The BFI Southbank programme for August 2024 begins with Stop Motion: Celebrating Handmade Animation on the Big Screen, supported by headline partner LAIKA. This major season, taking place at BFI Southbank from 1 August to 9 October and featuring free screenings for children under 16, will celebrate the singular magic and effortless charm of stop motion animation.
Special events taking place in August will include, ahead of its 15th anniversary re-release, the world premiere of the newly remastered 3D version of Coraline (2009) followed by a Q&A with director Henry Selick and actor Teri Hatcher (11 August), Henry Selick in Conversation (12 August), a screening of Paranorman (2012) followed by a Q&A with writer-director Chris Butler and director Sam Fell (10 August), Peter Lord in Conversation (21 August), a screening of Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022) followed by a Q&A with writer-director Guillermo del Toro (18 August), a screening of the BFI-supported Stopmotion (2023) followed by a Q&A with director Robert Morgan (21 August) and a pair of Ray Harryhausen films – Jason and the Argonauts (1963) and The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973) – both introduced by Alan Friswell, the conserver and restorer of Ray Harryhausen’s models (4 August)…