What is puppetry on screen and which artists are placing the puppet at the heart of their films? This vibrant programme featuring films bursting with hope, colour and unexpected twists explores a multitude of cinematic approaches to puppet-led storytelling, through both stop-motion animation and live-action puppetry.

With screenings of:

• Unity (2014) 5mins 12s Dir: Tobias Stretch
• Table Manners (2013) 3mins Dir: Rebecca Manley
• Colosse (2012) 2mins 48s Dir: Yves Geleyn
• Asking Out Tim (2014) 1min 38s Dir: Peter Snelling
• Stems (2015) 2mins 25s Dir: Ainslie Henderson
• Appreciate (Paul McCartney) (2014) 6mins 2s Dir: Andre Chocron
• But Milk Is Important (2012) 11mins Dir: Anna Mantzaris & Eirik Bjørnsen
• The Garden Ape (2015) 1min 22s Dir: Emma de Swaef & Marc James Roels
• Barry The Biscuit Boy (2014) 37s Dir: Joseph Mann & Andrew Thomas Huang
• Two Films About Loneliness (2014) 5mins 35s Dir: William Bishop-Stephens & Christopher Eales
• Oh Willy (2012) 17mins Dir: Emma de Swaef & Marc James Roels

Don't miss our darker collection of shorts, Puppets on Screen 2: Darkness, on Mon 31 Aug at 18:00.

Image credit: Table Manners (2013). Rebecca Manley

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