Largest inflatable screen is coming to Bradford's City Park (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
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Largest inflatable screen is coming to Bradford's City Park
7:00am Thursday 11th October 2012 in News
By Emma Clayton, Leisure and Lifestyle Editor
The Inflatable Cinema © Tim Pearce, courtesy of Cambridge Film Projects
The UK’s largest inflatable cinema screen is coming to Bradford’s City Park, showing animated films for family audiences.
The first screening will be Coraline, ahead of a guest appearance by the US creators of the film at next month’s Bradford Animation Festival.
The inflatable screen, called the Air Screen, is 50ft by 25ft and will be provided by the Cambridge Film Trust. The screenings are by City Park Events and the National Media Museum.
Coraline follows the adventures of a young girl who finds the sinister secrets of another world.
The screening is free and will be followed by other free screenings of films highlighted during the city’s animation festival.
David Wilson, director of Bradford City of Film said: “This is a great opportunity for the people of Bradford to celebrate film on a large scale in City Park. This is a film that all the family can enjoy.”
Mark Shapiro, from LAIKA, the creators of Coraline, will be at the animation festival (BAF) giving a behind-the-scenes look at the US studio's latest feature animation, ParaNorman, which was one of this summer’s blockbusters.
He said: “We are thrilled to bring Coraline to Bradford.”
Other BAF guests include Will Becher, creative chief from Aardman Animations, the Bristol-based studio behind the Oscar-winning Wallace and Gromit series and family movie The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists. The BAF Kids strand offers families chance to catch the latest animated films from around the globe, alongside an inspiring selection of screenings from young animators. A series of workshops included an opportunity to following in the footsteps of Aardman by creating clay characters and a mini animated adventure.
This year’s BAF Game offers young gaming fans chance to experiment with computer programming and papercraft videogame modelling in a warm-up weekend from November 10 - 11.
l Bradford Animation Festival runs at the National Media Museum from November 13 to 17. Tickets are available on 0844 856 3797 or baf.org.uk.
Coraline will be screened on Saturday, October 27, from 6.30pm ahead of other screenings of animated shorts.
Comments(16)
Joedavid
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7:27am Thu 11 Oct 12
MaFt
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10:02am Thu 11 Oct 12
airscreen
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10:04am Thu 11 Oct 12
ANY WHERE BUT HERE
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10:57am Thu 11 Oct 12
bcfc1903
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11:14am Thu 11 Oct 12
BigFigure
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11:26am Thu 11 Oct 12
A Casual Observer
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11:34am Thu 11 Oct 12
wrongsideofthetracks
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12:09pm Thu 11 Oct 12
Pity poor Bfd!
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12:33pm Thu 11 Oct 12
bcfc1903 wrote:Gosh! - what do you find to buy in Bradford?
I'll be there in UNESCO's First City of Film with my wife and kids along with no doubt thousands of others. Leeds, great city but we've never shopped there and never will. Bradford is also a great city, and we do all our shopping in it's city centre and district..
Avro
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1:23pm Thu 11 Oct 12
bcfc1903 wrote:A once great City and clearly you don't go shopping!
I'll be there in UNESCO's First City of Film with my wife and kids along with no doubt thousands of others. Leeds, great city but we've never shopped there and never will. Bradford is also a great city, and we do all our shopping in it's city centre and district..
Thee Voice of Reason
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7:05pm Thu 11 Oct 12
bcfc1903 wrote:Hollywood and the Cannes film festival have nothing on Bradford do they.
I'll be there in UNESCO's First City of Film with my wife and kids along with no doubt thousands of others. Leeds, great city but we've never shopped there and never will. Bradford is also a great city, and we do all our shopping in it's city centre and district..
ravacity
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8:34pm Thu 11 Oct 12
bcfc1903 wrote:how dare you be so positive about bradford this site is for moaning bradford haters only,think on next time
I'll be there in UNESCO's First City of Film with my wife and kids along with no doubt thousands of others. Leeds, great city but we've never shopped there and never will. Bradford is also a great city, and we do all our shopping in it's city centre and district..
basil fawlty
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11:17pm Thu 11 Oct 12
Rambo
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11:42pm Thu 11 Oct 12
Yeah, what exactly has been going on film-wise in the several years since that 'accolade' was awarded? The film festival doesn't count as that was already going.
That 'accolade' stands for absolutely nothing. Its just an hoary title (and thats being polite) that has led to very little if anything.
Prove me wrong people.
whoflungdung
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9:05am Fri 12 Oct 12
angry bradfordian says...
7:27am Thu 11 Oct 12
It's an opportunity to sit in front of Britain's largest dilapidated cinema, Not sure how much of a large scale celebration that should be!