Films for the Family

Learn how to make your own memory game inspired by Studio Ghibli films My Neighbour Totoro, Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle, by artist Ivonne Vargas.

Learn how to make your own zoetrope from LUPA, a collaboration between filmmaker Pablo Rojo and visual artist Lucia Novoa Gil, that focuses on the exploration and documentation of textile making techniques.

In this workshop artist, Monica, shows us how to make an indoor forest out of materials we find at home. All the family can work together to decide how you want your indoor forest to look. Start by looking at any plants in your home or trees outside, discover the shape and texture of the leaves and use it as inspiration for your forest.

In this month’s Family Film Club workshop we explore the world of Foley (the sounds used in film, TV, games and animation) with multi-instrumentalist, composer and author, Dan Mayfield from the School of Noise.

Learn how to make a wintery snowman and polar bear, inspired the books of Raymond Briggs, in our festive December workshop. Created by Goldfinch Create and Play.

In this month’s Family Film Club workshop you can learn how to make your own weaving loom and tapestry from Art collective LUPA.

For our August Family Film Club workshop, artist and illustrator Ivonne Vargas shows us how to make an interactive and animal-inspired mobile and thaumatrope.

Learn how to make fabric wolf feet and paper wolf ears, inspired by Where the Wild Things Are.

Learn how to make your very own paper Totoro puppet in part 1 of this workshop, inspired by the beautiful Studio Ghibli film, My Neighbor Totoro. 
 

Our Family Film Club cinema curator Susie Evans picks her favourite films for kids over 8

Kids can make their very own animation with this workshop by artist Shelly Wain, inspired by Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach
 

Family Film Club cinema curator Susie Evans picks her favourite films for kids over 5