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

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
Thursday 9^th – Saturday 11^th 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!

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

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!