Flip Animation Festival
flip animation festival primarily hosted light house medium centre wolverhampton uk one two festival hosted light house deaffest official literature festival say flip occurs annually beginning november attracts submission country worldwide well screening selected open submission flip also consists special screening talk professional within animation world workshop industry panel portfolio review competition festival set managed programmed peter mcluskie grew animation forum also based light house later rebranded animation forum west midland found home birmingham city university festival awarded black country tourism award event year based wolverhampton festival began feature range event educational workshop young people experimental animation grown ups industry led panel feature film screening international showcase retrospective short film spotlight animation studio flip organised hosted light house medium centre partnership university wolverhamptons school art design school computing wolverhampton art gallery part funded uk film council national lottery screen west midland wolverhampton city council university wolverhampton business link west midland animation forum west midland exhibition curated flip tend communicate animation message different mediaoutlets continuing partnership wolverhampton art gallery programme specific work site part festival flip saw exhibition original puppet used film corpse bride mar attack andy pandy puppet designer nick roberson answered question audience flip light house building home large moving kinetic sculpture londonbased artist steve hutton well screening animated doctor episode followed talk doctor animation led industry expert saw studio spotlight glasgowbased axis animation showcased work answered question audience studio spotlight year arthurcox studio also presented work held discussion audience festival hosted presentation creator littlebigplanet game medium molecule well display light house medium centre animator residence drew roper including set awardwinning film history denim flip exhibition consisted work barry jc purves included book signing display tchaikovsky puppet birmingham leg glitch festival submission well sketchbook artwork torus davis work feature film rio maquettes uk puppet maker mackinnon saunders flip offer visitor chance engage ‘big screen gaming’ smaller two cinema flip held competition participant experience xbox one core game halo led becoming regular feature light house game fifa world cup game street fighter game big screen gaming returned flip one year hotly anticipated release halo reach another feature flip festival curated programme hosted guest curator within animation world previous year curated professor paul well director animation loughborough university brother mcleod whereas curated clare kitson former programmer national film theatre commissioned channel animation festival competition animated film created using various technique stop motion animated drawing cut paper modelling clay etc classified various award category included following best festival best uk film best international film best newcomer best experimental film flip also run competition student film created current universitycollege student starting animator age year well flip festival took place – october audience choice winner festival bertie crisp dir francesca adam uk skeleton woman dir sarah van den boom france dead bird dir trevor hardy uk robin hood dir ben smith uk caged dir ravi maheru uk john betty dir alex hancock luke george uk flip festival took place – november award winner festival best festival simon cartwright jessica cope astronomer sun best international film blu big bang big boom best documentary samantha moore eyeful sound best experimental film anderson another day best sound elli vuorinen tongueling best new talent julia gromskaya l’anima mavi best student film india swift squid love student runner matthew duddington clover ben smallman tale beardyman flip festival took place – november award winner festival best festival taku kimura kudan best uk film steve irwin black dog progress best international film jake armstrong terrible thing alpha usa best newcomer kristian andrew rabbit punch best experimental film virginia mori il gioco de silenzio play silence best stop motion bang yao lui deadline special jury mention ed barrett man flip festival took place – november award winner festival best film blu muto best uk film luis cook pearce sister best international film jeremy clapin skhizein best abstract film blu muto best sound design alexei alexeev kjfg best newcomer tom senior one nice family photo best student film reza dolatabadi khoda flip festival took place – november award winner festival best film lizzy hobbs old old old man best student film paul o’flanagan beauty special mention student film julian kok mimos egg flip festival also several small screening throughout year either award winner selected submission best flip usually shown various venue throughout west midland season flip best screening stoke film theatre wem town hall also special screening artsfest birmingham uk flip festival’s website archived february wayback machine light house medium centre website