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Very excited to annouce that animator, director and writer Barry Purves will be joining us for Animated Eden for a talk on What Is Animation, and one on why he still uses puppets. He will also be presenting his films. Make sure you reserve your seat in advance for this one!
Barry JC Purves is an OSCAR and BAFTA nominated Animator and Director, passionate about the art of film-making.
As well as his film work, he directs and designs for theatre and writes about, teaches and promotes the art of animation
His work is acclaimed internationally and has won over sixty major international awards, including Grand Prix, Best Director and Best Film.
His past work includes The Wind in the Willows, Postman Pat, Noddy, King Kong, Rigoletto, Plume, Next and Tchaikovsky to say a few. He is currently working on the series Toby's Traveling Circus for Channel 5.
We are looking for a few volunteers to help out on the day of the festival - Sunday September 8th. If you would like to get involved, please get in touch via the contact page!
In the Press
Four professional animators working, or having worked, in Cumbria will be brought together for the first time when they take part in a panel discussion at Animated Eden.
Taking place at the Rheged centre, at 2PM, the discussion will bring together the following - Russell Peet, a stop motion animator from Grizedale Forest; Cadi Catlow, formerly of Kirkby Stephen's 3 Bear Animations; Carlisle's Louise Kneath, of Cloudscape Studios; and Melissa Rogers, of Signal Film & Media, Barrow-in-Furness.
Find out more about them here
Daniel James of Daniel James Animations will be bringing the whole cast of his stop motion animation The Piper so you will have the oppertunity to meet the puppets and ask the animator questions to your hearts content after viewing the film.
BARRY PURVES HEADLINES
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
Daniel James brings The Piper
THE ART OF WALLACE AND GROMIT
Don't miss the Art of Wallace and Gromit exhibition also on in the Rheged Centre all Sunday.
Wallace and Gromit have come to Rheged, bringing with them a fantastic and activity- packed exhibition that reveals the artistry that goes into every scene of their classic animated adventures. You will learn about how Aardman Animations grew from the pet project of two schoolboys into an international, Oscar-winning pioneer in stop-motion animation. You can try your hand at designing your own character, make your own Gromit model using the same clay as the professionals and even try your hand at animation using your smartphone or digital camera! The exhibition features original sets from the Wallace and Gromit films and a large number of reproductions of character sketches, designs and production photos offering a rare insight into how these treasured British animations were made.
Musicians Wanted!
If you are a local musician, and are interested in being involved in Animated Eden, we are looking for several to perform both read and improvised music at the evenning event - a half hour set from 6:30pm on Sunday, 8th September. It will involve live music accompaniment to animation screenings at Penrith Playhouse, in Auction Mart Lane.
This will be lead by Californian composer Arnie Rodriguez.
Arnie is a composer who produces orchestral music for short films, animations, commercials, and dance shows. His musical creations include a new musical based on a children’s book, an opera exploring the complex personality of Pancho Villa, and the score to the short film Dreamweaver, directed by Jesse Vinton.
His choral singing debut was in June, 2009, with choral composer Eric Whitacre at Carnegie Hall, New York.
Please get in touch if you are interested in participating. You will need to be available for a few rehersal sessions a week and a half prior to the event.
Check out Animated Eden's brand new App for the schedule, film listings, trailers, animators websites and info, updates and event photos and its totally free!
Download Animated Eden App
Tap or input the link on your iOS or Android device, and you'll be directed to download the container app, YappBox. Once you download YappBox, the Animated Eden app will install inside.
ANIMATED EDEN APP!
LOCAL ANIMATORS PANEL
Look out for the chance to win various animation goodies at Animated Eden this year! Enquire at the info desk for more information and your chance to win!