With special guest appearance - watch this space!
Dave McKean Short Film night
Grab your opportunity to spend a night in the company of renowned illustrator, comic book artist, graphic designer, filmmaker and musician, Dave McKean.
Director: Dave McKean
Cast includes: Various
Includes guest discussion with Dave McKean
70 mins / Various years / UK
*Please read our important information about our Covid-19 safety precautions before visiting.*
An evening of short works and clips, introduced and discussed by director, writer and illustrator Dave McKean, including a couple of big screen premieres, and mostly focussed on the combination of film and music.
McKean has collaborated with Neil Gaiman on an array of film and book projects, and illustrated works on subjects including Heston Blumenthal, John Cale and The Rolling Stones.
With a number of Harry Potter films to his name, as conceptual artist, McKean has also directed many of his own films, including Mirrormask.
McKean has also designed stamps for the Royal Mail, worked on a range of comics and graphic novels, and produced album artwork for bands including Paradise Lost, Machine Head, Fear Factory, and Counting Crows.
Join us for this very special opportunity to hear Dave discuss his body of work, and take part in a Q&A with the audience.
FIRST HALF:
Mixed Metaphors - from Nine Lives - 3min
Emilia Martensson - Loredana - 6min
Visitors - 9min
Close To You - from Mirrormask - 4min
Cathedral of Trees - from Nine Lives - 7min
Maggid Street - with Iain Sinclair - 15min
SECOND HALF:
Buckethead - Ballad of Buckethead - 4min
Whack! - 15min
Stian Carstensen - Hippocampus Serenade - 7min
Izzy - Una Furtiva Lagrima - 4min
Words - from Luna - 4min
Entertaining Mr Stone - Anticipation - 4min
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