International Programme 2 (15*)

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International Programme 2 (15*) 8.45pm 26 October 2012 Cinema 3 (Beech St)
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 subject to availability	sold out

The best of recently released short animated films from all over the world, carefully chosen from 2000-plus entries. They come in from every corner, they use every technique, they can be funny, dramatic, eye-popping, subdued, documentary or autobiographical. The one thing they have in common is that we think they’re the pick of the crop. There are also competition programmes focusing purely on abstract animation and longer shorts. My Face is in Space 1977 – NASA sent a Golden Record into space. It encapsulated some of the greatest achievements of humankind, as well as a few friendly faces. Larry’s face is one of them. UK 2012 Dir Tom Jobbins 9 min Paso Doble A sumptuously red visual orchestration of grace and passion. Canada 2011 Dir Jamie Metzger 2 min Spin A complex choreography of re-animated figures moving to the exquisitely synchronised command of a master manipulator. UK/ France 2011 Dir Max Hattler 4 min Villa Antropoff A condom found on an African beach is an impulse for a man to set off on a dangerous sea journey to Europe, in search of a better life. Estonia/ Latvia 2012 Dirs Vladimir Leschiov & Kaspar Jancis 13 min Natural Urban Nature A beautiful and exquisite depiction of nature in the urban city. South Korea 2011 Dir Min-ji Kang 4 min My… My… Where are my clothes? Give them back! Give them back! China 2011 Dir Lei Lei 4 min Independent Mind / Independencia de Espirito Clelia, a woman comfortable in her solitude, begins talking to her plants. Odd, she thinks, until she learns that her neighbour talks to her pots and pans. Portugal 2011 Dir Marta Monteiro 10 min Fata Morgana Burning in the desert sun, Eduardo – the only lemonade seller around – is fighting the urge to drink his last and final bottle of sweeeeet, coooool lemonade. Holland 2011 Dir Frodo Kuipers 4 min Kubla Khan Simply stunning! Gratz returns to the gorgeous, morphing, coloured clay technique of her masterpiece Mona Lisa Descending A Staircase with this soaring tale from inside Zanadu. US 2011 Dir Joan C. Gratz 4 min Body Memory / Keha Malu Many memories dangle by the finest of threads, which are being pulled by forces out of sight and out of control. Estonia 2011 Dir Ulo Pikkov 9 min Wild Life Alberta, 1909. The wide, open prairies of the Wild West. Enter a well-tailored young Englishman, fresh from the ‘old country’. Canada 2011 Dirs Wendy Tilby & Amanda Forbis 13 min Part of London International Animation Festival * Locally classified Barbican offer the best new film releases alongside a unique programme of special seasons and events