British Panorama
Sat 6 September, 7pm
CURZON SOHO
99 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 5DY
Tube: Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus.
Buses: 14,19, 38.
Overground: Charing Cross.
This collection includes the most up-to-date snapshot
of all that is great about British animation and shows off what
our most talented animators have been getting up to.
The Control Master
Run Wrake
2008, 6’45
In peaceful halftone city, a mysterious heroine and a brave ally
face the ultimate threat.
Tongue of the Hidden
David Anderson
2007, 5’00
The poet Hafez, ‘The Teller of Secrets’, used the
language of human love and metaphor to describe his intoxication
with the mysteries of the Universe. An exquisite film constructed
of Persian calligraphy.
Magnetic Movie
Semi-Conductor
2007, 5’00
A tour-de-force of 3D compositing and photographic techniques.
Natural magnetic fields are revealed as chaotic, ever-changing
geometries as scientists from NASA excitedly describe their discoveries.
The Conservatory
Matilda Tristram
2008, 2’20
What do you do on a peaceful afternoon when you are upset but
don’t know why?
The Reason I Collect
Emma Curtis
2008, 3’00
A quirky pixilated documentary about one man's joy in collecting
almost anything and everything.
On Time off
Bill Porter
2008, 4’30
A beautifully hand crafted animated landscape drawn from memories
of working in an ice-cream café in Cornwall. The micro-dramas
that occur between strangers on a sweltering holiday beach.
Francis
Let Me feel Your Finger First
2007, 3’30
Francis, a disturbed and disturbing boy, is drawn into life and
animated consciousness by his animator. As Francis attains animated
consciousness, his behaviour is observed and assessed by a child
psychologist.
Palimpsest
Pia Borg
2008, 10’00
Paying homage to photographs of spirits from Victorian times,
characters appear, disappear, then re-appear in a ghostly exploration
of time and space.
Walking
Ed Barrett
2008, 2’00
The walking man is called James and he walks in a very cut-up
way. Where does he go? Why does he walk this way?
Bill’s Visitors
Simon Deshon
2008, 8’00
Bill has an understanding with local teenage boys that he will
buy beer for them. However, when Cowan takes along his friend
Jim for the first time, something about Jim encourages Bill to
reveal more of himself to the boys than he ever has before.
Flat Earth
Thomson and Craighead
2007, 7’00
A desktop documentary weaving material found online in an extraordinary
journey around the world as seen through the eyes of bloggers.
Grand Pier
Eleanor Farnham
2008, 3’00
Capturing the essence of the British seaside tradition, and Weston
Super-Mare in particular, prior to the Grand Pier sadly burning
down a week after the film’s completion.
Moondig
Sarah Dixon
2008, 3’40
A hand-drawn poetic film set in a snowy moonlit field where two
people dig throughout the night to bury the heavy burden they
have brought to an empty place.
Copy City
Denise Hauser
2008, 4’30
An exploration of marginal worlds using printed stills, spaghetti,
beans, beads and much more.
Cat Man Do
Simon Tofield
2007, 1’30
Hilarious! A hungry cat resorts to increasingly desperate measures
to wake its sleeping owner.
Stand Up
Joseph Pierce
2008, 7’00
Car-crash comedy at its most compulsive. John Jones, comedy performer,
performs to an unforgiving audience. Slowly his body rebels against
him and the truth behind the one-liners leaks through the cracks.
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