Disrupting the Narrative: When Worlds Collide (15*) + Screentalk
London International Animation Festival
Taking viewers on unexpected journeys across London, Libya, South Africa and beyond into personal histories and deep into emotional landscapes of the heart.
How far will you go and what will you do in order to achieve your dreams?
Documentary and avant garde experiments collide with innovative C.G. stop motion and hand drawn animation techniques to explore coming of age stories about people, places, gentrification, migration and the beauty of bodies in motion.
The programme exposes secret desires, hidden motives, envy and birth rights beneath layers of blood, collage, drawings, paintings and pixels in the form of fabricated fictions, fables of sisterhood, joy, atrocity and cannibalism. Personal and political narratives are investigated beneath the microscopic eye of 10 animation directors with urgent tales to tell through metaphors and visual poems that bring ideas to life and add meaning to human stories in fresh ways.
Running time: approx 100 mins total (70 minutes screening + 30 minutes screentalk)
Disrupting The Narrative: When Worlds Collide was co-curated with Osbert Parker - BAFTA and Emmy nominated Director and Ambassador for FLAMIN at Film London.
There will be a panel discussion after the screening with some of the filmmakers whose films are screening - panel members will be announced soon.
Ticket prices
Students £11
Unwaged £11
Over 60s £11
Under 18s £6
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Programme
The Voice in the Hollow
An African fable of sisterhood, envy and ancient evil.
USA 2022 Dir: Miguel Ortega, Tran Ma 10 min
Departing
Connection and belonging come to the fore in this poignant documentary exploring the impact of the immigration laws and deportation on communities in the UK.
UK 2024 Dir: Mary Martins 8 min
Windrush
Filling in the gaps from a lack of photographs or videos from their mother’s childhood, the filmmaker tells the moving story of migration from Barbados to the UK and life in the diaspora.
UK 2022 Dir: Jess Stephens 3 min
Start with a Place
Using archival sound from the 1960s to 1980s and collaged photos, Start with a Place reveals how decades of gentrification has transformed areas of south London beyond recognition exposing the deep roots of a crisis that is continuing to price local people out of the capital.
UK 2024 Dir: Gisela Mulindwa 6 min
High Street Repeat
The story of migration and enterprise, told through the changing face of Britain’s high street. This playful combination of stop motion with digital techniques and manipulation of photographic cut-outs creates a continuous transition between the past and present.
UK 2023 Dir: Osbert Parker, Laurie Hill 4 min
Cherry Teeth
The city re-imagined as a turbulent crime-ridden metropolis where cannibalism is a part of day to day life. Set to a jazzy noir-infused soundtrack and with bold, intense visuals three characters' lives intertwine and unfold in challenging ways.
UK 2024 Dir: Izzy Aghahowa 10 min
Feet of Song
A near-abstract exploration of colour and rhythm depicted through fleeting impressions of dancers’ bodies. Joyful, androgynous forms shimmy across the screen to the sound of upbeat African music.
UK 1988 Dir: Erica Russell 5 min
Liminal Roots
From childhood to adolescence, a journey through the memories of a young girl struggling to come to terms with the complexity of her mixed-raced identity.
UK 2024 Dir: Aliyah Harfoot 4 min
The Meatseller
A young Nigerian woman with aspirations of following in her mother's footsteps as a butcher, sets out on her journey to Italy in pursuit of her ambition, a journey fraught with horror and bestiality.
Italy 2023 Dir: Margherita Giusti 17 min
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Cinema 2
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