BFI announce details of LAIKA: FRAME x FRAME, a free exhibition at BFI Southbank 12 August - 1 October 2024
26 Junio 2024 - 6:22AM
Business Wire
The BFI today announces details of LAIKA: FRAME x FRAME,
a free exhibition that will showcase the boundary pushing art and
science behind the studio’s five epic films, at BFI Southbank from
12 August – 1 October 2024. This narrative-rich experience
will honour the stories of LAIKA and the unparalleled level of
detail in the physical puppets, intricately crafted sets, costumes
and awe-inspiring props – some never before seen – from LAIKA’s
vast production archives. The exhibition is presented alongside
STOP MOTION: CELEBRATING HAND-CRAFTED ANIMATION ON THE BIG
SCREEN, supported by Headline Partner LAIKA, a major new season
taking place at BFI Southbank from 1 August - 9 October with
free film screenings for children under 16.
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Origami from LAIKA's "Kubo and the Two
Strings" (Photo: Business Wire)
Utilising assets from every department of the Portland-based
studio, LAIKA: FRAME x FRAME tells the story of LAIKA through the
lens of its five feature films to date, CORALINE (2009),
PARANORMAN (2012), THE BOXTROLLS (2014), KUBO AND
THE TWO STRINGS (2016) and MISSING LINK (2019), all of
which were nominated for the Academy Award® for Outstanding
Animated Feature. Each film will be celebrated with one key frame
within the exhibition surrounded by a constellation of artefacts,
encompassing illustrated concept and character design, artistic
inspirations, storyboards, costumes, puppets, props, sets and
dynamic digital content, which will highlight the painstaking
attention to detail and boundless creativity that go into the
making of one single frame in a LAIKA feature. Further cabinets and
drawers will allow guests to unlock even more treasures,
illustrating how a LAIKA film comes together to create something
extraordinary from the sum of its exceptional parts.
The exhibition will invite audiences to step inside, as well as
behind, the scenes of LAIKA’s films, affording the opportunity to
interact with the studio and the talented team behind these
creations firsthand. New scenic reproductions, built at a ‘human
scale’, will transport guests from the real world into Coraline's
Other Garden as they enter the exhibition, with highlights of the
over 700 individual artefacts on display inside including:
- CORALINE (2009): character puppets, including Coraline,
Cat, Other Father, Other Wybie, Taffy Monster and the Scottie dogs,
early look development maquettes of Coraline, Cat, Wybie, Other
Father and Other Mother, paint test maquettes of Spink and
Forcible, Other Mother puppet development pieces, Other World
bridge, garden gate, nose tree and mantis tractor props, plus Real
World and Other World Pink Palace apartment props.
- PARANORMAN (2012): zombie puppets alongside their
Puritan counterparts, a Norman armature, Norman maquettes, Neil,
Alvin and Salma puppets, Aggie Prendergast paint tests and
development pieces, a Town Hall cupola set piece and a scaled prop
of Mitch Downe’s van.
- THE BOXTROLLS (2014): puppets of Eggs, Winnie, Snatcher
and boxtrolls Fish and Shoe, along with early development maquettes
of Eggs, Winnie, Snatcher, Fish and other boxtrolls, the film’s
pneumatic tubes set, plus the Cheese Guild, Market Square and
cavern props.
- KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS (2016): puppets including Kubo,
Moon Beast, Monkey and Origami Samurai, plus Kubo and Monkey
development maquettes, VFX character puppets and maquettes, a Taiko
Drummer diorama, and the Central Avenue set and market props.
- MISSING LINK (2019): puppets and maquettes of Sir Lionel
Frost, Mr. Link and Adelina, plus Link and Yeti puppets on rig, the
Pullman Train internal set, Pullman Train development maquettes,
environment maquettes and other film props.
- A sneak peek at LAIKA’s forthcoming sixth feature,
WILDWOOD (2025).
LAIKA: FRAME x FRAME is presented alongside STOP MOTION:
CELEBRATING HAND-CRAFTED ANIMATION ON THE BIG SCREEN, supported
by Headline Partner LAIKA, a major new season taking place at BFI
Southbank from 1 August - 9 October with free film
screenings for children under 16. Titles playing on the big screen
will include LAIKA’s five films to date, from the newly remastered
3D CORALINE (2009) to MISSING LINK (2019), plus KING KONG (1933),
JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (1963), CHICKEN RUN (2001), CORPSE BRIDE
(2005), FANTASTIC MR. FOX (2009), ANOMALISA (2015), and many more.
Special guests in venue will include filmmakers Henry Selick
(CORALINE), Chris Butler and Sam Fell (PARANORMAN),
Guillermo del Toro (GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO),
Peter Lord (CHICKEN RUN), Nick Park (WALLACE AND
GROMIT), The Brothers Quay (STREET OF CROCODILES), Suzie
Templeton (PETER AND THE WOLF), Barry Purves (ACHILLES),
Osbert Parker (CLOTHES) and further names to be
announced.
Tickets for BFI Southbank screenings and LAIKA’s free exhibition
in August are on sale to BFI Patrons from 1 July, BFI Members from
2 July and to the general public from 4 July. Tickets for BFI
Southbank screenings and LAIKA’s free exhibition in September and
early October are on sale to BFI Patrons from 5 August, BFI Members
from 6 August and to the general public from 8 August.
All talent appearances are work permitting and subject to
change.
On-sale dates: Tickets for BFI Southbank screenings and
LAIKA’s free exhibition in August are on sale to BFI Patrons from 1
July, BFI Members from 2 July and to the general public from 4
July. Tickets for BFI Southbank screenings and LAIKA’s free
exhibition in September and early October are on sale to BFI
Patrons from 5 August, BFI Members from 6 August and to the general
public from 8 August.
ABOUT THE BFI
We are a cultural charity, a National Lottery distributor, and
the UK’s lead organisation for film and the moving image. Our
mission is:
- To support creativity and actively seek out the next generation
of UK storytellers.
- To grow and care for the BFI National Archive, the world’s
largest film and television archive.
- To offer the widest range of UK and international moving image
culture through our programmes and festivals - delivered online and
in venue.
- To use our knowledge to educate and deepen public appreciation
and understanding of film and the moving image.
- To work with Government and industry to ensure the continued
growth of the UK’s screen industries.
Founded in 1933, the BFI is a registered charity governed by
Royal Charter. The BFI Board of Governors is chaired by Jay
Hunt.
ABOUT LAIKA
LAIKA was founded in 2005 in Oregon by President & CEO
Travis Knight. The studio’s five films Coraline (2009), ParaNorman
(2012), The Boxtrolls (2014), Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) and
Missing Link (2019) have all been nominated for the Academy Award®
for Outstanding Animated Feature. Kubo and the Two Strings won the
BAFTA® Award for Best Animated Film and received an additional
Oscar® nomination for Visual Effects. Missing Link was awarded the
Golden Globe® for Best Animated Film. LAIKA was awarded a
Scientific and Technology Oscar® in 2016 for its innovation in 3D
printing. LAIKA is currently in production on its next animated
film Wildwood. The studio is developing the animated feature films
The Night Gardener, from an original idea by Bill Dubuque, creator
of the hit series Ozark, and Piranesi, based on the NYT bestselling
novel by Susanna Clarke. LAIKA has launched a Live Action
subsidiary with a range of projects in development including a
feature film based on the action thriller novel Seventeen by
screenwriter John Brownlow.
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A selection of images for journalistic use
in promoting the BFI are available below:
Venue images: BFI Southbank, BFI IMAX
Exhibition images: LAIKA: FRAME x FRAME
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Press Contacts: Liz
Parkinson – Senior PR Manager, BFI Cultural Programme
liz.parkinson@bfi.org.uk / 020 7957 8918
Richard Pickard – Junior Press Officer, BFI Cultural Programme
richard.pickard@bfi.org.uk / 020 7173 3265
For LAIKA Maggie Begley Maggie@mbcprinc.com / (+1) 310 749
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