LITHUANIAN ANIMATION RETROSPECTIVE IN BARBICAN
27th October Everyone is warmly invited to the Lithuanian Animation Retrospective event that is part of the London International Animation Festival at the Barbican. Lithuanian animation has a history dating back one hundred years. In the beginning, self-taught filmmaker Ladislas Starewitch was one of the greatest pioneers of animation. This retrospective, spanning almost 100 years and lovingly put together by animation historian Dasa Vanova, features puppet, hand-drawn, cutout, (accordion) and shadow theatre techniques and computer generated films with a very dark streak of humour running throughout. Organiser: London International Animation Festival in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania.
Saturday 27th October, 2pm, Barbican, Centre Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS. Tickets: Standard - £10.50 online / £11.50 on the door; Barbican Members - £8.40 online / £9.20 on the door; Concessions £9.50 online / £10.50 on the door. For more information, please, visit: http://www.barbican.org.uk/film/event-detail.asp?ID=13868
Lithuanian Animation has a history dating back one hundred years. In the beginning was one of the greatest pioneers of animation, self- taught filmmaker Ladislas Starewitch. This retrospective, spanning almost 100 years and lovingly put together by animation historian Dasa Vanova, features puppet, hand-drawn, cutout, shadow theatre techniques and computer generated films and a very dark streak of humour that runs throughout.
Animation historian Dasa Vanova will introduce this screening and take questions afterwards, along with Urte Budinaite, Lithuanian animator, whose film Independence Day is screening.
