Vivien Halas has posted this filmic remembrance of her father John Halas (1912-1995), who would have been 100 years old today. Halas, whose studio, Halas & Batchelor, made the first British animated feature, Animal Farm (1954), was obviously a seminal figure in British animation and also served as the founding president of ASIFA-International. The documentary [...]
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Remembering John Halas
April 16th, 2012 · No Comments · Animation studios, British cinema, Documentary films, Filmmakers, Producers
Tags: ASIFA-International·Halas & Batchelor·John Halas·Vivien Halas
2009 Movie Box Office Break UK Records, While Attendance Also Blossoms
July 25th, 2010 · No Comments · British cinema, Film exhibition, Film industry, Stereoscopic films
While there’s much suspicion about the validity of Avatar’s box office performance due to inflated 3D ticket prices, the UK Film Council’s 2010 Statistical Yearbook paints a different picture. As reported by The Guardian, last year was the best ever in terms of box office takings and the second best year since 1971 in terms [...]
Tags: Avatar·UK Film Council
Two Films Added to the New UK Memory of the World Register
July 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Awards, British cinema, Documentary films, Feature films
The young David Lloyd George’s dream of David and Goliath in Maurice Elvey’s The Life Story of David Lloyd George. On July 14th, the UK’s National Commission for UNESCO announced the 10 items and collections to be included in its first UK Memory of the World Register, which follows in the footsteps of UNESCO’s [...]
Tags: Britain’s Loneliest Isle·Maurice Elvey·St Kilda·The Life Story of David Lloyd George·UK Memory of the World Register
Alice in Wonderland (1903)
March 4th, 2010 · No Comments · British cinema, Special effects
I just became aware of the British Film Institute’s YouTube Channel which is featuring the first screen version of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, which was directed by Cecil Hepworth and Percy Stow. The BFI, which is touting its restoration in conjunction with the release of the new Tim Burton film, notes that, at around [...]
Tags: Alice in Wonderland (1903)·British Film Institute·British Film Institute YouTube Channel·Cecil Hepworth·Percy Stow·Trick films
4mations Launches
August 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment · British cinema, Television animation
Wow! There’s getting to be a delightful glut of films posted online these days. Following the National Film Board of Canada recent launch of their beta site. The Guardian now reports that Britain’s Channel 4, a public-service broadcaster funded by advertising, has launched 4mations, which “it hopes will be an online home for the UK’s [...]
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