Chisato Stared Wataru Uekusa / JP / 2009 / 5 min
Breathless Oshima Tomoko / JP / 2012 / 2 min
balloon Oshima Tomoko JP / 2012 / 4 min.
Madly In Love Ikue Sugitomo / JP / 2013 / 4 min
I See You You See Me Hideki Kawahara, Maya
Nukumizu / JP / 2013 / 5 min
YA-NE-SEN a Go Go Shishi Yamazaki / JP / 2012 /
2 min
Yamasuki Yamazaki Shishi Yamazaki / JP /
2013 / 2 min
Ketsujiru Juke Sawako Kabuki / JP / 2013 / 3 min
Wild Wild Ham Eri Kawaguchi / JP / 2013 / 5 min
Usawaltz Asami Ike / JP / 2011 / 2 min
Monotonous Purgatory Saori Shiroki / JP /
2012 / 6 min
Futon Yoriko Mizushiri / JP / 2012 / 6 min
KiyaKiya Akino Kondoh / JP / 2012 / 7 min
Airy Me Yoko Kuno / JP / 2013 / 6 min
Usalullaby Asami Ike / JP / 2013 / 5 min
Please be advised that this programme
is suitable for an 18+ audience
KiyaKiya
Chisato Stared
balloon
I See You You See Me
Breathless
Madly In Love
Wild Wild Ham
Yamasuki Yamazaki
Supported by
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Strange Hill High
Tuesday 18 November, 16.00, Pictureville Cinema
CBBC, FremantleMedia Kids and Factory
Strange Hill High is an innovative, uniquely
British animated puppet series featuring an
intrepid trio of pupils, Mitchell Tanner, Becky
Butters and Templeton who take us on absurd
and outrageous series of adventures around
the weirdest school on TV.
Boasting show production helmed by Josh
Weinstein (The Simpsons and Futurama),
fresh, witty storylines, a stellar voice cast
and ground-breaking animation techniques,
it is little wonder that Strange Hill High was
nominated for the BAFTA 2013 Best Animation
Series and won the Best Animated Series at the
Kidscreen Awards 2014.
Our panel takes us behind the scenes of this
successful series, tracing its development from
script, through to puppet performances.
Mark Oswin
Tim Jones
Mark has been writing comedy for TV for
over fifteen years. His first brushes with
animation include writing a series of short
animations for BBC2’s Top of the Pops Plus, and
writing, animating, and producing a series of
one minute topical comedy animations for
Channel 4 breakfast show RI:SE.
Since then he has written numerous live action
comedy shows including Skin Deep (Channel
4), Placebo (BBC3), Trexx & Flipside (BBC3), Jinx,
Hotel Trubble, The Revolting World of Stanley
Brown, 4 O’Clock Club, Hank Zipzer and All At
Sea (CBBC).
Tim has been a professional puppeteer, puppet maker and character designer for
over 16 years and is currently Lead Puppeteer
for Strange Hill High on CBBC. Along the
way, Tim has also puppeteered a Gremlyn (Live
Continuity for CBBC), an Earth Worm (Nick Jr)
and a Hamster (Mr Fuggles for Charlie Brooker)
as well as many other characters for his own
one-man theatre shows. A qualified sculptor,
Tim has recently discovered the combined joys of
chain-saw carving and Radio 4 Extra.
Tim will talk about how his team use a
scripted voice-over track to create a characterperformance using multi-puppeteer puppets.
In 2011 he joined the writing team of the
ground-breaking puppet/stop-motion/CG
animation Strange Hill High, led by Simpsons
and Futurama legend Josh Weinstein, writing
six episodes over two seasons. He went on to
work on the development of monster/horror
animation Scream Street, and is currently
writing for the new series of Danger Mouse.
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Bradford City of Film Illustrated Talk:
Women In Animation
The Women of British Animation –
the first 50 years: 1930-1980
Thursday 20 November, 18.00, Pictureville Cinema
It is true that, as in many industries, women
have often been marginalised in British
animation: not given opportunities for
career progression; pushed towards more
administrative or menial tasks; asked to
choose between family and career; and
given demeaning subjects to handle.
But complicating things is that fact that you
could make many of the same arguments for
animation in Britain as a whole: precious few
filmmakers get from short to feature (or even
second short!); the industry is bankrolled by
work for television commercials and children’s
television, and the talented animator will
often have to choose between following their
ambitions and keeping food on the table.
How did we get here? The story of animation
in Britain is unwritten, little seen, and all too
easily overlooked. This illustrated talk will
open out some of that rich history but, to stir
things up a little, will do so via the work and
careers of many of the remarkable women
who did manage to advance their craft, get
films made, and play a substantial part in the
running of successful companies.
Starting from inauspicious beginnings in the
early 1930s we will follow the industry – not
forgetting the art form – of animation in Britain
through the impetus of the Second World War,
the arrival of commercial television, and more
troubling times. Mapping the careers of women
like Rosalie “Wally” Crook, Kathleen “Spud”
Houston, Vera Linnecar, Alison De Vere and
Joy Batchelor (whose centenary is celebrated
elsewhere at the festival), offers interesting
parallels, contrasts and insights into the rise and
falls of the industry as a whole.
Do I Detect a Change in Your Attitude
Featuring clips and images from a wide range of
films, Jez Stewart will look at the first fifty years
of this story, with the ambition of encouraging
more interest and access into this fascinating
period, and the developments beyond.
Jez Stewart
About Jez Stewart
Jez Stewart is the Curator of Animation at
the BFI National Archive, responsible for the
growth, care and interpretation of Britain’s
largest collection of animated films. He has
written about animation for the Journal of
Film Preservation, contributed to the book Joy
Batchelor: A Moving Image 1914-1991, and has
given talks about British animation in Beijing
and New York. He writes about his work for
the BFI website http://www.bfi.org.uk/people/
jez-stewart and plugs these pieces and other
things on twitter @stewjeez
Cafe Bar
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BAF The Agenda
BAF The Agenda
CONTENTS
42The Agenda
43Quiz, Book signings
44Life Drawing with Joanna Quinn /
RSA Animates
45BAF awards and Closing Night Party
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Everyday at BAF 2014 we’ll be taking
a look at the issues that matter to
animators and gamers. From how to
get your project financed to gamergate,
The Agenda gives you the chance to
discuss the hot topics on social media
and in special Meet the Speakers
events. Set the agenda by using
#BAFAgenda
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BAF The Agenda
The Agenda
BAF is THE place to be for all your animation,
gaming and visual effects networking.
Following an eventful day at the festival,
take some time to grab a drink or a bite to eat
and catch up with guests and delegates. Each
night of the festival we will be in the Media
Café between 18.00-21.00 reflecting on the
hot topics and talking points of the day.
Monday: The Colour of Money
Ok, so your script is perfect and your vision is
crystal clear. Just one question: who’s going
to finance your project? Come together with
some of the day’s speakers to get to grips with
the money question. From crowdfunding to
getting backing from a big studio, we’ll take a
look at the many ways to get other people to
put their money where your mouth is.
Friday: You win some, you lose some
What’s the point of awards? Do they really
matter? Do they shine a welcome spotlight
on the industry? Do they get people talking
about animation and games? Do they
actually matter to animators? Join some
of the speakers and filmmakers from BAF
competition selection in Cubby Broccoli to
argue the toss and have your say.
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BAF The Agenda
Book Signing
Skwigly Animation Quiz
Wednesday 19 November from 19.00,
Media Café
Thursday 20 November, 19.30-21.00,
Media Café
A Moving Image: Joy Batchelor 1914-91,
Artist, Writer and Animator
Join Steve from Skwigly Online Animation
Magazine and the Skwigly Animation Podcast
as he invites you to pit your wits and test your
animation knowledge against fellow festival
goers in this fiendishly fun Animation Quiz.
There are fabulous prizes to be won, so gather
up that grey matter and have your pencils at the
ready for the ultimate animation brain teaser!
The full story of Joy Batchelor is to be found in
Vivien Halas’s book on her mother ‘A Moving
Image’ on sale at the launch price of £15
for tonight only. This is a limited numbered
edition of 500 copies with an introduction by
Brian Sibley and contributions by Jez Stewart
of the BFI, Clare Kitson, Jim Walker and
Professor Paul Wells.
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BAF The Agenda
BAF Awards Ceremony
& Closing Night Party
Friday 21 November, 19.00-01.00
Joanna Quinn
Life Drawing Workshop
Animation at the RSA
Thursday 20 November 10.30,
Pictureville Cinema
Thursday 20 November, 16.00,
Bradford College
British Animator Joanna Quinn has established
a considerable international reputation for
her work, winning over 80 awards including
two Emmys and five BAFTAs. In an age of
computerised 3D animation, her distinctive
hand-drawn style, combined with acute
observational skills and an incisive wit, marks
her out as a unique filmic artist.
Joanna joins us at BAF 2014 to lead this annual
adults-only life drawing workshop.
Tickets must be purchased separately at £20.
Limited places: 20 max.
Duration: 3 hours.
Sarah Wishart works at the RSA, with the team
responsible for the RSA Animate and the RSA
Shorts animations. These animations were
conceived as an innovative, accessible and
unique way of illustrating and sharing the
world-changing ideas from the RSA’s free public
events programme.
Sarah’s presentation is all about an exciting
opportunity for students working in animation.
For 90 years, the RSA’s Student Design Awards
challenged emerging designers to tackle realworld social, economic and environmental
issues through design thinking. This year for the
first time, we are opening up the challenge in
the form of an animation brief.
BAF 2014 draws to a close with the prestigious
Bradford Animation Festival Awards
Ceremony. Find out the result of the juries’
decisions and discover which films from our
official selection go home with a much-coveted
BAF Award.
The 2014 awards will be hosted once again by
stop-frame animation legend and all-round
entertainer Barry Purves. Join us for a drink
beforehand in the Museum foyer at 19.00
and help us bring the festival to a fitting close
with our annual party at the Midland Hotel
from 22.00.
Please meet at the delegate desk in the museum
foyer, 30 minutes before the workshop is due to
start.
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CONTENTS
48Competition Jury
52Films In Competition - Professional Films 1
58Films In Competition - Student Films 1
60Films In Competition - Student Films 2
62Films in Competition - Short, Shorts
66Films In Competition - Music Videos
70Films In Competition - Commissioned Films
74Films In Competition - Films For Children
76Films In Competition - Films by Young Animators
The best films of the year go
head-to-head for our coveted
Osgoods. BAF awards take in
the full array of the year’s most
interesting and groundbreaking
work, as our expert juries
cast their eyes over categories
ranging from Films by young
animators to music videos.
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BAF The Competition
BAF The Competition
JURY
Professional Films & Short, Shorts
Kieran Argo
Animation Consultant & Animation Curator –
Encounters Festivals Ltd., Bristol, UK
Kieran is a co-founder of the Encounters
Festival in Bristol and established the first run
of Animated Encounters (2000 – 2005). He has
been the Animation Curator since 2010. The
Encounters Festival is the leading UK short
film and animation festival and a leading UK
cultural event.
For 15 years Kieran worked at Aardman
Animations where he travelled extensively
promoting Aardman’s work and producing
large-scale exhibitions. He also served on
several international film festival juries.
For the last three years Kieran has been
responsible for delivering the Encounters
Producing Animation Course (funded by
Creative Skillset). This involved a number of
the most successful animation producers and
production companies in the UK. The course
examined many of the key creative skills
involved in producing short form, series and
animated feature films.
With extensive knowledge and experience
of animation and festivals Kieran is proud to
help promote new and established talent and
offer advice on awards, festival strategies and
professional development. His consultancy
work includes advising companies such as
Ghibli, Aardman, Rovio and Magic Light Pictures
on their awards and events programmes.
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Lee Hardcastle
Bill Lawrence
Lee Hardcastle is a filmmaker who makes stop
motion videos in his bedroom using clay. His
work includes the internet sensations Pingu’s
The Thing, Claycat’s The Raid as well as a series
of Done in 60 seconds movie parodies. Lee
recently won a competition to direct a segment
of the film The ABCs of Death, which screened
at Bradford International Film Festival 2013.
The ABCs of Death, a gruesome assault on the
senses, brings together an impressive roster
of horror directors from across the globe, all
of whom were given a letter of the alphabet,
a $5000 budget and carte blanche to create
their own vision inspired by death in one of its
myriad forms.
Bill set up Reel Solutions in 2006 to pursue his
passion for supporting all forms of cinema. He
was Creative Director at Showroom Cinema in
Sheffield, one of the UK’s leading independent
cinemas, and was Head of Film at the National
Media Museum. He set up Bradford Animation
Festival in 1994 and Bradford International
Film Festival in 1995. In 2006 Bill was one of the
key people to set up the partnership board of
Bradford: City of Film and was involved closely
in achieving the UNESCO designation in 2009.
Bill is chair of All Animated Limited and is a
director on the Board of Creative England and
previously Screen Yorkshire.
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BAF The Competition
JURY
Student Films, Music Videos, Commercials,
Films for Children, Films by Young Animators
Lindsay Watson
Terry Wragg
Lindsay fell in love with animation in 1995
when Toy Story was released. Originally from
Toronto she moved to London in 2007 and got
her first ‘proper job’ at kids TV distributor Cake
Entertainment. In 2010 she moved to Cameron
Mackintosh as head of online during the 25th
anniversaries of Les Miserables and Phantom of
the Opera.
Terry Wragg is an artist and film-maker, and
for over three decades has been a director
of Leeds Animation Workshop, which she
helped to establish in the late 1970s. Set up to
produce and distribute animated films on social
issues, with a feminist agenda, the Workshop
remains an independent, not-for-profit
collective with over 30 films in distribution all
over the world. www.leedsanimation.org.uk
In 2012 Lindsay worked as Animation
Consultant for Bournemouth University & Arts
University Bournemouth on their joint project
The International VFX Hub. She helped launch
BFX at BAFTA and oversaw a small studio.
Connor Higgins
Lindsay is now based in London and runs CANUK
Productions, a private consultancy company
dealing specifically with co-production of
animated children’s series. She has worked as
Development Producer on a number of projects.
([email protected])
In 2013 Lindsay launched Animated Women
UK, a volunteer organization with five key
aims: mentoring, networking, showcasing,
recruitment and education. Lindsay works
closely with a fantastic board to organise events
and promote women in animation and VFX.
([email protected])
From Beckfoot School, Bingley joins our jury to
judge the Films by Young Animators Category.
“I’m Connor and have just recently turned 16.
My favourite subject is most definitely Media
and I’d much rather be behind the camera than
in front of it. I am currently working on a GCSE
in Media, as well as creating/filming my own
small projects, and I plan on following a Film &
TV production course at college next year, as I
aspire to be a Director or Producer. I most enjoy
watching drama and horror films, TV series
such as Breaking Bad and short films posted on
YouTube, such as David Firth’s.”
She now works part-time for Toon Boom as
Head of UK Business Development & Sales while
studying for an MA in Animation Management.
As Toon Boom’s main UK point of contact for
studios, universities, colleges and professional
animators Lindsay is able to provide the best
price along with training and maintenance,
demos, course curriculums, tech support and
informal advice. ([email protected])
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Pedro Serrazina
Pedro Serrazina is an animation director
and teacher. He is currently undertaking a
practice-based PhD degree at the School of
Communications, Univ. Lusofona de Lisboa
(with the title: “The Creation and Use of
Animated Space in Animation”) and preparing
his next short animation film.
Lindsay Watson
Recent work includes working as a consultant
for the United Nations, coordinating an
animation workshop with local students
in Tunis, Tunisia, under the subject of selfdetermination which resulted in a short
animated film (Asfour Tout Court, 2013).
More recently, Pedro has presented articles at
the Society for Animation Studies 2014 (“The
Production and Use of Animated Space”) and
published in the Animation Practice, Process
and Production journal (“Transcending the
surface: The animated line between Benjamin,
Eisenstein and early animation”).
Pedro Serrazina
Originally Pedro studied architecture but left
the course to dedicate himself to animation.
His first film, Tale of the Cat and the Moon
(1995) was in competition at Cannes (1996),
and won 15 international prizes. After that he
moved to London to undertake an MA degree in
Animation Studies at the Royal College of Art.
He combines his work as director (his latest film is
the award winning Eyes of the Lighthouse, 2010)
with an academic career in Portugal and the UK.
Terry Wragg
Between 2007-09 Pedro was course leader for
the BA Animation Arts course at the University
for the Creative Arts, Maidstone, where he
curated AniMaidstone 2009, an international
one-day conference dedicated to issues of local
identity in animated film and the visual arts.
Pedro is a currently a lecturer in Animation
at Univ. Lusofona de Lisboa, takes part in
exhibitions, festival juries and has also
published a book of illustrations & short stories.
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Thursday 20 November, 11.30, Cubby Broccoli
Me and My Moulton
Hipopotamy
Dir. Torill Kove / Norway / 2014 / 13mins
Animation Technique: Drawings
A 7 year-old girl whose parents are
unconventional modernist architects, wants
her family to be like other Norwegian 1960s
families. This causes worries the summer she
asks her parents for a bike.
Dir. Piotr Dumala / Poland / 2014 /
12mins 29secs
Animation Technique: 2D computer / Drawing
on paper
A few naked women and children are bathing
in a river. They are being secretly observed
by a group of men, who, at one point decide
to approach them, in a violent manner, as if
inspired by the behaviour of hippopotamuses.
Ex Animo
Dir. Wojciech Wojtkowski / Poland / 2013 /
6mins 52secs
Animation Technique: 2D computer
An animated impression. Images conjured
up by the animator form a two-dimensional
reality of their own. Absurd and unrelated
scenes describe the rules governing the world
confined to a sheet of paper and animation
technique. The relationships between the
characters seem strangely familiar.
The House of Dust
Dir. Jean-Claude Rozec / France / 2013 / 12mins
Slowly, the steel jaws devour the old tower. A
previous owner rushes into the rubble, chasing
unwary children. Then begins a strange
journey into the heart of this “house” which
shelters so many memories...
Nuggets
Dir. Andreas Hykade / Germany / 2014 /
5mins 17secs
Kiwi tastes a golden nugget. It´s delicious.
One Easy Child
Dir. Cedric Louis / Switzerland / 2013 /
7mins 22secs
Animation Technique: digital 2D
Ludo was born with a drawer instead of a belly
button. His parents, an alcoholic father and a
depressive mother, use him as a dustbin. One
day, his mother brings him to the doctor who
diagnoses that Ludo isn’t a child but a chest of
drawers….
Utö
Dir. David Buob / Germany / 2014 /
7mins 38secs
Animation Technique: Drawing on paper / water
colour on paper
On Utoe, the most southern inhabited island
of Finland, an uncommon love triangle is
taking place. Where is the difference between
dance moves out of joy and wild movements
out of rage?
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Nuggets
The House of Dust
One Easy Child
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Imposter
La Testa tra le nuvole
Rainy Days
Man on the Chair
Dir. Vladimir Leschiov / Latvia, Canada / 2014 /
8mins 12sec
Animation Technique: Drawing on paper / Black
tea and ink on paper
A Japanese man in his twilight years boards a
ferry heading towards an unknown island. The
rain falling on the water brings back a memory
from his childhood and another from a fleeting
encounter. The only similarities: the rain, a
woman and Mount Fuji.
Dir. Dahee Jeong / France, South Korea / 2014 /
6mins 55secs
Animation Technique: 2D/3D computer
A film that seriously questions one’s existence
while it only shows animated pictures drawn by
me… Am I not a picture drawn by someone else?
Hasta Santiago
Dir. Mauro Carraro / France, Switzerland / 2013 /
13mins
Animation Technique: 2D/3D computer
Mapo’s journey on the Way of St James’
pilgrimage. On this legendary adventure,
he will pass through cities and meet other
walkers who may be carrying more than just
their backpacks…
Rainy Days
Padre
Hasta Santiago
Padre
Dir. Santiago ‘Bou’ Grasso / Argentina - France /
2013 / 11mins 50secs
Animation Technique: Stop Motion
Day by day, the daughter of a retired military
commander takes care of her bedridden
father. The dictatorship has come to an end in
Argentina, but not in this woman’s life.
Imposter
Dir. Elie Chapuis / Switzerland, France / 2013 /
7mins
Animation Technique: Puppets
Late at night, a deer helps a man lose his head
and then steals his identity.
Dir. Roberto Catani / Italy / 2013 / 7mins 55secs
Animation Technique: Drawing on paper
A child’s daydream during a school lesson
is abruptly interrupted by the teacher.
The “instructor” threatens to cut off an ear
from his young student to “stimulate” the
concentration and prevent further escapes
into the realm of imagination.
Wurst
Dir. Carlo Vogele / Luxembourg / 2014 /
5mins 53secs
Animation Technique: 2D computer / Stop
Motion / animated food
A sophisticated white sausage wants to
enjoy her bottle of Chardonnay on the beach.
Disgusted by the raunchy and noisy meat
around her, she seeks refuge on the water.
Wurst
Man on the Chair
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Through the Hawthorn
8 Bullets
Dir. Anna Benner / Pia Borg / Gemma Burditt /
UK / 2014 / 8mins 50secs
on paper / Live action
Three characters, three perspectives, three
directors. A session between a psychiatric, a
schizophrenic patient and his mother.
Dir. Frank Ternier / France / 2014 /
12mins 30secs
Animation Technique: 3D computer / 2D
computer / Drawing on paper / Rotoscope
My name is Gabriel and I live in Taipei. I lost
my wife during an assault. A red-haired man
entered my home, smelling of dried fish. He
was carrying a weapon; he used it on my
family. Since then, I’ve been feeling a void; a
whole in my head.
Timber
Dir. Nils Hedinger / Switzerland / 2014 /
5mins 35secs
A group of logs is about to freeze to death in
a cold, icy desert. When they realize that the
only fuel for a warming fire is their own body,
things start heating up.
Brutus
Dir. Svetlana Filippova / Russia / 2014 /
12mins 49secs
on paper / coal animation
Brutus always glanced into human eyes only
for a moment and immediately turned away
so as not to see a change, to keep what he
was given and carry away what he received.
Nobody knows better than dogs how fast
people’s affections can change.
365
Dir. The Brothers McLeod / UK / 2013 / 7mins
Animation Technique: 2D Compuer
One Year, One Film, One Second a Day.
The Black Isle
Dir. Nino Christen / Switzerland / 2014 /
6mins 35secs
On an island, at the edge of the woods, a
watchman and his bird live a miserable and
isolated life. One day a deceptive chance came
up to escape the boredom. But great danger
lurks behind it.
Timber
The Black Isle
Brutus
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Beauty
Dir. Rino Stefano Tagliafierro / Italy / 2014 /
9mins 49secs
Animation Technique: 2D computer / Photos
An examination of the most important
emotions of life, from birth to death, from love
to sexuality and from pain to fear. A tribute to
art and its disarming beauty.
8 Bullets
Beauty
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Tiger is Gun
Unordinary Journey in an Ordinary Day
Loop Ring Chop Drink
Half Bábka
My Stuffed Granny
Dir. Effie Pappa / UK / 2014 / 10mins
Little Sofía loves her grumpy granny: even
though she is always hungry and eats what
little food they can buy. Her pension is the
only thing keeping her and her father alive. To
what extremes will they go to once granny is
no more?
Dir. Nicolas Ménard / UK / 2014 / 10mins 30secs
Animation Technique: 2D computer /
Traditional Digital Animation
The mundane story of a heartbroken man,
an online gambling addict, an alcoholic
kleptomaniac and an anxious loner living in
the same apartment building.
The Mead of Poetry
Dir. Csaba Gellar / Hungary / 2013 / 6mins 36secs
Animation Technique: 2D computer / Live action
A young, ambitious journalist woman strolls
forth in the street of Blackwood in search of
some horrific inspiration for her new article...
Dir. Henry Scott / England / 2014 / 4mins 52secs
Animation Technique: Stop Motion / Cut-Outs
Immersed in the stories of the Vikings, the
piece explores a personal translation of the
Gods of Asgard and the Jotuns. The characters
come alive as they duel for the precious Mead
of Poetry. Witness acts of evil, incredible
transformations and a quest for knowledge.
Kamienica
Kamienica
The Mead of Poetry
Dir. Agnieszka Burszewska / Poland / 2013 /
12mins 43secs
The Tenement Building is a black comedy
dealing with the problem of a world without
love. The tenants are not very well-off and the
biggest problem in the dilapidated tenement
is the lack of food. The restaurant is the only
place where animals can eat, but in a world
full of competiton and hostility, gluttony is the
biggest sin which can cause imminent doom.
Dir. Yoshino Aoki / Canada / 2014 / 3mins 8secs
Animation Technique: 2D computer / Stop Motion
An abstract chain of unordinary events occurs
in one old woman’s ordinary day
The Bigger Picture
How to Write a Blackwood Article
The Bigger Picture
Dir. Daisy Jacobs / UK / 2014 / 7mins 18secs
Animation Technique: Stop Motion / life-sized /
painting on the wall
‘You want to put her in a home; you tell her;
tell her now!’ hisses one brother to the other.
But Mother won’t go, and their own lives
unravel as she clings on.
Half Bábka
Dir. Jasmine Elsen / Slovakia / 2014 / 5mins
The film is about loneliness in society. An old
woman does everything with her cat, which is
more like a toy for her; sharing ice cream and
knitting sweaters... but the cat runs away and
she tries to replace it.
Tiger is Gun
Dir. Richard Gosling / UK / 2013 / 3mins 8secs
computer / Drawing on paper
When the cruel King is killed by his own pet
Tiger, the Tiger escapes wreaking violent revenge
on humanity and gaining unearthly powers.
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IOA
Imperium Vacui
Grandpère
Gli Immacolati
Lakomstwa Endemita
I Am as I Am
My Dad
Spectators
Mend & Make Do
Canuck Black
Mend & Make Do
Lakomstwa Endemita
My Dad
Grandpère
Dir. Bexie Bush / UK / 2014 / 7mins 38secs
Animation Technique: Stop Motion / Cut-Outs /
Drawing on paper / Pixilation / Photos
Cup of tea? Come and take a seat in Lyn’s
cosy front room, hear her story of love during
wartime and watch as her belongings come
alive with the hope, fear and humour of
one spirited lady. Equal parts documentary,
animation and magic, Mend and Make Do
features the original voice of Lyn Schofield
of Southport, Merseyside, a woman with a
lifetime of tales to tell.
Dir. Natalia Dziedzic / Poland / 2014 / 11mins 8secs
on paper
At the seaside fates of a balding sailor, young
girl and two modest creatures - the bee and
the crab become entwined. Following their
greediness, they meet each other by the stall
with waffles. An animated story about primal
desires, which are present in human nature.
Dir. Marcus Armitage / UK / 2014 / 5mins 50secs
on paper
A short film depicting a Dad’s influence on
a young boy’s life. His judgmental character
mixed with the boy’s fondness for his dad
prove to be a toxic mix that tears away at a
world of opportunity and experiences.
Dir. Kathrin Hürlimann / Switzerland / 2013 /
6mins
Animation Technique: 2D computer / Live action /
Mixed media
The granddaughter of Fritz Hürlimann lovingly
tells the story about the motives behind his fire
assault on the PTT Hottingen in 1969.
I Am as I Am
IOA
Dir. Gabriel Möhring / Switzerland / 2013 /
2mins 12secs
Animation Technique: Stop Motion / Live action
A vowel reciting speaking machine describes
in a soliloquy its miserable existence as a tool
of a despotic singing-teacher.
Dir. Rebecca Archer / UK / 2014 / 9mins 44secs
Animation Technique: Stop Motion / Painting
on glass / Live action
In a shadowy interrogation room, a homicide
file lies open in front of two frustrated cops.
Behind a one way mirror sits their main suspect,
a hulking black bear named Canuck Black. A
murder mystery with an eloquent and engaging
protagonist, ‘Canuck Black’ questions animal
liberation and how we determine our identity.
Spectators
Dir. Ross Hogg / Scotland / 2013 / 4mins
An observational animation that inverts the
expected focus of a football match, turning
attention to those on the periphery. The film
investigates social interaction and human
behaviour, revealing the diversity of character
found among football spectators, which can
often become obscured by the mass.
Dir. Marion Auvin / France / 2014 / 3mins
“En sortant de l’école” is a collection of 13
animated short films 3 minutes each which
aims at matching 13 poems from the French
poet Jacques Prévert with the talent and
graphic creativity of young directors, just out
of French animation schools.
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Gli Immacolati
Dir. Ronny Trocker / France / 2013 / 13mins 27secs
Animation Technique: 3D computer / Photos
December 2011, in a town in northern Italy,
a young man returns home as he does every
evening. He parks his car and discovers his
16-year-old sister in tears in front of their
house. She tells him that two young Romani
guys have brutally raped her. The young man
immediately goes in search of the attackers but
cannot find them. The tension begins to rise…
Canuck Black
Imperium Vacui
Dir. Linda Kelvink and Massimo Ottoni / Italy /
2014 / 5mins 6secs
In a dystopian future, a man fights against a
regime where any traces of humanity has been
lost, but his act of rebellion seems framed in
the System.
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Orlando’s Book
Friday 21 November, 10.00, Pictureville
Argument
A Very Large Increase in the
Size, Amount, or Importance of
Something Over a Very Short
Period of Time
Natural Disaster
Pommes Frites
Mute
Mute
Argument
Dir. Job, Joris & Marieke / The Netherlands /
2013 / 4mins 22secs
In a world populated by people without a
mouth, a gory accident leads to the discovery
a mouth can be created by cutting yourself.
This unleashes an enthusiastic chain reaction
among the population!
Dir. Alexander Ilyash / Russia / 2013 / 3mins
Animation Technique:2D computer / Cut-Outs
People often make arguments out of nothing.
Even though the cause of a quarrel is already
forgotten they can keep being angry at each
other and make up new reasons for another
row, and the situation may never end.
Perth+ 6 hours
Dir. Balder Westein / The Netherlands / 2013 /
2mins 10secs
It is Halloween and three kids go out for ‘tricks
or treats’. It is a windy night and the only
welcoming friendly person in the small town
is unfortunately treated to a rather frightening
and truly horrific sight
Dir. Wendy Morris / Belgium, South Africa /
2013 / 2mins 30secs
Perth+6hrs is a personal reflection on the
transience of family, on the fleetingness of
childhood, and on the inevitable separations as
children grow up and move away. The objects in
the film are made by the son of the filmmaker.
The film is created out of a single drawing.
Mario
Dir. Tess Martin / USA, Netherlands / 2014 / 3mins
Animation Technique: Painting on glass /
Marker on glass
In Italian playgrounds a song is chanted that dates
back to World War I. This paint on glass animation
tells this dark tale of a soldier who returns home
from war to find his girlfriend has left him.
Pommes Frites
Natural Disaster
Dir. Joseph Wallace / France , UK / 2014 / 4mins
48secs
Animation Technique: Cut-Outs
Mark has just lost his job and his day is about
to get a whole lot worse. A domestic tragedy
exploring the surreal nature of losing someone
you love.
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Dogshaped
One of A Kind
Black Tape
A Very Large Increase in the Size,
Amount, or Importance of Something
Over a Very Short Period of Time
Orlando’s Book
2013 / 4mins
A book of English landscapes was awarded to a
boy who grew up on mission stations in southern
Africa in the 19th c. This book is the starting
point of a reflection on literary memories of
places known but never visited, and on places
experienced but never seen illustrated in books.
Dir. Max Hattler / Russia, UK, Germany / 2013 /
2mins
Animation Technique: 3D computer / 2D computer
A Very Large Increase in the Size, Amount, or
Importance of Something Over a Very Short
Period of Time. Or maybe not at all.
One of A Kind
Dir. Rok Predin / UK / 2014 / 3mins 40secs
Starting with a young lad running into a
cemetery and what at first looks like a family
gathering, the film’s narration begins and we
learn that the narrative isn’t necessarily set from
the perspective of the boy. Working backwards
through time as we move along the table, the
cast reverts from modern 21st Century man, onto
a WWII Soldier, Tudors, Vikings, Romans and
Caveman and back to the origins of life. Exploring
various aspects of history and the human species
including war, love & sex, all with a playful,
tongue-in-cheek humour.
Dogshaped
Dir. Emma Lazenby and Eleanor Glover / UK /
2013 / 3mins
Drawing on paper / Live action / shadow puppet
Join us on a marvellous mission, a querulous
quest, a tale of tails
Black Tape
Dir. Michelle and Uri Kranot / Denmark / 2014
/ 3mins
on film
‘Black tape’ explores the theme of domination.
In an entangled tango, the victim and
victimizer dance, occupying the frame and the
space between brushstrokes.
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Horse
Patch
Supervenus
Bigmundial
Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared
Black Rectangle
Horse
Loop
Bigeety
Life
Dr Brené Brown,
“The Power of Empathy”
Ain’t No Fish
Life
Dr Brené Brown, “The Power of Empathy”
Supervenus
Loop
Dir. Gordeeff / Brazil / 2014 / 3mins
Animation Technique: Rotoscope / Digital
Painting
A reflexion on life, illustrated and inspired
in football moves. Fiction work, without any
documentary or reality link.
Dir. Katy Davis / UK / 2013 / 2mins 53secs
on paper / Photos
The audio of this RSA short is of Dr Brené
Brown who spoke at the RSA on The Power of
Vulnerability. She talks about the difference
between sympathy and empathy and argues
that to be truly empathetic you have to be
vulnerable by connecting with someone’s pain
in yourself.
Dir. Frederic Doazan / France / 2013 /
2mins 38secs
A plastic surgeon is creating in real time the
new goddess of beauty.
Dir. Michał Socha / Poland / 2013 / 3mins
on paper
Exercises, eating, exercises, eating, counting
calories, look. Never ending loop of people
seeking to be ideal.
Black Rectangle
Bigeety
Dir. Rhayne Vermette / Canada / 2014 /
1mins 30secs
Animation Technique: 16mm film collage
“Time has not been kind to Kasimir Malevich’s
painting, Black Square. In 1915 when the work
was first displayed the surface of the square
was pristine and pure; now the black paint has
cracked revealing the white ground like mortar
in crazy paving.” This film documents a tedious
process of dismantling and reassembling 16
mm found footage. The film collage imitates
functions of a curtain, while the recorded
optical track describes the flm’s subsequent
destruction during its first projection.
Dir. Maurice Huvelin / France / 2013 /
2mins 50secs
Sometimes I think the surest sign that
intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe
is that none of it has tried to contact us.
(Quotation of Bill Watterson)
Ain’t No Fish
Dir. Miki Cash & Tom Gasek / UK, USA / 2013 /
3mins 30secs
Motion
This is a short stop motion animated film
featuring singing seals in the Arctic. The music
is performed by Hoagy Carmichael. There is an
environmental message about the protection
of our oceans.
Patch
Dir. Gerd Gockell / Germany, Switzerland / 2014 /
3mins
Animation Technique: Animated objects
Abstract paintings are used to explore the
tension between what is abstract and what is
identifiable.
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Horse
Dir. Jie Shen / China / 2013 / 4mins 17secs
Five chapters about horse are cut up.
Bigmundial
Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared II: Time
Dirs. Becky Sloan & Joseph Pelling / UK / 2014 /
3mins 41secs
Animation Technique: 2D computer /
Stop Motion / Live action / Puppetry
Eventually everyone runs out of time but before
that happens to you, make some time to go on a
journey, a journey through directorial duo Becky
Sloan and Joseph Pelling’s existentialist universe
of temporal confusion, TV guides and bathtime.
‘Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared II’ is an unsettling
lesson in the dangers of time and the perils of
metaphysical introspection.
Dir. Maurice Huvelin / France/ 2013/ 2mins 50secs
Animation Technique: 2D Computer
Intelligence, is like a parachute, when we
don’t have one, we flop. (Pierre Desproges,
French humorist)
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Films category
Lumberjacked
PeloMono - Cortocircuito en la Selva
Dir. Joel Mackenzie / Canada / 2014 / 2mins 50secs
Animation Technique: 2D computer / Pixilation
A reformed lumberjack must harness the
POWER OF NATURE in order to fight an 8-BIT
MUTANT WASP MONSTER that is destroying
his friends and his home.
Dir. Opertura / USA / 2014 / 4mins 42secs
on paper
An old woman confronts the ocean and comes
undone.
Dir. Esteban Perles and Pedro Perles / Spain /
2014 / 4mins 20secs
The videoclip tells a story, from a surrealist
point of view, about a bunch of monkeys who
want to impose the the terror and their own
law in the jungle where they live. The movie,
based in old westerns and old thrillers, treat
the monkey caracters as humans, they act like
cowboys out of the law who want to assault
to a train that is crossing the jungle. When the
monkeys conquer the train they find something
that will change their destiny forever.
Nobody Beats the Drum Let it Go
Katachi
Dirs. Maxmana & Levi Jacobs / The Netherlands /
2014 / 3 mins
A man leaves his stressful work life to go on an
adventure through Planet Tropicana
Dir. Kijek, Adamski / Poland, Japan / 2013 /
3mins 5secs
“Katachi” means “shape”. The video is made
with approx. 2000 silhouettes extracted from
PVC plates using computer-controlled cutter. It’s
an everlasting chain of convulsive memories.
Coast
Robin
Dir. Yuval and Merav Nathan / Israel / 2014 /
3mins 24secs
This movie for Efrat Benzur’s song suggests
a visual interpretation for Emily Dickenson’s
poem. The video sets in a fragile organic world
in which flowers and creatures wobbling
between blooming and withering and tells
a story about a bird being saved despite its
destiny to die prematurely.
Lumberjacked
Coast
Robin
Katachi
Coupe
Dir. Chris Carboni, Daniel Garcia / USA / 2014 /
3mins 10secs
Cruising through a neon city, drifting between
black empty shadows and vibrant pools of color,
our hero surveys his urban landscape from behind
the gleaming windows of his 1963 Buick Riviera.
He is the commander of a nightclub on wheels an exclusive mobile party where carefully selected
creatures of the night join together to lose their
souls on the dance floor. But not everyone is
looking for a good time. A chance encounter with
a demon and his fiery hotrod sparks a blazing race
in which our hero finds his life on the line and,
more importantly, his street cred.
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Fakofbolan: Always or Never?
Tiki Tiki
Yew “Between Up and Down”
Giving Me A Chance
Study No 2
Dir. Nacho Rodríguez / Spain / 2012 / 3mins 30secs
Animation Technique: 3D computer / 2D computer
Music video for Gotye. Giving me a chance
is a surreal journey into a love relationship,
exploring longing, idealisation and frustration.
All wrapped up in 4 dimensions
Dir. Jeong Yong Jun / South Korea / 2014 /
3mins 43secs
/ Cut-Outs / Drawing on paper / Live action /
Rotoscope / fluorescence marker on scanner glass
Visual music Robot sent you a message. “ Don’t
worry / Forget it / You are beautiful / Love
yourself “ Robot is rooting for running girl. The
running girl is you and me.
Sound of Horns
Dir. Jelena Oroz / Croatia / 2013 / 2mins 50secs
Everyday routine can be a good retreat but
what happens when we realise that safety
is only a cover-up? What happens when we
realise that we are born and live only to serve
one purpose? This is a song about a little man,
one of many.
Giving Me A Chance
Study No 2
Dir. Ainslie Henderson / UK / 2014 / 3mins 54secs
Death as a birth in a world of string.
Dir. Conor Finnegan / Ireland / 2014 / 3mins 46secs
Official video for Candice Gordon’s “Sound of
Horns” from her debut EP Before the Sunset Ends,
produced by Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan.
Dir. Frédéric Haianaut & Simon Medard /
Belgium / 2014 / 4mins 10secs
Animation Technique: Drawing on paper /
Rotoscope / watercolor
Black and white atmosphere of the 30s. A man
is standing in front of a burning house before
jumping into his car to run away...
Tiki Tiki
Poker
Dir. Pablo Alfieri / Argentina / 2013 / 3mins 54secs
A young man explores the native flora and
fauna of different Latin-American landscapes.
He discovers new plants and animals and
becomes one with them, and meets a sexy
Mother Earth goddess (Pachamama) with
whom he falls in love.
Dir. Mirai Mizue and Yukie Nakauchi / Japan /
2014 / 3mins 37secs
Animation Technique: 2D Computer / Drawing
on paper
The baby bird flies around the world to
transform.
Sound of Horns
Poker
Moving On
Moving On
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COMMISSIONED FILMS
Boudica A Norfolk Story
Life Begins At Breakfast (Dorset Cereals)
Showing with
the finalists in
the Music Videos
category
Life Begins At Breakfast (Dorset Cereals) The Bear and the Hare
Dir. Conor Finnegan / UK / 2014 / 30secs
The 30 second advert is an animated live action
film set in a Dorset woodland with animals
waking up to the sound of Dorset AM - a radio
station run by a small blue bird called Mike and
a squirrel called Colin. The animals are inspired
by the new look Dorset Cereals packaging.
Holiday Books (New York Times)
Malevich at Tate Modern
Charles Bukowski
Dir. Johnny Kelly / UK / 2014 / 40secs
An animation to accompany the New York
Times’ annual ‘Holiday Books’ supplement. The
idea was to show what books get up to when
we step out of the room.
Charles Bukowski Uncensored and
Animated
Fight!
Dir. Drew Christie / USA / 2014 / 3mins 14secs
In 1993, candid conversations between Charles
Bukowski, his wife, and his producer took place
in Bukowski’s home during the recording session
for his classic Run With the Hunted. This is our
animated re-imagining of that conversation.
Kuvva - illustration licensing
Dir. Greg Solenström, Laszlito Kovacs /
The Netherlands / 2014 / 51secs
An ad for Kuvva explaining the marketplace.
Dirs. Elliot Dear & Yves Geleyn / UK / 2013 / 2 mins
Drawing on paper / Live action
There once was an animal who had never seen
Christmas. As autumn winds turn to winter
snow, the bear begins his annual retreat into
hibernation to sleep his way through the best
part of the year. The festive spirit is strong
though, and his friend the hare is determined
to give him a gift he has never received before
Christmas.
Dir. Emmanuelle Walker / UK / 2014 / 24secs
Short trailer directed and animated at Nexus
Productions for the Malevich exhibition at the
Tate Modern. A Nexus & Tate co-production.
Dir. Emma Calder / UK / 2013 / 5mins 29secs
/ Drawing on paper / wire models with broken
pottery
Set against beautiful watercolours of Norfolk,
the film looks at Boudica the woman, what
motivated her to keep her freedom and what
her story means to us now, that we know so
much more about her and her people from
recent archaeology.
Fight!
kuvva - illustration licensing
The Bear and the Hare
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Dir. Emma De Swaef and Marc James Roels /
Belgium / 2013 / 45secs
Two friends fighting dirty.
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COMMISSIONED FILMS continued
Stop the Show
Dir. Max Hattler / UK, Spain, Germany / 2013 /
1min
Visual artist Max Hattler and advertising
agency Contrapunto BBDO have collaborated
to create abstract political short film Stop the
Show (aka WAR). The film, commissioned
by Amnesty International, is a reference to
international relations and arms trade. The
campaign was created in support of a United
Nations treaty to regulate the arms trade
between countries and reduce worldwide
killings through firearms.
Uncedo, where everything starts
Dir. The Drasik Studio / Spain / 2014 / 1min 03secs
Motion graphics video-presentation for
Uncedo, a spanish nonprofit association that
fights to eradicate child poverty and illiteracy
in the townships of major South African cities.
Gift
Dir. Matt Abbiss / UK / 2014 / 20secs
Short commercial commissioned by The Book
of Everyone. Gifts are always good aren’t they?
Yes they are. Except animal gifts perhaps.
Lego Heist: Barnsley Museums
Hubrecht
Dir. David Bunting / UK / 2014 / 59secs
Lego thieves attempt to steal civic silver in a
madcap heist through Barnsley Town Hall.
Promoting a series of children’s animation
workshops, the commercial uses consumer
webcam and software to create a homeschool
aesthetic with professional shine.
Dir. Tom Schrooten / The Netherlands / 2013 /
1min 04secs
The life of A. Hubrecht, man of glass and wax,
and hedgehogs. The University Museum
Utrecht approached botoboto to create 10 short
animations about important Masters of Science
of the past and the special collections of the
museum. With kids as our target audience, we
decided to combine photo’s of the museum
pieces with character animation. The characters
resemble the different Masters of Science.
Shackleton: Death or Glory?
Dir. Martin and Line Andersen, Andersen M
Studio / UK / 2013 / 30secs
Animation Technique: Stop Motion / Paper
animation
TV promo for the show ‘Shackleton: Death
or Glory’ to be shown on Discovery Channel
late November 2013. A traditional stop-frame
animation made using only antique maps of
the Antarctica to tell the story of Shackleton’s
rescue mission, 1914. First on-air date: 10
October 2013
Gift
Stop the Show
Hubrecht
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Films for Children
Saturday 22 November, 10.30, Cubby Broccoli
Good Night Rainbow
Arek’s Story
The Elephant and the Bicycle
Dimitri Tears of Crocodile
Mr Toti and a Rattle
Bear’s Day (The Day of the Bear)
Balloon Birds
Vol au Vent
Balloon Birds
Dir. Marjolaine Perreten / Switzerland / 2013 / 59secs
Two Balloon Birds meet each other, when
suddenly another comes...
Dir. Łukasz Słuszkiewicz, Jaroslav Baran / Poland /
2014 / 8mins
Animation Technique: Mix animation / cut-out
/ 2D and 3D Backgrounds
Mr. Toti comes across a rattle in the mine and
when he gets home he shakes it and starts to
shrink, becoming a child again. But his friend
Hehel is on hand to help and saves the day.
Vol au Vent
Dir. Isabel Bouttens / Belgium / 2013 / 7mins 01secs
A boy tries to keep a paper plane up in the air
as long as possible. Carried by the wind, and
despite some emergency landings, the plane
takes us along through the four seasons.
Arek’s Story (Children of the
Holocaust)
Dir. Zane Whittingham / United Kingdom /
2014 / 5mins 08secs
Animated series based on interviews with 6
elderly World War Two Holocaust Survivors
and their escape from the Nazis as children.
Dir. Oksana Kholodova / Russia / 2014 / 13mins
Animation Technique: 2D computer / Painting
on glass
About a girl called Lisa who was afraid of bears.
Dimitri Tears of Crocodile
Dir. Agnes Lecreux, Fabien Drouet, Ben Tesseur,
Steven De Beul / France, Switzerland, Belgium /
2014 / 6mins
Dimitri the little bird from northern Europe
has landed on the plain of Ubuyu in Africa.
Every day he learns to overcome his fears and
discover a world full of surprises. In Ubuyu
being different is an asset that he will share
with Makeba the giraffe, Oko the zebra and Pili
the meerkat.
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Caterpillar and Hen
Pik Pik Pik
Nain Geat
Caterpillar and Hen
Pik Pik Pik
Dir. Michela Donini, Katya Rinaldi / Italy / 2013 /
10mins
Animation Technique: Stop Motion / Carded Wool
A caterpillar and a hen are best friends. They
both know that the time to part has come; but
it will be nature, the secret heartbeat of the
world, which will dictate the rhythm of the
silent transformations.
Dir. Dmitry Vysotskiy / Russia / 2014 /
3mins 35secs
There is a tree in the woods. Ants and a birdie
are living there. They always fall over one
another. But one day a wood-cutter comes to
cut down their tree …
Nain Geant
Dir. Olesya Shchukina / France, Belgium /
2014 / 9mins
An elephant lives in a town among people
and works as a street cleaner. One day, he sees
a big billboard advertising a bicycle. It seems
the perfect size for him! This is the minute
the elephant’s life changes: he has to get this
bicycle whatever it costs him.
Dir. Fabienne Giezendanner / Switzerland,
France / 2013 / 11mins 27secs
According to tradition, Petite Neige, a young
inuit, needs to capture a low flying bird in
order to pass into the world of grown-ups.
On the verge of catching it, she falls into a
mysterious crevice belonging to the giant
dwarf, an ogre with the power to change his
size at will by sneezing. An initiatory tale for
grown ups and little ones.
Good Night Rainbow
Dir. Daniel Špacek / Czech Republic / 2013 / 2mins
Closing sequence for kids channel of the Czech
Television CT. Every day, a group of rainbow
sheep crosses the river, or at least they do their
best. Two wolves and a fox support them as a
jury. Good night, kids.
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Films by young Animators
Saturday 22 November, 13.30, Cubby Broccoli
The Wright Argument
Longing for Sheep
The Adventures of Yoyo
Women of the Working Class
Teamwork
Dir. Max Tillotson Home / UK / 2014 / 1 min
Working as a team brings results.
Dir. Experience Barnsley youth panel / UK /
2014 / 3mins 27secs
Drawing on paper
Marking the 30th anniversary of the 1984/85
Miners’ Strike, young women from the youth
panel at Experience Barnsley Museum rewrote verses of the anthem, ‘Women of the
Working Class’ that the Women Against Pit
Closures sang on the picket lines, recording
their version with some of the original singers.
Plastic Bertrand
Dir. Kidscam, collective work, age 10 to 12 years
/ Belgium / 2013 / 6mins 58secs
Motion / Cut-Outs / Drawing on paper / collage
One moment of inattention and your phone
ends up in the water.... A film about the
journey of our waste in nature and the impact
on the human body. Not for sensitive viewers!
I Have Trouble Concentrating
Dir. Louis McLeod / UK / 2014 / 1min 10secs
An 11 year old boy attempts to make an
animated film despite having a very very short
attention span.
Plastic Bertrand
Teamwork
I’m A True Reader
The Long Night
The Wright Argument
Dirs. Adam Beddall, Alex Merry, Callum Palmer /
UK / 2014 / 1 min
The Wright brothers bicker before aviation is born.
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Dir. Doncaster Book Awards workshop
participants / UK / 2014 / 3mins 28secs
A musical animation to promote reading books
for the Doncaster Book Awards, created by 30
children from around Doncaster, UK.
Dir. Class 11 / UK / 2014 / 3mins 06secs
This animation shows ‘The Secret Diary
of Mr Enfield’. The script is compiled from
creative writing from our Year 5, adapted from
the classic Victorian novel by Robert Louis
Stevenson. We then hear a song, specially
written and performed by Year 5: ‘Is it Jekyll,
Jekyll, Jekyll... or is it Hyde?’
Hypnagogic Hallucination
The Long Night
Dir. 13 teenagers / Belgium / 2013 / 6min 30secs
Animation Technique: clay / objects
The story takes place in a block of flats where two
very different persons live: a well-organized man
who gets up early to work, and a whimsical female
artist. One night, a fire breaks out in the building…
Dir. Emma Penaz Eisner / USA / 2014 / 1min 52secs
Drawing on paper / Photos
In a sequence of startling images, this experimental
stop motion animation threads through the
intervals and spaces of “The Long Night.” Awardwinning young filmmaker Emma Penaz Eisner
used photography, paper cut-outs, painting,
charcoal drawing, and other multimedia objects
she crafted by hand to create this unsettling microshort film inspired by a poem. She joins fellow
young actor Leo Jergovic, along with a larger cast of
voice actors, on her original soundtrack.
I’m A True Reader
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Why Do Clouds Cry
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Longing for Sheep
Presenting Partner
Dir. Kidscam, collective work, age 10 to 12 years /
Belgium / 2014 / 3mins 52secs
Motion / Cut-Outs / Drawing on paper
Hats and scarves made of 100% wool, nice and
warm! But who cares about the consequences
for the sheep that lost their fur?
Dir. 13 children / Belgium / 2013 / 3mins 30secs
Pierre releases Yoyo, his grandmother’s parrot.
But the animal has to learn to fly before joining
other parrots in Amazonia…
Why Do Clouds Cry
Dir. Maria Fomina / Ukraine / 2014 / 3mins 18secs
In the city named Bradford it was constantly
raining. The Bradford people needed to solve this
problem somehow! And they have found the way.
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CONTENTS
80Panorama 1
82Panorama 2
82Panorama 3
86Animated Features:
Animal Farm, Voyage Extraordinaire
Azur & Asmar, Tales of the Night
88Animated Features: The Pirates
The Curse of the Were Rabbit
90BAF Kids: Films for Children,
Kirkou and the Sorceress
91BAF Kids: Films by Young Animators Award,
Sing along Frozen
We’ve scoured the earth and searched
high and low to put together this
selection of the best in animated films
from around the world. From short to
long, from vintage to brand new, these
are the cream of the crop.
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Panorama 1
Schifffahren
Decorations
Jorka
Onemoretime
Onemoretime
Missing U
Dir. José González, Tonet Calabuig, Elisa
Martínez / Spain / 2014 / 4mins 35secs
Animation Technique: 2D computer / Cut-Outs
Onemoretime is an autobiographical story
about Vualá! de Animaciones. Anybody
involved in creativity will relate to it.
Dir. Brooke Wagstaff / USA / 2013 / 2mins 29secs
An animated tale about the letter I, a lonely
author who lives life with a sigh. Upon
discovering that U is missing, I goes on a
perilous adventure to find him. As she journeys
through increasingly unfamiliar territory, I is
forced to face her fears and grow as a character.
The Sense of Touch
Dir. Jean-Charles Mbotti Malolo / France,
Switzerland / 2014 / 14mins 30secs
Chloé and Louis are secretly in love with each
other. Every word is a move, every sentence is
a choreography. Louis invites Chloé for dinner,
and lets her in with kittens she found on the
way, despite his allergy to fur. Throughout the
dinner, Louis’s dark side starts to show...
Happily Ever After
Missing U
Happily Ever After
The Sense of Touch
Brutalism
Dir. Moritz Poth & Rafael Starman / Germany /
2014 / 4mins 44secs
Animation Technique: Stop Motion / A stopmotion animation / generate shadows by
printed films.
A shadow tries to bring his life to an end. On
his way to self-destruction he comes to the
conclusion that the world he lives in consists of
another level. Only when he finds his way to it,
will he succeed.
Jorka
Dir. Michiel Wesselius / The Netherlands / 2013
/ 8mins
Everybody has thought at some time about
their own death and what it will cause to our
loved ones. After a tragic accident, we see the
departed coping with his demise. The stories of
the mourners are connected by telephone calls
going through the ether.
Decorations
Dir. Mari Miyazawa / Japan / 2014 / 7mins
A quaint kitchen in a house tucked away in the
outskirts of the city. Amidst preparations for a
banquet, the birth of a new life brings turmoil
and change. And then, she heads off on her
own journey. Those who send her off recall the
day they embarked on their own journey.
A Blue Room
Brutalism
Dir. Tomasz Siwinski / France, Poland / 2014 /
6mins 55secs
Animation Technique: Painting on Glass
A man wakes up in a blue room. He’s stuck
inside. He can’t escape. A window is the only
way to connect to the outside world. It filters
the reality in a mysterious way.
Dir. Jessica Poon / USA / 2014 / 2mins 42secs
Motion / Cut-Outs / Drawing on paper / Photos
An allegory expressed with the architectural
style, Brutalism, which is compared to political/
social tactics prevailing in recent decades.
Schifffahren
Dir. Franka Sachse / Germany / 2014 / 5mins 30secs
Captain Petersen stays the course - wherever.
A Blue Room
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Panorama 2
Sea Front
Etoile
Dir. Claire Lamond / Scotland / 2014 / 8mins
When you put a shell to your ear what do you
hear? Connected by the sea between them,
soldiers, friends, musicians fighting in the
trenches in WWI reach out to those battling
back home.
Dir. Nitzan Lahav, Liat Raviv, Lee Ben Waiss /
Israel / 2014 / 8mins 58secs
Motion / Photos
Etoile is an 11 year old Jewish girl who lives
with her family and her dog Rex in Morocco,
Casablanca. In the 60’s of the last century a
kidnapping of Jewish girls takes place in her
neighbourhood and her family decides to leave
Morocco for good.
The Obvious Child
Dir. Stephen Irwin / UK / 2013 / 12mins 21secs
on paper
Somebody broke the girl’s parents. The rabbit was
there when it happened. It was an awful mess.
Slumberless
Slumberless
Dir. Simon Partington / UK / 2014 / 5mins
57secs
Motion
Night after night sleep will not come. Grief
presses in on the mind that cannot slumber.
Now this wakeful world is interrupted by an
unexpected visitor.
When the Tree Grows
Hotzanak, For Your Own Safety
Sea Front
Dir. Benjamin Archer / UK / 2014 / 4mins 53secs
A lone Victorian inventor, ostracised from
society and stricken with consumption, must
race against time to complete his greatest
invention; allowing him one fleeting respite
from the darkness that is consuming him.
Dir. Izibene Oñederra / Spain / 2013 / 5mins
11secs
on paper
I told her I was a filmmaker... and nothing has
changed. Amid these landscapes traipses the
soul, at times certain, at others uncertain of its
own existence, while the body is and is and is
and has no place of its own.
Interview
Heir to the Evangelical Revival
When the Tree Grows
2013 / 6mins 57secs
The film is about religious-historical
baggage. The director, a descendant of
French Huguenots and English Protestant
missionaries who emigrated to South Africa,
is atheist-apostate-agnostic. In the film she
confronts her contradictory reactions to this
inherited evangelical background.
Dir. Birute Sodeikatie / UK / 2013 / 7mins 14secs
A little boy with a very weak heart befriends
a tree. In return the tree wants to heal boy’s
heart and the only the way tree can do it is by
blowing the seeds of a dandelion that it can see
growing far in the distance.
Interview
Dir. Mikkel Okholm / Denmark / 2014 / 5mins
17secs
A dimwitted young man is interviewing for
the most important job of all time and doesn’t
even know what the job is.
Consumption
Etoile
Consumption
The Obvious Child
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Panorama 3
Forever Mime
Old Habits
Forever Mime
Old Habits
Dir. Michael Visser / The Netherlands / 2013 /
7mins 11secs
Two Mimes fight over the romantic affection of
the girl who runs the house of horror. They get
caught up in their act so much it comes to an
epic battle.
Dir. Jamie Franklin & Kaleish Mohammed /
England / 2014 / 5mins 50secs
Set in a small but cosy little house, the day to
day routine of an elderly couple is all that life
has to offer. Their predictable daily routine
comes as no surprise as the years and years of
a marriage rely on their old habits to get them
through the day. However unknown to them
the events of today will change their lives.
Bath House
Awakening
Bully Beef
Dir. Niki Lindroth von Bahr / Sweden / 2014 /
14mins 39secs
Animation Technique: Puppets
Six animals meet at the swimming pool. The
horse, the pool’s manager, is a conscientious
friend of order. Two quarreling wolves come to
the pool to bathe. Three mice also visit the pool,
but they have a different agenda altogether.
Bully Beef
Dir. Asa Lucander / UK / 2014 / 6mins 30secs
When you lose something dear to your heart,
there is only one place it can be found. The Lost
Property office.
Dir. Wendy Morris / Belgium / South Africa /
2008 / remastered 2014 / 6mins
Bully Beef is an attempt to reconnect two
histories that continue to be held apart the
invasion of Belgium by Germany in 1914 and
the colonization by Belgium of Congo some
forty years earlier. The one event is considered
part of ‘European ‘ history and taught in
schools and at universities, the other as
‘colonial’ history, set somewhere lower down
the ladder of hierarchies of history.
The Key
Between Times
Dir. Shaun Clark & Kim Noce / UK / 2014 / 8mins
on paper / Pixilation / Photos
When the residents awake to find the key
missing to the Town gate frustration soon sets
in. Only this key is happy to be lost and keen to
show some things should not be found.
Dir. Max Porter & Ru Kuwahata /
The Netherlands, USA / 2014 / 14mins 20secs
computer / Stop Motion
From the wall of a small town bakery, a cuckoo
clock recounts a day where bread was sliced
one second thick, lovers fell in sync and time
rarely flowed at an even rate.
Lost Property
Between Times
Lost Property
Awakening
The Key
Bath House
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Dir. Alena Smrtníková / Slovakia / 2013 /
7mins 32secs
Awakening shows everyday “life” of fur farm
animals in the story of the mother fox and her
cub fighting for their lives. I chose this theme
because animation has a great gift. A gift to
open the audience’s eyes to subjects to which
they’re usually blind.
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ANIMATED Features
Voyage Extraordinaire (Adv. PG)
Thursday 20 November 20.00,
Pictureville Cinema
Dirs. Yi GAO, Yichang ZHU / UK, China / 2014 /
98mins
Animal Farm (U)
Wednesday 19 November, 18.00,
Cubby Broccoli Cinema
Dirs. John Halas, Joy Batchelor / UK /
1954 / 73mins
Voices Cast: Maurice Denham, Gordon Heath
Animal Farm, perhaps the best-known film
of Halas and Batchelor, the distinguished
animation studio established in London in
1940. The husband and wife team of John
Halas and Joy Batchelor produced hundreds
of films, from propaganda spots in World
War II to an animated version of Gilbert
and Sullivan’s Ruddigore. They have greatly
influenced the development of international
animation and the revival of Animal Farm is a
fitting tribute to their remarkable work.
2014 marks a special year of collaboration
between the UK and China with regards to
film and the signing of a new co-production
treaty. Bradford UNESCO City of Film is proud
to be working with China Film Promotion
International on this special screening.
Some 600 years ago, led by Zheng He
(Chinese), a huge fleet consisting of nearly
300 ships and about 30,000 people, set off
from Nanjing and steered toward the sea,
fully loaded with silk, porcelain and tea. From
1405 to 1433, the fleet led by Zheng He sailed
across the ocean seven times in succession,
so as to link the world, and spread peace,
friendship and civilization, thus ushering in
the great age of voyage in human history,
and achieving the great undertaking and
vision of ocean exploration, friendly relations
with neighboring countries and harmonious
nature. The movie reveals the thrill, fantasy
and romance of Zheng He’s voyage.
Voyage Extraordinaire had a world premiere
at the Cannes Film Festival 2014.
Presented By
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Azur and Asmar:
The Princes’ Quest (U)
Thursday 20 November, 16.00,
Pictureville Cinema
Dir. Michel Ocelot / France, Belgium, Spain, Italy /
2006 / 99mins / subtitles
Voices cast: Cyril Mourali, Karim M’Riba, Hiam
Abbass, Patrick Timsit
Azur is blond with blue eyes, Asmar has
brown hair and black eyes. As little boys
they fight and love each other like brothers.
As adults they become ruthless rivals.
They search for the Fairy of the Djinns, in a
medieval Maghreb full of danger, magic and
marvels. Glorious, colourful animation, a
real treat for young children, this is a global
success from BAF special guest Michel Ocelot.
Tales of the Night (U)
Friday 21 November, 15.00,
Pictureville Cinema
Dir. Michel Ocelot / France / 2011 / 84mins
Voice Cast: Julien Beramis, Marine Griset,
Michel Elias
Tales of the Night weaves together six exotic
fables each unfolding in a unique locale, from
Tibet, to medieval Europe, to the Land of the
Dead. Internationally renowned animator
Michel Ocelot continues and develops his
dream-like style in this gentle and whimsical
alternative to whizz-bang animation from the
commercial studios. Made for children, this is
a charming experience for all ages.
+ The Three Inventors
Dir. Michel Ocelot / France / 1980 / 13 mins
Voice Cast: Michel Elias, Michel Ocelot
In a white lace universe, three inventors
create machines which are both pretty
and useful. Unfortunately people do not
understand them. An early example of
Ocelet’s simple and beautiful technique.
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The Pirates! In an Adventure
with Scientists (U)
Monday 17 November, 20.00,
Pictureville Cinema
Dirs. Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt / USA, UK /
2012 / 88 mins
Voice cast: Hugh Grant, Jeremy Piven,
Salma Hayek, Brendan Gleeson, Brian Blessed,
David Tennant
From BAF special guest Peter Lord and created
by Aardman Animations, this was the first
3D stop-motion clay animated film. Adapted
from Gideon Defoe’s book series The Pirates!,
this is a rollicking adventure film with buckets
of humour and verve. Hugh Grant gives drolly
comic voice to the Pirate Captain as he and
his swashbuckling crew attempt to beat rivals
Black Bellamy (Jeremy Piven) and Cutlass Liz
(Salma Hayek) in the Pirate of the Year award.
Hugely enjoyable, with an irreverent humour
lacing the action throughout.
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The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (U)
In 1989 Wallace and Gromit in their Grand
Day Out were instantly acclaimed and
delighted audiences globally. With another
two short films under their belts and two
Oscars the pressure for them to star in
their first feature was immense. 10 years
since their last film they returned to the big
screen in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. With
only days to go before the Giant Vegetable
competition the prize vegetable plots are
under attack by a beast that attacks at night.
The call goes out to Anti-pesto, Wallace and
Gromit’s pest control company.
Tuesday 18 November, 19.30,
Pictureville Cinema
Dirs. Steve Box, Nick Park / UK / 2005 / 85 mins
Voice cast: Peter Sallis, Ralph Fiennes, Helena
Bonham Carter, Peter Kay
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BAF Kids
BAF Kids
BAF
KIDS
BAF Kids gives school children and families
the opportunity to catch the latest animated
films from around the globe and see the
work of some of our up and coming young
animators. There’s also the opportunity to
take part in a range of inspiring and fun
workshops.
This year our exciting family friendly
programme includes screenings from our
Films for Children competition programme
plus a screening of the beautiful Kirikou and
the Sorceress and a Frozen Sing-A-Long!
You’ll also be able to see some of the rising
stars of animation as we announce the winner
of our Films by Young Animators Award.
Be inspired and get animated! With a range
of animation techniques, whether it’s new
ideas or just a chance to tinker, there will be
something for all of the family.
Films
for
Children
Saturday 22 November, 10.30,
A special selection of short animated films
from our Films for Children competition
selection, including The Elephant and the
Bicyle, Vol au Vent and Dimitri.
Kirikou and the Sorceress (U)
Dir. Michel Ocelot / France, Belgium, Luxembourg
/ 1998 / 74 mins / English language version
Voice cast: Doudou Gueye Thiaw, Maimouna
N’Diaye, Awa Sene Sarr, Robert Liensol
Kirikou...is a picture book in motion, with beautiful
images taken from the art and nature of West
Africa. From emerald jungles to the glowing
hellfire of Karaba’s lair, Kirikou’s world is a
kaleidoscope of joyous colour. While children
cheer Kirikou’s cheeky courage, adults who
accompany them on this playful journey will find
much to enjoy in a story of forgiveness and second
chances. Featuring a soundtrack by internationally
renowned musician Youssou N’Dour.
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Frozen
Films by Young Animators
Award
Ceremony
and
Screening
In recognition of the importance of developing talent, the winner
of the Best Film by Young Animators Award will be announced at a
special screening on Saturday 22 November. The shortlisted films
will be screened and the winner presented with their BAF Award by
presenting partner Toon Boom. See page 76-77 for full film details.
Sing along Frozen (PG)
Saturday 22 November, 14.30, Pictureville Cinema
Saturday 22 November, 14.45, Cubby Broccoli Cinema
Dir. Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee / USA / 2013 / 102 mins
Voice cast: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad
Join us for this special Saturday afternoon fancy dress sing along
screening of Frozen.
Fearless and sprightly Anna teams up with rugged mountaineer
Kristoff and his trusty reindeer Sven in an epic journey to find Anna’s
sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped Arendelle in eternal winter.
In their race to find Elsa and save their kingdom from eternal winter
they encountering Everest-like conditions, mysterious trolls and a
hilarious snowman named Olaf. Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s
enchanting fairy-tale The Snow Queen, Frozen is a stunningly popular
example of modern Disney’s winning formula.
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Festival Information
National Media Museum
www.baf.org.uk
Box Office 0844 856 3797
Tickets & Passes
Bradford College
Great Horton Road, Bradford,
West Yorkshire, BD7 1AY
www.bradfordcollege.ac.uk
Joanna Quinn’s Life Drawing Workshop will
take place at Bradford College, which is just a
short 5 minute walk from the Museum. Please
meet at the delegate registration desk in the
museum foyer 30 minutes before the workshop
is due to start.
BAF 2014 Ident
& Animated Sting
Our striking BAF 2014 ident and animated
sting have been created by Jo Lawrence. The
eye-catching ident encompasses everything we
and our delegates love about BAF it’s thoughtprovoking, fun and dynamic, and the animated
sting is a fitting introduction to all our events
and screenings during the festival reflecting
their lively, inspiring and exciting atmosphere.
After completing a BA in Graphic Design, Jo
went on to study for an MA in Animation and
Illustration at Kingston University where she
produced three stop-motion shorts, Zeuxis,
0800 and Red Thread. She specialises in stopmotion using puppets, animated objects and
mixed media.
Festival Pass: entitles you to free tickets (subject
to availability) to all BAF 2014 animation
screenings, events and parties.
PLEASE NOTE: Workshops must be booked and
paid for separately.
Single Ticket Prices
BAF Screentalks / Events Feature Films / Panels / Awards
Competition Screenings / Panorama Screenings
BAF Workshops The Midland Hotel
No stranger to the National Media Museum,
Jo’s film Glow for Channel 4 was based on
the Radium Girls and developed during a
residency here and she also produced Barnet
Fair for our In the Blink of an Eye exhibition.
Jo has also collaborated with other national
institutions. During her residency in 2008 at
the Victoria and Albert Museum as Digital
Media artist she created Glover, which
incorporated masks, pixellation and animated
glove creatures. And in 2009 Pavementopera
was commissioned for Tate Britain. Her films
have been screened widely at international
animation festivals including Annecy,
Stuttgart and Zagreb, and both Glow and
Glover were nominated for inclusion in the
finals of the British Animation Awards. Her
latest film Ylem featured in BAF 2013 as part
of the screening programme for our Channel
4/Animate Project’s Random Acts event.
Forster Square, Bradford,
West Yorkshire, BD1 4HU
01274 735735
www.peelhotels.co.uk
£20
Event Admission
Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD1 1NQ
www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk
Box Office 0844 856 3797
Pictureville Cinema, Ground Floor
Pictureville Cinema, the National Media
Museum’s main auditorium (306 seats), is host to
screenings and major special events at BAF. The
projection and sound system are second to none.
Cubby Broccoli Cinema, Floor 1
Named in memory of Cubby Broccoli, the
producer of the James Bond films, Cubby Broccoli
Cinema (108 seats) is a more intimate space, so is
more widely used for showcases and screenings.
To gain entry to an event you must have a
ticket. To pick up additional tickets during the
festival please ask at the Box Office. If you have
a delegate pass but don’t have a ticket you can
queue outside and will be allowed in 5 minutes
before depending on availability. Latecomers
admitted at the management’s discretion.
ALL TICKET HOLDERS MUST BE IN THEIR SEATS
5 MINUTES BEFORE THE EVENT IS DUE TO
START OR RISK LOSING THEIR PLACE.
Delegates must have their pass visible at all times.
Internet Access
Free, wireless internet will be available in both
Pictureville Bar and the Café during the festival.
facebook.com/bradfordanimationfestival
Twitter: @OsgoodBAF #BAFest
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£10 / £7
£7.50 / £5.50
£4 / £3
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INDEX
365
56
100m 33
8 Bullets
56
A Blue Room
81
A Very Large Increase in …
63
Aardman Animations
12,13
Agitated Screams of Maggots
34
Ain’t No Fish
64
Airy Me
34
Animal Farm
86
44
Arek’s Story (Children of the Holocaust)
74
Argument
62
ASIFA 2014 Prize
24,25
Awakening
85
Azur and Asmar: The Princes’ Quest
87
BAF 2014 Diary
106-109
BAF 2014 Ident and Sting
102
BAF 2014 Jury
48-51
BAF Awards Ceremony
45
BAF Awards Reception
45
BAF Celebration Evening
22
BAF Closing Night Party
45
balloon
34
Balloon Birds
74
Barry Purves
45
Bath House
85
74
Beauty
56
Between Times
85
Bigeety
65
Bigmundial
65
Black Rectangle
64
Black Tape
63
Book Signing: Vivien Halas
43
71
Boulder
31
Breathless
34
Brutalism
81
Brutus
56
Bully Beef
85
Canuck Black
61
Caterpillar and Hen
75
Charles Bukowski Uncensored and Animated 71
Charles Cecil
8
Chisato Stared
34
Chris McLaughlin
9
City of Film Illustrated Talk:
Women in Animation
38, 39
Coast
66
Colin Graham
11
Consumption
82
Coupe
66
Decorations
81
Dimitri: Tears of Crocodile
74
Dogshaped
63
Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared: Time
65
Double Negative
9
Dr Brené Brown, “The Power of Empathy” 64
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 77
Etoile
82
Ex Animo
52
69
Fee Stewart
19
Festival Information
103
Fight!
71
Films by Young Animators Award + Screening
91
Forever Mime
85
Formerdroid Ltd
19
Futon
34
Gary Timpson
30
GIFT
72
Girls on the Run
34, 35
Giving Me A Chance
69
Gli Immacolati
61
Good Night Rainbow
75
Grandpère
61
Half Bábka
59
Happily Ever After
81
Hasta Santiago
55
82
Henry Trotter
32
Hipopotamy
52
71
Horse
65
82
59
Hubrecht
72
76
I Am as I Am
60
76
I Love Hooligans
33
I See You You See Me
34
I’m A True Reader
76
Imposter
55
Independent Irish Animation
30,31
Inperium Vacui
61
Interview
82
IOA
61
Jam Media
31
Jez Stewart
38
Jo Lawrence
102
Joanna Quinn
24, 25, 44
Joanna Quinn Life Drawing Workshop
44
Jorka
81
Joy Batchelor Centenary Celebration
26-29
Kamienica
59
Katachi
66
Kavaleer Productions
30
Kaye Elling
10
Ketsujiru Juke
34
90
KiyaKiya
34
kuvva - illustration licensing
71
55
LAIKA
16
Lakomstwa Endemita
60
72
Life
64
Life Begins At Breakfast (Dorset Cereals)
71
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Lifetime Achievement Award: Claire Jennings 6,7
Longing for Sheep
77
Loop
65
59
Lost Property
85
Love Sport: Fencing
33
Love Sport: Synchronised Swimming
33
Lumberjacked
66
Madly in Love
34
71
Man on the Chair
55
Mario
62
Mark Cumberton
31
Mark Oswin
37
Mark Shapiro
16
McLaren Animation
32
Me and My Moulton
52
Mend & Make Do
60
Michel Ocelot
14, 15
Missing U
81
Monotonous Purgatory
34
Moving On 69
74
Mute
62
My Dad
61
My Stuffed Granny
59
Nain Géant
75
Natural Disaster
62
Nobody Beats the Drum - Let it Go
66
Nobuaki Doi
34
Nuggets
52
Official Selection: Commissioned Films
70-73
Official Selection: Films by Young Animators 76, 77
Official Selection: Films for Children
74, 75, 90
Official Selection: Music Videos
66-69
Official Selection: Professional 1
52, 53
54, 55
56, 57
Official Selection: Short,Shorts
62-65
Official Selection: Student 1
58, 59
60, 61
Old Habits
85
One Easy Child
52
One of A Kind
63
Onemoretime
81
Orlando’s Book
63
Padre
55
Panorama 1 80, 81
Panorama 2
82, 83
Panorama 3
84, 85
Patch
64
Paul O’Flanagan
31
66
Perth+ 6 hours
62
Peter Lord
12, 13
Pik Pik Pik
75
Plastic Bertrand
76
Poker 69
Pommes Frites
62
Rainy Days
55
Retouches
33
Robin
66
Schifffahren
81
Sea Front
82
72
Sharon Campbell
30
Simon Smith
18
Sing along Frozen
91
Skwigly Animation Quiz
43
Slumberless
82
Soccermatic
33
Sound of Horns
69
Spectators
33, 60
Sport and Animation
33
Stop the Show
72
Strange Hill High
36
Study No 2
69
Supervenus
65
Tales of the Night
87
Teamwork
76
The Adventures of Prince Achmed
22, 23
77
The Agenda
42
The Bear and the Hare
71
The Bigger Picture
59
The Black Isle
56
The Boxtrolls
17
The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
89
75
The House of Dust
52
The Key
85
The Long Night
77
The Mead of Poetry
59
The Obvious Child
82
The Olympic Champ
33
The Pirates! In An Adventure with Scientists
88
The Sense of Touch
81
The Sweater
33
The Three Inventors
87
The Wright Argument
76
56
thumbfood Ltd
18
Tiger is Gun
59
Tiki Tiki
69
Tim Jones
37
Timber
56
Transfer Fantasista
34
72
59
Usalullaby
34
Usawaltz
34
Utö
52
Vol au Vent
74
Voyage Extraordinaire
86
War Game
33
Watch_Dogs
11
When the Tree Grows
82
Why Do Clouds Cry
77
Wild Wild Ham
34
76
Wurst
55
YA_NE_SEN a Go Go
34
Yamasuki Yamasaki
34
69
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BAF Diary
Monday 17 November
Wednesday 19 November
starttitle
VENUEend time
PAGE
09.30 Delegate Registration & Ticket Collection
Museum Foyer
10:30 Official Selection: Student 1
Cubby Broccoli 11:35
59
12:00 Official Selection: Short, Shorts Cubby Broccoli 13:10
62
13:00 Charles Cecil: Broken Sword 5
Pictureville 14:00
08
13:30 Official Selection: Films for Children
74
14:30 Irish Independent Animation Panel
Pictureville 16:00
30
15:00 Official Selection: Music Videos & Commissioned Films Cubby Broccoli 16:15
66
16:30 Peter Lord, Aardman Animations
Pictureville 18:00
12
16:30 Official Selection: Films by Young Animators
76
18:00 The Agenda
42
18:00 Networking
Media Café
21:30
42
18:30 Official Selection: Professional 1
Pictureville 19:35
52
60
20:00 The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists
Pictureville 21:30
88
09:30
10:00
10:00
11:30
11:30
13:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
16:30
18:00
18:00
19:00
19:00
20:00
20:00
Museum foyer
Pictureville Cubby Broccoli Pictureville Cubby Broccoli Cubby Broccoli Pictureville Cubby Broccoli Pictureville Cubby Broccoli
Cubby Broccoli Media Café
Media Café Museum foyer
Pictureville Cubby Broccoli 56
60
06
18
10
19
55
26
66
86
42
43
22
22
59
starttitle
VENUEend time
PAGE
Tuesday 18 November starttitle
VENUEend time
09:30 Delegate Registration & Ticket Collection
Museum Foyer
10:00 Fantoche Presents: Girls on the Run Pictureville
Cubby Broccoli
11:30 Official Selection: Professional 3 Cubby Broccoli
12:00 The Boxtrolls - behind the scenes with Mark Shapiro Pictureville 13:00 Official Selection: Music Videos & Commissioned Films Cubby Broccoli
14:00 Feature Screening: The Boxtrolls
Pictureville 14:30 Panorama 1
Cubby Broccoli
16:00 Strange Hill High
Pictureville 16:00 Official Selection: Short, Shorts
Cubby Broccoli
Pictureville 18:00 Networking
Media Café
18:00 TBC (See website for details)
Cubby Broccoli
Cubby Broccoli
19:30 The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Pictureville 106
11:20
11:05
12:30
13:30
14:15
15:30
15:35
17:30
17:10
19:05
21:30
19:00
20:35
20:55
PAGE
34
59
56
16
66
17
81
36
62
55
42
52
89
Delegate Registration & Ticket Collection
Lifetime Achievement: Claire Jennings
Thumb Food - Simon Smith
Kaye Elling - 100 Things...
Formerdroid - Fee Stewart
Joy Batchelor Centenary Celebration
Official Selection: Music Videos & Commissioned Films Feature Screening: Animal Farm + introduction Networking
Vivien Halas Book Signing
BAF Celebration Drinks Reception
Lotte Reiniger’s Prince Achmed + live music Official Selection: Student 1
11:05
11:10
13:00
12:30
14:00
15:30
16:05
17:30
17:45
19:20
21:30
19:45
20:00
21:30
21:05
Thursday 20 November
starttitle
09:30
10:00
10:30
11:30
12:00
13:00
14:00
14:30
16:00
16:00
16:30
18:00
18:00
18:30
19:30
20:00
20:00
VENUEend time
Official Selection: Music Videos & Commissioned Films
Watch Dogs - Colin Graham
Official Selection: Films for Children McLaren Tooned
Feature Screening: Azur & Asmar Joanna Quinn’s life drawing class
Sport and Animation Women in Animation: Illustrated Talk with Jez Stewart
Networking
Skwigly Quiz
City of Film: Voyage Extraordinaire
Official Selection: Short, Shorts
107
Museum foyer
Cubby Broccoli Pictureville Cubby Broccoli Pictureville Cubby Broccoli Pictureville Cubby Broccoli Pictureville Bradford College
Cubby Broccoli Pictureville Media Café
Cubby Broccoli
Media Café
Pictureville Cubby Broccoli 11:15
11:30
12:35
13:30
14:15
15:30
15:35
17:40
19:00
18:00
19:30
21:30
19.35
21:00
21:30
21:10
PAGE
66
44
52
11
74
32
56
87
44
33
38
42
55
43
86
62
BAF Info
Friday 21 November
starttitle
09:30
10:00
10:00
11:30
11:30
13:00
13:30
14:30
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00
19:00
19:30
22:00
VENUEend time
Museum foyer
Official Selection: Short, Shorts
Pictureville Panorama 2
Cubby Broccoli Double Negative Showtalk - Chris McLaughlin
Pictureville Panorama 3
Cubby Broccoli Official Selection: Music Videos & Commissioned Films Cubby Broccoli Screentalk: Michel Ocleot in conversation with Paul Wells Pictureville Official Selection: Professional 3
Cubby Broccoli Feature Screening: Tales of the Night + The Three Inventors Pictureville Official Selection: Student Films 2
Cubby Broccoli ASIFA 2014 Award and Screening
Pictureville Meet The Filmmakers
Cubby Broccoli BAF Awards Reception
Museum foyer
BAF Awards Ceremony
Pictureville BAF Closing Night Party
Midland Hotel
11:10
11:10
12:30
12:40
14:15
15:00
15:35
16:30
17:10
18:00
19:00
19:30
22:00
01:00
PAGE
62
82
09
85
66
14
56
87
60
24
42
45
45
45
Saturday 22 November
starttitle
VENUEend time
PAGE
10:30
11:30
13:30
14:30
14:45
Cubby Broccoli
Cubby Broccoli
Cubby Broccoli
Pictureville Cubby Broccoli
90
90
91
91
91
Films for Children Feature Screening: Kirkou and the Sorceress
Films by Young Animators Award + Screening
Feature Screening: Sing a long Frozen
Feature Screening: Sing a long Frozen
108
11:10
13:10
14:20
16:15
16:30
Festival Team
Thank You
Festival Director
Deb Singleton
Festival Producer
Fozia Bano
Print & Filmmakers Coordinator
Jennifer Weston-Beyer
Film Manager Kathryn Penny
Programme Consultant
Paul Wells
Programme Consultant
Jamie Sefton
Film Programme Manager
Tom Vincent
Film Education Officer Jen Skinner
Visitor Experience Coordinator
Sarah Jarvis
Booking Assistant
Gillian Reid
Sales and Service Manager Michelle Unwin
Senior Development Executive
Rebecca Bentham
Projection Manager
Duncan McGregor
Projectionist
Roger Brown
Projectionist
John Cahill
Projectionist
Dave Chambers
Projectionist
Symon Culpan
Projectionist
Tony Cutts
Projectionist
Allan Foster
Projectionist
Tom Perkins
Projectionist
Andrew Walker
Projectionist
Jennifer Weston-Beyer
IMAX Theatre Manager
Dick Vaughan
Media Production Jennifer Weston-Beyer & Tom Perkins
Communications Manager Will White
Senior Press Officer
Phil Oates
Project Press Officer
Anita Morris Associates
Marketing Executive
Kieron Casey
Designer
Janet Qureshi
Web Producer
Peter Edwards
Tech Lead / Sen.Web Developer
Jaspal Sahota
Website design Maraid Design
Media Developer
Richard Shaw
Community Engagement
and Volunteer Coordinator
Mandy Tennant
Team Leader
Elaine Richmond
Explainer
Georgina Cooke
Explainer
John Darnbrough
Explainer
Brooke Shipley
Explainer
Iain Hendry
Explainer
Mabeth Davies
Explainer
Anna McIver
Festival Photographer Paul Thompson
Festival Photographer
Jonny Walton
A huge thank you to everyone that
helped make this year’s BAF possible…
All our special guests, speakers and
jury members. All Museum Staff and
Festival Volunteers.
Kathryn Oldale, Clare Lamkin,
Jo Lawrence, Andy Chong, David Wilson,
Tammy Longley, Amanda Kent, Gary and
Cat Jackson, Joanna Quinn, Barry Purves,
Fantoche, Nobuaki Doi, Into Film Festival,
Jez Stewart, Vivien Halas, Chris Davies,
Ellie Sharkey, Fuse Art Space, Skwigly,
Michaela Pavlatova, Margot Grimwood,
Nancy Phelps.
Catalogue design by Studio Belly Timber
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