Flip Festival

2011 Winners!!

Posted on 31. Oct, 2011 by Steph in blog

As voted by festival attendees, the winners will receive a prize pack in the post – containing an original drawing produced by Bill Plympton or Tori Davis, Stop Motion Pro software or ITunes gift cards and copies of Imagine magazine & student handbook.

Bertie Crisp, Dir. Francesca Adams (UK)

Bertie Crisp, a half panda lives in a caravan park with his sociopath bunny rabbit wife, Grace. She is determined to have a baby – the problem is she wants one immediately and with Bertie struggling with the … traditional method, they turn to plan B- Kidnap!

The Skeleton Woman, Dir. Sarah Van Den Boom (FRANCE)

Tired and bored by her plain daily life, a young housewife mourns her lost American lover and dreams of a better life, elsewhere. Inside her, the skeleton woman, hidden into the dark, is waiting to be saved.

Dead Bird, Dir. Trevor Hardy (UK)

Peter gets some advice from a wise old man… even though he didn’t ask for it. This is a one minute stop-frame animation.

Robin Hood, Dir, Ben Smith (UK)

Timid princess Marion is whisked up in an action packed adventure as a mysterious outlaw in green tries to escape her castle and evade the callous Sherrif of Nottingham. But when the thief is caught and sentenced to death, Marion faces a desperate decision between her future, with the feeling in her heart for Robin Heart.

Caged, Dir. Ravi Maheru (UK)

3D Animation about the friendship between a bird and a slave. When the toxic gases present in the mines become a threat to the bird, the slave must find a way to free him. However, the bird’s arrival has not gone unnoticed as the slave masters, the overlords are close behind.

John and Betty, Dir. Alex Hancocks & Luke George (UK)

Elderly Couple John and Betty are happily married until John’s unhealthy obsession with solving crimes leads him to grow dangerously suspicious of his wife.

Special runner up mentions to:

Nathan Wilkes – Creature Chat
Kwame Nyong’o – The Legend of Ngong Hills
Udi Asoulin & Uriah Naeh – IIuzia
Gary Jones – Overtime
Barry Purves – Plume
Awner Geller & Stevie Lewis – Defective Detective

Thank you to all the volunteers, special guests, technical crew & staff at Light House that made this years festival amazing!

THIS WEEKEND!! Cosgrove Hall, Bill Plympton, Aardman and more!!

Posted on 25. Oct, 2011 by Steph in blog

This weekend sees us host the 8th annual Flip Animation Festival and if you haven’t already seen boy we have an AMAZING line up for you.

With guests including Bill Plympton (Talk, Screening & Workshop), Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall of Cosgrove Hall (Talk and Screening) and Jim Parkyn from Aardman (Screening and Workshop) this year is unmissable!!!

For the weekends programme visit www.flipfestival.co.uk/mobile < –  Smart phone users you can bookmark this page as a handy mobile app!

Both day and weekend tickets are still available* and can be booked by calling 01902 716 055

Twitter users don’t forget to tag you updates with #FLIP2011 to see them appear on our website www.flipfestival.co.uk/live

Steph xxx

*Some workshops not included and will require a separate purchase.

Follow us LIVE!!

Posted on 13. Oct, 2011 by Steph in blog

Sitting at home kicking yourself because you couldn’t make it to Flip 2011? Well never fear we’re encouraging all participants who are on twitter to comment on the festival using the tag #FLIP2011 and all those updates along with every one sent from our very own twitter account will be pulled in and displayed in a LIVE feed right here on our website!

Visit www.flipfestival.co.uk/live to see what we mean

Enjoy Steph xx

Flipping Workshops

Posted on 13. Oct, 2011 by Steph in blog

As you’ve probably become accustomed over the years during Flip not only do we have screenings and guest speakers and Q&A sessions we also have  various workshops running at the same time and this year is no different!

Boy do we have some corkers on offer for you!!!

Thursday 27th October  - 12pm: Introduction to XNA.

This half day workshop is a great opportunity to get introduced to the X-Box XNA game platform which allows users to begin developing their own games with the free downloadable tools from Microsoft. Supported by STech & The Institute of Gaming & Animation, University of Wolverhampton. Tickets £30 / £25 conc.

Thursday 27th October -5pm – Animation Drop in

Fancy trying your hand at animation? Local animation expert Fiona Kolontari will be here  to show you some of the tricks of the trade. There will be an opportunity to animate your own character with 3D model making, and much more. It’s free and suitable for all ages.

To coincide with the workshop; opera as you’ve never seen it before! Flip will be screening ‘Operavox’ – an animated opera, at 7pm.

Friday 28th October – 3pm: Bill Plympton Masterclass

The Bill Plympton Masterclass will see the animation maestro talk about his career as an illustrator and animator and he will create live drawings. Every participant will get a free drawing.

Bill Plympton, originally from Portland, Oregon, moved to New York to pursue a career in animation, studying at the School of Visual Arts and started out illustrating for top magazines such as Vogue and Rolling Stone. He moved onto producing short and feature animation films, including the Oscar nominated ‘Your Face’ and ‘Guard Dog’, has worked on music videos with stars such as Kanye West and ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic, and is still the only animator to hand draw an entire animated feature film. ‘Plympton’ a long running political cartoon strip, which began in 1975, has appeared in over 20 newspapers. Its success has made Plympton a household name around the world, its distinctive style making it instantly recognizable. Plympton has won numerous awards over the years including a lifetime achievement award from the Action on Film International Film Festival for his dedication and influence on the world on animation. Tickets £10

Saturday 29th October – 1.20pm: Aardman (Model Making)

This model making workshops will give you easy to follow instructions on how you can create you’re very own Gromit, one half of the much beloved dynamic duo that have graced our screens since the late 1980s. This workshop is suitable for all ages and you will be able to keep your creations. Tickets: £6

Participation is not included with the Day & Weekend passes, Tickets for all the workshops are available online www.theticketsellers.co.uk or by calling 01902 716 055

Bill Plympton Masterclass

Posted on 10. Oct, 2011 by Steph in blog

Light House is excited to welcome world renowned animator Bill Plympton to FLIP International Animation Festival this October

FLIP International Animation Festival is proud to announce that Oscar nominated animator Bill Plympton will be showcasing some of his award winning films and hosting a unique masterclass at this month’s festival. Bill Plympton has been successful as an independent animator and filmmaker for over 40 years. The ‘King of Indie Animation’ will be visiting FLIP this year to host a masterclass and to provide his top tips to help those wanting to get into the industry. The masterclass will take place on Friday 28 October at 3 – 5.30pm, cost £10. There will be a screening of Bill’s shorts followed by a Q&A with the animator on Friday 28 October at 8pm and the UK premiere of documentary film Adventures In Plymptoons! providing a portrait of Bill on Saturday 29 October at 5pm. Cost for screenings is included within day/weekends tickets to the festival, priced from £12.50 – £25. Tickets and festival passes are available from www.theticketsellers.co.uk. Visit www.flipfestival.co.uk or contact Light House Box Office on 01902 716055 for more information.

Bill Plympton, originally from Portland, Oregon, moved to New York to pursue a career in animation, studying at the School of Visual Arts and started out illustrating for top magazines such as Vogue and Rolling Stone. He moved onto producing short and feature animation films, including the Oscar nominated ‘Your Face’ and ‘Guard Dog’, has worked on music videos with stars such as Kanye West and ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic, and is still the only animator to hand draw an entire animated feature film. ‘Plympton’ a long running political cartoon strip, which began in 1975, has appeared in over 20 newspapers. Its success has made Plympton a household name around the world, its distinctive style making it instantly recognizable. Plympton has won numerous awards over the years including a lifetime achievement award from the Action on Film International Film Festival for his dedication and influence on the world on animation.

The Bill Plympton Masterclass will see the animation maestro talk about his career as an illustrator and animator and he will create live drawings. The Masterclass on Friday 28 October at 3 – 5.30pm costs £10 and every participant will get a free drawing. Tickets can be booked via www.theticketsellers.co.uk or Light House Box Office on 01902 716055. Plympton will show a selection of his short films followed by a Q&A session where the audience can quiz him about his career on Friday 28 October at 8pm. Then on Saturday 29 October at 5pm there will be a UK premiere of Adventures In Plymptoons!, an insightful documentary about the Oscar-nominated animator including interviews with family, friends, colleagues, critics and fans. Tickets for the Friday and Saturday of the festival, which will include entry to the screenings, cost: £15 full / £12.50 conc. and weekend passes cost: £25 full / £20 conc.