Kawamoto the Puppet Master
Kawamoto the Puppet Master: Watershed Programme Details
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Watershed
Watershed is at the heart of Bristol UK; promoting creativity, innovation and talent. Situated on Bristol's historic and vibrant Harbourside, Watershed houses a Café/Bar, three cinemas, free WiFi facilities and a suite of event/conferencing spaces. While Watershed's cinemas bring world moving image culture to local audiences, the www.dShed.net web platform projects local talent to the world.
1 Canon's Road, Harbourside, Bristol, BS1 5TX
Box Office: 0117 9275100
Screening at the Watershed from Sat 15 – Fri 21 March:
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Cinékids: Claymation Classics PG
A selection of British animation classics aimed at children between 8 and 12 years old, featuring Sludger the Aardvark in Hamilton Mattress, Wallace and Gromit in The Wrong Trousers and Morph.
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Demons, Poets & Priests PG
Sat 15 March 1530 & Tue 18 March 1800
A selection of Kawamoto‘s finest short films, including the haunting ghost story The Demon, and foreign myths and fairytales in To Shoot Without Shooting, adapted from a tale set in ancient China. The programme will be introduced by Jaspar Sharp.
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Dark Dreams in Plasticine 15
Sat 15 March 1800
The ghoulish grotesquerie of British animation comes up for review in a series of nightmarish visions from the country's top talent, including classics from Oscar winning Suzie Templeton, Peter Lord and bolexbrothers’ Mike Booth and Martin Davies.
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Jason & The Argonauts U
Sun 16 March 1100 & Fri 21 March 1900
Regarded as Ray Harryhausen’s masterpiece, the legendary Greek hero Jason leads the crew members of the Argo on an epic sea voyage in search of the mythical Golden Fleece.
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Absurdities, Legends and Fairy Tales PG
Sun 16 March 1300 & Wed 19 March 1800
The second programme of Kawamoto’s short films celebrates the fantastic, the mystical and the arcane. The programme will be introduced by Jasper Sharp (co-founder of the specialist Japanese film website midnighteye.com).
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Barry Purves 15
Sun 16 March 1500
Since 1986, Barry Purves has directed and animated some 70 commercials, title sequences, and animation inserts for films and pop promos. He will introduce this very special screening of a selection of his films and will be signing copies of his latest book, Stop Motion: Passion, Process and Performance.
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Panel Discussion: Anima: Expressing the Soul in Stop-Motion
Sun 16 March 1650
Top UK animators Barry Purves and Peter Lord discuss the potential of puppet animation and claymation to express emotion and character with host Jasper Sharp.
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The Book of the Dead 12A
Sun 16 March 1830 & Thu 20 March 1800
Set in Japan in the mid-8th century when Buddhism was introduced from China, this story of a battle fought between the spiritual and material world represents the crowning achievement of Kawamoto’s creative practice.
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The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb 12A
Mon 17 March 1800
A dark, twisted, yet enchanting version of the classic fairytale, set in a dystopian world of dark and shadowy tenements, shining high-tech labs and hallucinatory landscapes of garbage and ruins.
