ANIMATION FOCUS

  • Mary & Max - Advance Preview

     Tuesday 17 November 21:00 Watershed Cinema 1
    £6.50/£5 conc.

    The long-awaiting feature debut from the creator of Harvie Krumpet.

  • UWE Presents The Need For Novelty: 3D Cinema

     Wednesday 18 November 10:30 Watershed Cinema 3
    £5

    The need for novelty. Is the future of cinema actually its past?The re-emergence of 3D cinema exhibition in recent years has once more thrown a light on the peculiar relationship between art and commerce.

  • Skillset Presents Stereo 3D, Take 2

     Wednesday 18 November 13.30 Showcase De Lux
    £5

    It's not just Pixar and Dreamworks that are peddling Stereo 3D. Interest is across a range of media, with serious backers like BSkyB, Sony and Blitz Games creating product. To these movers and shakers there's a critical mass coming, and it'll be on your screen whether you are a gamer, telly addict or avid cinema-goer.

  • Andrei Khrzhanovsky At Seventy

     Wednesday 18 November 18.00 Watershed Cinema 1
    2 hrs
    £8/£6.50 conc.

    In honour of Russian animator Andrei Khrhanovsky contribution to the art of animation, Bristol’s Encounters presents a unique retrospective of Khrzhanovsky’s early animated films from the Soviet period.

  • Desert Island Flicks: John Coates

     Wednesday 18 November 21.00 Watershed Cinema 1
    £8/£6.50 conc.

    Special guest John Coates will present a programme of films which have inspired and intrigued in an on stage interview.

  • Richard Williams Masterclass

     Friday 20 November 13:30 Arnolfini Cinema
    £5

    Triple Oscar winner Richard Williams presents the new Expanded edition of his book which has become the standard text worldwide for animators and students - 'The Animator's Survival Kit'.