CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Posted on 08. May, 2012 by Renata Walton in blog
Gary Jones & Charlotte MacCabe
OPEN FESTIVAL…
Last years winners and runners-up were screened at Flatpack 6.0 and on BBC Big screen across the UK, during March 2012 (pic above: Gary Jones & Charlotte McCabe in front of their animation: Overtime on BBC Big Screen Birmingham).
Submissions for FLIP Festival 2012 are now open until 13/7/2012; see the submissions page for more info. We’ll be revamping the website really soon and we hope to bring you even more events at FLIP, so there will be lots of ways to get involved.
This year, the lovely people at wetrnasfer.com have offered us our very own FLIP Festival channel to make it easier than ever to submit your films online… no need to register just send the files to shorts@flipfestival.co.uk.
Keep on animating!
Thanks
Flip 2011 @ Flatpack Festival 6.0
Posted on 27. Feb, 2012 by Renata Walton in blog
Howdy,
Flatpack Festival is another one of those great midlands based festivals that takes place each year, so we’re delighted to announce that a selection of our audience choice and runners up programme will be screened on Thursday 15th & Friday 16th March, 12pm both days at Cafe Costes
The short compilation showcases some of the Audience Choice winners and runners up from Flip 2011 and include; a story of creation from Kenya The Legend of Ngong Hills (dir. Kwame Nyong’o), a very nosey elderly couple John & Betty (dir. Alex Hancocks & Luke George), unwelcomed advice in Dead Bird (dir. Trevor Hardy), a trippy dream from Tel Aviv Iluzia (dir. Udi Asoulin & Uriah Naeh), as well as a new take on Robin Hood (dir. Ben Smith), and locally produced Caged (dir. Ravi Maheru) and Overtime (dir. Gary Jones).
Sadly not all films are able to be shown due to the content and timing of the screening, so here’s a special thanks to Francesca Adams, Bertie Crisp and Sarah Van Den Boom, The Skeleton Woman for your quick responses and cooperation – Animation’s not just for children!
If you would like to host a screening party of the full Flip 2011: Audience Choice & Runners Up, at your university please get in touch with us flip@light-house.co.uk
Flatpack festival runs from 14th – 18th March , here’s a few other animation highlights that will be featured across the fesitval
British Animation Awards: 9th – 11th Feb
Posted on 20. Jan, 2012 by Renata Walton in blog
British Animation Awards
Thursday 9th – Saturday 11th February, 2012
We’ve teamed up with Animation Forum WM and Dice Productions to provide some value for money light refreshment for the British Animation Awards Public Choice screenings in Birmingham!
We’re in full support of these screenings, ensuring a regional screening of this great programme for all you animators, and your chance to vote in the public choice awards. (there’s a couple of shorts we screened at Flip last year included in the programme- well done!).
We have a free ticket, each night to give away for anyone that would like to volunteer serving drinks, and then you get free admission to the screening that night (just drop me an email on ren [at] light-house .co.uk)
The screenings will take place from 7pm on 9th, 10th and 11th February at The Custard Factory Theatre, Digbeth.
You can buy your from the Eventbrite Page and check out the full listings there.
See you there!
BAFTA Winners Brothers McLeod!
Posted on 28. Nov, 2011 by Renata Walton in blog
I’m breaking this short hiatus, to announce some very good news from our longstanding supporters, The Brothers McLeod and offer our sincere congratulations on winning a BAFTA Children’s Award, in Learning – Primary.
I know you all enjoyed the talks & screening of Isle Of Spagg, so tweet (@brothersmcleod) them happy today and offer your well wishes 
Here’s the full list of winners at the 2011 awards
From all the Light House & Flip team – WELL DONE!!!
x
Winners & Sponsors
Posted on 24. Oct, 2011 by Renata Walton in blog
Well I bet you’ve all been wondering how we will choose the winners at this years Flip, and after much deliberation and chatting to you guys, one of the best things about this festival is the sense of community, so we’re going to leave it up to the community on a whole to decide the winners in each section & category.
So your films will be judge, on the day, by a mixture of those in the industry or academia, in the Wolverhampton community, those that have their work featured and festival staff & volunteers. So pick up your voting forms at the information point just before each screening.
We’re also delighted to announce that the winners will receive a rather lovely prize pack, including some wicked StopMotion Pro software, official sponsors of Flip 2011.
So look out 2012, we’ll see a massive influx of some brilliant stop motion films hitting the big screens…