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Wojtek Wawszczyk Q&A

Wojtek Wawszczyk LIAF Q&A, George the Hedgehog, London International Animatin Festival

Wojtek Wawszcyzk was on fine form on LIAF day 4, providing A's to the Q's in our post 'George the Hedgehog' Q&A. Wotjek revealed that an impressive 90 prints of the film were released in Poland alone and went on to say how genuinely surprised he was that the distributors were prepared to take such a ...

Posted August 31, 2011 – 11:08 pm | By admin |

‘George the Hedgehog’

Wojtek Wawszczyk, Masterclass, George the Hedgehog, LIAF, London International Animation Festival

Tonight (LIAF day 4, Mon 29 Aug)  at 20:15 we'll be screening feature-length 'George the Hedgehog' plus a Q&A with director Wojtek Wawszczyk. LIAF day 3 commenced with the second of our Masterclasses. Wojtek Wawszczyk filled his audience in on exactly how the feature 'George the Hedgehog' came to be and gave them a ...

Posted August 29, 2011 – 2:35 pm | By admin |

LIAF Day 2: 5 Programmes & Theodore Ushev Masterclass

Theodore Ushev, Masterclass, LIAF, London International Animation Festival, Arthur Lipsett

Yesterdays 'SixPackFilm Tribute' had the added bonus of a Q&A with Dietmar Schwarzler (one of the 'big three' that run SixPackFilm). Dietmar (who's also part of the judges panel at this year's LIAF), spoke about the thriving experimental and abstract scene in Austria and how he suspects this is a response to the right wing ...

Posted August 28, 2011 – 8:28 pm | By admin |

Family Screening & Children’s Workshop begins LIAF Day 2

LIAF, London International Animation Festival, Kevin Griffiths, FVW, Film & Video Workshop

An extra special thank you to The Film & Video Workshop. So day two of LIAF began with a little help from The Film & Video Workshop and a certain BAFTA award-winning animator. Kevin Griffiths and some of the the FVW team came to join us at the Barbican to run an animation workshop for our youngest ...

Posted August 27, 2011 – 10:18 pm | By admin |

We’re here!

Barbican, LIAF 2011, London International Animation Festival, Cinema 1

LIAF 2011 is here... and we have officially leapt off the starting blocks in style!!! What an absolutely fantastic day!!! Firstly... a gargantuan 'thank you' to the well-oiled Barbican machine. We are over the moon with our first day's adventure and can't wait for the remaining nine! So we began the day with the predictably unpredictable.. a ...

Posted August 27, 2011 – 2:07 am | By admin |

LIAF 2011 Masterclasses

Wojtek Wawszczyk

We still have a few places remaining on this year's LIAF Masterclasses. As part of the London International Animation Festival 2011 we are very proud to be presenting two very special masterclasses with some of our finest animators. These workshops are open to participants on a strict, first-come, first served basis and are ...

Posted August 25, 2011 – 3:05 pm | By admin |