Female Figures returns to LIAF

I am so thrilled to be bringing Female Figures back to London International Animation Festival for a second year in a programme that once again champions female animation talent in a programme of extraordinary works exploring female desire by contemporary animators and their predecessors. These stimulating works present a range of perspectives on the female body and female sexuality, revelling in fantasy, lust, intimacy, and self-pleasure, as well as sharing experiences of abuse and trauma.

The event takes place at the Barbican on Wednesday 5 December, 6.30pm. Tickets can be booked via the Barbican site.

I will lead a post-screening conversation with animators Kate Jessop, Jenny Jokela and Thalma Goldman Cohen (whose work is featured in the programme), and with BFI National Archive Curator (Animation) Jez Stewart.

Female Figures was devised in recognition of the under-representation of female animators in the independent animation sector, and a desire to present an alternate view of women’s bodies and stories from the sexist representations that persist.

Films:
Simbiosos Carnal, Rocio Alvarez, 10’, 2017, Belgium
Crying and Wanking, Alys Scott Hawkins, 6’, 2002, UK
The Hat, Michèle Cournoyer, 6’, 1999, Canada
how to make a ghost, Gabriela Escovar, 2’, 2018, US
What She Wants, Ruth Lingford, 5’, 1994, UK
Vanilla Whip, Bogna Kowalczyk, 16’, 2016, Poland
Barbeque, Jenny Jokela, 6’, 2017, UK
Egg, Martina Scarpelli, 11’, 2018, France
Green Men, Yellow Woman, Thalma Goldman Cohen, 4’, 1973, UK
Tales from Pussy Willow: Coming Into the Station, Kate Jessop, 3’, 2017, UK
Intimity, Élodie Dermange, 5’, 2017, Switzerland
Chromosome Sweetheart, Hanomi Yano, 5’, 2017, Japan

Image: how to make a ghost, Gabriela Escovar.