Booking fees
£1.50 booking fee per online/phone transaction.
No fee when tickets are booked in person.
Booking fees are per transaction and not per ticket. If your booking contains several events the highest booking fee will apply. The booking fee may be reduced on certain events. Members do not pay booking fees.
Programme
Abigail Addison
Abigail is a Producer and Programmer. She is a Director of Animate Projects, an agency working at the intersection of film, art and animation, that produces award winning, innovative and experimental films. At Animate, Abigail co-produced BAFTA nominated I’m OK by Elizabeth Hobbs with the National Film Board of Canada, as well as the British Animation Awards nominated Bloomers by Samantha Moore. Additionally, she is the Training and Development Producer at production company Lupus Films. Abigail has been the Animation Programmer at Edinburgh International Film Festival for the last four years and has curated the Figures in Focus programme at London International Animation Festival since 2017.
Qianhui Yu
Qianhui is a freelance Animation Director and Illustration artist based in Stoke-on-Trent. Her films include ‘Strange story in the bathroom’, ‘1 Day in Bodyland’, and ‘Wastopia’, her Royal College of Art MA Animation graduation project. ‘Wastopia’ premiered at Nowness Asia, and was selected for BFI Future Film Festival, Brighton International Animation Festival and British Shorts Film Festival. Qian was commissioned by Can Can Press to create an animation for their book launch at The Museum of American Illustration, and recently was commissioned by GIPHY. Qian has made editorial animations and illustrations for Bloomberg Businessweek, New York Times Book Review and Faber Children. She is represented by Talent Agency POCKO.
Carla MacKinnon
Carla is an artist and researcher with a fascination for the process and potential of animation. Her professional background includes curating and producing film and public engagement events and producing short live action films and creative technology projects, as well as making films, visuals and installation work as an independent artist. Carla has a PhD in animated documentary production from Arts University Bournemouth, and currently teaches at Royal College of Art.
Lauren Orme
Lauren is an award-winning animator and director based in Cardiff, South Wales. She runs independent animation studio Picl Animation. Her work has been screened at over 100 festivals around the world, and her short film Creepy Pasta Salad was shortlisted for the 2020 Best Short Animation BAFTA and nominated for Best Short Film at the 2020 BAFTA Cymru awards. Lauren is also Festival Director of Cardiff Animation Festival. She has been running animation events since 2014, when she founded Cardiff Animation Nights, popular bi-monthly screenings of award-winning independent animated films from around the world in Cardiff City Centre.
Suraya Raja
Suraya Raja is an award winning Animation Director, and graduate of the National Film and Television School. Her films tell stories of the absurdity of human behaviour, the internal and the tragicomic, influenced by her previous work in psychology and social issues, and also by her day-to-day observations of human behaviour. She mixes animation techniques with live action, her curiosity often leading to new and playful ideas. Suraya is a BAFTA Connect member and has worked at Aardman Animations. She is currently writing and developing her own TV series.
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Cinema 2
Location
Barbican Cinema 2 & 3 are located on Beech Street, a short walk from the Barbican’s Silk Street entrance. From Silk Street, you’ll see a zebra crossing that will take you across the road to the venue.
Address
Beech Street
London
EC2Y 8DS
Public transport
The Barbican is widely accessible by bus, tube, train and by foot or bicycle. Plan your journey and find more route information in ‘Your Visit’ or book your car parking space in advance.
