Much loved indie animator and frequent guest of LIAF - Chris Shepherd - has spent the last four years working on his debut graphic novel Anfield Road which will be released this October - a funny and poignant coming-of-age story set in Liverpool in 1989, the land of The La's, the Hillsborough disaster and Findus Crispy Pancakes.
doors: 6:30pm
Chris will join us onstage with Jez Stewart, author and curator at the BFI National Archive for a chat about his process, the book and anything else that comes to mind.
Chris Shepherd is an artist, writer, filmmaker and British comedy legend. He’s done everything - from the 43rd World Stare-Out Championships with Paul Hatcher for BBC’s Big Train Comedy sketch show to working on music videos for Reverend and the Makers, Holly Johnson, Lambcop and the Wave Pictures. He also created animations for BC Camplight, Sara Pascoe, Nathan Barley and more. He’s won tons of international film awards, including a BIFA and two BAFTA nominations. Anfield Road is Chris’s debut graphic novel.
The programme also includes a screening of some classic animated shorts that have been adapted from literary sources.
The Man With The Beautiful Eyes - Based on a poem by Charles Bukowski, the story of a gang of kids who are fascinated by a house in the neighbourhood they've been told to stay away from. [UK 1999 Dir: Jonathan Hodgson 5’40]
Fast Forward Little Red Riding Hood - The story of Little Red Riding Hood as told by the Brothers Grimm in Fast Forward mode! Don’t blink or you’ll miss something. [Netherlands 2010 Dir: Sjaak Rood 1’30]
Negative Space - A father who frequently goes on business trips initiates his son in the art of packing suitcases. Over the years, it becomes a bonding ritual between the two. [France 2017 Dir: Ru Kawahata, Max Porter 5’30]
The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat - Using only charcoal and three sheets of A1 paper, an animated visualisation of Oliver Sacks' seminal work, describing a unique neurological oddity. [UK 2013 Dir: Ross Hogg 3’20]
The Street -A young boy from a Jewish family in Canada hopes that his ailing grandmother dies soon so that he can get her room. [Canada 1976 Dir: Caroline Leaf 10’15]
Next - William Shakespeare, without saying a word, gives a quick run through of all his plays in a very special audition. [UK 1990 Dir: Barry Purves 5’00]
Jabberwocky - A brave boy goes hunting for the Jabberwock despite the warning of the old man. When the monster is beaten, it still looks like the story will end badly. -[Netherlands 2020 Dir: Sjaak Rood 2’15]
Blind Vaysha - Vaysha, a young girl, was born with a unique and special gift. With her left eye, Vaysha could see the past and with her right eye, she could look into the future but she cannot see the present. [Canada 2016 Dir: Theodore Ushev 8’00]
Scale - Driving along the motorway, Will loses his sense of scale. As his crippling drug addiction deepens, he struggles to unpick the sequence of events that led to his predicament, before he’s lost forever. [UK 2022 Dir: Joseph Pierce 14’55]
Who I Am And What I Want - A scribbled, strangely funny but highly unsettling examination of the human condition. The story of a man who bares his emotions, history, hangups and desires in all of their dysfunctional absurdity then leaves us to assemble not only his identity but to question our own. [UK 2005 Dir: Chris Shepherd, David Shrigley 6’50]
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